pin loose when picked?

[Xplosion84]

I made a pick out of a safty pin and the wrench out of a screw driver. I was trying it out on the first pin on my tumbler lock and it took 2 seconds for me to pick the first pin(all the way up in the front) and I noticed the pin was easy to move up and down verses before I tried picking. Does this mean the first pin was picked?

Also will it be easier to pick with the correct pick instead of a safty pin?

[Eka]

Yes normally thats a good sign that its picked......when you cant see teh sign however, you should also notice that ur tension wrench probaly turned the actual lock a little. Furthermore, a new pin will be the bind or if finished, the lock will turn

[Xplosion84]

Yes normally thats a good sign that its picked......when you cant see teh sign however, you should also notice that ur tension wrench probaly turned the actual lock a little. Furthermore, a new pin will be the bind or if finished, the lock will turn

Ya I noticed that. The safety pin isn't working very well. It keeps bending on me. For now I'm just going to wait till my picks come in the mail. I'll probably have a much better performance using the right tools.

[Eka]

Yea its pretty hard to pick with a safety pin.......When ur picks come itll be much easier, but you can still practice with the safety pin till then, things like counting pins and feeling the spring of the pins go up and down can be practiced with the pin, and if you get good at that now, then you'll be much faster and skilled with the tools

[Xplosion84]

My picks came finally I need to practice practice practice eh no one said picking is easy :-p

[Paul]

When you start practicing first try scrubbing and once you get that down start practicing single pin picking. By the way the "correct" way to hold the pick is like a pencil, I find this harder to do(especially with the smaller sized tools), but it allows better feeling and stops you from breaking/bending your tools, which beginners learning on there own tend to do, remember not to use too much tension also. Good Luck and have fun!