hehe yea.. anyway.. utilities were dirt cheap in USSR anyway, probably it was mostly meant to keep some babushkas away from utility room who would otherwise apply their own settings for apartment block central heating system or smth

@@KasparOnTube Can't vouch for the USSR specifically, but normally there would be no such thing as a "central heating system" in a commie apartment block - you just got the warm water / steam piped straight in from a central station that heated an entire neighborhood.

@@AttilaAsztalos well... :) my comment was mostly just joke. but on the other hand it was not fictional story - hot water from boiler house typically do not go to your wall mounted central heating radiator directly - not in (ex-)soviet union not anywhere else in any large scale centralized heating systems - otherwise messing something up in one apartment in one house would have consequences for the whole city - so there are utility room for heat exchanger in almost every big commieblock house with various valves and stuff to regulate room temperatures and flow of hot water and so on. I even currently live in one of such houses..

​@@KasparOnTubeMoss Side, Manchester UK, 1980s had district heating system, water in the flats (apartments) was direct from the central boiler. Plummed as branch loops, so a fault could be isolated to ~4 properties from outside, plus isolation in each property.

Had one yesterday that I wasn't sure about. Kept picking what seemed like everything until it was in the false set of it's life. Ended up with a similar problem. The locking bolt was hung up and wouldn't move, but the core was "picked" A slight addition of a screwdriver as a turning tool and boom. Lock open.

i was like woah... a lock he struggled to pick... cue the disappointment but hey it got me to click on the video

Yea 2 min video gave it away

It is not Clickbait, he explained that he couldnt open it because he turned it the wrong way on his first try.

SPOILERS

Why’d you have to spoil the ending? 😭

More like, in Soviet Russia, locks direction fouls the lawyer.

​@@madkoala2130 guess you don't get the joke

@@SleepPeace well, i dont since comment is posted in first minute of videos upload so most likely guy wrote it without watching the video to end.

😂

"This is... the LawyerPickingLock..."

😂 YMMD 😂

👍😜

Was that from Seinfeld? Was it George Costanza or Kramer? It just has this Jerry Seinfeld vibe to it... and Google is unkind to me in the search results.

Right to the left!

Maybe you need to turn to the left because it's a communist lock?

Hahaha

And then McNally will open the Masterlock with another Masterlock, as per usual.

the only reason I know they'd never actually do that is because it would make Masterlocks harder to pick

​@@n147258noahbut would he do it counter clockwise?

no now their key goes left then right then up before turning left twice then down and a push to unlock

Imagine if all new locks randomly set for either clockwise or counter clockwise turning to trip pickers up

That lock is fantastic! On the end of a short rope. Great for getting into cars and out of muggings.

@@MonkeyJedi99 😂

From that perspective it does make a lot of sense i guess

Yep. It's a big lock to say "this is locked, stay out please"

​@@keiyakins or "the responsible has locked it, go to them and ask for the key", visible from far distance

_"For locking utility rooms - ... the lowest (...) security class lock"_ - exactly. In other words, it's like a 1.5 m/ 5 ft picket fence around your property - not insurmountable obstacle, but still good enough to discourage casual would-be trespasser. Yes, it can be easily overcome by anyone with a bit of determination, but much cheaper than 5 m/ 15 ft reinforced concrete wall with shiny concertina ("energized" by high voltage) on top of it. And then there's the "defence vs hazard" match - a stout oak stick may not be the best personal weapon available but it's still good enough against an aggressive dog (or "cruising for bruising" knife-wielding drunkard). No need for $5000 machine gun and armour-piercing incendiary ammo in either case. PS: and then there are even lower "security" padlocks - ones opened not with a key but a round piece of metal tube with a triangular or square opening at one end, which is inserted into a recess on the padlock to turn a matching triangular or square peg. These are used for all sort of "cabinets" holding utility meters or electricity connectors - and their job is to prevent casual mischief or unintentional interaction with these.

ps: that OCT is actually гост, i.e. GOST, meaning state standard

more like 5 seconds

Honestly, lasting 20 seconds against LPL is still impressive.

Good one 😂

Could be 50/50 but seems like it is 80/20 or so - against you!!!

Nah man. With USB, you gotta try the other _two_ sides 😛

What did they use to lock the factory?

@@olsmokey A Finnish Abloy! :P

@@olsmokey a corrupt and violent security guard

...were you the guy who decided on the materials?

In Russia we have ao saying: "locks are against honest people".

Yet the lock is theatrically large, comically large. Even a crappy tiny Master Lock #2 is going to be more secure, even with one fewer pins, since it won't be able to be melted off with a small handheld propane torch or cut off with a bare hacksaw blade with tape wrapped around as an improvised handle.

@@TWX1138 But a tiny lock would not be a comically large padlock to advertise "this utility room is locked."

​@@TWX1138but what if the locking mechanism of the door needs a large shackle? Also a smaller lock is easier to misplace.

@@Jehty21 They make longer shackles for smallish locks. A smaller lock is much easier for the custodian of the locks to deal with in large numbers, particularly if having to travel around with replacements to potentially use if locks have been defeated or lost.

Use nylon locking nuts if you really want to slow somebody down.

Use green loctite for extra security

This is hilariously accurate.

How easy can you cut the thread?

@@volehunter there are thicc rods available 😆 ..even with m8 it will still take him longer

Цена отпечатывалась прямо на заводе на абсолютно всех предметах, которые производились в СССР, либо делался специальный "вкладыш", где она также была указана. Это было очень значительным преимуществом, когда товар доходил до покупателя без мошейнической наценки P.S. Ничего не имею против капитализма, но современные наценки в 50%+ от себестоимости товара явно вредят покупателям)

It should also include the percentage of the price that is siphoned off for corruption- let's just say 90%+ I can imagine instead of imported and local ingredients printed, a corruption percentage is stamped in reading something like, "At least 90% of the purchase price is for corrupt purposes."

​@@ThePaulv12 of you think corruption is a thing of the past you have a lot to discover...

@@interservice4027 Фермеры не получают денег, которых они заслуживают. Farmers do not get the money they deserve.

@@ThePaulv12 You could say this about any product made anywhere, so don't be clever.

Ba da bing!!!!!

Nothing more than misdirection.

Is there anything commies ever did that wasn't backward or just wrong?

🐑 🥁 🐍 (Baa Dum Tss!)

censored for pointing out what happens under com mun is m every single time.

Love it. Soviet locks become more secure as time passes.........

[ Insert Duck Dodgers rocket launch scene here ] "Oops, had the silly thing in reverse."

@@andrewdreasler428 actually this would be a case of the builder reversing the shifter, so reverse and drive are flipped. 😋

It's pretty much the only way I can see to make something pick resistant after watching this channel for years. It reminds me of when the dude from Stuff Made Here tried his hand at making an unpickable lock.

The proper term is nightlatch.

@@firesurferThanks.

Division?

I think you should do a little spell checking. The predictive function of your device picked a different word than you intended?

Yes, comrade, it was decided for you

unlike western countries today, possession of lockpicking tools in USSR was severely punished so that was not an important threat vector. as explained by LPL on a previous video.

​@@ssl3546was the possession of power tools or bolt cutters also severely punished?

Or even an oscillating saw.

Basically a holley carburetor for security

They didn't have that there. They still don't.

a hammer will suffice.... I have already broken so many cast zinc parts by accident....

A 'torch'? That's what we call the thing you call a 'flashlight'. I think you mean 'blow torch'... A torch just shines light on things. Oh, after watching the video, maybe you do mean 'torch'....

Wave* rake, can't edit post on my phone

They're both huge red flags in terms of lock choice.

to be fair, the Soviet lock did outperform any master lock to date 🤣

@@exeggcutertimur6091 I mean, it is literally their national flag.

@@nonna_sof5889 it was 23 years ago

Nivassa ei tarvii edes turvavöitä kun perse jäätyy penkkiin kiinni.

It probably can't be disassembled non-destructively. Rivets are cheaper than screws, after all, although in this case, I wonder if they literally poured molten zinc over the core when casting the body.