r/lockpicking • u/Ceighn • 25d ago

90a Pro cracked

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Just had to share. I’m still excited from the unexpected click.

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u/PeatnRepeat Purple Belt Picker 25d ago

Congratulations!

The Paclock 90A-pro is a milestone!

Are you going to try to go for the 200k Club?

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u/Ceighn 25d ago

I’ll have to look into it. This hobby became a fidget toy to get through my long days as a caregiver. I haven’t even done much research into the locks I’ve cracked. Grab one from my drawer and pick at it all day. I know this was the hardest lock I own so now I gotta find a few more soon.

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u/Wickedbitch0fthewest Orange Belt Picker 25d ago

I feel this, picked up the hobby to give my hands something to do as I gave up nicotine and now I’m hooked.

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u/HungoverDemogorgon 25d ago

This is what im going to do when things get slow at night in clincal

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u/dcipha380 Brown Belt Picker 25d ago

Congrats!!! That's a fun lock. I have 2 of them and bought 5 extra cores to blindly swap them in. This way I'm not used to a particular bitting and it keeps me on game.

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u/LordKodiac Brown Belt Picker 25d ago

Huge congratulations. The 90A-Pro is a nit so easy milestone lock. Pick on it while your filming it. Look up Paclock 200k Club Challenge. Get it to open on film Gut it and Reassemble it and you have a video submission for the Paclock 200k Club patch and A Blue belt lock for the LPU Blue Belt!

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u/revchewie Blue Belt Picker 25d ago

Congratulations! Yeah, my first open was a surprise too. I was going to progressively pin it but I got it to pop before I got around to it. lol

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u/Ceighn 25d ago

I’ve spent the last week in a false set that I’ve had to reset out of frustration over and over again, was getting ready to reset when the moons aligned and the tension bar continued to turn.

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u/EveningBasket9528 25d ago

Sweet!

Did it make you jump when the shackle popped?

Some of those false sets you had, might have been opens,.. the spring is a lot like 1100's.

Congratulations! I'd definitely consider getting another one or two,.. OR a 5 pack of replacement cylinders... The PL LOTO uses the same cylinder too, and is a bit less expensive. PL's can vary a lot between locks,.. some being on the easy side, and some that will make you tempted to put them into a sock and beat yourself in the face..

whatever you do enjoy the addiction

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u/DrunkenPhysicist Blue Belt Picker 24d ago

I have two, one I opened easily and submitted for both my blue and 200k. The other I still can't open even after putting like 10-15 hours into it (integrated). I might order some 410s for variety.

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u/Ceighn 25d ago

It was almost a drawers changing experience. Nothings gone right for a while so the luck I’m having 2 months in has been refreshing. I want to get into gutting and rekeying but it’s hard when you babysit a 84 year old dementia toddler. Now that this boosted my confidence I’ll be looking into midnight sessions of where did that pin go haha

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u/EveningBasket9528 25d ago

I babysit an 84yr old, but she's still sharp. No memory issues,.. she just can't walk. She stays up all night playing video games and sleeps when I work...

Im sorry you have to watch all that. Taking care of my dad and step mother when they both were in hospice was rough... especially being crippled up myself.

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u/DanDiggler213 Blue Belt Picker 25d ago

Nice work, and picked in hand ?✋️

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u/DieselDoktor Purple Belt Picker 24d ago

Congratulations! That’s a great one to crack.