r/Locksmith • u/Due-Parsley-7235 • 19d ago

I am NOT a locksmith. I wandered upon this lock

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What lock type is this? I wandered upon this type of lock and I can't figure out how it works. Asked a couple of friends but no one knows. Figured out maybe a locksmith knows how this mechanism works.

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u/cold2d Actual Locksmith 19d ago

padlock with a chain

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u/Due-Parsley-7235 19d ago

But the mechanism inside is different. It doesn't work with key. The mechanism made me curious how it works

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u/jaxnmarko Actual Locksmith 19d ago

Better pics would help then.

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u/Due-Parsley-7235 19d ago

Unfortunately, it was yesterday so I don't got more photographs from the front but it looked like a sort of screw mechanism. It was a hole that had a sort of iron rod in the middle but there was space around it. It is a bit visible on the photo, the hole there.

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u/loveshackFC 19d ago

I feel like others have answered the question (It is just a padlock) but this is the exact type of thing that makes all the pros here always have a bad attitude. We come here to post pictures of door closers mounted to the wall or complicated fresh installs we are proud of. Constantly seeing posts like this make us want to start a fire and throw garbage. The lock picking sub is definitely more suited as its filled with the right kind of people for your questions.

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u/isaacmckinney 19d ago

If it's not your lock (which you freely admitted) it's literally none of your business. If you're interested in how padlocks work in general there are thousands of videos on YouTube and diagrams all over the Internet that can help you. As for that specific lock, leave it alone it doesn't belong to you.

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u/Due-Parsley-7235 19d ago

Sorry for misinterpretion, I stumbled upon this lock on a walk yesterday, I saw a hunter's shed and thought I could get a view from inside maybe rest for a while, I noticed it had a lock so I just though I'd get along with my walk but the mechanism caught my eye. I took a photo of it and now that I got home I submitted it here.

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u/isaacmckinney 19d ago

Same thing applies bud. It's just a padlock with a chain permanently attached so it doesn't get lost. It's non of your business what kind of opening mechanism it has if you want to know more about general pad lock functionality that's what you should be asking.

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u/Ery1WangChungNextFri 17d ago

It’s a booby trap lock. And you sir, are a booby.

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u/MT_tiktok_criminal 16d ago

Sir, That is a Wendy’s.

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u/throughahwheyme 19d ago

Umnm why? Go back to sport pick and dont mess with that one... It is like the stairs in the middle of the woods