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leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com (Leonard Erickson) writes:
: karn@qualcom.qualcomm.com (Phil Karn) writes:
...
: >that way.
: 
: most cheap "number wheel" bike locks *do* work that way. Put tension
: on the lock, then spin the cylinders. One will bind as it hits the 
: correct number. Then you spin the remaining ones. One of *them* will
: bind. Etc. It takes about a minute to open. :-)
: 
: I know of no *decent* lock that behaves this way. But there are a lot
: of junk locks out there!

A good lock has a cog that the (??) 'lever' has to drop into before
testing whether that 'tumbler' is in the right position.

These should be secure without much tolerance (at least to me... :-)).

The easy ones allow movement with pressure on the tumblers.

sdw
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