picking technique

[bryang]

When I am picking my two deadbolt locks, I often find 2-3 of the binding pins and then hit a wall. At this point I ease up on the tension and let a few pins fall and find the binding pins. I continue this until the lock opens. I can open both 5 pin deadbolt locks (without security pins) in about 30 seconds for each. I think that releasing a bit of tension is letting te overset pins fall? Is this poor technique?

[Comrade627]

Oversetting is a nature of the beast, it's GOING to happen. If you can drop an overset pin without resetting the whole thing, you're doing stuff a lot of people can't.

Ease up on tension and pick pressure, the cause for oversets.

[bryang]

okay thanks! yeah I can ease up without resetting pretty easily, lots of practice I guess (Is that a good or a bad thing? ). I'm working on easing up on my pressure, not quite as easy as it sounds though. Thanks for the advice!

[BSG_314159]

Like Comrade said lighten up on the tension and pick pressure.

I pick a lot of American locks and pacific/master locks and they all have serrated/spool pins. The way I approach these locks is go down the core pin 1 pin 2 pin 3... ect with only a light touch and see what catches. Now I will go work my way back pushing a little more to see what catches. This method works for me and it helps me prevent oversetting.

Tension wrench pressure = less than the amount of pressure it takes to press a laptop keyboard.

[daniel22747]

No. I like to let of just a little tension to let an over set pin fall back down. It's better than starting over.