Single handed picking

[Legion303]

No, no, but that would be cool.

Think about what types of locks lend themselves to tensioning without a wrench. :)

-steve

[LocksmithArmy]

mortice locks can be tensioned from the back... but thats cheating lol
kik cyliners can be aswell...

[LocksmithArmy]

the video i promised all those months ago lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt0Rsq6z1Hg

[femurat]

the video i promised all those months ago lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt0Rsq6z1Hg

I call BS on this vid: you're using 2 hands!!! Your left index is on the cylinder too
Just kidding

Cheers

[LocksmithArmy]

I got you, as soon as I get home.
besides, I don't want people thinkin the only thing I can pick with 1 hand is pos potmetal cylinders.

those locks are fun 2 pick though, they have small pins like a 5200, but no serrations like a kwikset...

tonight, more 1 handed picking... I'll put my other hand on the wall behind 4 ya...

[LocksmithArmy]

short and sweet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7UwZy45phc

[femurat]

This is what I call single handed picking!
And you look very good at it.

Congrats

[LocksmithArmy]

lol thanks

[Phatphish]

Now all you need to do is hold the lock in the same hand as the tools and you will have true one handed picking.

Still a nice job though, well done.

[LocksmithArmy]

I was thinking of doing a padlock like that... lock it on a hasp use my ring finger to lift it and my pinky to do tension... but i havnt quite got it down yet lol

[gilduran]

Now all you need to do is hold the lock in the same hand as the tools and you will have true one handed picking.

Still a nice job though, well done.

I was thinking of doing a padlock like that... lock it on a hasp use my ring finger to lift it and my pinky to do tension... but i havnt quite got it down yet lol

I would imagine a deadbolt or knob would be relatively easy to pick with one hand, since it's already mounted, but a padlock? Now that sounds like it would be a bit tricky.

[raimundo]

Ive done a padlock on a hasp, one handed, the trick is to stabilize the padlock which I did by using baling twine and tightening it into a position I could use. The lock was on a manual bolt inside a half inch steel door with a round hole you could only get one arm into.