[211] How Lock Picking Works: Learn How To Identify Set Pins

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How To Master Setting Pins While Picking Locks
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This video will help you learn more about the different pins states, it focuses on: set pins, binding pins, and springy pins. After watching this video you will have had a close-up view on how lock picking works and hopefully it will help you conceptualize the concepts. As always, if you have any questions feel free to ask!
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@HelpfulLockPicker 5 лет назад

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@smileygarza1108 5 лет назад

HelpfulLockPicker when you set the fifth pin at 4:45, you’re keeping tension on the tension wrench right?

@smileygarza1108 5 лет назад

Better yet, every time you set a pin you’re applying more pressure to keep it set?

@HelpfulLockPicker 4 года назад

With standard pins I usually keep roughly the same amount of tension and with security pins you need to vary it

@justindunlap1235 4 года назад

Wow! That is another gorgeous cutaway lock, I had to watch the video just to see it in action. Thank you for helping to grow the locksport community by actually showing how simple locks actually are.

@tylerstrong961 3 года назад

@HammockerSam 3 года назад

This is the most helpful video about the pin-states, and lockpicking in general, that I've seen. Thank you, you've made things much clearer

@HelpfulLockPicker 3 года назад

Thank you for the kind words and I am glad it helped :-)

@chriscapune7873 5 лет назад

Very well presented!! Will help beginners to progress a lot faster because you have identified the states of the pins in a very understandable manor. Great video!!!

@HelpfulLockPicker 5 лет назад

Thank you for the kind words! I hope it will be helpful to beginners 😀

@williamaguilar2230 3 года назад

I would like to personally thank you. I was trying to pick my lock to my bathroom, which I don’t remember locking, and after 6 tries I kept getting it to only go a qtr of the way. Once I got all the pins down and kept track of them, I realized that I was indeed picking the lock but simply turning it the wrong way! I only knew that because I knew what each pin was and how it felt to have them set!

@HelpfulLockPicker 2 года назад

Weird you don't use privacy locks

@fanrik9583 3 года назад

I bought a beginners lockpicking set a few years back, but it quickly ended up on my shelf. I watched a lot of YT videos about lockpicking back then, so when I recieved it I was already sure what to do. Still I sat down, to carefully read the manual that was included. The set consisted of 5 locks, each lock scaling up the number of pins (1 to 5 pins). I easily opened the 1st and 2nd, but then I got stuck. The pins just didn't behave like I thought they would. Sometimes I could feel them, sometimes I couldn't, sometimes they would have force behind them, sometimes they would just hang loose. I watched more RU-vid videoes, trying to get answers to my problems but nothing helped. I kept "practicing" but I never really felt that I improved. I tried altering the amount of tension on the tension wrench, the amount of force on the pick, the different types of picks, but nothing helped. Sometimes I would get a lock open by luck, but when I tried to replicate my method a second after, I would be stuck for 10 minutes before giving up. Most of the time I would quickly reach a point, where all the pins where either completely pushed up, or hanging loosely. At this point I couldn't think of anything but releasing the tension, which made me start over every 10-30 seconds perhaps. I wasn't expecting it to be easy, but I was expecting to feel a senge of progression. I never did. I feel as useless a lockpicker now, as before. Once in a while I take the set down again, dust it off, and give it another go. But then the feeling of getting nowhere returns. I don't know what to do. This is my set: ht tps:/ /w ww.southord.co m/produ cts/locksmith-school-in-a-box-st-23

@HelpfulLockPicker 3 года назад

Thank you for sharing your story

@fanrik9583 3 года назад

@@HelpfulLockPicker haha you are welcome, but I was actually looking for help 😅

@jaytea3299 2 года назад

@@fanrik9583 Practice more. It is super challenging- Closest analogy is learning to juggle. It takes a lot ofvskill to add to the number of items juggled, and it isn't a linear scale of difficulty from say, three items to four. Though juggling is proprioception and hand/eye coordination, (not the same thing) the similarity with single pin picking lies in the added complexity of each pin added to the lock. It isn't a completely new skill with each added pin, but it is substantially harder. I just stumbled across this video, the cutaway is supe-useful for a beginner. I'd keep watching here, Bosnian Bill's channel (recently retired) and of course LPL's videos to give you inspiration. If you like to read check out Deviant Ollam's book "A Practical Guide to Lockpicking" . There are plenty of diagrams that can help you visualize your work and progress. If you are considering more tools, I have Petersons, a bit more expensive than some knock-off kits but you will get what you pay for. A serrated tensioner can really help you. Above all, have fun!

@Trykon95 3 года назад

By far the most detailed explanation video on RU-vid! Thank you

@HelpfulLockPicker 3 года назад

Thank you for the kind words

@southdrum6969 2 года назад

this is one of the few videos ill ever like

@HelpfulLockPicker 2 года назад

Thank you for the kind words

@Jarvpm 3 года назад

Thanks for these home school videos ! It helped me pick my first lock i received as a gift for Christmas 🎄

@HelpfulLockPicker 3 года назад

Thank you for the kind words and I am glad it helped! Welcome to the hobby :)

@arfrck2222 5 лет назад

This is been great I've watched this video several times I really like how you talk clearly decisively very informational I've been in locksport a while and I'm trying to spread the word to some of my family they think it's illegal and I keep telling them I've never done anything illegal when it comes to lock sport I've bought all my own locks or people have given me locks to do I find the sport very enjoyable and I appreciate the video you put out.

@HelpfulLockPicker 5 лет назад

To be fair, it is illegal on a handful of states, I think you can actually count them on one hand but this sport is full of many of the nicest and genuine people out there. It is much different than other hobbies were people are snobby and make the barriers to enter much harder.

@maryannkolb-eckert4360 3 года назад

Great info changed a few things in my picking

@HelpfulLockPicker 3 года назад

Thanks for checking it out

@maryannkolb-eckert4360 3 года назад

@@HelpfulLockPicker I am trying to get better and you and Bosnian bill have shown me a few tips that have made it easier

@texasred5250 3 года назад

I’m still bad but I was able to pick open a crappy Walmart padlock after watching this, I need practice because only locks I had before that where see through and EZ as hell.

@HelpfulLockPicker 3 года назад

Thanks for sharing and congrats on your success :-)

@justinlocke 2 года назад

wow, thanks very much, very helpful.

@HelpfulLockPicker 2 года назад

Thanks for checking it out

@alexandernull572 5 лет назад

Very good explanation

@HelpfulLockPicker 5 лет назад

Thank you for the kind words!

@dangerdavefreestyle 4 года назад

around the 4:40 mark when pin 5 has been set and "feels floppy", when you move right to pin 3 which is the next binding pin, how does that not "feel floppy", they always feel EXACTLY as floppy as a set pin because the driver pin is binding at the sheer line and the key pin is free to flop around. The only thing that lets me know a driver pin is not yet set is that it is able to be moved. When I push on a floppy pin that hits a wall thats when I know it's set. Also, I am noticing that when your pick is all the way in the back of the lock working pins 3, 4, or 5, selectively and methodically, it is also lifting 1 and 2. If 1 and 2 happened to have a very shallow set height, i'd imagine they could easily be overset, and then the whole operation is nuked and has to be restarted.

@HelpfulLockPicker 4 года назад

You are right that there is the similarity. Pin 3 was "under-set" which now takes away the "springy" feeling. When you feel an underset pin it feels floppy for about the first 75% of the height when you lift it but you will hit the driver pin at somepoint which will produce a "binding" feeling. A binding pin will allow you to continue to raise the keypin where if it were set you would not be able to lift it any further.

@philipedwardcaddick4294 4 года назад

I think I have found out part of the reason I'm having such problems picking a lock , I think its because I use a bok tension bar which inherently reduces the room in side the barrel and that is why I do better with a deforisted because I then come in at a steep angle to be able to get in below the pins and not effect any another pin

@HelpfulLockPicker 4 года назад

There are many advantages to each method and it is good seeing you were able to start to think them over and figure it out :-)

@kenc4104 2 года назад

As a beginner, I can feel springy pins, I can feel a binding pin, I can hear a pin set, BUT I can in no way feel the "floppy" key pin under a set pin. Of course, in a clear plastic lock, if I rotate the core I can feel them, but not when picking. Any ideas?

@HelpfulLockPicker 2 года назад

It just takes time. Try progressive pinning a lock

@alsanch1 4 года назад

Great content :) Can you please tell us which lock this is ? Thanks!

@HelpfulLockPicker 4 года назад

This is some random Lockwood I believe

@curthatt6461 5 лет назад

Great video! Very helpful.

@HelpfulLockPicker 5 лет назад

Thank you for the kind words, I am glad it helps!

@Cpnpd922 5 лет назад

Great videos sir.

@HelpfulLockPicker 5 лет назад

Thank you for the kind words!

@juanrapington4411 3 года назад

Why are you picking the lock upside down? It’s not a true representation of locks in the “wild” you won’t be able to feel the sloppy pin anymore.

@HelpfulLockPicker 3 года назад

Where are you from? This orientation is the standard in the USA

@juanrapington4411 3 года назад

@@HelpfulLockPicker ahh I see, excuse me 😄

@juanrapington4411 3 года назад

I’m from The Netherlands

@datdeerdude5139 4 месяца назад

thank you so much! I’ve been watching beginner videos for hours but you’re the first to explain what I’m supposed to be feeling for and listening for. I’m still struggling to open a clear practice padlock, but now i at least know where i am in the lock! Thank you!

@Pascal-cf2kx 23 дня назад

Hey Did you make it yet i started 2 days ago and learnt how to rake but still struggle alot with Single pick locking and the other technics

@Pascal-cf2kx 23 дня назад

Hey Did you make it yet i started 2 days ago and learnt how to rake but still struggle alot with Single pick locking and the other technics

@kuiyez8723 Год назад

wtf is this music lol

@mosasaurvideos50 4 месяца назад

It's cool

@sirloin1682 4 месяца назад

lego video game music

@bennet2103 3 года назад

The best guide on the very basics of single pin picking in my opinion

@HelpfulLockPicker 3 года назад

Thank you for the kind words :)

@WilliamMancel 5 лет назад

Great video. The cut away lock is much easier to view pin states in than the acrylic ones which get light glare when filming.

@HelpfulLockPicker 5 лет назад

I'm very happy to have this one, I am working on giving a few more different types down the road. What I really like about this one as you can see the keypins which you couldn't in my schlage one

@FollowerofYahuwah Год назад

@@HelpfulLockPicker where can I get a lock like that one

@JoeysGarage 5 лет назад

Thanks for another awesome tutorial. I love the concept of you teaching and explaining, instead of just a video of a successful pick

@HelpfulLockPicker 5 лет назад

Thank you for the kind words, and I'm glad you enjoyed the presentation :-)

@JoeysGarage 5 лет назад

HelpfulLockPicker This one, and the previous week of overset pins.

@HelpfulLockPicker 5 лет назад

I may complete the series and do one on underset pins in the next few weeks as well. I am really liking this new cutaway lock! Thank you for the feedback!

@davytyler 6 месяцев назад

Thank you for teaching/demonstrating this! I needed a "feel breakdown" badly.

@noonefromnowhere99 3 года назад

Thank you, this is very helpful and this is exactly how I feel so far.

@HelpfulLockPicker 3 года назад

Thank you for the kind words and I am glad it helps

@heyb6268 2 года назад

Sooooo helpful. Have a cutaway from sparrow but I’m still waiting on my first set of picks so I’m really glad I saw this before I begin thank you HLP!

@HelpfulLockPicker 2 года назад

Thank you for the kind words and I am glad it helps

@DanielsGameVault 8 месяцев назад

What if the lock is installed upside down ? How would that affect the pins ? I noticed just about everybody shows these "euro" style cylinders mounted upside down to how I've seen them all my life, with the pins at the BOTTOM ("bible" at the bottom, plug at the top).

@xxXthekevXxx 5 лет назад

I’m a beginner and this is one of the best-presented videos I’ve stumbled across!

@HelpfulLockPicker 5 лет назад

Thank you for the kind words and I am glad it helps! Welcome to the hobby :-)

@GuaranaMontana 4 года назад

One Problem is, that this Kind of Lock is never upsidedown. The pins are usually on the downside of the Lock. There is Now gravity pushing them "up", to feel wich pen is Set wich isnt. Can someone explain me that in a Real case?

@HelpfulLockPicker 4 года назад

It depends where you are from this lock is just for demonstration. This is a "real case" in the United States lock orientation varies depending on location. A set pin upside down is the opposite. It is just sunken, no spring pushing against it.

@vnegar4045 5 лет назад

Thanks man, this is really helpful! One question though: Do you know for a fact if most bank safes with such mechanisms have an alarm attached if a true key is not used? Asking for a friend.

@HelpfulLockPicker 5 лет назад

I wouldn't chance it

@gil-juniorriseabovebetraya5972 3 года назад

Hahahaha u so faaaannnyyyy... Lol 4 real though, let me know if he ever found out

@NigelTolley 3 года назад

@@gil-juniorriseabovebetraya5972 He can tell us in a few years, when he gets out. (Seriously, the bank has an alarm to alert police, and a vault to keep the burglar out until the police arrive)

@RookieLock 5 лет назад

This is the kind of stuff I wish I knew when I first got started, great stuff buddy!

@HelpfulLockPicker 5 лет назад

Thank you for the kind words and I am glad you think it will be helpful for beginners :)

@babute21 3 года назад

I'm struggling to recognise which pin my pick is at, any tips?

@HelpfulLockPicker 3 года назад

Sometimes it is easier to start in the back and work your way forward. Some people have made markings on their picks to track where they are.

@RedVsWhite Год назад

Thanks for this video! I started picking 3 days ago and already been doing it for hours. This video made me pick a lock which I didn't before, and understanding the 'feeling' of the feedback like you explained really helps so much!

@HelpfulLockPicker Год назад

How is it going now?

@drippedwxde8030 7 дней назад

Are you still picking

@CroLlama 7 месяцев назад

Started picking few months ago. First 2 locks I picked were non transparent, and non cutout regular locks with one or two security pins. I know exactly how to single pick them, but then I went to other locks, and sometimes they really don't have a clear feedback :/

@eaglesnest942 5 лет назад

Very Good Technical Instructional. You explained what was going on and identified the key points that must be covered for instructional learning. Great Job!

@HelpfulLockPicker 5 лет назад

Thank you for the kind words and feedback. I am happy to hear the information was present well! I hope this video will be helpful to someone out there just starting out!

@gregsonberlin3782 7 месяцев назад

So lockpicking is just a sport for fun and unrealistic in regards of picking a real door mounted lock. Because: Here the locks are all installed in the correct orientation with the pins DOWN. So a lockpicker cannot find a dangling key pin, right?

@gogzog Год назад

(Beginning lock picker) Sometimes when I'm picking a lock, I'll take my pick/rake out of the core and look through it and sometimes the pins just aren't there. Does that mean the pins are set?

@shadowshadow2485 11 месяцев назад

70 you old beginner & yes when I can open the easiest lock , I feel it's just blind luck . Good video, so look for resistance ,push & then the key pin gets floppy . Thanks moe

@DaxterSnickers 4 месяца назад

What about European locks where the lock is pointing downwards? I find them harder since I tend to overset them.

@ianmoone4331 4 года назад

The single most helpful video I've seen yet in terms of description and visual detail. Thank you.

@HelpfulLockPicker 4 года назад

Thank you for the kind words!

@Duchess_Van_Hoof 4 месяца назад

How? I neither feel any particular feedback nor hear the click when the pin sets. Bear in mind that I have managed to open the transparant practice lock and one other a few times. I can't tell any difference when I do things right and when I do things wrong.

@pea20011 4 месяца назад

Great video very helpful do you have one like this but showing security pins I am very new to lock picking

@shadowshadow2485 8 месяцев назад

Thank you , good tutorial , good slow explanation , thanks , 70 yr old beginner , thanks moe

@karinelam9650 4 месяца назад

I needed to learn how to pick pins. I had accidentally locked one of my security doors and I finally got it after two weeks. I had to learn for two weeks and then I took me two weeks to figure out the pins on the lock door. it was a great feeling when I finally got it open Because I didn’t have to call anyone and pay somebody to do it for me.

@stewsmith3536 Месяц назад

This is super great detail and exactly what I have been needing to see as I embark on this new hobby. Thanks so much

@noire1001 11 месяцев назад

I got one of them lockpick sets with the clear plastic locks and noticed there is no clicking at all when a pin is set. I guess its because the body of the lock is a soft plastic instead of metal. I think I'll get hold of some real locks to play around with.

@csal17324 5 лет назад

Thank you for your videos. I just discovered you and you have a great teaching technique. I now realize (I’m pretty new to picking) that I’ve been doing it altogether wrong. Reboot! Consider yourself subscribed. Thanks again. Great job!

@HelpfulLockPicker 5 лет назад

Welcome to the hobby and thank yo for subscribing!

@PocketWomen 5 лет назад

That's a really good cutaway for teaching, A well presented tutorial, Are you able to do a video using that cutaway to show how one can recover from an overset pin Thank you, cheers matey

@HelpfulLockPicker 5 лет назад

I can try to do a video on that. I want to do one on underset pins as well.

@brandonmiles8174 Год назад

Your outro sounds so much like Fire on the mountain by the grateful Dead. I love it.

@Gameplayer-vj5eo Год назад

This helped me so much all the other videos didn’t teach me anything ty so much 🎉🎉🎉

@ingeborgsvensson4896 5 лет назад

I was doing the exact same as you described. Sometimes I got it open but had no idea why. Great video, thanks!

@HelpfulLockPicker 5 лет назад

Thanks for checking it out!

@randomutubr222 3 года назад

This is probably the clearest explanation I've seen yet on the basics of how to pick a lock

@HelpfulLockPicker 3 года назад

Thank you for the kind words!

@florencetown4024 Год назад

I want to apply for this course as part of my counter intelligence studies and homelamd security

@HelpfulLockPicker Год назад

Thank you for sharing

@Cambion7 5 лет назад

I love well-presented videos like this. These helped me back in the day when I first got into the sport of lockpicking. Still stuck on beating Orange Belt locks.... but I'm stubborn! Job well done here!

@HelpfulLockPicker 5 лет назад

Thank you for the kind words and I am glad it helps!

@360jay Год назад

how do you know when you are on a pin, i feel like im just flopping around in there

@aaronjennings8385 Год назад

I've been picking on and off for 24 years and have always been a sloppy, accidental picker. I have a friend who picks like this. He could beat me every time, no matter how often I picked the lock. Maybe I'll finally learn the right way now. Lol. One thing to add, the torque wrench you're using is in a much better position to give the pick room to feel. Wished I'd know this sooner.

@HelpfulLockPicker Год назад

Thank you for the kind words but open is open. Its cool you have been doing it for so long

@makjude 2 года назад

Newbie question: It's picked in the order pins 5,3,4,1,2. But could it be picked in any other order? If no, how do you know or feel the correct order? Thanks.

@HelpfulLockPicker 2 года назад

The order can differ depending of tensioning clockwise or counter clockwise. In theory there is only one true binding order for each direction, however, in reality you can tension it so sometimes you have two pins bind simultaneously and you can pick out of order if it is a cheaper lock

@fladoodel 2 года назад

My problem is it feels like both pins get stuck when I push up on them so even if the top pin is set it doesn't matter what is this called and how do I get the bottom pin to come back down like you? I also never am able to hear when a pin sets I feel like I'm totally misunderstanding what I'm supposed to be doing

@HelpfulLockPicker 2 года назад

If the pins get stuck you are likely over setting them.

@davidbrennan1670 3 года назад

Thank you so much just opened my first 5 pin lock because you said to feel the pins as it's open I wasn't able to pick it spp before you told me how to know if somethings overset or set I didn't know what I was feeling for ty so much!!

@HelpfulLockPicker 3 года назад

Congrats on the success!

@MurkysVideos 3 года назад

you never explained what a set pin feels like. just a fyi. you just skipped from spring to put it all together..

@HelpfulLockPicker 3 года назад

Thank you for sharing

@luizcavalcante2723 3 года назад

Parabéns muito bom!!!

@HelpfulLockPicker 3 года назад

Thanks for checking it out

@raoulraoul7129 3 года назад

Omg, very good tutorial, now i understand how lockpicking works.

@HelpfulLockPicker 3 года назад

Thank you for the kind words and I am glad it helped :)

@erebys21 2 года назад

As a complete dumbass, I understood everything you said. That is saying alot about your teaching skills. Thank you, lad!

@HelpfulLockPicker 2 года назад

Thank you for the kind words and I'm glad it helps

@philipedwardcaddick4294 4 года назад

Brilliant video, I happened to be one of those people who just jiggle around and hope for the best until I bought a yale ye1/40 and I really got frustrated because I was using the wrong technique and pick , was racking using a city rack but I the tried single pin picking and that didn't work until I bought a h&h swiss army knife style tool that I was able to pick it and when I did I was so elated and it was a deforister half round (am I right ?) Where the end of it cranks up with a half ball on the end . Well I can't wait to get another lock to try and pick ( i have 3 and a practice lock )

@HelpfulLockPicker 4 года назад

Congrats on the open! It is a "deforest" diamond. It is curved with a half diamond on the end.

@razoredgechris 5 лет назад

why is it i rarely get clicks or feel one when setting a pin.. its been driving me nuts that i cant hear them.. sometimes i do, sometimes (most times) right now i dont... eve my clear acrylic practice lock sorta like yours doesnt give me much audible feedback and very little tactile when setting them... hopefully soon ill have a larger array of locks to practice on, naybe its just the lock and not me the picker... LOL

@HelpfulLockPicker 5 лет назад

I typically use more tension than most which increases the sound of the audible click and the feedback however you need to be careful with that approach because you need to know when to tone it down. It could be a combination of you not using enough in the lock. Also, there is a possibility that the microphone more distinctly then your ear might hear it

@Ingwaz_Seishu Год назад

Just got a beginner, super cheap toolset with some see through locks and this vid def helped give me some ideas for how to practice and get more of a feel for things, rather than kinda blindly fumbling around until I get it unlocked

@HelpfulLockPicker Год назад

Thank you for sharing

@lokpikr999 5 лет назад

Very comprehensive tutorial.Well done!PS:While I was a habitual raker and never thought that I’d become good at SPP’ing during my late teenage years,until I discovered a technique which really helped me become proficient at it that some refer to as “sweeping”,in which I would put my hook pick in to the lock and just make contact with the last pin and then slowly drag out it while just barely grazing the pins until it hit a hard pin(I.e The binder)

@HelpfulLockPicker 5 лет назад

I like doing that technique as well, it can be very helpful. Thank you for sharing!

@JasmodoYT Год назад

what do I have to do when none of the pins set? I am putting tension on it, I have tried both little and much. They just wont stay above the shearline...

@HelpfulLockPicker Год назад

You might not be lifting them high enough. also, some times (more with bottom of the keyway) you can bind the core where it is not making the rotational tension and it is no effective

@alexread7140 2 года назад

Is this just for lock sport because the cylinder is upside down in a real world situation a set pin feels the same as a binding pin, any advice for that ?

@HelpfulLockPicker 2 года назад

I depends where you live. Some places are pins up others are pins down

@zacknorris7863 3 года назад

I've been watching these RU-vid videos for weeks I've still no idea how locks work

@HelpfulLockPicker 3 года назад

Thanks for sharing. I'm sorry you are having such a hard time

@Veryshortname1 3 года назад

I dont feel anything when i push the pins. Could i be doing something wrong?

@HelpfulLockPicker 3 года назад

You could need more tension, however, could be an experience thing too.

@extrememike 3 месяца назад

Exactly what i was looking for.

@Benoit-Pierre 2 года назад

You tell to learn the weight of pins; in France, euro locks are installed springs down, so that once set, the pins are laying down; is there an other trick for this case ?

@HelpfulLockPicker 2 года назад

They would feel sunken and just sitting at the bottom

@foxborland2463 Год назад

The music is extremely loud and distracting. Not a great addition to a tutorial. Pin sounds are more needed...

@HelpfulLockPicker Год назад

Thank you for the feedback

@Freeak6 5 лет назад

I don't really understand why at 4:45, you don't feel the pins as 'set' as it is floppy (it's not on the shear line, but it's floppy).

@HelpfulLockPicker 5 лет назад

I would have to watch it again to see but underset and set pins can both produce a floppy feeling.

@paddlefaster 4 года назад

Excellent video. I'm new to lockpicking and I've been getting frustrating for the exact reason you stated at the beginning. I just kind of poke a round and sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't. Now I understand what a set pin should feel like. Thank you for posting these videos.

@HelpfulLockPicker 4 года назад

Thank you for the kind words and I am glad it helps!

@bernard512tr 3 года назад

In Europe we keep the cilinder the other direction . When the driver pin is set, the keypin does not drop back, but rests on the driver pin.

@HelpfulLockPicker 3 года назад

Thanks for sharing

@drstrangelove09 2 года назад

I NEVER hear nor do I feel a pin click... what am I doing wrong?

@HelpfulLockPicker 2 года назад

It could be you but it could also be the lock

@davidbrennan1670 3 года назад

Now I'm picking that same lock in about 15 seconds or less spp thanks so mu

@HelpfulLockPicker 3 года назад

Just remember muscle memory does play a factor

@jorgecampa57 3 года назад

Another excellent video. Great job explaining the techniques of mastering the different types of feedback on lock picking.

@HelpfulLockPicker 3 года назад

Thank you for the kind words and I am glad it helps!

@8bitPikachu 11 месяцев назад

lockpicking skill has increased

@TheTranq 2 года назад

Often times when I’m trying to do the back pins, what feels like binding is actually just the pick getting hung up in the keyway. What’s the best way to differentiate these?

@TheTranq 2 года назад

Also, do you “pivot” the pick on the edge when picking, or do you “push” it straight up. When I do just a “pushing” motion I feel like I have better feel of the springy vs not springy, but the push method doesn’t seem to work great on pins in the back. Thanks for the help

@HelpfulLockPicker 2 года назад

I sort of pivot off my finger. A lot of people pivot off the warding. If you are getting hung up in the back of the lock maybe you need to try a different pick profile. Sometimes the warding can make it difficult

@TheTranq 2 года назад

@@HelpfulLockPicker I’m just doing a basic Brinks lock and cannot seem to SPP it. I can never seem to even correctly locate the first binding pin

@sebseb9890 4 года назад

Is it possible to overset a pin after you've set it? Or does this only happen when you over tension the core?

@HelpfulLockPicker 4 года назад

Can you overset a keypin after the driver pin has already bin set. You always need to be careful.

@bradsivse2031 3 года назад

Hey man great vid! Can I asked where your learnt you’re valuable information?

@HelpfulLockPicker 3 года назад

Mostly from participating in the community over time

@AdamsWorlds 6 месяцев назад

Just want to say thanks for this video i was walking a friend through it but you do a much better job here than i could have with a clear lock.

@TomatenDK 2 года назад

Which system do we use in Denmark. Apparently I ordered a wrong version of the lishi tool. I didnt know there were different ones. I think its called KW5 2-in-1 ? Can you tell me which lishi tool i should order, to fik the locks in Denmark ? Hope you can help.

@HelpfulLockPicker Год назад

You need to figure out which type of keyway the lock is and then get that Lishi. For residential / commercial stuff there is a limited number of types of Lishi. For automotive there are many different types. It is possible you have a keyway that is not made currently.

@TomatenDK Год назад

@@HelpfulLockPicker yeah was just told by seller now that there isnt a lishi for our danish "Ruko system" locks. Guess ur locks suck 😋

@petestransit 23 дня назад

god damn that noise is horrid

@Silvermeow 4 года назад

How come the key pins dont fall through?

@HelpfulLockPicker 4 года назад

They pins usually have a piece of warding to sit on. Even if the wanted to the could not

@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 3 года назад

Is it possible to set a pin without there being a corresponding rotation of the core? I'm almost of a mind to destroy/convert this lock to a cut-away with a dremel/grinder so I can see what makes it so incredibly difficult to pick! : )

@HelpfulLockPicker 3 года назад

If you have all standard pins there shouldn't be much rotation at all. This is mostly for spools, mushroom, and t pins.

@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 3 года назад

@@HelpfulLockPicker Wow, I'd be really embarrassed if there were no security pins. I do think there are serrated pins judging by the number of clicks I'm getting all over the place.

@drstrangelove09 2 года назад

Where can I buy one of those practice lock things?

@HelpfulLockPicker 2 года назад

eBay has them usually

@ajclark9939 5 лет назад

Very clearly defined. Exelent video

@HelpfulLockPicker 5 лет назад

Thank you for the kind words, I'm glad it helps!

@simongabriel2015 3 года назад

Very nice video, thank you for that. Is there any way to identify a set pin in a lock that is build in? The lock in the video seems to be upside down, not how it would appear in the wild. So floppyness detection would not work there.

@HelpfulLockPicker 3 года назад

If the lock pia pins down a set pin would be sunk down but not frozen when you push on it

@simongabriel2015 3 года назад

@@HelpfulLockPicker thanks for the hint. Ill keep trying ;-)

@katedalumpines2007 3 года назад

Followed it and ended using up so many pins with no results🥲

@HelpfulLockPicker 3 года назад

Thanks for sharing

@joemama6596 3 года назад

Quick question - so im new to lockpicking, i have the started acryllic see through lock to practice on and all the pins seem loose and springy and don’t bind or anything is it too much or too little tension?

@HelpfulLockPicker 3 года назад

For one it is a bad lock. Many of the pins come set to shear already. I would try opening the lock and flipping the drivers pins over so the flat end touches the keypins. It could be too little tension but the lock is also not good

@joemama6596 3 года назад

@@HelpfulLockPicker ah ok thanks, ill pick up a master lock as i heard they’re good beginner locks

@realAmpereD 8 дней назад

Great video.

@me_asme Год назад

Awesome! Thank you

@geekcrossing7862 3 года назад

Good, but since this is for beginners, it would have been better if you had started out by defining the terms: set pin / binding pin / key pin / driver pin / bible / shear line

@HelpfulLockPicker 3 года назад

This is part of a series where those terms have been defined

@geekcrossing7862 3 года назад

@@HelpfulLockPicker Great, but then, it would have been better if you'd added a link to the video defining the terms. I arrived at your video by searching for "beginner's tutorial on lock picking" (or equivalent) and landed here.suspect