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  • This is the lock picking lawyer, and what I have for you today is an abloy classic cam lock.

  • I do not have a key for this lock, but I brought this out just so you can see what the key to Annapolis classic might look like.

  • It's fairly robust for a cam lock both in physical construction and pick resistance.

  • The outer shell is hardened steel.

  • Most other cam locks you'll find are made of brass or zinc, and then we also have a heart and spinner at the top of the disc pack that adds a little bit more drill resistance.

  • It does, however, have one significant vulnerability, and that is punching.

  • Essentially, You would take a rod of metal like this, put it at the front of the disc pack and hit it with a hammer.

  • If you hit it hard enough, the entire mechanism will pop out the back.

  • It's an unfortunate oversight on an otherwise nice lock.

  • As for the mechanism, it's a fairly tricky disc detainer lock with, I believe, 10 discs, plus a gated spinner.

  • All of those disks have false skates, and at least a few of them will be ab alloys anti pick design.

  • Then we have this offset D shaped key way, which requires the use of a specialty tool.

  • This is the tool that I made for addressing key ways like that.

  • And it's a copy of Matt Smith's design.

  • He's also known as Huxley Pig online.

  • Okay, let's get this an advice, See if we can pick it open.

  • And then, of course, I will take it apart to show you what's inside.

  • Okay, we have that secured in the vice.

  • The first thing we need to do is rotate all of the disks as far clockwise as they will go, and then I can insert my pick.

  • Okay, the first thing we're going to do is try to get everything into a gate.

  • The spinner is in one.

  • So is disc one too.

  • Three is binding.

  • Okay.

  • I think we got three in the gate where we go.

  • Forcing the gate.

  • Got five in the gate, six seven.

  • Got a little bit of movement there.

  • Nothing on eight and nine appears to be in a gate as well.

  • Okay.

  • I think we got everything into a gate.

  • So what we're going to do now is feel each disc and see if it's the true gate.

  • Okay, Number one is loose.

  • So is too.

  • Okay.

  • Three is binding.

  • Probably in a false Kate.

  • That feels a little better now.

  • Four feels like it's in a true gate.

  • Five is binding.

  • There we go.

  • That's a little bit better.

  • Six, I think, is binding.

  • There we go.

  • Much better.

  • Seven is definitely binding.

  • There we go.

  • And we got it open.

  • Okay, let's try to take this apart and see what's inside.

  • I absolutely detest gutting these cam locks because they're a little bit difficult to get open, but we will do it anyway.

  • Okay.

  • The first thing we'll need to do is take the cam off the back of it.

  • And then there is a copper washer.

  • You can see that surrounds this brass barrel that can be taken out.

  • But that is going to be the tricky part of doing this.

  • Okay, I'm going to lift that up, Hopefully to get it on a little ramp here, Harry, Go Got that on the ramp.

  • Now.

  • We just have to pull it pretty hard.

  • And this is actually coming out much easier than any I've tried before.

  • Okay, We just got really lucky there.

  • Okay, let's take all these disks out now.

  • Okay?

  • Didn't come out quite as neat as I'd like, but okay, we have the spinner than a spacer than disc Juan.

  • Another space sir disc to is an abloy anti pick disc.

  • You can see that it has a little open area in the middle that prevents a style of picking tool.

  • I think it's been around for at least 20 or 30 years, but it stops it from working.

  • That's number four Spacer Number five is another one of those anti pick discs.

  • Next Spacer number six.

  • Another anti pick disc in slot seven.

  • Get another in slot.

  • 812345 I don't think I've ever seen an apple.

  • A classic with this many in it.

  • And it looks like the last disc is made out of steel.

  • So we just confirm yet we have 10 discs plus that created spinner.

  • And let's take a closer look at one of these so you can see the false gates in them.

  • Okay, we have this little cutout, which means it is an anti pick disk.

  • We have the deep true gate and then we have two full skates on either side of thumb, and every single one of these disks has false gates in it.

  • So this has been the Abloy cam Lock or ABLOY Classic cam lock.

  • If you do have any questions or comments about this, please put them below.

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  • And, as always, have a nice day.

  • Thank you.

This is the lock picking lawyer, and what I have for you today is an abloy classic cam lock.

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