Cylinder pulls & Tension wrench !

[stewroper]

Hi All

Tried to pick my front door lock today ("Yale" cylinder), but was a bit stumped as I have been practising lock picking in a vice on my desk.


But when it came to picking my "Yale",I was a bit taken aback by the way the cylinder pull petrudes and was blocking my tension wrench.


Hows the best way to avoid the cylinder pulls from interfering with the process of picking?

thanks

[UWSDWF]

1. your pictures do not work
2. DO NOT PICK LOCKS YOU RELY ON I repeat DO NOT PICK LOCKS YOU RELY ON, they can and will break, then your house/car/safe/chasity belt is vulnerable or unable to be opened (think: emergency situation).

[stewroper]

1 . new to site, so i am just learning about uploading images

2 . i do not pick locks that i rely upon without 1st knowing that i have a replacement in the case of damaging them

[EvoRed]

Just use a different wrench that angles outwards to avoid the bottom of the pull or put the wrench in front of the pins aiming upwards.

[SteveW]

If im having trouble with a cylinder pull or a large escution i tend to go for a circular tension tool. Dead handy for the escution on a PBS1 etc.

[UNFORGIVEN]

i always carry spare cylinder pulls and i try to get around it but if it fails then OUT COMES THE HAMMER and i bend the pull down then replace the pull with a shiny new one and the custermor is happy
i wouldent sugest doing this on your own door but i would sugest byeing some cheep locks / padlocks to pratice on like every one will tell you DONT PICK LOCKS YOU RELY ON AND NEVER PICK LOCKS THAT DONT BELONG TO YOU
ive never herd of locks failing due to picking but im sure it has happened so not your own front door not a good idea

regards

[stewroper]

Thanks a lot for all ur advice .