Thank you for your time. Super cool piece. The mechanism I figured it out. You have to screw it in at a certain point and then it will release I don't know why I use don't try to go yanking it really hard thinking it's broken. You got to mess with the screw in the bottom part. The last picture I took is where the screw is in the perfect position to release the lock mechanism. If it's any screwed in anymore taken out any less it does not release the mechanism.
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