Sticking with the human powered method, we use a 4 1/2 ft. industrial grade, monster of a bolt cutter to get through U-locks and anything else that stands in the way. Don't know where it came from, but its quick and quiet.
-Will 21st St. Coop Bike Project
--- On Tue, 6/23/09, reno bikes renobikeproject@gmail.com wrote:
From: reno bikes renobikeproject@gmail.com Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Cutting Bike Locks To: "The Think Tank" thethinktank@bikecollectives.org Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2009, 11:16 PM
angle grinder with cutting wheel.
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Stuart O Anderson soa@ri.cmu.edu wrote:
Bolt-cutters are low cost and pretty safe, and will get you through
cables and chains. A hacksaw is slow and labor intensive but will
eventually get you through a u-lock. An angle-grinder with a good
cutting disc is my preferred tool for this work, although I wouldn't
feel comfortable handing it to a random volunteer. If you do get an
angle grinder, consider getting a 6" one so you can use it to cut up
frames too, I've also heard (but never used myself) that a portable
hand-held bandsaw
(http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_6970_200308967...)
works well for this...
Stuart
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 6:25 PM, Scott
Beardsleyscott@sacbikekitchen.org wrote:
I'm involved with the Sacramento Bicycle Kitchen in California. We
recently sealed a deal with the local Police to take 30-40 bikes/month
off of their hands in return for working with troubled (meaning
law-breaking) teens (something we're doing already anyways). I'm
really excited about this and it'll bring even more exposure to our
quickly growing shop/org along with giving us a ton of extra used
parts. I have a question about breaking/cutting locks. Most of the
bikes we will get still have locks (U-locks, chains, cables locks,
etc) on them. What is the best way to remove these? Right now we are
passing it on to the customer, but it'd be nice to at least have the
proper tools if they wanted to DIY it. So far we have zero power tools
in the shop. This might end up being the exception. What do we need to
consider? Eye protection for everyone? Tell me how you handle these
issues in your shop.
Thanks!
Scott
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