ARCHIVE 2003-2013 Introduce yourself HERE if you are new. :)

[pinky]

welcome to the site , i hope you will enjoy, my 1st piece of advice is to use the search function before asking questions, they do like to slate the newbie for not searching, i hope you get as much from the site as we all do

[viyh]

Hi! I'm new, both to the forum and to lockpicking.

[pinky]

welcome and enjoy. post wisely and use the search function, this way you will get the most out of the site

[boogiesg]

Hello,

I'm really new to picking locks. I just started yesterday in fact, but I think I am really getting the hang of picking the easier locks. Wow, these are the best puzzles. I made myself two tension wrenches out of allan keys, two half-diamond picks and a hook/rake type pick out of some jigsaw blades with a dremel type tool. I read the MIT guide a few times and managed to pick a 4 pin, lamenated steel Master Lock after about an hour. Today, I opened that lock a few dozen times and 4 other master locks of the same type several times as well. I can get those five to open pretty quick now. I also opened the key lock on my brinks model 5054 safe on the second attempt (with the combination already dialed in of course ). I don't think that I'll be leaving the combination set on my safe with only the key lock holding it shut anymore. The only thing that gave me any trouble on the brinks safe was figuring out how very little tension it needed to set the pins. Now there are only two locks that are stumping me at the moment: A master lock that uses a key with teeth on both sides and a Brinks shrouded steel padlock. That brinks lock has 6 pins, and two of them are serrated security pins in the first and fourth positions from the outside. The way the "guide teeth"(terminology?) are positioned on that one makes it really hard to get my picks situated correctly while maintaining a gentle torque. This is probably the highest quality padlock I've seen for under $10. I'm going to get a huge rush when that one finally pops open. Any tips on either of those two locks would be awesome.

Really nice site

[Guest]

hi,
superb site ... i've only been browsing 1 day and have found some great info.
thanks tony1968

[MustangGT]

Hey all, just joined the site, gettin into Lockpickin, hope you guys can help!

Musty

[read]

hi all
im new here as well. just wonderin is the peterson "just picks w/ plastic handels" is worth $17.00

[Chucklz]

Absolutely worth it in my opinion. You need to do some finishing work on them, in my opinion. Sand the edges smooth and then round over with 100 grit paper. Be sure to keep your picks dry with a light coat of machine oil, or just blue them.

[read]

thx chucklz

[Sabin37]

Just joined LP101 about a week ago. I've been picking locks for a few months now and I've got a nice springsteel pickset that has a good feel to it. Also, after perusing through the forums and FAQ's, I've managed to get a lot of useful information. Great site!

[NDE Manipulation]

Hello all,

I've been on here before, but due to computer problems, all my information crashed, etc. When that was sorted out, I lost a lot of information.

I kept returning from time to time because the information is rather good here. I have been exposed to proprietary information available only to Law Enforcement and Government Employees and I have to say, sometimes the novices and rank amateurs really come up with a new and excellent twist on some issues that even the Professionals don't come up with.

I'm a Manager with a small Security Company and have various interests, this is one of them. It's not just a "hobby" or "interest." It's Professional as well but I don't think you can do well with lockpicking or any form of manipulation unless you are very interested in it. The degree that the skills perish vary from one person to another, but, in general, I have found that lockpicking skills do diminish if you do not practice. Most of the people in the various Government jobs that have to know how to do this just take a DAME or similar class and move on with their career, they just "know how to do it" because the certificate says so. But that's not always the case in reality.

I also was able to search around and find this strange parallel universe with "Urban Explorers" who are into lockpicking, strange breed there. Started out with the old University Hacking and whatnot and has sort of bloomed into what it is now - parallel with the MIT Guide and Building Hacking of old...

[jef69la]

Hey guys just joined great site!

[tarzan]

Hi ppl,

I just joined today but I have been looking at this site for a few weeks. It's great to see so many people from around the world and good to see some aussies too. No one I know, knows how to pick a lock, so I've learnt so much from this site. I hope to give something back when I get better.

Tarzan

[maldotcom2]

Hey, cool, another aussie. Welcome. And welcome to everyone.

[coolman]

hi im new