Practic locks?

[JackNco]

Hey to all, im new to the forums and would like to learn more about lock picking. i dont want to be another newbie thats asking lots of repeated and previously asked questions so ive been doing m research. ive eyed up a basic beginers pick set, a training board with 1,2,3,4 and 5 pin locks 2 train on. but i was wundering if any 1 could give me some advice on where to buy some perspex sided pin tumblar locks? i havent seen any on my travels for less than £40.00

thanx in advance
john

[Shrub]

You dont need those boards that have 5 locks on with varying numbers of pins and you dont need perspex sided locks.

Get a ayle and repin it yourself with illusions guide, get a basic pickset to pick it and your away.

Read the MIT guide and then the picking paper found on Matt Blaze's crypto site and youll be well prepared.

Perspex sided locks only make you rely on looking at the lock to pick it and the boards with 5 locks on are a waste of money as once you can easily pick the 1 pin one youve then got a useless lock unless you aquire some pins from somewhere, same goes for the other ones up to the 5 pin version.

As i say get a cheap yale and take 3 of the pins out, make sure you also take the top pins and springs out of those chambers and youll be sorted.

[illusion]

Here is a link, since I'm a good samaritan:

viewtopic.php?t=10505

Enjoy.

P.S: Get an ERA or a Yale.

[JackNco]

You dont need those boards that have 5 locks on with varying numbers of pins and you dont need perspex sided locks.

Get a ayle and repin it yourself with illusions guide, get a basic pickset to pick it and your away.

Read the MIT guide and then the picking paper found on Matt Blaze's crypto site and youll be well prepared.

Perspex sided locks only make you rely on looking at the lock to pick it and the boards with 5 locks on are a waste of money as once you can easily pick the 1 pin one youve then got a useless lock unless you aquire some pins from somewhere, same goes for the other ones up to the 5 pin version.

As i say get a cheap yale and take 3 of the pins out, make sure you also take the top pins and springs out of those chambers and youll be sorted.

cheersm i have the mit guide but havent finished reading it yet, ill order the pick set n gt a yale n take some pins out, cheers for the advice

[JackNco]

thats great, just got my self a cheap 5pin yale n took it all 2 bits with te guide. ordering a pick set on weds hen te student loan go in. no dout ill be pestering wth questions but ill try not 2

[Shrub]

Just before you get burnt to a crisp by the grammer police, please dont use texting talk, type the full words as its quite hard to understand some of the posts that are so abreviated.

Glad your getting on, the yale will be a good start for you.

[Blink]

Another great guide was posted by digital_blue, he tells you how to start picking, starting with only 1 pin, and working your way up to 5 or 6 pins. The excersise is centered around finding the "binding pin", very important when picking pin-by-pin. Here's the link:

http://www.lockpicking101.com/viewtopic.php?t=10677&highlight=pin+binding

And like Shrub said, don't be so lazy to type "1" instead of "one", you'll find people won't take you seriously and you won't get much help. Also, there is an edit button in the top right hand corner of your post where you can change your spelling errors after you post.

Good luck!