Thank you very much - your comment inspired me to pick this lock again today. Great fun when it first turns a bit after picking the pin tumbler then fully after the sidebar. Hope you can replicate the process.
Your skills at picking are advanced, and your filming detail is a great gift to everyone! You're a natural teacher! Thanks for this video! I only just got interested in that lock system, and you showed me everything about the interior in a few minutes! Thanks for all of your efforts!
Great video. Excellent picking and very nice padlock with interesting secure core. Superb analysis of the mechanism, thank you for showing us all the parts.
idk idk because schlages high security system is adaptable. High security locks and keys are very expensive. Schlage makes primus keyways that fit into all of there standard series locks. E.g. a primus cp will fit into and work a regular schlage c keyway if cut to coinciding pin depths. This allows customers to have high security systems in certain areas of importance but in less important areas they can put less expensive locks and locksets but still key them to the same master keying system as the high security cores.
Nice explanation. You'd think that Schlage would have locksmiths try to pick their locks and tell them that the sidebar pins can be raked. I would think Schlage would go back to the drawing board and make some rake-resistant sidebar pins.
This is really helpful. I just acquired one of these Primus LFIC locks but the control pin that goes in the plug is missing. Your addendum explaining the control mechanism will allow me to try to make a replacement. I’m glad I found this video.
Another great vid buddy. Great picking, detailed explanation of the mechanism and great gutting. Very useful info. A pleasure to view. Thanks for sharing mate ;-)))
wey hey!!! you got it, well done buddy, that's fantastic!! great video, very cool picking and explanation. i love the raking of the side pins, that's good thinking and very effective. it's such a beautiful American and has a Primus core to boot, super cool lock. thanks for that, really enjoyable vid
Thank you Chris. After I've overcome the fear it was actually too easy to open. Only standard pins and the sidebar rakes very quickly. OK, the bitting is quite even but some deep spool would make it much harder. Then a false set might stop in-between at the sidebar which would make it weird to pick.
Awesome..! I have a few of these that I haven't even bothered touching because they seemed intimidating to me aswell, now I'll try to pick them myself, Thanks for sharing..! :)
I just recently had a go again on this lock. It's truly doable and a great feeling when it pops open. Have fun and good luck. Thanks for watching buddy.
From the front, almost looks like a bump key... And great job on video. There is a video of BosnianBill, LPL, LockNoob, together and they mention Potti 314 as an influence.
Thank you for watching. It's a very interesting lock with cool features but it was not as hard as I expected. The tension for the sidebar raking is the critical part.
Ahhh, the good old days, chasing that spring-loaded pin that secures the back end cap all over the van once it took off. Or sometimes, the spring itself, not having a spare.
Both of mine seem to have a seesaw relationship. You cant pick all the tumblers without switching to sidebar, but setting sidebar resets tumblers. Its lose lose.
Thanks. Yes, works without too much trouble. Guess they could have gotten more out of the sidebar if it had bound earlier in the plug rotation. Also some spool driver pins would make it more time consuming to pick.
I also thought so but when the tool is right, it seems to be working not too bad. You can put the plug in a holder and watch yourself manipulating the side bar, so you can verify the impact that you can cause. Here is what I mean: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4ryJEpK429c.html
I wonder if maybe my sidebar pick needs a little sharper edge on it to sneak up under those little levers. From the video it looks like your pick has a little more of a knife edge on it than mine does. It's funny... I actually did exactly the same thing as you when I was in the learning process. Not having the bible around the core made it tricky to see how the lifting works though.
Weird. RU-vid wasn't showing me this video. Most annoying. :/ Anyway, nice to see you attacking this lock and great to see it attacked so purely (just a pick and a torsion tool). Great picking and thank you for taking the time to give us a detailed look at this lock.
To control means that you can extract the core. Have a look here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4ryJEpK429c.html the special key interacts with the last pin so that you can extract the core. This could be achieved by picking also, but you would need to first stick in something in the back to push the pin permanentely and then picking.
Nice! I love the Primus. It is such a good challenge lock after you repin it with disaster. lol Then grind all the advertising name and tells... So if they come up to the lock it looks like a normal lock nothing special. Well that's what I would like to do to it.
It's really disappointing to see the Primus (high end from Schlage) not feature any security pins or any differing spring tension. Only one or two variables would have a more significant impact, especially since you can rake the side bar...
verry cool lock, i love the schlage primus, ive been wanting to get a interchangeable core lock with both operating and control keys for my collection... also the schlage everest is pretty neat aswell