zeke79 wrote:Hello, I have been lurking here for quite some time and picking for about a year and a half. My problem is that I have a brinks "high security"padlock from wal-mart that is very difficult for me to pick. I will post a link to the particular lock later. It is a solid square body lock with a shrouded hasp. I have picked all of my other brinks "high security" locks fairly quickly and consistently and they have 2-3 spool pins that I can feel while picking. This lock is a 6 pin and I have found 4 spools, but all of the bottom pins are serrated and hang up on me. I have resorted to making a tension tool similar to the falle safe tension tools and this has helped tremendously on other locks with spool pins but this one is just kicking my butt. Anyone out there have any tips for tackling this beast.
If you think that Brinks is hard, you should try something CRAZY like a Medeco Biaxial! I hear those are IMPOSSIBLE to pick!
On a more realistic note, seeing someone going from Brinks -> Medeco Biaxial gives me much hope. Everyone knows practice makes perfect, but rolling back the clock to see today's great pickers have issues on simpler locks so long ago gives me a warm fuzzy feeling inside.
. All I can say it keep picking and researching high security mechanisms. I must also say thanks to the many pickers here who have helped me along the way