how to build a "training station"?

[femurat]

Hi Luissen, this is a normal occurrence if you pick locks installed in a door, and I strongly suggest not to do so. That said, you can always bend the wrench so that it doesn't touch the door frame. After you've picked the lock you can use something else to turn the plug, for example viewtopic.php?f=4&t=56464&p=411810





Here you can see three stages of my new cylinder holders, from right to left: a just cut block; one drilled for euro profiles and rounded corners with a chisel; the old one after I quickly smoothed the sides with sandpaper but the top part is still untouched. I like these a lot. Will post pictures when I finish them.

Cheers

[mattc]

I've been working on a few practice stations for my locks, here's a sample






The fixings are for plasterboard; they expand when the bolt's put in for the first time, so it's good and secure plus it's metal on metal so I don't have to worry about the wood getting chewed up. And yes, that's a primitve home-made cutaway on the left.

[Squelchtone]

mattc:

I like your lock mounts, very creative to cut the boards like that instead of trying to mortise the locks into a thick piece of wood.

way to think outside the box! =)

Squelchtone

[femurat]

I can't believe I missed your post mattc! As Squelchy said, very nice stands. For a more realistic look you could add a couple of thin plywood sheets on the sides and make a sort of wooden sandwich. But they look great already.

Cheers

[mattc]

Thanks guys. They say lockpicking leads to other things and it has; woodwork and metalwork (began making my own picks in earnest recently)

[glens_1999]

Beautiful setup Squelchtone! I think I'll "plagiarize"

Glen

[Scott-PdP]

I'll be happy to see Squelchtone's station

how the cylinders are held in place:
http://nynex.s5.com/lp101/pics/Squelch-board-preview.jpg

hope this helps your project!

Squelchtone

This looks great! Where can I find the threaded pieces shown in the last link?

Thanks,

Scott

[KPick]

Nice station Squelchtone. I like the glossy finish on the wood and also, the amount of Medecos on it is enough to make most pickers break their picks.

[YouLuckyFox]

If I had the time, tools, and know-how, I would make a door with smaller dimensions and use it as a training station. I'd make a frame, jamb, the whole works. Chisel out for hinges and strike, just like a locksmith would. The only thing is the door would be as small as possible. It would be for practicing lockpicking on an actual door, not walking through-so it wouldn't be any taller or wide than it needed to be. Then I could mount lever handles, deadbolts, etc. and learn how to you have to pick some lever-sets sideways, or you have to account for the tension wrench hitting the door jamb in some cases, &c. It would also be a good safe way to practice some of the bypasses I have been meaning to try! Plus, how satisfying it would be to actually open a door when I pick a deadbolt when I'm practicing (granted that I don't pick locks that are in use.)

[KPick]

If I had the time, tools, and know-how, I would make a door with smaller dimensions and use it as a training station. I'd make a frame, jamb, the whole works. Chisel out for hinges and strike, just like a locksmith would. The only thing is the door would be as small as possible. It would be for practicing lockpicking on an actual door, not walking through-so it wouldn't be any taller or wide than it needed to be. Then I could mount lever handles, deadbolts, etc. and learn how to you have to pick some lever-sets sideways, or you have to account for the tension wrench hitting the door jamb in some cases, &c. It would also be a good safe way to practice some of the bypasses I have been meaning to try! Plus, how satisfying it would be to actually open a door when I pick a deadbolt when I'm practicing (granted that I don't pick locks that are in use.)

I want to do the same thing. My idea would be to mount a lock on a door I am probably using and then after that pick it open, (for the reality use) and then place the old lock back, since most residential locks are identical.