That's some great turning Lock Noob. I'd be very interested to see your lathe. Finding centre must be a challenge all of its own. I'm guessing its a watchmaker's. I'm also guessing you have a powerful magnifying glass!
I'm seconding this request. I took a peek at your channel history and didn't see anything about how you make these :( Really tiny machining seems like it'd be full of interesting nuances, if perhaps a little tricky to film. edit: Ah, found it. "Milled using a dremel and then hand finished". That's less exciting, but certainly more practical, than I was hoping
@Jacob Mayes That is actually just a "pin". A skewer is the opposite scenario: ex. if the queen were behind the king and the king was in check by the bishop, you are forced to move the king(if there are no other ways to remove the check) but that automatically leaves the queen open to capture.
Definitely a lot of pining going on inside this lock! The pawn is pinned to protect the queen, moving the queen will skewer the bishop, and the bishop is pinned to protect the rook! Unless it's attacked from the other direction. Then the rook causes the bishop to be skewered, the bishop is pinned to the queen, and moving the queen causes the least satisfying skewer of all time whereby a pawn is lost.
@@lockpickinglawyer im curious, i have very little experience picking, but when ive looked into it in the past, the stuff ive read all said to use very light tension. Clearly you are very good at picking, and i cant help but wonder, why do you generally use heavy tension but other people say use light tension?
@@JamesBlond101 he's said in one of his videos that he uses the heaviest tension he can get away with, other people say to use the lightest tension you can get away with. AFAIK Lighter is nicer for your picks, heavier is easier to feel feedback from the lock.
Very cool! I have had a fascination with keys and locks since I found my first, in the dirt, when I was three years old. I’m 67 now. I’ve just ordered my Covert Companion, expansion pack turning tools and a stack of practice locks from eBay. Between Bosnia Bob’s channel an LPL’s, I’m having the time of my life! Thanks for all you do👍
Deserter Now I’m just imagining this lock being specifically designed as a loophole to get a relatively normal lock on your door in Raccoon City. “I can assure you that there are, indeed, chess pieces incorporated into the locking mechanism. Thus, this lock DOES fit the committee’s minimum requirements for a puzzle lock.”
Was really waiting for the Knight to pop out, but the rest of the pins are really incredible in their turnings. Outstanding work on your part Lock Noob. Again LPL's "Eloquent Description" adds to the disassembly of this piece. Thank you both for this video.
1:20 "little click out of 1...... think thats it" seriously thought LPL ascended to another dimension to be able to pick an entire lock with just pin 1
For a normal sized chess piece, that wouldn't be too difficult, just 3D mill it in a 5-axis with a 3mm ball endmill... I've programmed and machined fairly complicated 3D pieces like skull-shaped drawer knobs... but at this size, that would be quite difficult. Metal artwork, if I must say so myself :)
Unbelievable craftsmanship. You would think they would have presented a more difficult picking. Love your attention to detail in your videos, as always.
Outstanding work. Have looked over your channel and very impressed with your look workings and demos. All by eye. Oh I remember when I could see lock key that. Just even more outstanding. My eyes are shot after a couple of decades of building micro electronic devices for work. I look forward to seeing more of your channel.
Amazing video! This was a really cool lock (Thank You Lock Noob) picked by the man who is a Really Big influence in my life - Thank You LockPickingLawyer!
Great fun lock to pick and admire the pins😎😍😍😍 As a security feature,I don't think the pins do anymore than a standard spool, but as a work of art 😎😎🎉🎉🎉😍😍😍
Love watching and learning never gutted a lock yet but I do play chess so those pieces to me are excellent The draughts ( Checkers) pieces too I pick Locks but never ventured into this area of the sport but after watching you demonstrate Lock Noob's Pins I feel vary tempted and challenged to learn thanks for sharing
today a crying lady was locked out and i helped her get back in. watching all your videos for this exact moment i succeded in opening the door way faster than i expected with my best trained pocketset. and she really thought i was professional who know what i was doing and not some random dude who just likes to see locks being defeated. also the moment i got her door open her boyfriend came home from work with the spare key and after small argument and explanation i earned the value of my 10 usd pocketset back. so now its paid for by itself :) i feel really proud and also slighty not as proud. you deserve 95% as she really thought i was professional :)
Oh, I am already a subscriber. I just haven't had time to watch his back log yet. It's nice to see some Europeans up the game too. Makes the whole lock trading fuss less tax- and shipping-full :P
macavity I used 3mm brass rod cut to 20mm and chucked up in a dremel. I then used a thin diamond disc on the spinning rod like a lathe (glasses on!) and did all the work by eye with no magnification. Could barely see afterwards due to eye strain!
I want a mini chess set with all these little pins, played with little tweezers (even though it will be very hard to move the pieces it will still be fun!)
First off another great video. I have to tell you I wish he didn't send the note to tell you to use light tension, which I believe is not the way you usually start a lock, I mean maybe it would have tàken a extra 15 seconds or so but either way I would have been curious. Keep up the good work, your videos have gotten me reinvigorated to the lock picking hobby, although tough to lock pick for long sessions when your hands are arthritic. I do find my self enjoying taking a fairly ordinary lock and messing with it to make it more difficult to pick,as I sure others do also to, it also teaches me more about the lock. Fills the COVID-19 downtime.
Interesting...I can't imagine making art that would never get seen if the product works. I'm a musician so I'm used to hiding the work from most listeners, but the effect of the aesthetics enters their conscious focus.
I've seen many of your videos, keep up the great content. I do have a question for you, when you're picking and you mention "counter rotation" what exactly does that mean?
Watch the tension rod while he is picking. I can't tell you what causes it as I don't actually pick locks (yet), but essentially the keyway is rotating in the direction opposite of the tension (you will see the tension rod "lift" up a bit).
I wish I had a 'gut with shim' warning on a padlock i picked recently. good thing all the driver pins were the same height, but pins went everywhere lol
Looks like he thought about drilling another hole for another pin. Maybe that would have been a king. threading the chamber's would have risked scratches on the chess pieces. It's really a showcase of his expertise with intricate workmanship. Very nice indeed. I wonder what kind of beauty will be his first complete lock design. He clearly has the skills and knowledge.
LPL is carry inspirational. Moves and watches a vid on RU-vid and thinks, this may make a good hobby. And within a few years, is one of the best in the world at “his hobby”
A spool on 1 would have allowed for a deep false set on the pieces and just as a added pain I would’ve used a 6 pin core with a slightly smaller diameter serrated pin. I think that would make this so much more difficult
Richard Hg I'm afraid that I didn't video my making f the pins, just the assembly of the lock :-( I used 3mm brass rod cut to 20mm and chucked up in a dremel. I then used a thin diamond disc on the spinning rod like a lathe (glasses on!) and did all the work by eye with no magnification. Could barely see afterwards due to eye strain!
What if someone makes a lock with both pin alignment and a combination in one: the key has a core and a shell. The core turns throughout half the revolution, spinning the key pins around to align them in the direction they must be in to slide past the driver pins, then the shell turns throughout the second half, like a normal lock/key
The ultimate duel: Two lock pickers are given a bunch of locks with Chess and Checkers pieces like this, and have to pick all the locks to have a complete set. Whoever has a full set of Chess/Checkers pieces first gets a point. Then they face off in a game of Chess and a game of Checkers, each game counting for a point. Then they have to put all the locks back together again, *working,* and whoever does so first gets another point. Whoever has the most points wins!
Harry, thank you very much for the wonderful package that arrived today. I didn't PM this because the phone I'm using won't let me. A million thanks!!!!
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