| Re: frozen locks
"DougC" <dcimper@norcom2000.com> wrote in message
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> nash wrote:
>> By the by,,,, if I have a lighter available I usually heat the /lock/,
>> not the key.
>> <<<<<<<<<<
>> That only works on a portable lock. I was talking about a bike locker
>> with a door lock which is vertical like a car's. so it depends on the
>> situation. If I had a blow torch I would have used that.
>>
>
> A cigarette lighter will often still thaw those kinds of locks (like car
> door locks). As long as you can turn the lighter sideways and get a decent
> size flame out of it for ~20 seconds.
>
That's true. Some of those lighters are almost blow torches. : )
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