(700) How to: Pick Serrated Pins

[@dereks3245]

I just want to say thank you. I finally got my nemesis, an old military American 5200, open tonight. This video was incredibly helpful in making that happen. Thank you for everything you’ve done for the lock picking community, and enjoy your well deserved retirement.

[@firebird8600]

I do love how I have been watching your back catalog of videos for around 2 weeks, and I don't think I've seen the same intro twice. Keeps the mystery alive

[@the_rahn]

I will comment here since it's the video that introduced me to your channel. Man. Your are awesome. There is just nothing more to it. I love every single one of your videos. I find them really interesting, entertaining, teaching and even funny. You once mentioned you don't get groupies, but I totally think you should. Keep up with the good work, and thank you very much for everything you teach us. KZbin is a better place thanks to people like you.

[@dirk4926]

It's like they aways say, you can pick your friends, you can pick your nose, but you have to be Bill to pick a lock with serrated pins and make it look that easily. Wait I don't think thats what they always say but maybe they should.

[@RoadStuffUK]

I do like these tutorial type videos, I would like to see more of them, if possible!

[@williamfairfaxmasonprescot9334]

I concur

[@TheTowergod2004]

Subscribe or do a search for lockplcking there are a ton of videos.

[@tortugajoe735]

Thanks Bill, serrated pins have been a real nemesis for me.

[@joeriggs9967]

Also GREAT video! I'm currently on a security pin kick, trying to push myself as you know. This video is perfect. Every night I line up about 10 American Locks, and slowly pick my way through them. Soon I will move on to even more tricky ones. This video enlightened me on an area where i've been hitting a wall. Thanks!

[@maxj9204]

so basically its just like picking standard pins... except each pin might need to be picked a few times.

[@williamfairfaxmasonprescot9334]

Correct

[@williamfairfaxmasonprescot9334]

Each serration is its own level. Pick to set every serration, per serration.

[@BeaulieuTodd]

1. It’s not only men watching. Enough with the fellas and gentlemen. Unnecessary. 2. Keep posting! 3. I hate the term serrated. They are most definitely not serrated. Ribbed. Ridged. Not serrated.

[@vagabond-yj8pn]

Yan landry Well put.

[@richgreeeat8736]

@@BeaulieuTodd Are you on your period? Is it that time of the month?

[@artconnolly9519]

Thanks for the great video. Your how too on spool pins helped me to conquer all my padlocks that had spools. now I find them the easiest. I've been waiting for a how too on serrated. thanks again Off to attack my American locks

[@0101-o3w]

Thanks BB, I realise that you made this a few years ago but it is still helping all us new guys today, you make it very easy to understand 👍👍👍🗝️👍👍👍

[@kirkdecker6228]

Thanks for describing how to pick these locks Bill. It really helps newbies like me to understand these concepts a bit better. You rock.

[@mrkultra1655]

Thanks again Bill, hope everything is going well for you

[@GhostOfPerona]

I love this. It is better than unlocking chests in Elder Scrolls Online. :P

[@harrychung433]

Words of wisdom and experience from the Master is always appreciated. Congratulations on 700. Was expecting you to reach 750 by the end of summer, but Adrian must have distracted you too much.

[@devonmcnealy8900]

Absolutely great channel. He doesn't have to do this, he does it for us.

[@ganzonomy]

Happy 700th!!!!! hey, can we get a channel of "bosnianbloopers"?

[@kmetvhribih]

Thank you so much for all the knowledge you shared with us, it is greatly appreciated. Your channel got me into picking and was always the first thing I checked for anything lock related. Enjoy your retirement and I will enjoy rewatching your videos. Greetings from Slovenia ;)

[@nitramretep]

That is a great Sparrow practice lock. It taught me a lot about picking the evil serrated pins. Your demo was a good demo and I enjoyed watching your technique and great explanations.

[@LegalLockPicker]

This is a great video on the importance of tension and to much tension. Thanks again!

[@allenfurtado9849]

Thanks Bosnian Bill for the years of learning. I used the skills I learned in my law enforcement job, to catch some baddies and get them off the streets. Thanks for the tips and making Canada, one satisfying "click" at a time!

[@send9]

Congrats on 700 videos Bill; I'm hoping for 700 more :)

[@AcolyteofRlyeh]

If I hadn't subscribed for the lockpickin. I'd subscribe, just for the different intros. - Entertained, while I learn stuff. I love it!

[@yellowfolder]

These videos rather do aid my criminality! Splendid good show!

[@williamfairfaxmasonprescot9334]

I like these cut-away videos because always learning new things including visual of what a binding pin looks like when picked and rake false set to reset. Thanks a bunch Mr #BosnianWill

[@aajjeee]

Happy 700th

[@stopdusty420]

I just got into this hobby love it! Thank you for taking the time to make great videos!!

[@NicholasAarons]

Great Video Bill. Very Helpful For Beginners & Well Explained. Keep up the great work. Nick.

[@robin6469]

These intros are really getting out of hand

[@ghoulscab8027]

🤣🤣

[@ryananchors1967]

No they’re amazing hahaha

[@raidenmaurice3552]

pro trick: watch series at flixzone. I've been using it for watching all kinds of movies during the lockdown.

[@maximiliankaysen1425]

@Raiden Maurice definitely, have been using flixzone} for months myself =)

[@NeoYAG]

This might be considered an old video now but I just wanted to say thanks!

[@johnteague136]

Best instructional videos on the net!

[@frankdoemen]

Lots Practice that's what got me good and lots of lock lab videos haha thanks big bill!

[@DavePawson]

Brilliant visualisation of what you're seeing Bill, thanks. (Just find a smaller washer :-) )

[@MrWakeboarder540]

Thanks man, I've been waiting for a good video on serrated pins! ill be trying my first brinks lock tomorrow!

[@bumman117]

How did the brinks lock go? I've just started picking and I've had a really easy go with brinks thus far

[@MrWakeboarder540]

@@bumman117 I found it challenging, but I did get to point where I could was able to pick it fairly consistently. But it would take a few attempts that would take a while, like 10 mins to do pick it sort of thing. The hardest thing I find is the tension! Light enough tension to not catch the serations but just enough tension to make one pin bind at a time and pick each pin. Most of the time I can get 3 or 4 pins picked easily, the hard part for me is the last 2 or 3 pins, as I sometimes have to loosen up the tension a bit and accidentally drop some pins 👍

[@datfella9063]

Shit man, if someone cant pick a lock after studying your channel they should just give up lol ! Great videos!

[@joopterwijn]

Bill this is a SUPER VIDEO thank you for the Great explanation. This explained a lot around the "tension" if you got more of those,... I will be one happy viewer ( other videao's are also great :-) bust this is really super) one pupil in the Netherlands. I thorn apart some old wind screen wipers and this winter is the theme to start making a couple of 'picks'.

[@bobsonclimber]

I love this and your spool vid. To the point and very clear! Thanks

[@robertbullcarmichael9856]

Awesome intros. Always cool.

[@XiaoMingMC]

LPL said we should use heaviest tension possible LOL

[@NetAndyCz]

Yeah, the truth that any tension between lightest tension possible* and heaviest tension possible* will work. I assume the heavier tension might be usually slightly faster method and might be helpful with some specific locks. *possible in the sense of it is possible to pick that lock with it.

[@veeaa]

Yup it's really confusing when two of the most influential lock sport youtubers say opposite things! Let's see how my new hobby starts.

[@allanbell4287]

good work I am learning a lot bill thanxs

[@jakemakesthings9955]

its really interesting how bill starts at the back and LPL normally starts at the front also bill tends to use BOK tension and lpl seems to prefer TOK tension

[@TexasJim]

Great video Bill.

[@hugomartel8552]

The best one out there Bill!

[@pickbeard2690]

Very informative video Bill,that one is a keeper👍👍👍🆒😘

[@richardwales5561]

great work Bill.

[@ABD4VIDS]

Excellent explanation of this!!

[@ObelixCMM]

bosnianbill, If you do any training for agents, you could set-up torque transducer with digital display to show pressure level on your torque bar.

[@FusionDeveloper]

That is a neat idea. It could be done with physics or with electronics, such as a "weight" measuring device. Many times I find that whatever I am applying light pressure to, such as a file or whatever, I keep slowly increasing pressure without noticing it. A tool like this, could train me to hold consistent pressure.

[@artconnolly9519]

Man still no luck I can't get the feel for them yet. Next I think I should load up one of my cutaway practice locks like you did first.

[@washingtonstatepicker3460]

Thank you! I needed this video!

[@JPoleet]

Thank you, sir! Excellent video!

[@jeph4life]

great explanation and demo!

[@Dcook85]

New to picking and locks. Is it possible to remove standard pins and add serrated pins to a lock and keep the same key? If so it seems like a great way to upgrade a standard lock.

[@OmegaVestoLord]

as long as the pins are the same length

[@JasperJanssen]

OmegaVestoLord key pins need to remain same length. Driver pins, not really. They do need to be roughly the right length. And yeah, it’s certainly possible to upgrade locks with security pins.

[@spraynpray]

I was told a good starting point for tension is "enough to hold an ant in place on your tension wrench, but not crush him".

[@fdman6981]

I am picking about 20 American padlocks there are 3 that i have not yet been able to pick. 2 have really deap spools, get deep false set go for the spool next to it and the first one is lost. back and fourth i go. Help? the other one i dont seem to be geting anything to bind but #1 and i suspect its an 8 cut. but i pick on it over and over and itls the only one that binds. ?? its fun just having a hard time. thanks your channel is great !!!!!

[@user-rw3qq2sr1z]

Thanks Bill - awesome video !!

[@BullzOfSteel]

where do you get this training lock at?? seems better then the cut away lock at sparrow (because of how much easier and quicker to access the pins)

[@alexvargas4668]

Excellent video

[@zahialsalman]

Keep up the good work

[@fedzalicious]

Rotational torque is expressed as [weight/distance from axis]. You could actually measure it with a small set of digital scales. Just position the tension wrench and use the scale to apply force instead of your finger. Then the torque would be [weight/length of wrench]. If your tension wrench is 4 cm long, very light torque might be 1 grams/4 cm (0.035 ounces/1.6 inches), and heavy tension might be 40 grams/4 cm (1.4 ounces/1.6 inches). You could then convert that into a common scale like grams per centimeter. 1 gram/4 cm would become 4 g/cm and 40 grams/4 cm would be 160 g/cm. Another way you could think about it, if you have a 1 cm long tension wrench sitting horizontal in a lock and you hang a piece of A4 paper (4.5 grams) on the very end of it, you would have 4.5 g/cm of torque. On the end of a 4 cm long wrench, that same piece of paper would give you 18 g/cm of torque.

[@artichoke890]

Please do more videos on serated pins they are not as easy as you make them seem. Specifically american 1100.

[@michaelmendillo4614]

Another great one ! Is raking effective with these pins ?

[@jawadibrahim2367]

thanks for the tutorial!

[@onegiantradish323]

“It’s easier than you think” yeah just apply an u quantifiable amount of tension, pick each pin 4 times, start at the back, if it’s springy it’s either perfect or terrible jk great video

[@joeriggs9967]

I have a similar cutaway, however mine has cuts down the plug as well making the entire length of the pin cylinders visible. Also you can see your pick inside while working. Do you use the style you have over the style I have intentionally, or is that just the one you happened to buy?

[@joeriggs9967]

+Joe “Shearlock” Riggs Here is a link to the Cutaway I have. It comes with Spool pins and Serrated pins, also comes master keyed with keys and extra wafers. So many repinning situations are possible out of the box. And like I said, it's cut down into the plug so you can see your pick working etc. Works really smooth too. If interested. r.ebay.com/pu4l2j

[@joeriggs9967]

+bosnianbill Indeed, great price. This one did come with lots of pins, spools, serrated, master wafers, extra springs & set screws. I like seeing my pick working inside the plug as well. I didn't mind the price. I do love sparrows products and prices though!

[@radicalrob2103]

+bosnianbill Is that a Peterson Gem hook?? I have a Schlage that the profile crazy angles I over set everything when I can get it in and Can't really get around it? any idears??

[@aj981981]

At 3:12, how do you know that you over-picked pin 5 if you can't see inside the lock? That is my biggest problem with lockpicking in general: not knowing if I've over-picked a pin! Any help would be EXTREMELY helpful! Thanks!!

[@IMAXXHEW]

Nice work.

[@ChaplainDaveSparks]

+bosnianbill Speaking of cutaways: Are they a help or a hindrance for a newbie learning to pick locks?

[@bosnianbill]

They're useful to learn on to develop your feel while seeing what's happening, but not as a daily practice lock.

[@zachr207]

I have kind of what may be an elementary question. I've read the detail overkill and I think I understand how everything works - for the most part - but why do the pins remain springy after they've been picked into place? If the tumbler moves slightly once a pin is picked, wouldn't that make it so that that particular key-pin would no longer be able to be moved up past the shear-line? It would still be able to fall down, leaving the driver-pin to rest on the edge of the tumbler; but it shouldn't be springy anymore, right? Or am I missing something? Thanks.

[@bosnianbill]

Zach, the pins don't remain springy after you've picked the pin because the driver pin and spring are caught up above the shear line. The key pin tho, will fall down due to gravity. You can still feel it but can easily detect that it is not under spring pressure. Now, just because a driver and spring are trapped, doesn't guarantee they are picked to the shear. They may be stuck, or hung up on a serration or spool. You'll just have to learn what those things feel like in order to beat them.

[@karolismilieska3863]

You said that springy pins might be unpicked OR picked? Can you explain me how picked pins can be still springy? How lower pins can go upward if pin is set and the sheerline set? Thanks.

[@badger9071]

+bosnianbill Hm.. the problem of the Americans? That can't happen to us Europeans. We don't pick the locks upside down. :) And.. by the way, thanks for the video.. It really helped me to sort out (at least theoretically)what am I doing wrong. I believe broght me much closer to opening those two Pacific Lock padlocks that still (I only opened one of them once) lives in my 'nasty box'.

[@mastercole-ro5pz]

so basically lockpicking like usual but for each pin has like i guess a 2nd or 3rd life?

[@GenoMyster535]

If I put the key in the lock with the japerd side up does that mean the pins are on the bottom or top ?

[@jasonrazzino674]

another helpful video!!

[@buzzardman994]

Good vid!

[@NoahKuzel]

So are serrated pins more difficult to pick than spool pins

[@karenwilson9528]

So with serrated pins you do the same thing as normal pins just more then once. You repeat the process as many times as there are serrations?

[@JeffroDH]

I don’t understand how a pin can be springy if it has been set. In my experience, the key pin feels floppy. It will fall with gravity, but as the other pin is set above the shear line, the spring is decoupled and will not act upon the key pin. Is this different from other pin styles for some reason?

[@michaelsebourn3425]

It's like the practice lock

[@DavidUKesb]

How would you know that the lock had serrated pins inside? Thanks

[@artconnolly9519]

Bill how do you know if you over set into the serrations on the key pins by accident?

[@artconnolly9519]

+bosnianbill Thank you

[@user-wu7ug4ly3v]

So, if you had a spool or two and the rest serrated would that make it impossible to pick (because the spools would not let you use constant tension)?

[@fredhenry101]

Nothing is impossible to pick, just a bitch. Challenge locks mix spools and serrateds all the time

[@joelwhitus7878]

This helped so much..TM

[@bwhog]

Cutaways... get pieces of clear plastic to make up for the rest of the barrel. Doesn't need to be round, just a sheet. Enough to keep things in place, like those springs.. Nothing fancy. Just cut it and glue it to the cut faces.

[@glenvillanueva6950]

I got few door knobs to pick and suspects serrated pins in it. I will get through it somehow and get rich soon.

[@firstnamegreatestlastnamee8827]

I have a small ilco lock made in Hong Kong I guess, and I can pick it open, but I'm not sure how. see everytime I open it, it feels like I'm hittong one pin and then bam it's open. is there something im missing or am I just getting lucky? any chance you'd be interested in it?

[@bosnianbill]

No telling, someone may have removed some of the pins, or perhaps they're stuck or gummed up. No, please don't send it. Postage would far exceed the value.

[@samniebeling8082]

bill do you have any cut aways that I could possibly have thank you sam

[@callumcopley6780]

Hi Bill.different topic ive got a atk cyclinder lock that's locked at 5 past whilst picking it.cant seem to pick side pins any tips would be great

[@bosnianbill]

It sounds like you picked it to a false set, meaning it probably contains at least 1 spool pin. CHeck out the videos I made on how to beat spool pins to see how to overcome it.

[@babajideagboola9938]

Please am in need of lock picking set

[@thesilentvortex]

Nice Video..you have many Different Intro...how do you make or get them (preferable free)? My Videos Intro is short and boring...lol

[@newskills3265]

How can you tell what number pin your on?

[@ZombiesRcoming]

I'm looking at getting padlock shims, which brand would you recommend. I was thinking sparrows.

[@ZombiesRcoming]

Thanks. I will get the sparrows.

[@frankdoemen]

Sparrows are my choice as well

[@rune.theocracy]

+ZombiesRcoming Sparrows is excellent.

[@rune.theocracy]

+ZombiesRcoming Sparrows is excellent.

[@mikestone9129]

But when picking a lock you've never done before, how do you know what kind of pins are in it?

[@bosnianbill]

You can FEEL the pins, and that tells you what kind they are.

[@mikestone9129]

@@bosnianbill Thanks, guess I got a lot of learning to do:-) Maybe I need to sand paper my finger tips like the safe crackers in the movies do. (Just kidding)

[@mattcollins4704]

your videos are almost too fucking good

[@mattcollins4704]

great job bill your the fucking MAN

[@silkroad1201]

I like how he said "fellas" lol. You're right, there's no ladies here

[@NashMusicStudios]

Who makes your intros?

[@serialkil3]

+bosnianbill are there such things as serrated spool pins?

[@bluephreakr]

+frosty iceyhot Partial spools can be serrated. There are a variety of home-made spool hybrids that he receives in some locks. Some locks can also have serrated wafers, now those can be a little tricky.

[@serialkil3]

+bluephreakr interesting, thanks for the information

[@davidworsley7969]

Great as always Bill-It's very rare to see a negative comment on this site,yet thumbs down appear from time to time-If there's something you thumbsdowners don't like-tell us what it is or stick it back in your juvenile mouth. Phew-I feel better for that.

[@AKindChap]

+David Worsley That's a rather negative comment, don't you think? It's fine if someone doesn't like the video.

[@davidworsley7969]

***** It wasn't meant to be-if you're bothered enough to show your dislike, you should,be constructive and say why-Bill's not perfect- perhaps he could learn from negative feedback. PS Love your user name.makes a change from all that macho stuff.

[@justinscobell]

A+

[@MikeKing001]

I bought one of those from sparrow, and the key doesn't even open it!!

[@cmandrell]

bill have you ever showed your face on youtube

[@WingmanSR]

+Chris “snapper man” mandrell Nope, and more than likely never will.

[@kylewanamaker9128]

+SBwingman There was one video where you could see his reflection in a particularly shiny lock though.

[@funny36ful]

He played the guitar in one video in the intro

[@WingmanSR]

BobLoom36Ful You sure that was _Bill_ though? I've been operating under the impression that he's in some secret squirrel line of work.

[@paddys06]

+SBwingman Not too bothered about him showing himself, but I am interested in what he does for a living. I find it odd that he doesn't monetize his videos and I don't think it's because he's super rich... I can guess at a few occupations but probably best to respect his privacy.

[@immortal_blade]

You do C.G.I better than million dollar Bollywood movies lol