d_goldsmith wrote:jasontimmer wrote:a few things i can think of: 1. the plug will turn just a little bit. 2. there will be a click, heard and/or felt, from the pin setting. 3. the set pin should be easier to lift than one that still has a spring pushing against it. if youre picking a lock with mushroom or spool pins, 1 and 2 will be of no use to you
I've never heard a click when a pin set? Has anyone else heard a click when a pin set?
Yes, I have heard a pin "click" when it has set, but thats almost never going to happen in most cases. Oddly enough, when you get the proper feedback from the tools, you feel the "click" rather than hear it, but because you expect to hear something it translates in the brain as both a feel and a sound.
The brain can be odd sometimes. Its this phenomenon that I counsel most people against, as when they are picking in a noisy environment, they can't "hear" the click, and rather than rely on their hands, they expect to hear something, and when it isn't there, they think they are failing to set pins.
In some very rare instances you will have a lock that does make audible noise, but it is very rare, and therefore I don't suggest that anyone listen for the click.
Romstar