How do I use this pick?

[PachalT]

I bought a fancy sparrows kit after picking through two months worth of old padlocks with a $15CAD set and I realise now that I have been torturing myself. This set is fantastic. However there is one pick that they include that looks so cool but I am not sure how to use it.

In the picture that I am about to post shows a master padlock and with the first two pics I can easily open it. I believe the first is called a triple peak bogetau (I probably spelled that wrong.) The second pick I just called it the wiggly worm because it looks like one. However the third pick is like the wiggly worm but has a cool kraken image on it I can open that lock with the first two picks but not with the Kraken.

[PachalT]

[image]https://ibb.co/msfuec/image]

Im so sorry. Apparently i need a crash course on the internet. I dont know how to post to forums

[PachalT]

[ADMIN EDIT:
The reason your photos are not showing up is because your web address is not a link to a photo, it's a link to a website where the photo lives. The link needs to be the EXACT location on that server where the photo is. Our [image] command looks at your address and says, ummm, there's no photo file specified in this address, I'm not sure what to show.

This is a link to the server that you posted: https://imgur.com/gallery/s6jjP

This is a link to the actual photo on the server: https://i.imgur.com/oNAg7o1.jpg <-- See the actual photo file named oNAg7o1.jpg ? This is what the [image] command needs to see in order to show it here on the forum.

In order to get this direct link, you can look for a direct link button on imgur's website or right click the image and click Copy Image Location.

I also noticed you are uploading all of your photos for *everyone* on imgur to see and make comments on, when you upload a photo, click the drop down box to make it Private not Public.

now I'm going to use the [image] command with that link and we should see your pic below this line:



Hope this helps,
Squelchtone

[PachalT]

Im sorry. Im good with my hands, not the internet.

[greengrowlocks]

All those would be considered rakes and would be used in a "scrubbing" motion. The last one with the octopus image probably isn't as effective because of how large it is. The first one is the closest to the original Bogota design.

[CaptHook]

The last pick is Sparrows 'Octo Rake'. I personally use a combination rocking/light back and forth motion with any of the picks in the photo. The biggest tip I can give you is start off with light tension, and if you don't get an open in a minute or so, start varying the tension. Sometimes you will have over-set pins that can drop when going from medium tension to light etc.

[CaptHook]

I just checked Youtube, here is the Sparrows video about it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAi1Z9jVgqw