Door locks

[Satan130]

I can pick padlocks without security pins with relative ease, and I can pick padlocks with security pins if I have a bit of time on my hands, however, when I go to pick a lock on a door(no, not one actually on a door, one that i bought), all that gets thrown out the window. Same amount of pins, no security pins, same, same, and same. Why are these ones so much harder, to the point that I've never successfully picked one?


Oh, and hi, I'm the official new guy until someone else signs up = ).

[PickFree]

Well that depends.

Quality padlocks will be very hard to pick, harder than some door locks. However generally door locks seem to be made to higher standards, are tighter mechanisms and less forgiving.

Can you give some more specific information on the problems you're having? A description of what happens when you're picking would be good. Is it that you're setting pins but they're jumping back down when you set another pin? Are you applying to much pressure with the tension wrench meaning you can't lift pins? Are you lifting some pins to high?

A little more info and i'll try my best to help