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[midget21]

hi there, i just joined lockpicking101, and have always had a great intrest in lock picking. i first started with lock shim, then ended up picking my padlock with paperclip and sciccors, than i really got going. I bought a 14pick set and padlocks are way easy. ive only sucessfullly picked my deadbolt once by using the raking technique. can anyone help me getting my door lock down? its driving me crazy.

Thanks

[freakparade3]

Welcome to the site. We can help you learn but you should not pick locks you rely on. They can be damaged and rendered useless. Check out the beginners exercise by Digital Blue, search before posting, and I'd recommend reading the stickeys, the best info on the site is in them. Have fun!

[Jaakko]

Welcome aboard! This introduction could have been posted to the "Introduce yourself here if you are new" thread, but as always there will be posts like this. No offense, just pointing out the afore mentioned need to search before posting and reading all the stickies on the forum so you know if your questions have been answered already

Oh, almost forgot to mention: Do NOT pick locks you or someone else relies on! That is The Rule Number Two. (The Rule Number One obviously being "Pick only your own locks or locks that you have permission expressed by the legitimate owner of the lock")

Enjoy your stay and practice over and over and over again

[dmux]

welcome to the family, but like said above, please refrain from asking questions like, what picks should i buy?/where?/


there are hundreds of topics on that information

but check out www.toool.nl/blackbag and google/youtube videos for some good info too!

[Exodus5000]

Howdy!

Here's a starter course for you: viewtopic.php?t=10751

viewtopic.php?t=10677

After you read through all those, then you'll be all set for more interaction on the forums.

Welcome!

[Budmaster11]

I've heard about "breaking a lock" several times now and I am curiouse, how does it break? I'm sure that it can break by it being picked, but how does that happen, and what breaks in the lock?

[nekret]

Many times picking a lock can lead to accelerated wear on the pins, changing their sizes just enough to make the original key no longer functional or cause pins to scrape on the interior of the shell wall. If the lock can be re-pinned than it isn't too much of a problem since the pins may be replaced but if you do that to something that's either a pain to re-pin or impossible to remove without destroying the lock, you'll end up spending more time fixing locks than picking them .

[Shrub]

The easiest way to destroy a lock is to over compress the springs and stop it working properly, this can happen on a brand new lock out the pack and given to someone with a hook and told to mess around for a minute,

[Eyes_Only]

Repeated whacks with a bump key over a long period of time can also screw up a lock. So on top of not picking locks you depend on, you shouldnt bump locks you depend on either.