Homemade practice door (6 locks)

[shatter]

This is something I built over the weekend. Im very new to lock picking (haven't even received my pick set yet) and just wanted to know what people think. Sorry for the picture quality... They were taken with my cell phone.

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Bottom:

[What]

nice looking lockboard...

i personally would have spent the time making picks though...

[shatter]

nice looking lockboard...

i personally would have spent the time making picks though...

I ordered the 17 piece pick set from lockpickshop.com. It should come in a few days.

[rewt]

nice job man!!

i plan on making one very soon, yours looks fantastic

[Kaotik]

Nice job on the lock board.

It's personal preference on how one mounts their locks, some use boards, some hold them in hand and others use a vice.

It's mainly about the feedback and comfort. For the hobbiest, it seems to work better holding them in hand, for the person who is learning for job training purposes it works better to have them mounted solid to a station to resemble locks mounted to doors or hasps out in the field, for others it's a combonation of all three.

Give a go at making your own picks though, it never hurts to be able to make a pick or tension tool when one is lost or broken.

[meitanteikonan]

I wish i can do that, and real nice

[Gordon Airporte]

That looks really good - tidy. I doubt you'll have any trouble with the discipline part of lockpicking
Remember to experiment with heights so your arm doesn't cramp up.

[ldnlksmth]

that is pretty cool... if you choose to get into other bypass methods, you might want to add a cam-lock hole to practice impressioning/reading, or possibly a hole for a mortice cyl. if you ever get your hands on one. I've been toying with the idea of making one of these for a while, give myself a mock up of a 161 prep (2 3/4 backset, 1 inch edge bore and 2 1/8 cross bore) to test-fire locks before I do it in the feild, but I'm a working locksmith and require such things.

looks like a great board, sorry for the long windedness of my reply.

[5thcorps]

Nice work. This will greatly increase your pratical skill (Skill that can be applied in the field). Picking in your hand or in a vise limits the development of "Real world" skill that can prove invaluable in the future (especially if you're a home or business owner)
You're on the right track

[devildog]

For someone who's completely new that's VERY good.

[Finlander700]

A hobbyist dreams of such things.

[shatter]

It seems hard to find dead bolts and door locks that don't have security pins in them. So I was wondering what locks would be good to start on for a newbie like me. Any good recommendations?

[W0lf-Pick]

Great job, I'm as advanced as you in doing all this stuff, but i felt lockpicking is good, then i found [url]lockpicking101.com[/url] via [url]howstuffworks.com[/url] and joined 20 minutes ago! [url]howstuffworks.com[/url] has a cool explanation to how lockpicking works, all in a flash animation, so having 2 tools like they show on that page, you can learn how to pick the basic locks!

[W0lf-Pick]

you can use the type of lock shown on howstuffworks, forgot the name, just search for lockpicking on the page.

[ldnlksmth]

in terms of locks to use, don't worry about security pins, they're easy enough to defeat. If you're having trouble with them, and don't have any propert driver pins, do this:

1. shim/pick open two locks. take the cams/tailcaps off first.

2. use a plug follower to open one of the locks. Clear out all the chambers. retain all pins and springs

3. use the plug follower to open the second lock. Remove all the security pins, and replace them with non-security pins from your supply. If you don't have enough, use bottom pins, points up.

It's not an ideal way to get at it, but will do in a pinch.