Rim Cylinder Lock Holder Box

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Buying the cheapest bags of trash locks secondhand I end up with a lot of yale rim cylinders that struggle to work well with most lock holders. In addition i'm not overly convinced I should be practicing so much with the lock in my hand and also have limited places to set up in a vice. So I made this monstrosity that both allows multiple locks practice on, gets me used to slightly uncomfortable angles, and, via shims, holds the locks in place solidly enough for picking. I printed it in tpu using a 0.6 nozzle and it used about 160g provided you turn the model face down you won't need supports. I can't promise if pla will be a good idea although the shims would help if you can get the holes correct. V2 shims printed in PETG proved a great improvement. There is a slimmer variant in case its needed. Print shims 100% infill for strength. Have tried to reduce to absolute minimum footprint although may make a wider v3 for ease of use. Please bear in mind you may need to resize the shims depending on your locks as there's some variation out there. However the shims should resize.... or stack in combination of multiples of regular and slim to... in theory... to secure any lock of a similar layout. They should also serve to secure the locks in a few other holders I've seen floating about such as https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4684948 by gspweim Added 4 lock smaller variant. I hopefully will make a few alternative backs for the box, one with a stand and one with a couple of holes to enable it to be mounted on a wall at whatever height you like. Will also make modified box with a simple pair of nail loop. Also, as its very little extra effort will make 2 and 1 lock variants and probably some giant horror thing for a laugh. In the unlikely event anyone sees this and has any comments and suggestions will do my best to implement/get back/apologise as quickly as possible