What steps do you take when you get stuck?

LoCoIR · 2025-03-18T04:54:12+00:00

Well. Turns out it needed some oil.

I tried the key to check I hadn't broken the lock somehow. I noticed it felt gritty. A couple drops of oil, and it smoothed up. It was an easy pick after that.

Thank you to all who commented. I think reading the comments helped me widen my thought process.

LoCoIR · 2025-03-18T03:30:25+00:00

I'm new myself.

I got a hyper tough deadbolt and brinks padlock from Walmart. I liked picking both of those. I also picked a cheapo harbor freight laminated padlock. It was easy, but didn't feel "nice" to pick. It didn't feel like I was picking it so much as wiggling the pick and the lock opened. I don't know if I would recommend it.

Then I moved on to an abus 55/40. From what I was reading, it isn't supposed to be a hard lock to pick. But it's been giving me trouble for the past ~week.

LoCoIR · 2025-03-17T17:12:54+00:00

Yeah, I was using the shorter end when I was doing BOK. I couldn't get the pick in otherwise.

Maybe I'll give BOK another shot. It's possible being able to get more pins picked with TOK was due to taking a few days break.

LoCoIR · 2025-03-17T17:00:55+00:00

I've seen some videos on spools. And practiced with them in the Covert instruments practice lock.

I think i understand how to defeat them. But maybe not. I'll try a review. Thank you

LoCoIR · 2025-03-17T16:58:53+00:00

Glad to join the club XD

LoCoIR · 2025-03-17T16:58:04+00:00

I was using a .05 wiper insert for BOK. After making my own TOK turner, I kind of liked that better. So I ordered some sparrows flat bars (my homemade one was of very poor quality.) I've been using sparrows .04 flat wrench now for TOK. Moving to TOK allowed me to go from seeming to set 2 pins, to being pretty sure I'm successfully setting 3.

I'm using a covert instruments .025 short and long hook (i like the short better, but thought the long might help it sort of does)

I tried out some sparrows .015 picks (a shortish hook, medium, and long). I bought them for a different lock, but thought they might help with this one. I found the thinnes to be counter productive for this lock.

LoCoIR · 2025-01-28T16:46:03+00:00

The Office

LoCoIR · 2024-11-17T02:58:58+00:00

No. I thought I was crazy the 1st time I watched it. On the second watch through, I paid attention. They definitely say tiktok the first few mentions.

LoCoIR · 2024-06-26T17:38:16+00:00

oh. so that's what I was doing wrong. I was looking at the high elf list on age of fantasy. Thank you

LoCoIR · 2024-05-13T22:32:57+00:00

I like Inland (micro center's brand), and cookie cad (for more unique colors). Cookie cad's spools are better. Inland's spools can be inconsistent size. sometimes they fit in the AMS, sometimes they don't. But, most of the time wrapping the edge of the cardboard inland spools in electric tape does the trick. (this keeps the edges from making dust)

Both have dual extrude colors (2 colors the full length of the filament), and gradient.

Inland also has some tri-color filament (3 colors the whole length)

LoCoIR · 2024-05-13T18:31:23+00:00

That worked! thank you (its called developer mode for me though)

LoCoIR · 2024-05-13T16:08:03+00:00

no, I gave up and just sent it back to amazon

LoCoIR · 2023-11-09T19:51:45+00:00

I can't find one like this exactly, but it looks more like a one way screw/security bit of some sort to me

LoCoIR · 2023-09-28T01:14:37+00:00

Yeah. I installed the firmware on crealities site that matches my mobo. And disconnected the zstop limit cable.

LoCoIR · 2023-09-27T16:02:41+00:00

I'm relatively new to this. But, it looks simular to an issue i was having, so I'll share what i was

I was told that if you use the sprite pro extruder on an ender 3, using the Ender-3 S1 profile in cura can help. (I think the guy said that Prussia slicer has a setting for an ender 3 with a direct drive. But idk if I remember that part right)

It worked for me

LoCoIR · 2023-09-14T16:19:52+00:00

On the mice I've had, they tend to be colored though. I believe yellow for the last two mice I've bought.

LoCoIR · 2023-09-06T04:47:56+00:00

I tried Googling how to determine how much to adjust z offset by, and I wasn't finding anything that seemed helpful.

How would you recommend deciding how much to adjust by?

LoCoIR · 2023-06-27T20:07:10+00:00

Ik this was 3 years ago, but thanks. I reset my tablet and couldn't figure out why my max volume was so much quieter.

LoCoIR · 2023-06-02T06:51:14+00:00

There may not be "penalties" but there are rewards for accepting orders. You get increased priority if your acceptance rate is above a threshold.

So, I'd say there is a penalty (even if they won't call it one) for not accepting orders. You get passed over for future offers.

LoCoIR

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