(047) picking two Yale Y110/40 keyed alike padlocks (with extra bonus raking video at the end!)

[@rerairelandpicker9714]

Hope you like the lock 🇮🇪🔐👍got a box for Jason my self this morning

[@redcatimaging]

The bigger one gives some nice resistance ;). Nice looking pair of locks. Cool video and picking Lock Noob, as it shows the difficulty you can have with keyed alike locks. Noticed this myself too.

[@LockNoob]

I almost didn't include the raking vid as it was giving me so much trouble... But I thought it would be more honest to show how different two locks that are the 'same' can be. At the time it was pretty frustrating though! :-s

[@HobbyPicker]

These Yales are usually really dampened for feel, so well done!

[@LockNoob]

Thank you! It's funny how different they both feel from each other too

[@RWBHere]

Thank-you. Thanks also for your tip about inverting Abus locks to rake them open. One of my identical locks opens with a Sparrows City rake, and the other opens equally quickly with a Sparrows Bogotá. Neither can be opened easily with the other tool. Next step is to learn how to SPP them! I've noticed that, when raking some locks, a very deep false set can be obtained. If that happens, counter rotate the core gently, with the rake removed, and then open the lock normally.

[@LockNoob]

Nice technique 👍

[@tipenengapuhi]

Nice persistence. Those keyways on those Yale padlocks can be extremely tight.

[@LockNoob]

Thanks. It's not my best picking... It would have been better if I'd not been so overconfident after the first lock and stopped! Pride comes before a fall etc. Still, it proves a point about how all locks are different and how persistence pays off

[@lonewretch]

heh... my pick just geeps getting stuck on pin 3, jams in so I have to release tension. new at this so... practice, but I am using sparrow picks too, just think I have a prickly lock! oO

[@v6cosworth167]

That's brilliant great job, 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@LockNoob]

Thanks 🙏

[@jobustify]

Dumb question but does this have security pins? (Edit: just saw super secret bonus time, no spools!) Been really struggling with mine. Can get it into a false set but then nothing moves. Also you said you used a euro hook, does that mean it's 15 thousands thick? I've been using a Sparrow tron to try and avoid over setting.

[@LockNoob]

The euro hook is a profile by Sparrows that I used in 0.025 👍

[@jobustify]

@@LockNoob thanks, I'll add it to my list! Slowly piecing together my kit.

[@rerairelandpicker9714]

So happy will do a up load in a bet OK live you to it 🇮🇪🔐👍

[@oklamusiq9743]

Can you pick the Yale 110 /30 padlock with a lishi please and if yes then which type of lishi would it be please

[@JMLockpicking]

Nice just got mine in...

[@LockNoob]

They are fun picks :-)

[@johnnyhedlund206]

I just got one of these Yale y110/40 I was wondering, since im rather new I still use my beginners toolpicks Daniu (something) and they feel a bit big for these kind of locks? I have very little room for the pick when I insert the tension tool. What you think, is it even possible with that kind of tools?

[@tetrazol]

I'm currently trying to pick that smaller Yale. Just wondering if they have any security pins?

[@LockNoob]

Yes, some nice little spool pins :-)

[@rerairelandpicker9714]

Good content as always

[@woopize]

I just picked one of those on amazon, arriving in a couple of days. Do you remember if it has any security pins? Because I see in one comment reply you say it has a few spools but then in another comment, another guy says it has no spools. I would apreciate if you can clear this doubt :) Thanks Edit: just got my lock, and got a very normal bitting :( the first two pins at the same level, the next two slightly lower and the fifth pin is the higher one. Let’s see how I do spp it, hope itMs not too easy

[@mortkebab2849]

I bought three similar Yale brass padlocks recently to practice with but I haven't been able to pick any of them, although I can usually open them eventually with sufficient rocking/raking. I am yet to observe the "counter-rotation" that spool pins are supposed to perform which tells the picker what they are. I'm a beginner with the Southord PXS-14 set. This is what they look like: imgur.com/a/C93Kcg0 On the other hand, I can easily pick my Master locks, (Excell and number 3) and an assortment of other padlocks. How should I proceed with the Yales?

[@igorius5257]

My pick broke at pin 2