Yes, I made them. Main tool is made of spring steel with a 3d printed handle, has become a bit more malleable with repeated bending and shaping. Thin tool is from a softdrink can.
Handy to know about pick thickness and placement. Did you add the 5th key pin to lock #4? It would be great if Sparrows provided them so you could add them later. I have the rekey set so can switch to other keys. But I have found that just switching the cylinder/plug between my cutaway and progressive locks doesn’t always work. So I’m thinking that the tolerances are a bit off which is a shame.
It is a cheap Chinese mass-produced vice that is marketed under many brands. It does have a bench suction attachment feature that I never use. If you're in australia, Jcar is where I purchased this one.
Thanks for the video, I’ve been trying at my own door for hours. My picking skills aren’t that great but I’ll have to buy a shim like your thin one for next time.
Nice video good info.#2 was the only one I could pick with bottom of lock tension.When I switched to top of lock like you mention 3,4,and 5 were picked within an hour
I’m still working through mine too. I have found that too vs bottom tension changes things too. I am just holding mine in my hand and have found that tensioning from the back of the keyway works well. Cheating I know but helps when still getting the feel of where the pins are.
Excellent video, I had been shying away from the smart key locks but now I think I want to take on the challenge. Thanks for a great video and you have a new sub
Never tried that approach, heard it mentioned before but never seen a successful pick tensioning that way. I do find that you can bind pins progressively from the front by slowly inserting the tension pick further into the sidebar channel which is advantageous.
Just watched it, shows there are many ways to attack this lock. A conversation I recently had with another picker suggested you can use the 'rekeying' inlet as well. Cheers for the comment.
On the knob sets I use a small punch and punch a hole in the back of the plug and use a Allen wrench to turn the spindle to open the knob. The newest deadbolts have a block in the tail piece to prevent the punch method from working.
Absolutely fantastic, really enjoyed that, I'm a Total beginner, so as you can imagine, that was way ahead of the mountain that I'm climbing. Surfed on in from Pocket Women - All the best to you and yours 👍 👍 👍 🍻
Wow that was excellent picking mate, you have done it, all 3 monkeys on camera! well worth another belt I recon! Do you know who these are going to be sent to next. Have a great week, cheers
Hi Pocket Women, happy to see your comment as I've been trying to contact you. The locks are about to make their way to North Queensland and stop of at Gilligainz. Thanks for your input into this excellent series of challenge locks.
That was excellent to watch awesome picking. very smooth methodical picking with great commentary. I could really visualize what you were feeling in the lock. Thanks for getting No1 picked on camera. Two down one to go, now lets see how much of a fight Monkeys no3 gives you, Have a great Sunday and week ahead, cheers
