Trip Doctor wrote:Location: Slovakia
Perhaps 'pin' is a masculine noun in Slavakian (if that's a language).
Yes, it's a boy pin in our language. Gate is a girl here, music is also girl
SsBloodY did you try to disassemble the lock ? I wasn't able to pick one until I disassembled it and discovered that 3 of 5 pins were spool, and a last hole was drilled a bit wider. It actually was a standard euro cylinder.It really helps you visualize what you are doing when you know what's inside. Try digital blue's guide with assembling the lock with one pin, then two, three and so on.
I learned on half-assembled lock, so I could see the keyhole from the opposite side, helped me with the last pin.
To the tension - not much tension is required in general. Force is not the thing you need. You need to feel in which state the pin is. When your hand is tired, take a break and return later. Also try to listen. You can very easily learn how it feels when a pin is set when you are picking a lock with only 2 pins ( assembled by you ).
I had very big troubles with oversetting, so it's probably your problem too. It's hard to select one of two pins that are feeling almost the same, they have the same pressure, or so. But only one of them is binding. Push the wrong one and you can easily overset it and you can then start over.
Hope this long post helped
