This is a lock designed link your device to a fixed point (A lock).

I have made some changes for CNC frendly fabrication, so it took a while uploading.

I also changed the name to E-Lock, since Kensington will start sideeyeing me.

(Yes, I know what I said. I’ll take this down if nobody wants to see it…)

Enjoy!

  • dpunked@feddit.deEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    Thanks for the explanation. So these Kensington locks are super expensive? How does your desgin improve upon it?

    • TOR-anon1@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      6·
      2 years ago

      Firstly, these are open-source for community improvement.

      bending/tampering resistance by the use of guards.

      Front guard disallows the shackle from being bent.

      The Back guard protects the back shackle from bending.

      The ring guard protects tampering of the guards.

      (This info below may be inaccurate since I changed partial lock design. FEM testing wasn’t used right now.)

      The shackle is designed to withstand 2-7k netwons. (2k when aluminum is used, 7k if steel is used.)

      (This was found on the web. This may be mild/severly innacurate. Take this with a grain of salt.)

      ~200 Newtons are  required to move a car.

      Also the shackle tip is round instead of square. This improves the shackle from V-bending:

      Kensington Shakle tip: ====[]

      My shakle tip: ====D

      (Don’t throw out of context… :|)

      And finally, it’s cheap and easy to make.