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    A wafer tumbler lock is a type of lock that uses a set of flat wafers to prevent the lock from opening unless the correct key is inserted. This type of...
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    tubular pin tumbler lock, also known as a circle pin tumbler lock, radial lock, or the trademark Ace lock popularized by manufacturer Chicago Lock Company...
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    two or more pieces) each wafer is a single piece. The wafer tumbler lock is often incorrectly referred to as a disc tumbler lock, which uses an entirely...
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    is generally used when picking a pin tumbler or wafer lock. It is used to apply torque to the plug of a lock to hold any picked pins in place. Once...
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    The pin tumbler lock, also known as the Yale lock after the inventor of the modern version, is a lock mechanism that uses pins of varying lengths to prevent...
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    sidebar to drop into the slots, thus opening the lock. Unlike a wafer tumbler lock or a pin tumbler lock, this mechanism does not use springs. Because they...
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    more applicable to current locksmithing applications such as pin-tumbler or wafer-tumbler locks. In double-sided locksets (meaning locksets where the key...
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    Padlock (redirect from D-Lock)
    pin, wafer, and disc tumblers. Padlocks with modular mechanisms are usually automatic, or self-locking (that is, the key is not required to lock the padlock)...
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  • his lock was a tumbler- or wafer-lock containing eleven wafers stacked in a central cylindrical core, slotted on each side such that the wafers project...
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    modern tubular pin tumbler lock, but used fixed wafers instead of two-part pins. The original Bramah lock had 18 different wafers, which allowed for 470...
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  • of a pin tumbler lock that contains the pins and pin stack springs as well as the pin stacks themselves. The driver pins of a pin-tumbler lock are located...
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  • a master-follower for old unused master wafers and remove any. If any springs are noticeably weak or the lock was especially dirty replace the springs...
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    Switch (redirect from Tumbler switch)
    cab to the outputs of the remote control receiver. A toggle switch or tumbler switch is a class of electrical switches that are manually actuated by...
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    equestrian master Astley had a skill for trick horse-riding, and when he added tumblers, tightrope-walkers, jugglers, performing dogs, and a clown to fill time...
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  • "staple" gâchette gâcher "to bungle" gâche gâcheur gâcheux gâchis gâchette "tumbler" gaffe "boat-hook" ( < OFr < Prov gaf < Goth *gafa "hook" < Gmc *gafa,...
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