by Technologic » 10 Aug 2007 16:40
Today is my first day trying lock picking. I ordered a 3 wrenches, an "S" rake, a short hook tool and a small half diamond pick about 3 days ago and they arrived this morning. I went to the locksmiths shop and I talk to him for a bit about a good practice lock, and I ended up with a kwikset cylinder. He also gave me a free plug follower to help me remove the pins, and he showed me how to do it.
This is where the problems started. I lost track of which pin went where because I didn't know enough to take them out one by one. But now I have re assembled the lock a couple of times, and it now functions normally other than a few out of place clicking noises which could be caused by one of the springs being bent.
My question is, how do I know if the pins are in the right place? I picked 1, 2, and 3 pins successfully after reassembling the lock to certain degrees and am working on 5. However, I'm not sure if this sucess is only do to a few of the pins being out of place and only one actually needing picking. Anyone got any ideas?
