spool pins

[wolfie]

is it just me or are locks with spoolpins easy to pick? o.O my first lock was a brinks padlock with like 3 spools in it and i learned on it so perhaps im just used to them or something i dunno o.o; what ya'll think?

[wolfie]

also, what the hell is the lil hole on the bottom of the padlock for? O.o

[cottonmouth]

also, what the hell is the lil hole on the bottom of the padlock for? O.o

It allows water to leave the lock.

[itisjustme1]

Yes the hole is to let water out but I do not find spool pinned locks all that easy to pick. I have been luck only once or twice getting a quick pick on a spool pin lock but for the most part they take me a fair amount of time.

[Urbex]

Some people find different types of pins harder to pick. I personally find spools easy, it may be the opposite for others. Serrated pins really give me trouble, but other people find them easy as pie.

Go figure.

[wolfie]

yeh, im finding the spool pins like brainnumbingly simple, my master lock no3 i can't feel shit inside it, the cylinder is just too floppy >< right now im fiddling with a 5pin kwikset and i can't get it for the life of me o.o;

[Urbex]

Try taking three or two of the pins out, and work your way up.

[wolfie]

Try taking three or two of the pins out, and work your way up.

if i could figure out how to tear the doorknob apart to do so i would =3

[Archive555]

Are you saying you're trying to pin a lock mounted in a door?
Don't you know the saying around here?
"Don't pick locks that you use"

Something could happen, and then woopsie-daisy! The lock wont work, and you have to climb out the window

[wolfie]

the lock doesn't have a key *shrug* it's the door to my bedroom so i never use it nor care bout it XD plus im tryin to be gentle with the locks i pick =3

[ToolyMcgee]

It depends on the play in the cylinder, but for the most part I find them easy to read because the movement they allow the plug tends to be more than what it would be for a set. It's the serrated pins that take me the most time to set. Hybrid pins... don't get me started.

[wolfie]

It depends on the play in the cylinder, but for the most part I find them easy to read because the movement they allow the plug tends to be more than what it would be for a set. It's the serrated pins that take me the most time to set. Hybrid pins... don't get me started.

yeh, im finding spool pins to be the simplest to read and pick, i haven't had the chance to fiddle with hybrid/others *shrug* =3 im working though =D
though im starting to find old doorknobs n other random locks to pick >>; more, i needs more!

[ToolyMcgee]

This is what hybrid pins look like. I have a kryptonite full of these little monsters. If you are searching out the locks they are in then that thread is a good place to start.

[criminalhate]

tooly it's a dead link for me.

[wolfie]

ditto