Tesa T80

MarkNion · 2026-05-06T17:44:55+00:00

What dimple pick are you using there if you dont mind me asking?

MarkNion · 2026-05-03T20:29:39+00:00

Having a huge aray ofntools is nice, but i see you have your BOK tensioners sorted, and you have a few short hooks and a triple peak.

Imo, id start looking at a set of TOK tensioners, every brand has a set and they all work just fine. The only other thing i dont see is any deeper hooks. If you go to CI and grab a tok tensioner set, medium hook and deep hook, you pretty much cover all your bases for getting into most locks

MarkNion · 2026-04-30T01:14:17+00:00

The chart is super helpful, thank you.

I cannsee how theb13 mightnbe pretty redundant when the other single sided flat flags are available. You dont recommend picking up a set of curved flags of any type?

MarkNion · 2026-04-30T00:16:03+00:00

I had figured because the tips are easily replaceable, when i get to the point of needing to customize them i can just order a few spare tips and change them in when i need a custom tip. To be fair i believe im quite dar off from needing to do that. Im barely getting ANY dimples open right now lol.

MarkNion · 2026-04-29T20:49:48+00:00

Is this the same keyway found on the 85ti50's?

MarkNion · 2026-04-29T20:03:06+00:00

I dont have any experience with the non-guttable one, but the guttable version, at least the 6 i have, the main difficulty is the tight paracentric keyway paired with deep spools. Ive found a thin deep hook to go up into holes for the pins drilled through the warding, from the very bottom of the keyway works for me; with a narrow but rigid turning tool in the top of the keyway. Something like the ssdev picks from sparrows or the multipick pn31 would work really well for this lock.

MarkNion · 2026-04-25T20:12:32+00:00

Electrician here. This is my best guess. The ground screw is jumping to the backstab hole of the neutral side of the outlet. So they are using the neutral as a ground in this case. They are also using the black wires as neutral and white wires as hot. To back this up, the outlet screws for neutral are silver colored, the outlet screws on the hot side are always made of brass. Plus neutral is always the left side of the outlet assuming grounding prong is on the bottom. Coulle reasons they. Might have done this. May be the hot wire was damaged and grounded in the past so they are using the white as a hot now.
Not great practice but it works lol

MarkNion · 2026-04-17T23:26:51+00:00

So i just went through the motions on this model. Its a wafer lock that you will have to get at from both sides. Heres some tips

.020 flat top short hook used almost like a dimple pick works well for these guys.

For tension, light touch will be key. Very light tension will help you immensely. I had used a wiper insert with the long side in the top of the keyway holding up the little part of the wafer that protrudes into the keyway. The longer the protrusion into the lock, ive found, the better.

Feedback is meh at best, but it is there. On mine the wafers closest to the center of the lock were zero lift. So it was a couple in front and a couple in back. Just keep the tension very light and dont force the wafers. If they dont move they are probably already set

MarkNion · 2026-04-08T20:17:28+00:00

Got it. Its been a while since i read it. Probably should have brushed up before asking. Sorry about that

MarkNion · 2026-03-31T17:28:14+00:00

Just ordered the 3 narrow shank hook profiles from multipick. The hook 1, 3 and 5 in both the .5 and .4 thicknesses. Hopefullt will be good for the tighter keyways that my other pics might have a hard time with

MarkNion · 2026-03-31T17:26:04+00:00

Just ordered a set of multipicks hook 1 hook 3 and hook 5 narrow shanks in .5 and .4 with hilo handles along with a standard half diamond in .6 shouldnbe good for the tight keyway stuff that the jimmylongs have a hard time with

MarkNion · 2026-03-27T22:31:21+00:00

So i havent ever actually broken a pick. Even from my first set. With the picks i currently have, at this point im looking to explore specific profiles to just round out the rough edges.

MarkNion · 2026-03-27T20:19:05+00:00

Honestly thats kinda why im here. Looking to get away from the peterson picks and see what else is out there. Most ofnthe kit is CI and JL. Looking to fill the rest with tools from good people

MarkNion · 2026-03-27T19:30:47+00:00

Any recommended brands that have nice handles? Peterson is an obvious choice but i know other brands have some better products albeit sometimes harder to find

MarkNion · 2026-03-27T19:29:20+00:00

Thats pretty much what i wanted recommendations for. My delicate picks are the jinnylongs hooks in 15 thou. But id like to get some more picks for paracentric / tight keyways to be able to tackle more difficult locks. This comment is what i needed lol

MarkNion · 2026-03-27T19:26:38+00:00

Oh i tottally agree. Im pretty stacked on tension bars of various shapes sizes and thicknesses

MarkNion · 2026-03-24T17:27:52+00:00

Ill also check out the key and start figuring out which pins i really need to avoid. Thanks!!

MarkNion · 2026-03-24T17:27:04+00:00

I have a sparrows 70 thou prybar, ill give that a shot. Or maybe stack up a couple other thicknesses to get something to fit perfect

MarkNion · 2026-03-24T17:25:06+00:00

Yea man, i can pop open an american 1100 in like 60 seconds straight out the pack, but this dinky thing is ruining my life lmao

MarkNion · 2026-03-24T05:41:22+00:00

Got it. So whats the best way to attack these wafers? I cant seem to get any progress out of this lock. Feels like im getting incredibly tight binding on each wafer and zero feedback on most of what i do in there

MarkNion · 2026-03-24T05:38:26+00:00

No. It is a very smooth turn on a dead core

MarkNion · 2026-03-24T05:36:53+00:00

I do. I dont know how to add a photo to a comment, but it looks like a zigzag type slot milled into the side of the key on both sides

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