it's all about tension ...

[Millow]

Salut man

Vive le québec

Où as tu acheté ton premier set de lockpick ?

Tk, je vis a mtl...

[Kaotik]

When light pressure is applied to the lock cylinder with the tension wrench it will bind against a pin causing it to have resistance when lifted with a hook/feeler pick (feeling stuck), lift it till it hits the sheer line.

Applying the same amount of tension without resetting that set pin, lift all the other pins till you find the next binding pin, then continue until all pins are at the sheer line and the lock cylinder will rotate unlocking the lock.

[raimundo]

if you have a selection of picks and your still having trouble, take one of the complicated picks, (called a rake) and put the tensor blade in at the bottom of the lock (make sure it does not become stuck there, thats a mistake if that happens, if you have two different widths of tensor blade, use the one less likely to become jammed. then with your tensor loose in the bottom of the lock, put the rake in, and jiggle it, tilt and move in and out while bouncing the tensor so that it intermittently increases pressure on the lock and occasionally drops any set pins, (not to worry, seting them is easy, letting them drop eliminates overset pins) if you lock is not high security, this will open it, and you will begin to get a feel for the tensor which is where you are having problems, others will quickly jump on my telling you to practice with a rake for a first pick, but you have been trying singlepinpicking and have become frustrated, so a confidence builder is ok, you will learn a bit about tension. Theres a purist thing that some of the people here believe in, as if it only counts if you used a hook,
but Im not buying into that, using a rake only ruined a few pickers, who used to spp but just decide to learn raking instead. (duh, everyone tries spp and raking and most will come back to spp for the tough ones)

[Tygart]

Sorry for the Misunderstanding. I read it wrong.

[samfishers]

oh ok i get it

[samfishers]

hey tell me if this trick will help!

to determine tension, and you have the key to the lock.
1. put the key in the lock
2. if there is a hole in the key(like to attach a key other keys)put your tension tool inside the hole and then apply tension, until your locks pop open, and this will help you to know how much tension to apply to a lock

ps. i figured that all by my self

[Jaakko]

hey tell me if this trick will help!

That was a nice idea! Thanks for that, I think I try that on some of my locks and see if helps any

Got to say that that kind of thinking and ingenuity is the mother of all great inventions

[samfishers]

héhé

ill take that as a compliment

[UWSDWF]

Vive le québec

your pride in quebec neglected to capitalize it.... hilliarious