First 2 times to use my skills

by **nightrider** » 30 Aug 2005 18:14

Well the first one was when I borrowed a company vehicle the other day and I went to fill up the gas tank. Well the stupid gas cap had a lock and I didn't have a key for it so I wipped out my pic and had it open in about 10 seconds. The next opertunity just happened about 30 minutes ago. Sister-in-law for some reason had an outside door lock on her backroom and her little kid locked it and closed it and she had no key. It was just a basic kwikset lock with 5 pins but it feels pretty good to be able to take out a pick and open it in less than 30 seconds. So finally I have been vindicated for learning my new skills (the whole month i've been doing it). I'm seriosly considering taking a course on locksmithing and doing that as a side job/hobby.

thanks to everyone who has helped me and aswered my questions. I love this place. <tear>

by **tshock** » 30 Aug 2005 18:19

Sweet use of ur skills dude! Keep it up!

by **luckyPick** » 30 Aug 2005 23:12

ditto

by **Chucklz** » 30 Aug 2005 23:43

My congratulations and deepest appologies. You are now marked. Expect to do all the lock work for your extended family for an indefinite period. Don't screw up either... or be sure you can fix it if you do. On the other hand they tend to not bother you about your hobby anymore. Of course, you end up putting a bit of cash towards things like spare parts and pin kits when you could be buying some really fun toys... but thus is the price.

by **zeke79** » 30 Aug 2005 23:59

I agree chucklz. I was roped into that exact scenerio when I first started this hobby. I was even living on my own, my father was locked out of his shop due to a kwikset kik installed upside down for about 8 years. I fixed it with my expertise of working with an outward swinging door..... Now I get too do everything for them, including buying what they need from the local lockie and installing it for their discount........... :evil:

by **Minion** » 31 Aug 2005 7:07

Even though I've helped my mom get into a locked drawer (pshaw, I know, wafer locks and the like, but it was within a week or two of me posting those videos), get into a locked door on the sched (probably a kwikset), opening her safe when she couldn't find a key, and getting into the house when we didn't have our keys, she still labels lockpicking as criminal

But she lets me continue to practice... and practice.... and practice.

That's a very good use of your skills, I'll have to go with the others and say that you should keep up the hobby!

by **vector40** » 31 Aug 2005 16:52

o_O

How'd you do the safe?

by **Varjeal** » 31 Aug 2005 16:55

Nice use of your skills, don't forget to remind everyone that one day you'll be charging to use them.

by **amc31b** » 26 Sep 2005 9:39

Nightrider,
i defiently feel you on being proud of the new skills. i just started picking myself and it really is an addicting hobbie. you get a certain sence of humor and amazment that you just opened a lock without the key. lets face it, the padlock is kind of an american icon for security and with two little peices of metal, you opened it in a few seconds.
i have opened every lock in my house except for one pad lock, the key space is so tiny i can seem to work the pick without setting the pins too high.
other than that the big problem i am having is using the pin at a time method. all the research i did said pin-at-a-time is the basic method and should be learned first. i tried picking my locks at home with that and it was like i would pick all the pins but the plug wouldnt turn, i even made sure that in wasn't over setting the pins. to make a long story short, i can scrub open all the locks i practice with easily, but pin at a time doesnt work. isnt scrubbing supposed to be a more advanced technique?
someone who knows more than me, please help!
thanx!
have good pickings!

by **treboR** » 26 Sep 2005 11:05

Scrubbing is not advanced. It is quite the opposite. As someone on this site said once, scrubbing is how a monkey would pick a lock.(something like that)

The reason most around here urge you to get good at pin by pin picking is because there is a lot less luck required to open a lock pin by pin.

by **chopitup** » 26 Sep 2005 14:27

Scrubbing is what you do when you get frustrated and can't pick it pin by pin. Then the lock opens and you feel slightly vindicated but somehow like a cheater.

by **lock_hacker** » 29 Sep 2005 18:42

vector40 wrote:o_O

How'd you do the safe?

depends on the safe i think. My dad i remeber one time i think the fbi locked them selves out a federal safe and my dad had to open it. I think alot of people drill safes and other methods also

by **mike-z** » 6 Oct 2005 20:08

i find lockpicking to be a very helpful hobby/skill/trade

by **vector40** » 7 Oct 2005 3:41

Uh... I was asking Minion, who mentioned he'd opened his sister's safe, and whom I'm nearly certain is not a locksmith.

by **HKW** » 22 Oct 2005 17:09

I 'charged' my girllfriend a big bottle of Bombay Sapphire gin when I got her back into her apartment (she locked her keys in the car). We both we glad to get that door open.

HKW

First 2 times to use my skills

First 2 times to use my skills

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