Single pin picking

[Jakasmrd]

Hi,

I am a beginner and I would like to learn how to pick a lock, I went with single pin picking. But there are so many videos and tutorials on the internet, I don't know which one to choose. Can you please suggest a video or tutorial ?


Best regards, Jaka

[Jakasmrd]

Sorry, I wrote the upper part unreadable, English is not my mother tongue.

I meant can you please suggest to me a tutorial video on the internet for Single Pin Picking. I am a complete beginner.


Best regards, Jaka

[blue60]

Here is a good tutorial & practice exercise by one of our members https://www.lockpicking101.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=10677

I use it when I have not been able to pick for a bit.

[pickmonger]

Excellent tutorial but what's with the strange text and how do I fix it.



This keeps coming up, so I figured I'd write it up in a more comprehensive manner and post it once. I am wholly convinced that many a newbie lockpicker (and perhaps even some more experienced ones) will do well to go through this.

Beginner�s Lockpicking Exercise

by digital_blue � 2005 Lockpicking101.com

[GWiens2001]

Excellent tutorial but what's with the strange text and how do I fix it.



This keeps coming up, so I figured I'd write it up in a more comprehensive manner and post it once. I am wholly convinced that many a newbie lockpicker (and perhaps even some more experienced ones) will do well to go through this.

Beginner�s Lockpicking Exercise

by digital_blue � 2005 Lockpicking101.com

We put that there to confuse you, pickmonger.

Gordon

[Black85vette]

Appears to be an encoding issue. Copy and paste from a document to HTML maybe?? Anyway, the character sequence � should be an apostrophe. As a work-around just copy into an editor like MS Wordpad and do a search / replace. Search for � and then replace with an apostrophe. One way to avoid it is to save to a .TXT file and copy / paste from there. Then there should be no errors in the character set.

[GWiens2001]

Cleaned up that post.

Gordon

[Jakasmrd]

Hi,

I am wondering will the beginner exercises you posted help me navigate in the keyway because I always get lost?

I am from Slovenia. So here we use Euro profile cylinder locks, and for that exercise, I should disassemble a lock, but the instructions on that website only showed for North American locks profile cylinder but not for Euro lock. And which lock Euro profile cylinder do you suggest I choose?


Best regards, Jaka

[stratmando]

Mark your pick with a Sharpie to show maximum depth you need to insert. If you have a key or old core, you could draw a line for each pin.
Picking, just keep going back and forth on the pins. Change Tension

[GWiens2001]

You learn to navigate the keyway with practice. It is easiest if you can disassemble the lock and remove the pin stacks closest to the keyway entrance, then add them as you gain skill.

Gordon

[Jakasmrd]

Hello,

Thanks for your reply. You posted a link beginners guide to single pin picking. But it says there I should modify my lock, but the problem is I live in Slovenia (European union), but here are mostly European-shaped cylinder locks. And another problem is if I want to modify the core I need a special tool. Which tool for disassembling Euro locks do you recommend and which Euro profile lock is good for beginners ?


Thanks, Jaka

[billdeserthills]

Hello,

Thanks for your reply. You posted a link beginners guide to single pin picking. But it says there I should modify my lock, but the problem is I live in Slovenia (European union), but here are mostly European-shaped cylinder locks. And another problem is if I want to modify the core I need a special tool. Which tool for disassembling Euro locks do you recommend and which Euro profile lock is good for beginners ?


Thanks, Jaka

A profile lock that has caps would be best, that way you can remove pins easily. Most of the profile locks seen in AZ are schlage or kwikset keyway, I can't guess what's in your area

[Jakasmrd]

Hi,

In Slovenia, we use a European-style lock, but I went online and found they are harder to repin. So I went to the website of the hardware store and I found this lock . I think this one will be easier to repin. And this is the key that opens this lock .

This lock is a 5 pinner with 2 security pins (spools).


What do you this? Is this good for me as I am a begginer.


Best regards, Jaka

[femurat]

What do you this? Is this good for me as I am a begginer.

Yes.

Or you could buy the practice lock from our fellow member MrWizard, but shipping cost would be high from the USA to Slovenia.

Cheers

[billdeserthills]

Hi,

In Slovenia, we use a European-style lock, but I went online and found they are harder to repin. So I went to the website of the hardware store and I found this lock . I think this one will be easier to repin. And this is the key that opens this lock .

This lock is a 5 pinner with 2 security pins (spools).


What do you this? Is this good for me as I am a begginer.


Best regards, Jaka

That isn't a profile lock, it's a rim cylinder
This is a profile lock

https://www.edlocks.com/marks-lock-2622 ... reen-door/

If you click on the brass colored shot, you can see the caps along the top of the bible

If you look you may find these available near you