Speed gutting tools for locksport/locksmithing

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A set of tools for gutting locks quickly and easily. The plug follower catches all driver pins at once in the holes, and they can all be pushed back into the bible at once with the printed-in-place pin lifter. The pin chute allows you to dump the pins all at once into your pinning tray. The STL files uploaded are sized for American Lock cores and this [LPL-style pinning tray](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3140402), but the Solidworks files are equation-driven, so adjusting the dimensions for locks and trays of different sizes should be simple. If you make a custom version for your own locks/trays, I'd appreciate a comment listing the parameters you used and the lock model/tray they work with. ##Modifying the design with Solidworks Both Solidworks files are equation-driven, so if you want to print a version of the parts to fit a particular lock or a different pinning tray, it should be a fairly quick process I'll list the variables for each part here and what they do (although most are self-explanatory), as well as some other notes for getting a working model. If there are any problems, please leave a comment and I'll revise either my explanation or the model. **Follower:** plug_diam: Diameter of the lock's plug. pin_count: Number of pins in the lock. pin_diam: Diameter of the pins. pin_gap: The space between the holes in the plug, measured from the edge of one hole to the nearest edge of the next. pin_start: Distance from the back of the face of the plug to the near edge of the first pin hole. tol2: Tolerance for the pin holders. A bigger number here makes for a looser fit. driver_height: Height of the driver pins. print_in_place_offset: Gap between the pin lifter and the handle. Increase this number if you're having trouble with the print-in-place mechanism fusing. **Pin Chute:** plug_diam: Diameter of the lock's plug. tol: Tolerance for the plug diameter. Increase if the plug doesn't fit easily into the chute. pin_diam: Diameter of the pins. pin_start: Distance from the back of the face of the plug to the near edge of the first pin hole. pin_gap: The space between the holes in the plug, measured from the edge of one hole to the nearest edge of the next. pin_count: Number of pins in the lock. tol2: Tolerance for the pin chute holes. A bigger number here makes for a looser fit. There's no functional drawback to making the fit very loose, but your slicer may not like it if the holes get too close together. tray_spacing: spacing of the grooves in the pinning tray, measured from one side to the same side on the next groove. D1: A number calculated from other parameters. No need to mess with it. cyl_wall: Thickness of the wall of the main cylinder. Not dependent on the model of lock. tray_width: The horizontal diameter of the semi-elliptical "feet" of the pin chutes. tray_depth: The vertical radius of the same ellipse.