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hI all  the guy next door just gave me a Abloy 242 padlock with no key i beleive the key is a half round one.Any tips on picking this one please thanks

I think you will need the Disc Detainer Pick for this one, i think Jay sells them.

cheers kirk i am sure jay will "know how to make one" it looks a difficult one to pick though

I have come across a few Abloys in my job in Security world i hate them so awkward esp. to lock or unlock

Hiya, not a problem, hope it goes well for you.

I have just got a disck setainer pick, been trying to open an Abloy 330, with no joy.

Keep at it Dean. Once you get the knack of what to feel for you'll have no problem opening these and other Abloy type locks the pick will fit.

Hi all

Abloy do the key pictured above by Kirk but also a half round key, not sure if the detainer pick will fit both?

this is the problem i have as the army issue these padlocks, they cant be picked by the disc detainer pick as this will only pick the copies like blackspur and montesory.

chris belcher has told me that you need to make a pick like a two in one, i think a cot down key and a groove for a small wire will do it. the key needs to be cut down the long length

Almost sure the Abloy is mission impossible

This is the one, half round jobbie

Had a few from the MOD in Llangenech when they closed about 2 years ago now.

so are we saying my Abloy 330 which was also sourced via MOD means cannot be pick with this pick?

Many can't be opened with these picks? When Falle Safe produced their pick Abus knew this and shot him in the bo***x and made a slight change to the workings of their locks, hence making the pick useless on new locks!

The Disc detainer picks you can get (pictured above in Kirks post) are for Abloy 'type' locks, blackspur, montary etc. Stu is correct that a pick can be made for them, something I have never done though so perhaps a challange for one of you guys?

Is that the lock that used to have the 'disc number' on the back of each detainer, and it could be decoded, by using blu-tak to get an impression of the disc numbers?

Would the 'much-harder-to-find' 'Bottom tensioning Disk Detainer Pick' work on these? That would work in a similar way to a 2-in-1 really, wouldn 't it?

OAH: Thats what they changed, you can't get tension onto the bottom disc anymore as they adapted the lock, hence making the pick useless on these locks.

Thanks for that Jay. Interesting stuff.