(1652) Den Brass' Lock Buffet & FInal Challenge! 

In my opinion, all locks are puzzles. It's a matter of skill, experience, and having that perfect touch.

I realize I am quite off topic but do anyone know of a good site to stream newly released tv shows online?

@Griffin Talon Try Flixzone. You can find it on google =)

Maybe bill can set some rules on the challenge lock submissions.

I thought exactly the same thing.

R. Akers easy whit rake i know

MerkDolf thanks :)

It all got very silly-some really stupid and crude designs. The channel was getting really niche and it put off a lot of people.

Pen Fold love this comment ...you right

i don't even know how you'd tension that one...

SUNCOAST PICKER ha ha thanks my friend 😎

Sorry, not going to happen. Here is what I posted on FB, Twitter & YT to explain why: ---------------------------------------- The "Challenge Lock" series has come to an end. Not only am I out of the "Whipped" PacLocks, but there were many other things that I took into consideration. 1. Cost. Every day I was receiving between 5-10 locks from around theworld. I had to return most of them to the owner, which was a SIGNIFICANT expense - always more than $500/month but sometimes approaching $1000. What little I receive in viewer support was quickly consumed in return postage. I was spending several hundred dollars of my own money every month just to return locks. 2. Quality. Some locks were well designed and contained some uniqueinnovations, but they were few and far between. Most "challenge locks" were threaded chambers with serrated pins built on old,beaten up Kwikset cores. The number of trap pins and super springs has continued to increase as copycats realized this might be a way to get a "Whipped" PacLock - meaning I was breaking and bending more expensive picks. I found this very discouraging. 3. Time. Unpacking, picking, disassembling, repacking, answering emails, etc. Each challenge lock took a lot of time to figure out and then return - even if I did not make a video of it. I was spending most of my time setting up and videoing locks that turned out to be copycats of other people's ideas - meaning I could not post the video for fear of viewers saying "WHAT? Another Kwikset with threaded chambers?" 4. Viewer Interest. My goal with LockLab was to remain "New PickerFriendly" and attract new members to LockSport, but LockLab was quickly becoming the "Challenge Lock Channel", interesting to only a limited number of people with advanced skills. Every time I posted a challenge lock video people complained and unsubscribed to the channel. New pickers were overwhelmed by the complexity of challenge locks and became discouraged. My analytics were very clear on this: If I want to lose subscribers all I needed to do was post a challenge lock video. 5. Channel growth. The LockLab's growth was stagnating and I needed tochange something before it was too late. Since I stopped doing challenge locks the number of subscribers has increased, the number of comments increased, "likes" went up, and the channel has grown. So, yes. I stopped making challenge lock videos. It was not an easy decision but I could not afford to continue doing it for all of these reasons. The money saved from NOT returning challenge locks I am now spending on locks - and have been doing so for the past month or two. I cannot tell you how refreshing it is to return to picking real-world locks in a wide variety. It is good for me (mentally), as well as good for LockLab. bill

wharf in ships clothing - SHADOW BANNED maybe the ballbearing lol

Bill said final challenge lock.... does that mean this is the last one you are gonna make or the last one bill is gonna pick?... sad day either way...

Phred Phlintstoner nhaaaa its the last one for Bill ... i have made 150-200 challwnge locks and i continue to build ;)

@@DenBrass im so happy to hear that. I just can't imagine losing you as a challenge lock builder... i know you have built so many. Thats why i had to ask. It just would been a hell of a shame if you would have quit... i am sad to know bill isnt gonna pick any anymore though. It is what brought me to his channel.

Ross Wilson yess the ball lol

Sorry Alan, the whipped series was fun while it lasted but, based on the YT metrics, was only popular with a very few people. It took me a couple of years to figure that out & here is what i posted on YT, Twitter & FB to explain why: -------------------------- The "Challenge Lock" series has come to an end. Not only am I out of the "Whipped" PacLocks, but there were many other things that I took into consideration. 1. Cost. Every day I was receiving between 5-10 locks from around theworld. I had to return most of them to the owner, which was a SIGNIFICANT expense - always more than $500/month but sometimes approaching $1000. What little I receive in viewer support was quickly consumed in return postage. I was spending several hundred dollars of my own money every month just to return locks. 2. Quality. Some locks were well designed and contained some uniqueinnovations, but they were few and far between. Most "challenge locks" were threaded chambers with serrated pins built on old, beaten up Kwikset cores. The number of trap pins and super springs has continued to increase as copycats realized this might be a way to get a "Whipped" PacLock - meaning I was breaking and bending more expensive picks. I found this very discouraging. 3. Time. Unpacking, picking, disassembling, repacking, answering emails, etc. Each challenge lock took a lot of time to figure out and then return - even if I did not make a video of it. I was spending most of my time setting up and videoing locks that turned out to be copycats of other people's ideas - meaning I could not post the video for fear of viewers saying "WHAT? Another Kwikset with threaded chambers?" 4. Viewer Interest. My goal with LockLab was to remain "New PickerFriendly" and attract new members to LockSport, but LockLab was quickly becoming the "Challenge Lock Channel", interesting to only a limited number of people with advanced skills. Every time I posted a challenge lock video people complained and unsubscribed to the channel. New pickers were overwhelmed by the complexity of challenge locks and became discouraged. My analytics were very clear on this: If I want to lose subscribers all I needed to do was post a challenge lock video. 5. Channel growth. The LockLab's growth was stagnating and I needed tochange something before it was too late. Since I stopped doing challenge locks the number of subscribers has increased, the number of comments increased, "likes" went up, and the channel has grown. So, yes. I stopped making challenge lock videos. It was not an easy decision but I could not afford to continue doing it for all of these reasons. The money saved from NOT returning challenge locks I am now spending on locks - and have been doing so for the past month or two. I cannot tell you how refreshing it is to return to picking real-world locks in a wide variety. It is good for me (mentally), as well as good for LockLab. bill

Hanging out, hittin' the beach, drinkin' some brews...😀

@@bosnianbill Oh, that's good - I'd hate to think you're wasting your money doing anything else!

FBI

@@roysammons2445 As if they cant find them? They aren't breaking any laws anyway...