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I accidently locked a master lock Street Cuff to our bed's headboard. The funny part is I lost the keys to unlock them. The headboard does not come apart.
Any idea to get it off besides using an angle grinder?
In YouTube, I could see one guy figuring out how to pick this kind. He does not live nearby.
I know it looks kinky, I actually put it on as a joke but my wife pressed the lock button without knowing it.
It is been there for 2 years. Any advice or hack is seriously appreciated.
You need a short hook and a bogota lockpick. Master locks are so incredibly poorly manufacured that it typically takes 30-60 seconds to open one you don't know. Sparrows sells decent picks, but buy some cheaper used picks on eBay. For torque, you can take a generic windshield wiper insert and bend it 90° with a pair of pliers.
A snapgun would work, but only if the keyway isn't too tight.
Look at bosnianbill's videos on youtube.
Edit: looked again, it appears to be a tubular cylinder. You need a short and medium hook for those, and a specific tension wrench for tubular locks. Sparrows sells these. Pick it three times in a star pattern, it will open. They are more inconvenient to pick than difficult. If you want it to be very simple it will cost you more, but requires no skill. See e.g. http://www.lockpicks.com/8-pin-advanced-tubular-pick.html Ask their support staff what kind of pick you need for this lock.
No need to break what looks like a pair of very romantic handcuffs ❤
In this situation, I put forward following hacks possible:
If they use a ratchet type of closing (like a hook/sheer that latches) there's a really good "drinks can" hack that you may be able to try similar to this How to make a Simple Lock Shim
Edit in response to Willeke's comment.
The basic process involves cutting and shaping a thin, sturdy, sheet of metal (a shim); which can be obtained "carefully" from cutting an aluminium drinks can, you can also buy shim from engineering suppliers/online; these are normally made of brass and may be too soft for some locks (the same with aluminium). If you find these metals are too soft, try some steel shim instead. Be aware, these metals aren't kind on ordinary scissors...
The premise is that you cut the shim to size, and then shape it accordingly so it can slide inside the opening between the bar that goes into where the locking mechanism is, and, the case that houses it. With enough force (care with sharp edges), the shim slides between the "bolt"/"sheer pin" (sometimes a ball-bearing), that is part of the lock internals, and between the movable bar that allows you to open and close the lock around things.
This is much harder to describe than picture :D
If this works with those cuffs... I've never "reverse engineered" them before...
There are also other items you can use to slide between the housing and the movable locking bar depending upon the type of lock you have. Being unable to see the type or style of lock that's in the Questioners' post, I am unable to determine the best route to take. However, ZipLock ties, (plasticuffs), and old style handcuffs can be bypassed in a similar fashion by sliding something between the "sheer" and the ratchet-shaped surface.
Some items include:
Sparkplug shims (they are quite handy as they come in many thicknesses, however they may be destroyed when using them for something like this)
Padlock Shims - often sold in packs of several sizes from locksmiths, these can be reshaped fairly easily with a file and some wet or dry sand-paper; they can also be repurposed for different lock types
Old-style metal sweet tins. However they can be quite thick; although these could be thinned using wet or dry sand-paper and some elbow-grease.
Other than that, I would recommend a "Junior Hacksaw". or a "mini-hacksaw" like this pictured: "Mini-Hacksaw"
(ok, apparently I need 10 rep to post more than two links!)
Thanks for the rep :) )
And! Hold the lock as sturdy as possible with an adjustable wrench, like this one, you want all that arm energy going into the cut, not moving everything about :P : "Adjustable Wrench"
Edit: I have been a hobby lock-picker for years. The time and effort involved in sourcing picks and trying to learn without breaking a lock, or breaking/damaging a cheap pick (I use Southord), you might as well just hacksaw it off considering hacksaws are cheap in comparison. Depends how much the cuffs were? but yes, time and effort, go for a hacksaw if it can't be shimmed...
My experience (using and repairing these tools on a daily basis) is that a $20 angle grinder from Harbor Freight with a "slicing wheel" mounted is far easier to hold steady than a (usually more expensive) rotary tool, and either one will require a second person to steady the lock. However, the big problem with any powered abrasive cutter is the shower of sparks the wheel will throw.
An option that will still deposit abrasive particles and metal filings near the cut, but at least won't throw them across the room after igniting them (and hence possibly start a fire in bedclothes, curtains, etc.) is a "rod saw" or tile cutting blade mounted in a hacksaw frame. These carbide abrasive blades will cut nearly anything (including glass and tile, and surely including the lock's shackle), but being muscle powered won't heat the filings from the shackle to ignition. Yes, it'll take a long time to cut through a hard shackle this way -- but this will do the least damage to the bedroom.
One additional advantage of a rod saw or abrasive edge hacksaw blade is that the cuttings won't come out of the cut at high velocity. Temperature aside, this would absolutely required eye protection be worn by everyone assisting in the operation. Such protection is a good idea, but not a fast requirement, with a low speed abrasive cutter like a rod saw.
An inexpensive high-speed rotary tool with fiberglass-reinforced cutoff wheels will do the job and is much easier to hold without damaging the bed. The links are just to show the type of item; you might find similar tools locally.
I can't see them well enough or know how the lock works to be certain but could you use a shim? This is a little bit of metal (cut from a drink can) that you can slide between the pin that holds the cuff closed and the cuff. Something like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC-1S4cHUPs
