Any thoughts on this broken key removal tip?&cylinder flipping&Charles Stuart School?

Padlock:"removable lock," 1479, from lokke (see lock), but the first element is a complete mystery. The verb is attested from 1645. from:

Without the key

Bramah was a great inventor and did invent one heck of a pick resistant lock, but padlocks were around for a long time before Bramah.

But it took more than 200 years for someone to figure out

What bunk.

If a key breaks off,

This can work, but in other cases it can make things worse.

They don't really care.

If you want to read more about Bramah here is a link to a free e-book that is worth reading:

That is the worst kind of advice that can be given to anybody. DO NOT TRY THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That site is probably owned by the big box-they want to sell new cheap locks to people who try crap like that-then tear up the lock.

DON'T DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Get yourself an extraction kit-AND STAY WAY AWAY FROM HOME IMPROVEMENT SITES-- THAT IS MY ADVICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There are some good locksmith sites out there.

And whatever you do-- STAY WAY AWAY FROM PRICELINE LOCKSMITH!!!!!!!!

don't know about Charles Stewart-I know Bill, though.

my2, goma.

Thanks for all your replies I just found the FAQ's for this group so I now have plenty of reading suggestions in addition to the suggested Bramah link :

Heard about it a lot if the one in Brooklyn, never anything bad, even taught a class or two there as a visiting instructor. BBE.

Thanks BBE. I am in New Jersey so I am going to look at the branch school there. Thanks for the advice on the Brooklyn campus hopefully it applies to the NJ campus. Pete

two spiral key extractors seem to work for me...

my2¢

g'luck to ya !!

butt he's not really sure

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