An old padlock my wife and I used to have on a storage area we no longer have. I have no idea what brand it is as it doesn't have any brand markings on it only that it was made in China. It took me a bit to realize I had to apply more tension to get the keyway to turn once I had it picked.
I got these two used Euro cylinders for very cheap, about $5 each, and picked them pretty easily:
DAF Kilit Standard Cylinder;
Yuma Kilit Standard Cylinder;
It's fairly obvious to me by now that apart from KALE, there are no local manufacturers making difficult-to-pick locks. I will also need to test their dimple locks, and also the brands Ozruh and Fors Kilit.
If you do not manipulate the lock, then the lock will manipulate you
I just have two padlocks in my collection to come, so I picked both today. A Cocraft 400b and a Jaco 45mm, both 4 pins with no ecurity pins. Great for a beginner.
Lock picking should seen as an asset and a skill, not as a threatening or shady thing. Tachyon - 16 year old lock picker
Onz wrote:Earned yourself a sub, hope to see more videos. Just wished the camera would focus, the pins looked badass from a distance.
Thanks man I know, this camera is killing me. Its a Nikon cool pix camera. Made more for taking stills than taking video so it doesn't record well up close. But if you watch the video full screen at 6:38 it comes into focus close enough you can see the pins. I'm hoping to get a real camera soon.
I had a job to rekey a business so the owner could throw the renter out. First lock I started on was a schlage B360 deadbolt. It refused to pick open for me & it has spool drivers so I didn't feel bad. I went to another entry door & picked open a junky import deadbolt with a kwikset keyway, that didn't take long, then I unscrewed the schlage deadbolt from the inside & shimmed it open. After making a key to it I used that key to unlock a leverset that was on the same door, then rekeyed them both. There was one more lock to rekey, an older kwikset deadbolt. The entire job took an hour, then I was back home with my check. Too bad about the renter, but I know if I hadn't locked them out another locksmith woulda got all the pretty money, which came to $170, not bad for an hour of work, even at night time.
My wife bought me a Titan KW1 deadbolt for our anniversary (she gets me a lock for holidays and special occasions.) She gave it to me during a work break. Picked it 3 times before going back to work . It has been awhile since I picked a lock so it was a good feeling!
I picked up an Ace 5202833 padlock that is similar to the American 5200 series. I took it apart beforehand to check the pins, all of the key pins are serrated, for drive pins it has 4 sporated and 1 serrated. I'm still pretty new to this but I was able to pick it in about 30 minutes the first time.
This one is a little unusual... It came on a 'Mystery Box' of cards. Obviously wasn't a challenge to pick but fun getting a box and having to crack into it
I picked 3 baldwin leversets, the first one was mounted and I usually have trouble with the angle I need to turn my pick gun to in order to pick a lever.** I started by trying to shim the door open with a strip of plastic, but the lock was installed too well & I couldn't bypass the dead- latch. I finally gave picking a try & it gave up after maybe 30 seconds. After that fun I had to pick open & rekey 2 others, same type of lock. Interestingly enough the third lock refused to do much, I could feel that mebbe the first two pins had picked & I could feel the keyhole begin to turn, but I couldn't get any farther. I finally tried my backup pick gun, which has the tension adjustment knob turned all the way down, and I was surprised when the lock cylinder promptly picked & turned! I guess I will hafta remember that little knob isn't just for decoration after all.
** If you admin fella's feel the door shimming is too advanced for this section please delete the sentence instead of moving this to advanced
teamstarlet wrote:This one is a little unusual... It came on a 'Mystery Box' of cards. Obviously wasn't a challenge to pick but fun getting a box and having to crack into it
That is five kinds of cool! Where did you get the mystery box of cards?
Gordon
Just when you finally think you have learned it all, that is when you learn that you don't know anything yet.
. It has been awhile since I picked a lock so it was a good feeling!
