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Need help on picking.

Postby kingkdogg » 14 Apr 2005 11:09

I have read a lot of pages on this forum but I still am not able to pick a "Best" brand lock I have. I am using a tension wrench and a snake pick.... anyone have any tips on picking for me?

Please help.
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Postby master in training » 14 Apr 2005 11:24

Why are you trying to pick this lock? Being your first post and having not filled in your profile we have no idea who you are. You could be trying to break into someones house!
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Postby Kaellman » 14 Apr 2005 15:53

I agree with MIT. This thread will hardly give u any answers.
Dom Sheldon (Tom Sneddon) is a cold man
Domas Sheldon (Thomas Sneddon) is a cold man
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yea and you could be a theif also

Postby kingkdogg » 14 Apr 2005 18:20

I just started picking and this is the lock that I have. I found it in my garage we used to have it on our body shop door. I didn't know I had to fill out a profile to get help. Sorry I just want help.

So please help.
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Postby CaptHook » 14 Apr 2005 18:29

Chances are you will not successful raking the lock. Learn single pin picking.
why are you trying to pick this lock? Being your first post and having not filled in your profile we have no idea who you are. You could be trying to break into someones house!

Other than the brand name lock, he has not offered any reason to reply as such. So relax.
Chuck

ps See Rom...... Im getting better........ :lol:
Did you hear something click?

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Postby Romstar » 14 Apr 2005 18:31

CaptHook wrote:Chances are you will not successfull rake the lock. Learn single pin picking.
why are you trying to pick this lock? being your first post and having not fileld in your profile we have no idea who you are. you could be trying to break into someones house!

Other than the brand name lock, he has not offered any reason to reply as such. So relax.
Chuck

ps See Rom...... Im getting better........ :lol:


Why did I just know that was going to come up sooner or later? :wink:

My recomendation is the same. Find or make a medium diamond of a medium hook and learn to pick pin by pin. You may get lucky with the rake, but somehow I doubt it will be easy.

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Postby master in training » 14 Apr 2005 18:40

Ok, I apologise, but if I'd said, "Oh, you can bypass it really easily by doing XXXX, or it can be picked easily by doing XXXX." and he went on to break into someone's house and clear them out, I wouldn't feel to good and it wouldn't make the site look good either.

I'm sorry if I sounded harsh, I didn't mean to, its been a long day, I apologise.

I know you said you've read a lot of site pages, have you read the MIT guide at all? It's a very good read even if it is a bit long. It should help you a lot in learning to pick.

Rom, last I heard bird locks were fairly easy to pick :?
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Postby Romstar » 14 Apr 2005 18:53

Bird locks aren't easy to pick. They are a joke. Some of them open if you look sideways at them. Others when you glare at them and threaten them with a drill.

Of all the locks I have dealt with, Bird have to be some of the worst.

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Postby master in training » 14 Apr 2005 18:55

So how come you said you'd be lucky to rake them? Or are they just easy to pick pin by pin? Sorry if im being a bit thick, its definatly time for bed...
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Postby Romstar » 14 Apr 2005 18:58

He has a "Best" lock.

You asked about "Bird". :wink:

Obviously you misread.

The Best locks are much more difficult, and raking isn't a great technique for those.

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Postby master in training » 14 Apr 2005 19:00

OMG!! :oops:

I told you it was late, lol :lol:

Sorry, they should rename bird to awful so that I don't get confused, its too much for my little brain when they start with the same letters!
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Postby Romstar » 14 Apr 2005 19:02

No worries.

I think that pretty much settles that.

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Postby Mad Mick » 14 Apr 2005 19:30

master in training wrote:OMG!! :oops:

I told you it was late, lol :lol:

Sorry, they should rename bird to awful so that I don't get confused, its too much for my little brain when they start with the same letters!


Seems that the youth of today are only too obliging at self-implicating humour... :lol: (No offence directed M.I.T.)
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