ReStore Haul: Trash or Treasure?

[PipeSmoker]

I made my first foray to ReStore today and came away with a decent haul - maybe. I got all of this, plus a little not pictured, for $6 plus tax.





The trouble may be that I'm not sure if what I got is good stuff I can work with or just trash (I was too excited at my "find" to think of that at the time ). So, did I do well or learn a lesson, a cheap one thankfully?

[74TR6]

I count seven locks to practice your skills on; and at an investment of less than $1 each. I would say you did well. Any lock is a good lock for practice--SPP, raking, etc. These look like two lock outs and a replacement I did this week

[spudwinkle]

You done good...
I try to keep the price of practice locks to under $3.00 each.

don

[blue60]

not bad, I swing by the restore once a month and pickup 4 or 5 cheap locks pick them a time or 2 make keys then pass them on to some of my friends that pick.
if there are locks without keys at the restore I will take these first and leave the ones with keys for people that need them.

[PipeSmoker]

Thanks for the replies. I'm starting to figure out how these work by tearing apart one.



I figured if I ruined it, and I didn't, I wasn't out much. Seeing the pins and how it all goes together really helped me. I took out 3 pins and left 2 and that was a breeze. I'm up to 4 pins now and doing okay or better. I'm not only SPP with the hook and half diamond but also raking really well! In the past I just couldn't "get" taking but I think I'm getting it now.

[kwoswalt99-]

Knowing how they work will certainly make you a better picker.

[sisk]

This makes me wish the nearest ReStore wasn't 200 miles away from me.

[UnlockingBoredom]

When I lived in Cali I went by the Restore once a week to pick up new play material.. Now I live in Salem Oregon and the Restore by me never has anything good

[nine4t4]

Nice haul. A couple of Kwiksets, and a few KIK (key in knob). The deadbolt is probably a KIK too, which is actually a good thing.

You can play with these, eventually memorize them and then turn the machinery on them to make some cutaways or challenge locks. Throw a security pinned, threaded monstrosity into a cheap cylinder housing and piss off your lock picking friends


I spent way more than I should have early on. I wish I had utilized resources better