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Useful Beginner Kits

Tool recommendations, information on your favorite automatic and/or mechanical lockpicking devices for those with less skills, or looking to make their own.

Useful Beginner Kits

Postby thebikefiend » 8 Feb 2007 23:10

I've been reading for awhile now and I'd like to spend anywhere from 5-30 dollars on a starter lockpick kit. Anyway you guys could post some links of your favorite places to order form -and which kit to go with. I'm from the central United States, so no euro-kits please. Thank you.
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Postby thebikefiend » 8 Feb 2007 23:12

Oh I forgot to add, any suggestions on locks to begin on? Should I buy a lock from the hardware or?
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Postby Eyes_Only » 9 Feb 2007 0:00

I have a question too. Did you try searching through the stickies in the General Information/FAQ forum first?
If a lock is a puzzle, then its key is the complete picture
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Postby thebikefiend » 9 Feb 2007 1:50

I apologize. I'm not new to forums and in general it bugs me when new forum goers post repetitive posts. I realized I did just that -because I got giddy. I failed to browse the stickies before posting, hehe. One of those stupid slips. Sorry to waste forum space guys.
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Postby Eyes_Only » 9 Feb 2007 2:14

I'm just jesting. When you first start up a hobby like this it's easy to get excited and miss seeing the search issue. Welcome aboard.
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Postby pauly003 » 9 Feb 2007 13:38

Buying from a hardware store is a good place to get beginner locks. They are generally of fairly poor quality. That means there will be lower tolerences butween the pins and the chambers, which makes the locks easier to pick. They are also pretty cheap(cost wise). Start with a kwikset if you can find one, or a cheap copy of a weiser. :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Postby greateast » 14 Mar 2007 14:52

I was bored the other day and tried to make my own from a diagram I had. In the end they came out kinda cool :lol:
kinda proud of myself haha.

kinda hard to get the right material thou..
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Postby NIC » 15 Mar 2007 9:36

thebikefiend wrote:I apologize. I'm not new to forums and in general it bugs me when new forum goers post repetitive posts. I realized I did just that -because I got giddy. I failed to browse the stickies before posting, hehe. One of those stupid slips. Sorry to waste forum space guys.


Anyways,here goes.This one is cheap priced !!

http://www.lockpicks.com/index.asp?Page ... D=502&HS=1
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Postby Stash » 15 Mar 2007 19:52

Try a Master padlock. Generally any $5 master padlock will do...if it looks common, it's probably cheap and easy to pick, notice I said probably. Don't go for a re-keyable padlock yet though, they're generally many times harder to pick. If you want a deadbolt, get a Kwikset, I saw them at a store the other day for about 10 bucks, so they won't break the bank or anything.
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Postby lockedin » 15 Mar 2007 23:14

This is the best deal you'll get for the money:
http://1stlinesecurity.com/14pieclocset.html
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