Bump bump

[Availor]

Here I am with bumping gain.

It seems that when I hold the cylinder in my hands it is much easier to open it using the bump technique than when it's set in a vise. I tried to experiment and hold my hand tight simulating the vise. Still it takes sometimes 1 hit to open a lock when I hold it in my hands, while sometimes it takes me more than a minute to open it while in a vise. I've even measured the strenght required to open the lock so I can pick it for the first - second time. Again when doing the same while in a vise it won't work so fast.

I've tried to find an explanation for that, and came up with a suggestion, that if a vise is also vibrating then the energy passed to the lock will also pass to the vise, while my hands (skin tissues) are more springy.

Anyone has an idea regarding this?

[Romstar]

Its not about force.

Just like a pick gun, its about technique and timing.

When you mount the lock in anything, whether it is a vice or a door, you change the angle of you attack, and the relationship of your hands and the way you feel the lock.

While the lock is in your hand, you unconsciously adjust your striking angle, the force of the strike and even your posture. You know when the hammer will hit, and from every movement you unconsciously calculate the timing of turning the key.

Take away this relationship, and you are losing some of the unconscious cues that you had before.

Now its about practice, about learning to "know" when to turn, and how to adjust your strinke and everything else. This only comes from experience because now your hands are divorced from each other and you have to make up the difference with your eyes and ears.

Just take the time to practice more with mounted locks rather than holding them. The technique will come.

Romstar

[Availor]

Thanks for the reply, I will practice more

[d_goldsmith]

Also, if you hit the lock too hard it will bounce the key pins. I was thinking the opposite of the suggestion you mention. Your hand is probably absorbing a lot of the impact. You might need to use less force on the lock in the vice, and could be popping the key pins (at least one) past the shearline.

e.g. hold a walnut in the palm of your hand and hit it with a hammer. Put the walnut in a vice and hit it with a hammer.

Don't actually do it