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picking and pining?

Information about locks themselves. Questions, tips and lock diagram information should be posted here.

picking and pining?

Postby scorpio68 » 14 Mar 2007 16:38

will repining a lock in a different combination help your skill? :?
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Postby mfschantz » 14 Mar 2007 16:46

Yes. Please read all of the stickies if you haven't already.
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Postby Exodus5000 » 14 Mar 2007 16:53

mfschantz is right. But against my better judgement I'll spoon feed.

Re-pinning a lock will change the depths that you pick a lock, but not necessarily the order in which the pins bind. High-low pin combinations are considered to be the most difficult. That is to say, a high setting pin next to a low setting pin, with this pattern repeated throughout the lock.
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Postby scorpio68 » 14 Mar 2007 16:58

thanks, and just for speed cause i'm a little slow, and i'll leave ya all alone which sticky might that be in?
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Postby mfschantz » 14 Mar 2007 17:21

STAGE 3-5 – Approx 20-30 minutes each

Repeat the above process, adding one additional pin stack in order from front to back for each new stage. Along the way you may find it useful to mix up the bottom pins as you do this. This will change the nature of the lock a little and help prevent you from just performing the exercise in a memorized and robotic manner. The important thing is that you do not move on to the next stage until you are sure that you’ve learned all you can from the level you are on. This may seem tedious and even boring at times, but you are learning a valuable skill that carry over to every pin tumbler lock you pick.

That's from db's beginner's lock picking exercise.
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Postby Shrub » 14 Mar 2007 22:56

You may also like a look at the guide on my www button :wink:
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Re: picking and pining?

Postby Lynx40 » 14 Mar 2007 23:09

scorpio68 wrote:will repining a lock in a different combination help your skill?


As the others have said...yes, quite a bit.

I've got a few locks that I'd grown "bored" with. Repinning them has turned them into something totally different. Two of which are quite difficult to pick at this point. The order of pin sets is the same, but the feel is totally different. They act like totally new locks.

It makes you realize that just because you can pick YOUR lock, that doesn't mean that any lock of that type is going to be a piece of cake to pick.
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Postby scorpio68 » 15 Mar 2007 6:48

thanks again, :oops: i install BHP and Emtec locks, and to rekey an Emtec with out the key you need shim stock or to be able to pick it.
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