ARCHIVE 2003-2013 Introduce yourself HERE if you are new. :)

[freakparade3]

Welcome all new members!! Here are a few links to get you started.

Site Rules

New Users Guide

FAQ

Please take the time to read through them. Feel free to PM me with any questions.

freakparade3

[nKryptd]

Sup

[Otep]

Introduction - I enjoy learning how to do things, hopefully this will be one of those things.


p.s. - clean up the beginners section on tutorials, a lot of dead links.

[Shib]

I've been lurking on LP101 for a while now, I have not really been contributing information and now I think is the time haha.

I'm Dylan and i'm 17, i've been learning the art of lock picking for atleast 8 months now and I figure i've come along way. My greatest acheivment is a Garrison padlock with atleast 3 security pins. I am looking for a challange now

Thanks for reading

[jabraham]

I gather it is required to introduce yourself so hello.

jabraham

[Revolvyre]

This is a great community, I have lurked for a while but i think i'll introduce myself.

I am a locksmith in training, I have been picking locks for several years and
this site was one of the resources that helped me get to where i am now so i'd like to think everyone who contributes to this site and i hope i can give as good as i have gotten :D

[smokehouse]

Hello! I've been a locksmith fulltime for 8 years now and came across this site through one of the trade publications. I hope to learn and hopefully contribute to what seems to be a very interesting site! Thanks!

[nativeofsandiego]

Hey, Just joined. Always been good at working with my hands and dis-assembling mechanical devices and tinkering. Thought I would try something new as my old hobby took up much of my resources. So far I love it and am working towards a nice pick set. Until then, a bobby pin, a dremel tool and some pieces from a windshield wiper keep me going. Thanks for making the site!

[Squelchtone]

[quote="elpensador88"]Hi all,
After some perusing, I wonder who has the time to look at all of the new intro other than us just joining!
[/quote]

Don't worry, we read new user introductions all the time, we just don't always post comments about them.

but we'll be watching you like a hawk, and welcome to a great forum!
Squelchtone

[LockedUp]

Hello! Another lurker turned member here. I've been reading up on lock picking for awhile, and I always thought it was pretty interesting. But it was nothing compared to the feeling of opening my first lock!

Woo that was a rush. So I joined in hoped of refining my technique and tackling new locks! =)

[Edgyman]

Hi I am new to this site and lock picking. I have been able to get through a few pad locks already. some seem way too easy. just a tension wrech and and push a safety pin in there. I also pulled apart my house locks and had a go at them removed everything until I got to the tumbler and slowly went through it by starting with the back pin and adding one as I went along. I got to 4 before I came undone on the 5th one. the first pin had a real short set and while trying to reach the back ones with a bobby pin I kept over setting it. I am now waiting on a set of picks and practice locks from lockpicks.com. I hope this will help. This site has been great for better understanding what I was trying to do without any advice. So thanks hope I can learn a lot.

[Bigworm]

Hello all ,just joined after i became obsessed with lockpicking. Great site,even better peeps here,thx for all the helpfull posts.

[freakparade3]

Welcome all new members!! Here are a few links to get you started.

Site Rules

New Users Guide

FAQ

Please take the time to read through them. Feel free to PM me with any questions.

freakparade3

[ROttenmiller]

HI
Im Bob I own JamBri Locksmith I happened to stumble upon this site as I was researching info on cutting my first Medeco key and I found a question that was asked that filled in that missing link! The key cut perfectly! This is a great site Thanks guys and gals for asking and answering those questions

[Squelchtone]

[quote="ROttenmiller"]HI
Im Bob I own JamBri Locksmith I happened to stumble upon this site as I was researching info on cutting my first Medeco key and I found a question that was asked that filled in that missing link! The key cut perfectly! This is a great site Thanks guys and gals for asking and answering those questions[/quote]

Welcome to the site Bob. We like to foster healthy relationships between professional locksmiths and competitive hobby pickers alike. If you're interested in Medeco on a much deeper level, may I recommend a book called Open In Thirty Seconds, written by the author of Locks, Safes, Security (LSS), Mark Weber Tobias. From depth and space information, to half cuts, angles, known issues, workarounds, and I could go on, but I would be doing the book a disservice by not listing the entire treasure trove of information held within. You will quickly find that lockpicking101.com is also a treasure trove of information, from the easy questions beginners ask, to tough questions only the experts can answer.

We look forward to your input, and please share your experience here with other locksmiths in your networking circle, we'd like to see them here also.

Squelchtone