[Robotgroup] Putting the "Lock" in shape-lock..?

[Gray Mack]

I think you have to align the tumblers for a lock to unlock.
Putting something that solidifies inside a lock is a good way to permanently lock it though. :)
shapelock is pretty hard plastic so you could possibly make a key from it if you had a mold of the original key.


--- On Fri, 8/8/08, Vern Graner <vern at txis.com> wrote:

> From: Vern Graner <vern at txis.com>
> Subject: [Robotgroup] Putting the "Lock" in shape-lock..?
> To: "The Robot Group Mailing List" <robotgroup at puremagic.com>
> Date: Friday, August 8, 2008, 4:19 PM
> Saw this article:
> 
> http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/08/medeco-locks-cr.html
> 
> So, putting the "lock" in "shape lock",
> I started thinking...
> 
> -Take that Shape-lock plastic stuff we got from Brian
> -Melt it to clear/malleable state
> -Fill a larger syringe with it
> -Insert syringe tip into door lock
> -Inject molten plastic
> -Wait for it to cool
> -pull out "key"
> 
> :)
> 
> IANALS (I Am Not A Lock Smith) so I don't really know
> if this would work 
> but...? :)
> 
> Vern
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