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

[Ives]

Hello, i'm new here, i'm from belgium and I speak dutch. I'm 14 years old, and I'm new to lockpicking, i ordered a lockpicking set a few days ago, and in a few days I should receive it. I was already interested in locks a while ago, but just a few days ago I started understanding how locks work. I already watched the H2K2 video's, and a few others and I read what used to be called the MIT lockpicing guide.

(my first post here and already such a long one )
BTW, I'm looking forward to being accepted in the advanced group.

[Tizo]

Hi, My name's Tom and i am from the United Kingdom, i am 15 years of age. Locks have facinated me for a little while now, been interested in different types of locks and how they work but i never thought about lock picking untill i came across this forum, i read about an hours worth of threads and thought i should try the sport/hobby. My picks should be here today so i can get practising. I hoped to be accepted into the community and not be flamed too many times lol as most noobies here have.

[newcomer]

Hi. Me new to the scene. Nice forum, good work! Hope I can learn a few tricks and maybe exchange some pointers with the pros,haha!

[funky_phill]

Hi My name is Phil, I came across this forum whilr looking for ways to improve the security for my car and home and thought having a good knowledge of locks and lockpicking would be a good ground knowledge for this.

[Varjeal]

It certainly will help. Greetings and welcome to all the newcomeers. Try the search feature to find answers to your questions.

[noctaeon]

Hey I am new as a regged user I have lurked here for quite some time but never spoke up or joined I am a magician and computer security enthusiast and I see lock picking as another form of "Hacking" and thus am drawn once again to learn the craft/hobby/art

[digital_blue]

Welcome noctaeon. It's nice to see a fellow magician!

Happy picking!

db

[drilit]

Hi all,

I'm new, Ive done the Just Locks course in the UK bout 6 months ago, been interested in lock picking for a while, how do you buy tools with no accounts ? im here to lurk & learn.

Lee

[pinky]

you pay over the top for them, best to have accounts, obviously with that handle you favour the grey haired ones methods.

[drilit]

nah, that handle is jus 2 get ppl to bite

[tons0phun]

Hola there, read the MIT guide a bit, mostly been working from that.

People seem to say tumbler a lot...is the tumbler just another term for the plug?

Anyways, I've been mostly on the locks on my house, and friend's houses (ranging from Schlages to Kwiksets), but I have yet to open up one of the locks, and I have two questions regarding this:

1)When setting a pin up, is the pin supposed to bind between the plug and hull and stay up, or to you have to let the pin seperate from the driver somehow?

2)I always find there is a 'b****-pin' (not sure how strict cursing is in forums) in every lock. For example, the second pin on my front door is the difficult pin. It takes the post to push up to the sheer line, and it resents most frequently.

[daremo23]

hello to all....been interested in locks and pick'n since 14 33 yoa now. had no sucess earlier due to age and lack of forums like this in the pre-net days so i read a lot of books. finally broke down and bought a set a few years ago and dabbled a bit still hadn't open a lock. found this place...like a new home and retried my picks. opened a few different wafers, singles mostly and began working on my house knob locks. today i read the poll results from ( how long it took to open your first) and agian tried a knob lock that had been elusive previously and it opened in like 4 minutes. i must say that reading the posts here teach me something each time i read em and practice practice practice really is crucial. sorry for the novel like first post but thanks for chance here!

[bigbike]

1)When setting a pin up, is the pin supposed to bind between the plug and hull and stay up, or to you have to let the pin seperate from the driver somehow?

2)I always find there is a 'b****-pin' (not sure how strict cursing is in forums) in every lock. For example, the second pin on my front door is the difficult pin. It takes the post to push up to the sheer line, and it resents most frequently.[/quote]

1)-depends on the lock, but most house locks have a top and bottom pin, the bottom pin pushes the top pin up past the shear line and then it has to fall (the bottom)down past the shear cause if it don't then you have binding. Binding happens because either the top pin did not get pushed up past the shear when the plug was being turned and it is caught or the bottom pin is not releasing enough and it is being snagged.

Hope this helps-Jan

[Kryptos]

Hey, as you may already have guessed, I'm new to this site. I don't have a lot of experience picking locks. In fact, the only lock I ever picked was the one of a crappy safe I have on my desk. So, I'm eager to learn a lot more on how to pick them.

[Luke]

Welcome