Picking locks

[Greatbob]

I have been adding pins to my lock and am now up to four, however I cant really see what Im doing with my picks so I just whack it up and down while slowly moving outside. I can't feel which one binds the most because I suck...


Any help

[Geek142]

Hey

You just need time to develop the "feel", just keep practicing and read some more, i seen a tip that for 1 week you rub the tips of your fingers in moisturiser and run them along sand paper gently to try feel each singular grain. Just keep practicing and you will get it, it took me a while too.

geek

[Greatbob]

You mean practice with sandpaper?

[Geek142]

You dont have too, thats just a little tip i saw that is supposed to help your sensitivity in your finger tips.

These are the methods, i tried this for a little while it kind of works

1. rub moisturiser on your finger tips until its fully rubbed it.
2. gently run your finger along sandpaper and try feel the grains one by one.
3. do this once and day for a week and its supposed to make your feel better.

Though it might not work because i kind of forgot about it and stopped at day 1 lol

Geek

[Geek142]

You mean practice with sandpaper?

And no, i meant practice picking lol

Geek

[Greatbob]

Ok

[Sabin37]

The amount of tension you use will be crucial for allowing you to feel binding pins. I recommend starting with no tension and then very slowly increase tension until you feel the first pin bind. The required force for tension is about the same as when you touch your eye to get an eyelash out of it. Too much tension will cause multiple pins to bind, so only increase tension until a single pin binds.

Btw, I think it would make a few people here feel better if you shortened your signature by a line or two.

[raimundo]

You could take your pick and put the sand paper on a block of wood, then pushpull the top and the sharp 90 degree edges of the pick back and forth over the edge of the sanding block, the reduced friction from the pick edge will help feel.