I just bought this machine and I didn't change out the lock yet and now I lost the key that came with it. It is a medco lock and it is a being a real pain to drill out. After an HOUR of drilling my drill is dull and I am only maybe an 1/8th inch in! At this rate it is going cost a fortune in drill bits and take forever. I am already using a high quality drill bit. Any suggestions will be appreciated.
thanks,
RGump
RGump, medco locks are high security and all high security locks are supposed to be a pain to drill out. But I have had the same problem before and was about to pull my hair out buying fancy 'high quality', 'high speed', etc. drills that all went dull after about 1/16" inch. Well, one day I was at one of my stops (an aerospace machining company) and the manager there gave me the best simple advice - he said "use a Carbide tip drill", I said "fine but where do I buy one?" He said "all hardware stores have them they are called Masonry drill bits." I thought he was crazy but I'll be d**m if it didn't work. The carbide tip on a masonry drill bit doesn't go dull and chews all the way through a lock. Some high security locks have hard pins cast into the lock that are designed to break the tip off a carbide tip drill when it hits one, BUT masonry drill bits are cheap. I use the 1/4" size and aim my drill right for that little toungue that sticks up in back of a barrel lock. Hope this helps.
Daryl