help an apprentice

[commadore]

i have been lock picking for months, im getting better, i fully understand how a normal lock works. i read some articles on here and one that made sense was one that suggested that i purchase a 5 pin lock and take out all pins but 1 and pick that then add one and so on, so what exact model should i buy, i am not good with dissasembling locks so i need somone to tell me a model that is very easy to dissasemble and take out / add pins for practise.

commadore thanks you for time well spent/

[Cyclops154]

Hi commadore.

I recently bought a easy to re-pin lock from learnlockpicking.com

Its a pin tumbler with 5 or 6 pins (standard or challange, challenge comes with some spool pins)

Have a look at the site.

Hope this helps

[Theist17]

If you're not too picky about price, there's a wonderful progressive picking set offered by TOOOL on their website. The basic 1-6 pin cylinder kit is eighty dollars US, the advanced kit (spools, I believe) is fifty five, and the full package is one hundred and twenty. It's a seriously good deal, and I'll be picking up the advanced kit after I've gotten a good vise.

[smhatter]

If you can find them around (i'm not sure where you are), the Brinks deadbolts are good for this. The cylinder is usually only held in the outer rim by one screw, and when you have the cylinder out the back unscrews to disassemble it. You don't have to bother with trying to pry off a C-clip. They also usually have two security pins you can play with later.

[smhatter]

If you can find them around (i'm not sure where you are), the Brinks deadbolts are good for this. The cylinder is usually only held in the outer rim by one screw, and when you have the cylinder out the back unscrews to disassemble it. You don't have to bother with trying to pry off a C-clip. They also usually have two security pins you can play with later.

I forgot to mention, if you do this, pickup the keyed on both sides type. They are only about $5 more, and you get two cylinders (keyed alike of course) that you can disassemble to get a total of 6 normal pins and 4 spool pins. That should be plenty to mess with.

[Xlerb]

There's also a fellow on eBay that sells 5 cylinder sets that include a cylinder each with 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 pins. You can also get a set with a cutaway cylinder in addition. I think those sets run about $50-60 US and if I remember shipping was included.
He throws in a bag of spare springs and pins, including a few security pins, so you can fiddle around with rekeying the locks. I don't remember the seller's name, but if you do a search for "practice locks" or "practice lock sets" on eBay you should find him, or someone like him. I think that's the search I used anyway.
They are all used cylinders, but the ones I got were in great shape and he threw in a couple spare cylinders as well. Don't know if that's standard or if I just got lucky.