Bow to me, Ilco 5-pin tumbler!

[Bob Jim Bob]

After reading Practical Lockpicking by Deviant Ollam, I signed up here and bought my first lock pick set from Lockpickshop.com.

While waiting, I went through my shop and gathered all the new and used locks I could find. I found enough to make my own set of progressive locks.

My picks arrived, and since I have not made the training locks yet, of course I just grabbed a lock and started applying what I had read.

Within 90 minutes I have picked this lock 6 times clockwise and 3 times counter-clockwise using different picks, with both picking and raking.

I could not have done it without the Peterson pry bar recommended by Deviant.






So this is considered to be a very easy lock to pick, correct?

[Bob Jim Bob]

OK, I was able to pick it a few more times without the Peterson pry bar, just using the torsion tools that came with the southord kit. But it is still a great tool.

[cledry]

That's a good start, but those Ilco rim cylinders are very loose in the tolerances. You usually have a shear-line that is several times looser than a standard quality lock. Perhaps you can use it to practice by making some pin changes and increasing the MAC and then later progress to adding a spool pin or two.