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new to lock picking need some advice.

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new to lock picking need some advice.

Postby striker0204 » 23 Oct 2007 15:37

hey, i want to start lock picking as a small hobby. i work too much, and dont get to enjoy myself as much as i should. figured lock picking could be a quick, easy, and impressive thing to do with your friends or by yourself when your bored.


i want to know what kind of set id need for house picking. i dont know ANYTHING about locks or security pins, but i sure as hell could learn.

i dont want to spend over $100. cuz im not going to be THAT into it. at least not yet. i wanted to spend around 20ish. is there a nice house set for around that?

and also car picking. fords/chevy's. i live in the boonies, and practically everyone has fords and chevy's including myself. haha

thanks in advance fellas. ill check back in a few hours.
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Re: new to lock picking need some advice.

Postby MacGyver101 » 23 Oct 2007 15:55

striker0204 wrote:i want to know what kind of set id need for house picking.


Could you clarify a bit what you mean by "house picking"?

. . . and also car picking. fords/chevy's. i live in the boonies, and practically everyone has fords and chevy's including myself. haha


If you're starting out, you should really stick with simpler locks. You're far more likely to break something when you're first learning... and you certainly don't want to be explaining to your friend how you just broke his car door lock. :?
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Postby striker0204 » 23 Oct 2007 16:01

house picking. well ive been youtubing alot, and i noticed many different variations of locks. but more commonly classified, at least to my understanding, is home locks, auto locks, and payphone (medeco) locks.

please please correct me if im wrong (which i sure i am)



and yes of course i do understand what you mean about the auto lock. lets just forget that for now, i didnt even think that one through. just house locks.
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Postby poor paperclip picker » 23 Oct 2007 16:29

I would start out with the classic master #3 padlock. Its a very simple lock to pick. And for picks, I am a hobbiest now, but hope to sometime become professional, and my set I bought, I got from lockpickshop.com, and I ordered a standard tension wrench, a small hook, a half diamond, a double ball, a rake, and a key extractor (you had to spend over $10). Including shipping it was only around $15. Which isn't bad and its a good way to see if you like the sport without spending a lot of money on a full beginner set.
But as for locks, like I said, you should probably start on something easier than jumping into doorknobs (if thats what you mean by "house picking") and such. A good master #3 is what I started with. Also lock picking is a good way to pass time when you're bored and I do it when I'm stressed its pretty relaxing.
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Postby Afisch » 23 Oct 2007 16:32

I hope house picking was simply the only way you knew to explain it... anyway, if it is deadbolt style locks you want to start to pick then buy a 5 pin deadbolt, (kwikset) and begin by repining it to one pin. As in d_b's exercise in a sticky on here. Both Auto and Medeco picking is reserved for the advanced forums here so you will not find advice on either. Neither will you need it if you are just starting out picking as a hobby.
figured lock picking could be a quick, easy, and impressive thing to do with your friends or by yourself when your bored.
unfortunately picking is few of these things.
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Postby striker0204 » 23 Oct 2007 17:19

Afisch wrote:I hope house picking was simply the only way you knew to explain it... anyway, if it is deadbolt style locks you want to start to pick then buy a 5 pin deadbolt, (kwikset) and begin by repining it to one pin. As in d_b's exercise in a sticky on here. Both Auto and Medeco picking is reserved for the advanced forums here so you will not find advice on either. Neither will you need it if you are just starting out picking as a hobby.
figured lock picking could be a quick, easy, and impressive thing to do with your friends or by yourself when your bored.
unfortunately picking is few of these things.


ok, so what your saying is a normal house uses a 5 pin deadbolt, and you can pick it by getting a "kwikset".

and as far as the lock picking being few of those things, i love building cars, but that takes a few years. lock picking may not take 2 minutes, or even 2 hours, but at least its way faster than what my normal hobbies are.
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Postby Dragunov-21 » 23 Oct 2007 17:57

No, what he's saying is:

1. Forget about medeco and auto locks, not gonna happen.
2. Forget about picking your/others' house locks, if they're in use, they're off-limits. Buy a 5-pin Kwikset (this is a LOCK) as your first practise lock.
3. Lockpicking takes a lot of practice, and more importantly, understanding. Read The MIT Guide and The LSI Guide and make sure you understand the theory, or you'll get nowhere.

And now for my 2c.

Read the MIT Guide and the LSI Guide (links above).

Get a small (14 piece or less) standard pickset from lockpickshop.com, or make your own, there are plenty of tutorials in the "Lockpicks - Manual" forum.

Get yourself a practice lock (also see above) and run through the tutorial shown HERE

Have Fun!
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Postby PhR0Z3N_PhL4M3 » 24 Oct 2007 9:05

As to making your picks, its not too bad for a start, my first pick was home made but the size was wayyy off (not having seen a real pick up close before) so I'd say, as with any hobby, spend a little money and get the starter sets and try it out, if anything you get some picks that you can pick up at any time and just fool around with ;D
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Postby josh0094 » 24 Oct 2007 11:45

making homemade picks is fun. and a little bit challenging the first eh 8 you make, but after that it really kicks in and you can crank um out in 5 mins with a dremal tool.

also, the first pick i made was a really offsized halfdiamond and i use it the most. idk why, but it works the best for padlocks.

have fun! and dont get frustrated with the first lock you try to pick!

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