 So I was working on a couple of These herd locks Hope this thing stays in focus because I'm right in front of it that I got off of eBay and Wasn't having much luck with them and part of it was that the They're kind of old and have gotten a little sticky over the years and let's zoom in just a little bit more for you Focus There we are Okay, so this is Alex by the way and I've used a beauty 40 before Probably some of you will think that's a horrific thing to do Put oil in the lock, but it seems to work really well to get some of the gunk out and Free up the pins so that they're not so sticky But what I was trying to do is find a way to do it without making such a big mess And I had this crazy idea. This is an insulin syringe No, I'm not an IV drug user It's a 1cc you can get these at the drugstore or if your drugstore won't sell them to you because you're not a diabetic You can certainly Order them online, which I think is where I got these so what I did was I took a little bit of WD 40 and got a big hair in it a little bit of WD 40 went in the garage and Just simply fill the syringe a little bit with some of it. It's a little viscous. So it doesn't fill quite as easily But then I've got this very fine needle. It's like a 30 gauge kind of needle and What I can do is I can actually take it and stick it somewhat deep into the lock you can get these with longer See get these with longer needles on them and put a fairly precise amount of oil in there and it actually kind of squirts out if you look at Kind of well, it doesn't squirt that well and put a little bit maybe around the plug You know And one cool thing is you can kind of if you've got the shackle that is being a little bit of a bitch you can kind of Just get it right in there It's right around in the the capillary action or the the Surface tension will just take it right in along the shackle Kind of maybe do one of these things With it. I'm still loosening it up and then I just take a this is a South order I think Bogota stingy But you can kind of hear how crunchy it is initially But as I sort of work the lube in there the wd-40 into the lock It starts loosening up and the back end there is still a little bit Wobbly, so just give it a little bit more Now what's nice is it you know, it doesn't spray all over the place You don't really get the fumes and the house so much so I can work in here where the light is better and That's what's going on with the paper tell down so the wife doesn't get mad about the table And then take a tension wrench And give it a little twist Like that to kind of help the plug a little bit Okay, maybe give a little bit more Breaking that kind of thing and hopefully get some of these picked open now And Salvage these older locks maybe impression some keys And they're pretty cool locks they open backwards which is kind of interesting open to the You twist them anti-clockwise So just a little idea these things are really cheap. You can also get a version of them Sometimes in the the glue section of your hardware store For injecting glue into little crevices and things when you're patching Furniture or whatever they usually have a little bit of a thicker needle, but same idea Only thing I would say is be you know be careful with these obviously very sharp. They come with a little Cap And dispose of them properly if you've got a sharps container or put them in a A bottle or a can before you throw them away so nobody sticks themselves on it handling it and It's about it. So I thought that might be helpful with somebody and just a little crazy tool tip And thanks for watching. This is alex signing off