just bought my first lock

[tango2150]

i just bougth a "Yale - Cylinder Deadlock - P3320PB - Front Door - Brass"
there was a shop closing down that was selling stuff off at upto 75% off so i got this for about £4, i didnt feel i was losing out.
i know very little about locks, i dont have any picks yet, but ill have some slimline ones by tomorrow. the lock is a 6 pin which i think is hardest? any idea if this is a good lock to try considering ive never done it before, i think i have a 2 pin padlock somehwere as well.

[Afisch]

That sounds like a good thing to start with, theough you likely will be re-pinning it down to less pins to get you on your way. (DB's guide somewhere). I've never heard of a 2 pin padlock, fewest I've picked is 4. Good luck.

[tango2150]

oh well whoever told me there was one about must of been wrong i guess. can you link me to a guide for repinning?

[vrocco]

Try this one:

http://www.lockpicking101.com/viewtopic.php?t=10505

Good luck!

[Bump]

Throw your 6 pin Yale in drawer and forget about it for about 3 months!

Go out and buy a Bird/Wren/WKS or Sterling and practise the techniques expounded on this forum. You'll find that you will be rewarded with early success which, in turn, will encourage you to progress onto more difficult locks.

When you're ready buy a Yale/Assec/Union (or maybe an ERA if you don't want too much of a challenge) 5 pin cylinder and practise pin picking it! Only when youve mastered that do you start to think about the 6 pin Yale you left in the drawer.

Dont run before you can walk young Skywalker!

[tango2150]

ive been having ago at the yale lock, i have no idea if im even setting any pins... but i did manage to pick my first padlock!! really cheap thing but it did it! the feeling is amazing!

[Zen Reaper X]

lol skywalker lol yoda

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Now feel the force Skywalker! When the core feeeeeeeels like it has just moved....the pin might be set....then again you might have entered the dark side!

[tango2150]

nooooooo! dispite the darkside having cookies i wanna be good! or at least a chaotic good...
after picking the cheap lock i asked my dad if he had any better ones and he game me a "ABUS N 65/40" how hard are they? ive determined it has 4 pins. can i be helped?

[Bump]

65/40 the shackle and or body dimensions is. Cheap Abus easy, expensive Abus hard they are!

Number of pins matter not, depends on how they are it is! Straight pins are for the young Jedi, spooled, mushroom or serrated pins are for the master.

Feel the force youngling and persevere!

[eurolock fan]

65/40 the shackle and or body dimensions is. Cheap Abus easy, expensive Abus hard they are!

Number of pins matter not, depends on how they are it is! Straight pins are for the young Jedi, spooled, mushroom or serrated pins are for the master.

Feel the force youngling and persevere!

I disagree I have 2 cheap Abus laminated padlocks that I just can't open and I have a 4 pin and a 5 pin Abus Discus padlocks(at $28.00 a piece) that I can regularly open in less than 7 seconds.

[tango2150]

i have failed so much at the Abus lock
but i managed to open something simialr to a bike lock, a chunky 5 pin lock and a fileing cabinet!!

[Beyond]

That sounds like a good thing to start with

Ha..HaHa....HaHaHa

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I disagree I have 2 cheap Abus laminated padlocks that I just can't open and I have a 4 pin and a 5 pin Abus Discus padlocks(at $28.00 a piece) that I can regularly open in less than 7 seconds

Well of course you have cos thats the way lockpicking is!