lockpicking help!!!!

by **mindboom** » 29 Jul 2007 7:49

i bought a southord set of lockpicks, and i can open all padlocks and safes. however, i can't manage to open pin tumbler locks on doors.

plz help- which pick should i use? is there a specific method of picking or raking?

many thanx!!!!

by **Shrub** » 29 Jul 2007 7:51

Click my www button and also have a read of the site,

The most important thing to read is my sig as it states do not pick locks in use,

by **Jaakko** » 29 Jul 2007 8:31

mindboom wrote:i bought a southord set of lockpicks, and i can open all padlocks and safes.

Talking about safes ends here and I really doubt that safe can be opened with picks. It ain't safe then.

however, i can't manage to open pin tumbler locks on doors.

Why are you picking doors?

plz help- which pick should i use?

plz?? What the...please do not use chat language, or are you referring to the Polish currency unit PLZ or the German equivalent for zip code?

is there a specific method of picking or raking?

Well, as this is a hobby and not a job, raking will get you nowhere. Yeah sure, you can rake, but it will not teach you anything and it will not work on all locks. Single pin picking (SPP) is the way to go and learn, that way there is no limits as to what you can pick.

I suggest to buy a repinnable lock (deadbolt cylinder maybe) and search from this forum for the stickied picking guide made by digital_blue. Also the L.I. guide to lockpicking sould be pretty good reading.

Other than that, welcome to the site and I hope you find your home here

by **mindboom** » 30 Jul 2007 6:23

german currency what what???

god i dunno about finnish language, but it must be very very formal! unlike british brummy's!!!!! unite!

i just wanna (i mean want) to master the art of lockpicking and become a lockpick, and want to impress my parents.

by **Proctor** » 30 Jul 2007 7:10

mindboom wrote:i just wanna (i mean want) to master the art of lockpicking and become a lockpick, and want to impress my parents.

Where are you from ?

U said wanna then said ( i mean want ) .. u should of just said want at the start instead of explaining yourself. also you cant become a lockpick

And yeah its good to impress your parents like i did on my first lock

by **Eyes_Only** » 30 Jul 2007 7:36

No you can't become a lock pick but you can strive to be one with your lock pick if you follow the Zen lesson in the MIT guide. :wink:

by **Shrub** » 30 Jul 2007 10:25

proctor, use proper grammer or dont post at all,

by **Matt-the-rat** » 30 Jul 2007 14:24

Shrub, I think that should be a capital letter then, before you critizise other peoples grammer! No-one is perfect, you could probably (and probably will) pick mistakes with mine too because you are a smart arse.

by **Matt-the-rat** » 30 Jul 2007 14:26

Shrub wrote:proctor, use proper grammer or dont post at all,

Captal letter to start a sentence. Full stop to end one, not a comma!

by **Jaakko** » 30 Jul 2007 14:44

Matt-the-rat, I think you have crossed The Shrub-line in the last two posts. I think that Shrub meant with the grammar those "u", "y" and "plz" type of points in the sentences, not the actual grammar.

You have a point thou with the ending-comma Shrub uses, it has raised my curiosity as to "why a comma and not a period?", but I've left it as a mystery

by **Trip Doctor** » 30 Jul 2007 14:59

Maybe Shrub is a poet

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by **Eyes_Only** » 30 Jul 2007 15:43

It's his unique way of making the end of his sentences seem mysterious. :wink:

by **cyclops1101** » 31 Jul 2007 8:06

Sorry to dis-continue the debate on language. Shifting to the source topic -

I believe the best way to practice on a pin tumbler in the vertical position is to buy a cheap one and clamp it in a vice or you could get youself a board of wood and mount your pin tumbler in there so that you can practice without fear of making a relied upon lock un-fuctional(better to be safe than sorry, plus you can then practice anytime day or night).

Any lockpickng resource should have the basics on pin tumblers if you need to understand the lock and tools.

Hope this helps

by **Shrub** » 31 Jul 2007 8:11

ratty, nice to see youve crawled out again for a bit, have fun

Jaakko, he crossed the line a long time ago with his trolling, disrespect, insults etc and i thought he was long ago banned,

The comma will have to remain mysterious for ya

but there is a reason :wink:

I was aksed this via pm recently so at least one of you know the answer the rest of you could get your search fu honed and find a post made a long time ago explaining it :wink:

by **Jaakko** » 31 Jul 2007 10:16

Shrub wrote:The comma will have to remain mysterious for ya but there is a reason
I was aksed this via pm recently so at least one of you know the answer the rest of you could get your search fu honed and find a post made a long time ago explaining it

I think I'm Zen with my Search-Fu, as I found the topic with the first search (only two results)

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