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FAQ: LP101 Frequently Asked Questions

THE starting place for new members. FAQ's, instructions on how to pick a lock, valuable information like product reviews, links to lock picking related sites, forum rules, lockpicking tool vendors, and more. START HERE.

Postby Shrub » 3 Oct 2006 16:23

Click the picture in my post and look for the begineers pickign exorcise,

Briefly, you put tension on and then try the pins, if they all stay up then you are useing too much tensiopn, if none of them will set you arent useing enough, you keep going until just one pin will set, that is the correct tension to use and that is also the first pin to set,

Its a fundemental feature of picking but also without the proper tension the whole process will not work, its a try it and see,
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cheers mate

Postby New-York-Locksmith » 19 Oct 2006 9:00

Great tutorial shrub - thanks - is there more where that came from?
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Postby Shrub » 19 Oct 2006 10:21

Well it depends on what you want to know, pretty much everything has been writtenabout but if you prefer my style or how i write it then i can of course put somthgin together on the subject you want,

If being sarcastic then whats wrong? im just not used to having such praise lol
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Postby UWSDWF » 27 Oct 2006 8:34

no only if it fits in mine
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Postby UWSDWF » 27 Oct 2006 8:54

UWSDWF wrote:no only if it fits in mine


I didn't post this here howd it get here?
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Postby illusion » 27 Oct 2006 9:14

UWSDWF wrote:
UWSDWF wrote:no only if it fits in mine


I didn't post this here howd it get here?


Perhaps you meant to write it in a PM, but instead wrote it in a wrong window or tab in your browser? The same thing happened to me, and someone managed to get a rather random PM, whilst what I had intended to write was posted in a thread by mistake.

Barring that youhave to look at account theft, but I think the former is more likely. :)
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Postby New-York-Locksmith » 26 Nov 2006 11:39

maybe it was your evil twin brother :twisted:
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Hello

Postby Miami-Locksmith » 29 Nov 2006 6:16

I hope this is the right place to post this question.....

Has anyone heard of a deadbolt that is inside of the latching
part of a door lock? what are these called and who makes them? thanks
for any advice
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Postby melvin2001 » 29 Nov 2006 6:22

should have just posted a new thread in the "got questions" area...

sounds like a mortise lock to me

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortise_lock
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hey

Postby rhys_davies2 » 8 May 2007 12:58

im gona make my own kit but it's the first kit im gona have.
:oops:
i don't know what size any of the stuff is. i need to know the thickness length and width.
:P
it'd be realy helpfull if you guy's could help?

pleeeaaassseeee!!!!!!!!!! lol
:D
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Re: hey

Postby UWSDWF » 8 May 2007 13:09

rhys_davies2 wrote:im gona make my own kit but it's the first kit im gona have.
:oops:
i don't know what size any of the stuff is. i need to know the thickness length and width.
:P
it'd be realy helpfull if you guy's could help?

pleeeaaassseeee!!!!!!!!!! lol
:D


go look at the home brew hall of fame
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lockpicking school

Postby cool_brz » 28 Jun 2007 18:05

Does anybody know anything about the locksmithing program from PCDI?I'm wondering if it would be worth my time... :?:
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Legal to ship to Toronto, Ontario, Canda?

Postby Karl J » 24 Aug 2007 12:09

I am new to lock picking and to this website. I am trying to place an order for http://www.lockpickshop.com/C1510.html to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, but I do not know if it is legal (will the shipment be stopped at the border etc.) I have gone to Southord which directed me to Lock Pick Shop which directed me here to this site. Now, I know these companies cannot assume responsibility for seized orders nor should they be expected to know all the laws to the various countries they ship to but has any member here ordered a lock pick set from Lock Pick Shop to Ontario with no problems? and how much was the shipping charge?
Thanx in advance,

Karl :D
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Re: Legal to ship to Toronto, Ontario, Canda?

Postby MacGyver101 » 30 Aug 2007 23:56

Karl J wrote:. . . I do not know if it is legal (will the shipment be stopped at the border etc.)


I have not ordered from lockpickshop.com, but I have ordered picks from a retail supplier in the States several times before... and I have never had any problem.

Karl J wrote:. . . and how much was the shipping charge?


On top of whatever your supplier charges you, the import cost will vary, depending on how the package is shipped. Regardless of how it arrives, you will be charged 6% GST and 8% PST on the order total. If the item is shipped by regular U.S. Mail (USPS), Canada Post will charge you around $15 (plus 6% GST) extra for the import brokerage. In contrast, if it's sent by courier, expect to pay significantly more: UPS will charge between $50 and $65 extra for brokerage fees on a small- to mid-sized order (plus 6% GST, of course).
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Postby jacknife » 5 Jan 2008 11:14

thx for the help
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