Scott,<br><br>Right now we&#39;re using bolt cutters, hack saws, and an angle grinder.<br><br>Smaller chain and cable seem to only take a second with the bolt cutters.<br><br>Depending on what the lock/chain/cable is made from hack saws can cut through most of em.<br>
<br>Angle grinders seem to get through it all with the proper blade! <br><br>We have glasses and gloves - great idea for safety/legal/insurance purposes.<br><br>Hope this helps! <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 4:25 PM, Scott Beardsley <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:scott@sacbikekitchen.org">scott@sacbikekitchen.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I&#39;m involved with the Sacramento Bicycle Kitchen in California. We<br>
recently sealed a deal with the local Police to take 30-40 bikes/month<br>
off of their hands in return for working with troubled (meaning<br>
law-breaking) teens (something we&#39;re doing already anyways). I&#39;m<br>
really excited about this and it&#39;ll bring even more exposure to our<br>
quickly growing shop/org along with giving us a ton of extra used<br>
parts. I have a question about breaking/cutting locks. Most of the<br>
bikes we will get still have locks (U-locks, chains, cables locks,<br>
etc) on them. What is the best way to remove these? Right now we are<br>
passing it on to the customer, but it&#39;d be nice to at least have the<br>
proper tools if they wanted to DIY it. So far we have zero power tools<br>
in the shop. This might end up being the exception. What do we need to<br>
consider? Eye protection for everyone? Tell me how you handle these<br>
issues in your shop.<br>
<br>
Thanks!<br>
Scott<br>
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