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Electric pickin questions

Having read the FAQ's you are still unfulfilled and seek more enlightenment, so post your general lock picking questions here.
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Do not post safe related questions in this sub forum! Post them in This Old Safe

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Electric pickin questions

Postby sagar » 23 Jun 2006 13:25

Was wonderin if anybody could help me out here,

I have been havin a little trouble with my electric pic, the E100H

There are some locks which I can pick easily, and some Yale locks which I cant. The space between the bottom pin and the base is so small that there is no place for the needle to vibrate, is this some sort of a anti pickin measure, or does it mean nothin

Is it possible for someone to also tell me where I can find more info about electric pickin on the internet

Thanks
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Postby SFGOON » 23 Jun 2006 13:36

We've got an entire forum dedicated to electric and mechanical picks. As far as the pick you have, have you tried filing one of your pins down or using a lower setting?
"Reverse the obvious and the truth will present itself." - Carl Jung
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Postby CaptB » 23 Jun 2006 13:43

funny you should meantion that I`m having the same problem :oops:
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Postby sagar » 23 Jun 2006 13:48

Yea, I used the least setting, but I think its enough to actually push the upper pins since the pins are quite large

Anyway should I have posted this in the Mechanical section or questions section ? its a bit confusing
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Postby sagar » 23 Jun 2006 13:51

Sorry, the low setting does NOT allow the upper pins to move up, I believe
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Postby Shrub » 23 Jun 2006 18:09

If the blade fits in and moves any amount it will be fine, adjust the setting until the lock opens, Yale do have a lot of restricted keyways but as far as the normal ones go they are very easy to open with a EPG, the SO guns arent the best tools to use though.
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off and on

Postby raimundo » 24 Jun 2006 9:07

not all keys have a nine cut on them so its ok if you feel that the keyway wards require you to lift the pins a bit to get to a more open area, and then cycle the pick on and off, (I have never used a powertool pick, but I was reading a thread about them yesterday on foro.lockpicking.es which is in spanish.
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HPC

Postby CaptB » 6 Jul 2006 6:03

I`ve got the HPC electric pick,
brilliant tool takes less than an hour to get familiar with it.
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