i suck

by **michaelman25** » 14 Oct 2004 14:37

i just got my first pick set and after about 10 minutes trying to pick my room door

i got the tension wrench stuck, after about 20 minutes if taking the lock apart (i had no idea how to take a lock off a door) i got it out in 5 minutes so it was a 35 minute wast of time

please tell me if one of you have ever got the wrench stuck

by **Cman22** » 14 Oct 2004 15:27

I've never had the wrench stuck so i had to take the lock apart. Also what kind of lock is your room door, you can usually pick a room door with a closehanger or screwdriver.

by **michaelman25** » 14 Oct 2004 15:38

no i was doing it to practice i'm not locked out

by **Cman22** » 14 Oct 2004 15:56

Is the lock a pin tumbler or can you get it with a screwdriver or close hanger?

by **michaelman25** » 14 Oct 2004 16:07

its a pin tumbler but i am not training to pick with a coathanger i'm training with a pick

by **SFGOON** » 15 Oct 2004 17:52

Well, thanks for admitting that, it was good for a laugh. Don't feel bad though. I once managed to shove a half diamond pick about a quarter inch under my thumbnail. Tears are welling up in my eyes just remembering it.

by **^kimba^** » 15 Oct 2004 18:49

I have managed to LOSE the end of a rake pick in a lock before. That was quite embarasing.. and after managing to use a second pick to shove the offending blockage to the back of the keyway, then pick the lock, I was able to remove it all and retrive the end of my now retired rake... alas...

Of course I pretened it was all quite normal, and happened all the time :oops:

by **drv** » 18 Oct 2004 3:32

Hmmm,

I once managed to break a key-extractor and jam it together with
the part of a key to be extracted out ... :oops:

Had to tap thread into the key to get both out

by **logosys** » 18 Oct 2004 9:07

michaelman25 wrote:i just got my first pick set and after about 10 minutes trying to pick my room door
i got the tension wrench stuck, after about 20 minutes if taking the lock apart (i had no idea how to take a lock off a door) i got it out in 5 minutes so it was a 35 minute wast of time
please tell me if one of you have ever got the wrench stuck

Dear Lord!!! Get a practice lock!!!!! Go to Home Depot and get a Kwikset Security dual cylinder for $15 and go hog crazy wild. Leave your door lock alone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by **poisoned** » 18 Oct 2004 12:21

I got my SO pick gun last friday

.. It took me about 10min. to get it stuck in a tri-circle padlock :roll:

then it took me 20min. to get the needle out of the lock

.. Once I broke the tip of my home made hook on a dimple lock.. And I managed to broke my HPC DeForest hook while picking an Abus.. And the most weirdest thing happened with my HPC tubular pick. I dont know how I did it but I managed to deform the tip of the pick so it became like " 0 "

nice list eh?

by **bushd** » 18 Oct 2004 13:02

Ouch on the tubular; atleast the picks were cheap

by **Hak** » 18 Oct 2004 13:18

poisoned wrote:I got my SO pick gun last friday .. It took me about 10min. to get it stuck in a tri-circle padlock then it took me 20min. to get the needle out of the lock .. Once I broke the tip of my home made hook on a dimple lock.. And I managed to broke my HPC DeForest hook while picking an Abus.. And the most weirdest thing happened with my HPC tubular pick. I dont know how I did it but I managed to deform the tip of the pick so it became like " 0 " nice list eh?

Looks like your the one who should have been writing a thread called "I Suck" :lol:

Lol j/k, just having some fun with ya..

by **Sabin37** » 27 Oct 2004 17:20

I've got the wrench stuck once but I just jiggled it and it came out. When I broke off the end of my hook pick in a padlock I just shook it and the piece fell out, which is good because I didn't have an extractor.

by **Wolf2486** » 27 Oct 2004 17:36

One time, when I was working for a locksmith, I rekeyed a lock. Well when I put the lock back together the key didn't work, thus I must have rekeyed it wrong. So I figured I'd pick it open. First I broke my snake pick (in all fairness it was bent already from when I was just starting), then I did pick it with the hook pick. However, the tension wrench got stuck, I pulled it out... the whole plug came out, I forgot to put the clip on after rekeying. :oops:

I can still hear the locksmith laughing his head off. Needless to say, I remembered that clip for the rest of my time there.

by **Buggs41** » 27 Oct 2004 20:06

Wolf,

I did the same type of thing. During the impressioning chapter of the FB course, I could not make out the marks on the blank. So I picked it open, and wanted to pull the plug for a 'look-see.' Forgot all about the 'C' clip, and the plug turned on me, came out a bit, and then re-set itself in the wrong chambers.

All I could do is shake my head, and send it back to them.

( They must have a sense of humor also.

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