I got my pick set for a couple of weeks now(southord 14 pieces). I also bought 2 master padlocks #3 and #130. I can't seem to pick either one. I have read the MIT on lockpicking and for the past 2 weeks have been searching for technicks everywhere on this site and other such as "how thing work" ect... I'm at my wits end. lockpicking is intriguing but with no result or progress it's pretty discouraging. I have followed the advice of some of the senior members but still no progress. I think that my tension is wrong but i don't know how much pressure to actually put on the tension wrench. People say medium to low pressur but how much pressure is that. I saw on a web site that there's a tension tool that set the torque for you. would that be the answer to my tension dilema? I don't want to over assessorise and look like a fool. Please any advice would be appreciated.
Buy some cheap deadbolts, rekey them so one lock is 1 pin, another is 2 pins, another is 3 pins, and work up to five. Trust me, you'll learn a lot by doing it.
Some things may be pick proof, but everything can be bypassed....
No. It's all about practice. It's about getting the feel of one pin and learning to put that knowledge against the other pins in the lock. Picking the one pin lock and knowing how it feels when the pin hits the shear line, then going to two pins and knowing that one pin is set and the other is not, or that one pin is overset and to release tension. Practice, practice, practice.
Some things may be pick proof, but everything can be bypassed....
Do not get the spring loaded tension tool, it is not for beginners. What you need to do is learn to read feedback from the wrench, and a round tool is very heavy and the spring dampens your feedback. The only benefit that I see with it is that it will fit in virtually any keyway.
"Reverse the obvious and the truth will present itself." - Carl Jung
I had a play on one of the round tools and to be honest I wasn't impressed - it seems a lot of money which could be better spent elsewhere - practice with conventional wrenchs and spend the money saved on beer, takeaways or even different lockpicks
madasian wrote:I got my pick set for a couple of weeks now(southord 14 pieces). I also bought 2 master padlocks #3 and #130. I can't seem to pick either one. I have read the MIT on lockpicking and for the past 2 weeks have been searching for technicks everywhere on this site and other such as "how thing work" ect... I'm at my wits end. lockpicking is intriguing but with no result or progress it's pretty discouraging. I have followed the advice of some of the senior members but still no progress. I think that my tension is wrong but i don't know how much pressure to actually put on the tension wrench. People say medium to low pressur but how much pressure is that. I saw on a web site that there's a tension tool that set the torque for you. would that be the answer to my tension dilema? I don't want to over assessorise and look like a fool. Please any advice would be appreciated.
The master 130 i had was all spools except that first pin so that might be in the same as yours.
