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Locks are usually re keyed to build master-key systems, make a set of locks share a common key, or to eliminate compromised keys. [2] [3] [4] Sometimes worn pins are replaced with new pins if the old pins become too short to reach the shear-line. [5] The shear-line is the thin line shared by the lock plug and its cylindrical housing. If a pin ...
Typical keycaps in the 1970s and 1980s were produced using two-shot molding, with the markings molded into each keycap in a different color of plastic.This eventually fell out of favor, as it was more expensive (particularly in tooling costs), and tended to produce keycaps more durable than the equipment on which they were mounted.
A tubular lock and key. A 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 since 1933, is a variety of pin tumbler lock in which a number of pins are arranged in a circular pattern, and the corresponding key is tubular or cylindrical in shape.
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Today's NYT Connections puzzle for Sunday, December 15, 2024The New York Times
As the key slides into the lock through the keyway, the wards align with the grooves in the key's profile to allow or deny entry into the lock cylinder. A traditional pick set. From left to right: torsion wrench, "twist-flex" torsion wrench, offset diamond pick, ball pick, half-diamond pick, short hook, medium hook, saw (or "L") rake, snake (or ...
The State Department has been shut out of Donald Trump's calls with world leaders, raising concerns about confusion over U.S. foreign policy.
The first known example of a tumbler lock was found in the ruins of the Palace of Khorsabad built by king Sargon II (721–705 BC.) in Iraq. [1] Basic principles of the pin tumbler lock may date as far back as 2000 BC in Egypt; the lock consisted of a wooden post affixed to the door and a horizontal bolt that slid into the post.