having trouble with that first pick..

[noob picker]

until i get my tools, what is good to use to start to learn how to pick locks??

[Greatbob]

Well you can use pepsi cans, cut them open and make strips about 1/4 and inch wide, dip it in wax a few times so it gets nice and thick, then bend it 90 degrees so it looks like an L. Also for your pick, use a gatorade bottle, cut it the same way except 1/2 inch wide and cut it so that it looks like a diamond pick. The plastic is nice and sturdy and the sodium in the gatorade helps keep it from shattering



Here are some tips from MCM

1) Newbies tend to apply too little tension, when pressing on the tension wrench it should to the point of *almost* bending the wrench.

2) Always ALWAYS start from the back of the lock, and work your way forward. Newbies tend to look for binding pins and go with them first, but this is incorrect.

3) The best place to buy picks are in "Spy shops" if you can find them, they are shops that sell things like spy 'gadgets,' telephone taps, etc. Their lockpick prices are often much better than those online.

4) Start with brands like American (padlocks) and medeco, they run a little more expensive because they have hardened metal inserts to thwart physical brute force attacks like drilling but are easier to pick because they have a higher machining tollerance.




He suggests making picks out of pepsi cans too, but thats not so good as I have learned, they tend to break in the lock, then you need to make a "broken pick extractor" out of gatorade caps, which is a pain

[noob picker]

awesome thanks alot

[Greatbob]

No problem,

[Greatbob]

I also suggest to buy some Green food coloring and Some yellow. mix them together to get blue, them mix that with some of the wax, that way you can tell when you aregetting low on wax. Make sure that the pick is almost at the point of being stuck in the keyhole because of the wax, this way, you wont scratch anything, nor will yor pick break



It has to be GREEN AND YELLOW, if you mix/use other colors, the ions will start eating away at the pepsi can.

[Geek142]

Hey, sorry if you didn’t notice but that was a flame, what he told you is incorrect; other members of the forum tend to get annoyed with questions asked already. Just think if you were asked the same question over and over it would get boring a frustrating? Well when people do that it is kind of enjoyment. My only answer is READ, go through the FAQ section and read the stickies and download the MIT guide to lockpicking and keep it as your bible and read. Use the search function on this site also and if you use all that you won’t piss the members of as much.

Geek

[Greatbob]

D@mn. Your a good man geek. I was starting to feel bad for doing it too




but seriously, READ espescially the MIT guide.


There are also books by Steve Hampton. His books are good too.



Just be glad that McM didnt get to you first

[noob picker]

does anyone know any links to a video lock picking tutorial?

[Geek142]

OMG!, did you just ignore what we have just said, READ and SEARCH. Sheesh

Geek

[noob picker]

oh haha didnt see that post...sry i shall do some intense reading for the next 10 minutes

[Greatbob]

Now you see?






there is a part that is named


"Lock Picking 101". I may be wrong, but IMHO I think that may be a good place to start

[Greatbob]

oh haha didnt see that post...sry i shall do some intense reading for the next 10 minutes

10 minutes will make you a pro



Ive heard some people who only needed 2 minutes since they started

[Geek142]

[MrB]

By the way Greatbob, your signature is not cool. According to forum rules it ought not to be more than four lines.

Also, if

you

keep spacing

your


posts out like

this, it will also annoy people.

[Geek142]

Good point.