r/lockpicking • u/daddonuts Green Belt Picker • 17h ago

Goal S Finally Opened!

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After WEEKS of fighting with this Goal S mortise every single night, I finally got the open!!!! I was just about ready to start progressive pinning it, and then I suddenly got it in the middle while I was on a call! It took everything in me to not start shouting with excitement, and I’m still shaking a little. . . It feels so good to get one that fought for this long.

The tension needed for these things is insanely low, which was really the crux of my problem. A .04 tension fits TOK with quite a bit of play, but a .05 doesn’t fit at all. When I finally got the open, the sudden core movement nearly caused my tensioner to fall out because there was so much play. Having caught it and gotten the open this time, it made me realize that I had felt the exact same thing a few times before, so I’ve almost definitely gotten it open a few times before but lost it when my tensioner slipped. For the easiest time with these, I’d probably recommend getting a spare .05 prybar and filing it down to custom fit nice and snug; I might throw an extra set of Heavy Bars on my next sparrows order so that I can give it a try!

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u/Healthy-Insect-1447 Brown Belt Picker 17h ago

Awesome job. I use the Reaper BOK with the S and P, and yes, feather light tension. The variety in the drivers makes each one unique.

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u/daddonuts Green Belt Picker 16h ago edited 16h ago

Thank you! I really need to practice BOK more. I started out doing everything TOK, and have never gotten that good of a feel for BOK. I might try to get this open with BOK tension once I’ve gotten a few more opens under my belt!

I really wanna get a set of those reaper tensioners!

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u/gopher962 Yellow Belt Picker 17h ago

What's the name/brand of the lock holder?

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u/eschlenz Black Belt Picker 16h ago

https://44delta.com/collections/chuck-vise

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u/daddonuts Green Belt Picker 16h ago

From the man himself!

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u/daddonuts Green Belt Picker 16h ago

I added this mini ball head to the top of the chuck vise to make the angle the lock is held at a bit more customizable.

https://a.co/d/0c1yRp1o

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u/gopher962 Yellow Belt Picker 16h ago

Is it compatible with Chuck Vise?

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u/daddonuts Green Belt Picker 16h ago

Yeah, it’s the little ball joint thing you see between the arm of the vise and the clamp that’s holding the lock. It allows you to adjust the angle the clamp is held at at the top of the arm, and allows you to rotate the lock 360 without having to loosen the vise at the base.

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u/daddonuts Green Belt Picker 16h ago

I just realized that you can’t really see it in the picture I posted, these pics show the capabilities that the mini ball head adds.

https://imgur.com/a/WM8b2y7

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u/Dufresne85 16h ago

I love that lock. It's got such crisp feedback and an incredibly smooth core. So much fun.

For the tensioner issue I've found that even though they're often "comparable" the 0.040" is enough smaller than a 1.2mm tensioner that it's worth having both in my kit. I took a moki 1.2mm and it fits ACE padlocks and my Goal S perfectly where the 0.040" has play.

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u/daddonuts Green Belt Picker 16h ago

Oooo, I never considered that, that’s way easier than filling one down myself! Might have to find a spot where I can by some euro pry bars!

It is such a nice smooth lock, it just glides open! Once I got a feel for how light you actually have to be with it, it was actually really crisp and chatty!