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Zone Cen Grade 4

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Zone Cen Grade 4

Postby Jason13 » 23 Dec 2006 11:17

I got a Lock from the buyer of my first pick,

anyway one side has 3 spools and 1 bobbin and the other all 6 drivers are special i think its 4 spools 2 bobins but trust me its hard.


Anyway iv'e picked the Easy side 6 times and hard side 1 time.

The hard side was False setting so much because of all them Special drivers :lol:

Im happy that i at last Picked the hard side.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5fhuCBJTQ4
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Postby Jason13 » 23 Dec 2006 11:19

The side im picking in Video in easy side but still quite hard,

3 spools 1 bobbin
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Postby horsefeathers » 23 Dec 2006 13:58

i have never really thought about it......i had always assumed that both halves of a euro/oval are pinned the same way.

Good picking on a lock brand that can be tricky.

No offence Jason to you or anyone else who does this, but I find watching vids of guys picking locks rather mundane. Since all you see is relatively poor quality images, what is to be gained as the viewer? Without personally knowing the actual lock being picked, i do find they leave me 'underwhelmed'. I like vids that show bypass methods or other techniques that are useful to a particular brand/type, rather than watching a pair of hands rake open a padlock! The chances of me coming across a Schlage F knobset is extremely remote yet Zeke's bypass tutorial vid was very informative (advanced section).

This isnt a knock at you Jason or anyone else who likes to demonstrate their picking prowess online. Just my personal opinion of this type of video.

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Postby Jason13 » 23 Dec 2006 15:15

No offence taking everyone has there own say,

i got this lock pinned so 1 side was easy and 1 side was ultra hard.
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Postby NKT » 23 Dec 2006 19:07

It wasn't different, until I re-pinned it. One side ("Easy") I removed the spools from 4 & 5 and replaced with non-spool top pins. The other side is the regular set-up.

Here's my try, regular CEN4 Zone: http://www.youtube.com/v/oF2xCrEUl6Q
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Postby horsefeathers » 24 Dec 2006 4:31

aaahhhh!!! :) I see it all now! The lock was re-pinned.

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