As I’ve been working through the back catalogue of LPL, I expected to see some improvement over time with the picking but, nope. Seems you were just born to hold a pick. I am in awe.
That keyway insert is a fantastic idea! More lock companies should do stuff like that. If this had driver pins that had security features this lock would be really hard to defeat.
I just realized the inherent systemic security improvement of simply having a huge market of different products. It means a lockpicker would have to be versed in many different locks to be able to pick one reliably, at least if they cannot prepare for a particular one in advance. I am wondering whether it is a bad idea to put the brand name on it. Seems to be making it easier to prepare for it because you can roughly identify it via spyglass. I am also wondering how many different nasty tricks can be combined in a single lock without excluding each other from working.
When you say "EVVA" it sound´s weird :) In Germany (Austria, our neighbour as well) we say: EFFA, because the "V" and "F" sounds quite simmilar. By the way, your videos are great and i really like your kindly manner. So thumbs up ;)
@@bbugl Okay?! No shit? In germany i dont know anyone who pronounce it it that way and I work with a lot of metalguys.. Today i learned something New, thanks :)
Wow great picking. I do understand what you meant by picking through holes in warding for pins, but I still don't get how you did that. I have Guard brand cylinder with paracentric keyway and I'm trying to pick almost a month now, but still can't reach the back pins. Excellent video, thanks for inspiration.
Thank you. I’m not sure if it will help, but I’ll try to explain some of the key elements that make it work… it requires pretty specific tools. First, the pick needs three things: (i) thin width… .015” is preferred; (ii) a steep hook angle so that you can maneuver the pick as close as you can to perpendicular to the keyway; and (iii) a thin hook profile (i.e., front to back)… peterson’s #7 is good for this, but sparrow’s .015” deep hook is even better (unfortunately, I need to put handle’s on mine before it’s usable). Second, you need to maneuver the pick under the pins. For that, you need the entire bottom of the keyway free, so top of the keyway tension is a must. If you don’t have a tension wrench that fits, make one. Interesting side note: the first time I picked the ALS, I couldn’t find a tension wrench that fit so I opened it using a .025” deforest diamond as my tension wrench! I hope that helps. Good luck.
Thanks. When the pins are silver colored, that usually means that they are either hardened steel (for drill resistance) or nickel silver (for wear resistance)... At least, that's my understanding. Only the hardened steel is attracted to my magnetic screwdriver.
Each additional feature is another step in production, possibly a different machine, or another part, and definitely more time all multiplied by how many units are made. Each of these adds cost. The company decides where their line is between quality and expense, and how much they can raise the price or market to sell more units.
Talk for thousands of hours about any single subject with only minor variations, and see how conversational you sound after a while. I'd say he's doing very well for having a thousand-and-a-half videos done in nearly the same format, doing mostly the same thing, and not going crazy or sounding completely uninvolved.
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