hey guys, new hobby picker in town =)

[wolfie]

hey peeps, just giving a headsup, that a new hobby picker is in =) love the site and am finding some good info =) and now i know why i had so much trouble picking my first lock XD which is a medium security brinks padlock with like 4spool pins O.o; yeh i know, a beast for yer first attempts at picking with homemade hacksaw blade picks XD but hey! it was the only thing laying about =) so, uhh hey! =D

[itisjustme1]

Welcome and I credit you for working with what you have. Keep up the fun and hope to see you posting here more often. Although I am new here I am not now at all to this stuff as I have been messing with it for 20 plus years.

You too will one day realize how quickly time went by much like myself.

[wolfie]

wow o.o; 20years? O.o; and thanks for the compliment =3 i guess i did the "run before you walk" thing but hey =D it works!

[Archive555]

I don't wanna sound like a grumpy old man, BUT:
http://www.lockpicking101.com/viewtopic.php?t=2218

THAT is the place to introduce yourself.

Now, past the formalities, that is quite a doozy of a first lock.
Try find a cheap low-security Kwikset lock to practice on, and if you want it really easy, take out all the pins bar one, and slowly add them as you pick it.

[wolfie]

yeh, it's a doozy, took me almost 4days to finally pick it and now it's open in like maybe 10-20seconds o.o;

[StabbyJoe]

although starting off on spools isn't exactly recommended... you took to it pretty well O_o

Good job and welcome to LP101!

I'm also a hobbyist homebrewer who makes hacksaw blade picks... I'm a big fan of using Romstar's templates (have a look around for them... they're the best templates I've seen around O_o)

Good luck with future locks!
Not that you'll need it much - jumping straight into spools like that
Good job on not giving up.

[wolfie]

thanks =3 im able to get 4-5pin locks pretty easily, though i came across 2 6pin kwikset locks on a door that's not bein used, i can pick the doorknob easily, but the deadbolt gave me trouble, and i figured out why when i went to repin it differently, it had 3 spools spread out in the lock o.O

(1 is reg 0 is spool)

101010

that's how it came from the factory, it gave me trouble with the pins always resetting >< but oh well =D i was still able to pick it if i fiddled with it for like 20minutes.