I did what you told me to to, and I paid..

by **JoeLansing** » 30 Sep 2006 18:51

I got my PXS-14 pick set today. Yippie! I grabbed my cheezy Kwikset 2 pin and set one pin, then the other. Rotation! I grab a junk masterlock clone paddlock that I've been bumping. Pick,pick,pick, Click! Open in less than a min! I grab my Yale 5 pin practice lock. Pick,pick,pick.. Nothing.. Rake, rake.. Click! Yippie!!!

Now comes the bad part.. I go to my front door and start picking on my 1964 Wiser. Pick,pick,pick, *CLUNK*. Hmmm The middle of the knob, cylinder and all falls out of the knob. I can see how the back of the cylinder keys into the back of the knob to hold it there so I put it back together. But the keyway isn't straight. Get key, put in cylinder and straighten it. Key is now stuck. Knob won't come apart again. Swear at it for an hour then go buy 3 new keyed alike knob/deadbolt sets to fix my doors. Anyone need a 1960's Wiser to play with. I have lots, one even includes a key!

You told me not to play with my house locks. I was a few fries short of a happy meal and didn't listen. - Joe

by **jimb** » 30 Sep 2006 19:15

I enjoyed that. Not because you messed up your door lock, but because it shows that you have read the forum.

by **JoeLansing** » 30 Sep 2006 19:45

Thank you. I'm a little bummed because on my cheeze-o-matic newbie Kwikset 2 pin lock the front pin has to be set first. Then the 2nd pin. Makes it no fun. Wait.. I can try just pinning 2 and 3 and leave pin 1 out right?

My Pick-Fu really stinks. Just trying to count the pins in my 2" Tru-Bolt master padlock clone is a pain. I can only feel 3, even using a half diamond. Can that be right? And I want some smaller tension bars. The 4 that came in the PSX-14 kit only has one small one. I want one a hair bigger than it is. I already had 2 dremel kits, and yesterday I bought hacksaw and some tiny tablesaw or such blades. Maybe tomorrow I'll try and make a tension bar. I've got about a dozen of the little camping propane cylinders. Will a cheezy torch end from Harbor Freight fit on one of those?

This all started cuz I locked myself out of my car last weekend. I'm gonna get good enough at pick-fu to open all my stuff with a bobby pin or maybe my weiner, they're about the same size...

- Joe

by **Shrub** » 30 Sep 2006 19:49

Im so tempted to sticky this and re-title it lol,

Sorry youve stuffed your lock but glad it shows the others that we know what we are saying when we say dont pick locks you rely on,

Gives you a good excuse to buy a better lock now,

by **Schuyler** » 30 Sep 2006 20:34

JoeLansing wrote:This all started cuz I locked myself out of my car last weekend. I'm gonna get good enough at pick-fu to open all my stuff with a bobby pin or maybe my weiner, they're about the same size... - Joe

hehe, one of the funnier things I've read on these forums :lol:

by **JoeLansing** » 30 Sep 2006 20:45

Gives you a good excuse to buy a better lock now,

That's another problem. I'm a n00b at picking. And I want to be able to pick my house locks. Now that I know how vulnerable the average house lock is, do I buy good locks, or some crap I can pick? Guess what I bought. 3 handset/deadbolt Yale combos at Menards. $14 each. I can already at least rake the $8 5 pin Yale handset I bought for practice. I 've got great insurance if someone breaks in when I'm not here. I don't grow weed or run a meth lab in the house, and if I am here when they break in, hello Mr. Mossberg 500 Persuader..

- Joe

by **Romstar** » 30 Sep 2006 21:29

Joe,

I have to say its refreshing when someone owns up to doing something silly. I liked that. Sorry about your door lock, but that is why we tel people not to play with htem.

On the upside, I would bet your news locks are a bit better.

Keep working at the picking and sooner or later you'll be able to get a lot of locks you didn't think you could before.

One of the best ways to know if you are feeling the pins correctly is to explore a lock you know about.

Take an average deadbolt and re-pin it. Then feel for the pins, re-pin it again and do the same. Maybe get a friend to re-pin for you and see if you can tell what they did, and how many pins there are.

Padlocks are a pain because there is no real set standard, so you never really know if there are three or four or five pins in there. Not to mention when they use security pins to make up for lousy machining.

At any rate, it was refreshing, and I hope you stick to it.

Romstar

by **LockNewbie21** » 1 Oct 2006 5:53

I'm gonna get good enough at pick-fu to open all my stuff with a bobby pin or maybe my weiner, they're about the same size... - Joe

woww.... Well, jimmy played the purple haze solo with his junk... so guess that would be okay i suppose..

I'd brag like a man... but my junk ran away.. yup woke up.. went to take a leak, little bastardd took off down the street... he does that occasionally...

by **JoeLansing** » 1 Oct 2006 18:05

woww.... Well, jimmy played the purple haze solo with his junk

Purple haze wasn't a solo. Midnight was a sweet solo! Too bad you can only get it on a european release. It's on his War Heros 8 track..

- Joe

I did what you told me to to, and I paid..

I did what you told me to to, and I paid..

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