(1218) Challenge: Jillian's Ultimate Effort

[@phri6173]

Very nice pinning , incredibly good craftsmanship colour me impressed 😜 I'm actually starting to make my own pins and am really starting to appreciate home made pins even more than I once did now knowing the amount of work that goes into a finely crafted pin they're even more amazing / beautiful , keep up the hard work . P.s great picking bill as always 😊🔒🔓🍻

[@ve2zzz]

Almost nine minutes of effort by Bill... Excellent lock !!! I would never be able to pick it !

[@imthesquareroot6125]

I still have to say my number one favorite lock to come into the lab is Reece's Seven Deuce lock. Beautiful simplicity is what the Seven Deuce represents, but this kind of custom work from Jillian takes so much talent I doubt I could ever do it. Great job Jillian.

[@AlbertLebel]

Good job Jillian, well done. And great pickin Bill. I thought for sure you would have to sacrifice a pick on this one. Started my day off right.

[@jeffreyreindeer5351]

Beautiful work on the lock. Great pick Bill

[@RookieLock]

Wow, great work Jillian, I think you almost got a "whipped by" video ;P

[@freakygardener8033]

With Bill commenting like that, that is clear, that Jillian did an AWESOME job!!! 👍👍

[@Прохожий-ы8к]

Bravo 😁 I see all driver pins and more before your work and i was not sure if you finished that lock 🔒🔒🔒🔒 Hardest to everyone !!!! Very very interesting lock . Good luck 🤞😃🤞

[@paolafrege7766]

Great work Jillian ! Mr Bill had to fight to win this time....

[@iammongo2106]

"I like mine standing straight up", That's what she said!

[@larryg7336]

Awesome pinning Julian, one hell of a pick Mr. Bill

[@kaibarlow9574]

Awesome work Jillian.

[@sarnold1277]

Great Lock, Jillian! Great pick, BB!

[@ReneRodriguez-uh3ew]

I came across your channel couple of weeks ago and is going to take me a while to watch all your videos. Greetings from Pennsylvania

[@Shad0wBoxxer]

Rene Rodriguez he made my fiancé pick me a set of picks because of how he is, she loves the fact I’m not spending 70$ on games now and have more fun just sitting and picking

[@rudyarnold9914]

Rene Rodriguez to

[@RevMikeBlack]

Tough lock. Congrats to Jillian!

[@JAKEWJONES]

11:40 Ferris Bueler soundtrack. Love it!

[@DonzLockz]

Great job by Jillian! We all need to take note.😁🍺😎✌

[@DonzLockz]

Southampton Lock Picking Club 😉👍🏽

[@CeilingPanda]

I've been away from the channel for a while due to it not showing up in my feed for some reason, still, glad the intro volume is down, nice video as always!

[@markfung5654]

Kudos Jillian. I'm impressed.

[@mr.hooniverse7752]

Damn.. those r some scary pin stacks.. I think I'm a few months(years/decades more like it lol)away from picking Jillian's locks ;)

[@AlovicGrim]

that is one pretty looking lock. so much personality with how much was put into that, such a broad range of pins, and springs.

[@bosnianbill]

Jillian has made several efforts over the past year, each better than the previous. Whipped is just around the corner...😀

[@richardpeterson3753]

can you do a detailed video on how all the different pins impact attempts to pick them? we hear serrated, t pin, spool, ect, but what is their intended function and how does it translation in actual application?

[@bosnianbill]

I cover all of that in the FREE lock picking course on the website. You can find it here: lock-lab.com/locklab-university/lock-picking-course-2/

[@MorellioBenoir]

Bill you gotta put a wiper insert flat on the bottom so you don't mar up the lock body with your pick so much. Good work though, thought this might be a whipped by! You started out so peppy and happy, and as time went on you could hear the frustration creeping in. ;)

[@jeremiahkennedy1683]

First!!! Another great pick!! Keep it up bill and also good job Jillian!

[@LockpickingNord]

nice one! Sunny Greetings from Curacao!😉 J.

[@AlbertLebel]

I am usually picking while the tv is on so I can only go by feel. Maybe I should change that.

[@tremwreck]

Another great vid, thanks for posting.

[@neufala2398]

If you make a challenge lock, is it proper for the maker to be able to pick it?

[@lukebentley1341]

Bill sounds reeeaaally frustrated 8:50 haha well done jillian. Almost made bill grab a second battery :P

[@ev_cc]

Why is important the shape of the pin? I thought only length matters to give combination of key

[@codemonkey2k5]

I just had an idea for a challenge lock. (Not a locksmith) But if you made the key pins look like an actual T with the top cross being narrow then you could make a wide hole in the core that translates to a slot for the cross of the key pin to fit in to. Wish I could post a picture. The idea is that you would have to pick the lock as much as a quarter of the way around or the pins would drop and keep you from getting an open.

[@pr0xZen]

So THATS where the springs from my old coilovers ended up!

[@azuritet3]

0:40 i use Ears Audio Toolkit. it helps 1:17 *snicker*

[@SeanHogan]

Bill, I love your videos! Thanks to you and Solomen I have gotten back into lock picking successfully finally for the first time. The one thing that bugs me though with all your videos, when disassembling the upper cylinders (I do apologize for any wrong terminology, I have lots to learn) why don't you orient the follower groove with the cylinder. Like I said I'm very new so it may be on oversight, but I feel like in your very organized disassembly it would help keep everything in the correct order and orientation, plus would help you give a very controlled release of the pins.... super OCD of me but I continue to see it in 4 year old videos and in brand new ones.

[@TheNicky9905]

Long time listener, first time caller here, a random question if I may, are you using a new mic Bill? and if so what?? I just got a new phone today so I'm not sure if it's you or it, but your audio is amazingly clear, every little movement of each pin is clear, it sounds like you're in the same room as me, every little bump is super crystal clear, if it's you, and I'm assuming it is don't change a thing, there's no background noise at all, nothing, wow

[@userPrehistoricman]

0:41

[@TheNicky9905]

Thanks I flicked the video on and grabbed a drink and missed it, how funny it sounds so much clearer to me? So much so I even commented on it?

[@userPrehistoricman]

Yeah I guess the mic has much more high frequency in it than his normal one. The only bad thing about the camera mic is the background noise.

[@TheNicky9905]

+Prehistoricman, But that's just it, for me at least I can't hear ANY background noise other than a mouse creeping under a car 3 streets over! (meaning I can hear every detail in this vid, way better than most others :)

[@markadkins9290]

What would make you pick in a different direction

[@SoundsFantastic]

If you can, I would pick in the direction the core flops the most to. Most installed locks don't let you though.

[@dsloop3907]

The tool would not stay in the keyway because of the heavy wear. Pay attention to the audio.

[@thorlancaster5641]

A detent glued to the back that lets the plug turn only one way perhaps? I use such an arrangement on my challenge locks.

[@dsloop3907]

Listen to him he explains why.

[@NomadUniverse]

Explained very clearly at 1:01

[@Lukabrazi69]

One quick question: Can you fall into false set AFTER you have overset some other pin? Or does falling into false set in 100% cases mean that you are on the right track? I'm new to lock picking so any advice will be appreciated. Thanks! BTW great videos! I started watching all of them. Soon gonna finish "lockpicking for beginners" Playlist. Plus the books recommended on web page were also very helpful. Thanks again for creating such valuable resources.

[@paulmoore3893]

Missing bills videos, selfish as it may sound would have loved a video of your retirement lock but family comes first your videos are awesome

[@rcatyvr]

Come on Bill, why don't you heat the lock lab more? Makes me cold just to watch. One day they going to find you just a frozen sladoled na štapiću (Bosnian Revello), pick in hand, "locked" into position over a challenge lock.

[@Zodliness]

@bosnianbill The addition of the cat hair made all the difference!

[@Ralesk]

You may have messed up the mic, but I could hear the picking itself much better than ever before! :)

[@suikaneko]

biatch picking ftw!!! very impressive pining seems like if you just put stronger springs it makes life harder, love your vids bill, first lock I've picked an american lock 1100a "my own loto 40mm aluminium lock" with hand made steel shipping strap picks and windshield wiper inserts for tensioner. you and the lpl have been my muse for the last couple months. I've even made my own bypass for the sinning master locks series. I laugh at work when someone locks up something with a master lock. I request you do some joke vids for brinks locks as you do for master pls. they are just as bad.

[@donnierobertson3088]

Great job like all ways

[@SkyValleyStuff]

I've been enjoying your videos. and i have quite a few ideas.. but first i need to actually learn to pick something. B4 i attempt to make a challenge lock. BUt i'll get you somthing b4 the end of the year.

[@szabib2144]

18 degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit.???????????

[@chrishooban2205]

As always another great video, I sent you bill pictures of the lock I’ll be sending you lmk what u think thanks

[@AlexxTheGreat18]

I started doing some lock picking. I'm not the best but I. Tired of the locks I have. I'm always acceptable to new locks. Please send

[@roncalabrese305]

what was the challenge here to see if you could pick the lock, or to see if they could break your pics.? lol...

[@Shad0wBoxxer]

Would love to get a challange from you! Ive got 4 different pad locks that i practise with but i can open all of them in about 4 mins, they are masterlock hence why i can pick all of them in less than 5 mins

[@niltonnochez2985]

I figured out Bill's secret. He's an alien lol Best try Jillian

[@pyratemage]

Yay Jillian!

[@buildersmark]

With as much crunching going on in there, sounds like gravel in a metal drum rolling down a hill.

[@adeutchman]

German SS Dev pick? You’d think who ever named it that would have had to know the word Schutzstaffel.

[@cfhack60]

awesome

[@roncalabrese305]

they need to hire jillain to start making prison locks...

[@JillianLatorreTS]

I actually have a prison lock with a homemade key ;)

[@JillianLatorreTS]

It doesn't have a brand marking in it, but it has the Folger Adam M keyway.

[@darenmiller2218]

@@JillianLatorreTS have any new challenge locks since this vid was made?

[@milanmarkovic4348]

Bill can you check this lock they say it is unbeatable, it is abloy protec2

[@Mortymorton]

It so challenging

[@ffghv1]

you should get some heat for the lab

[@blkstarohyea]

That’s a nasty lock

[@Mortymorton]

But its OK

[@craigl8865]

Grab

[@OneCupOfCoffee204]

wow, deep false set.

[@NomadUniverse]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, on the video of her first lock, it was said she is a locksmith. I'm a 3rd year apprentice, with 15 years in toolmaking and machining prior to that. There is no way I would sent out finished work to anyone if it looked remotely as scruffy as this, and all her locks have been the same. I cant watch as a craftsman. What is her work like for paying customers? And if it was to standard in that situation, why would you not apply the same? Of course, none of this is relevant is she is not a locksmith, but how could she call herself a locksmith with this quality of production? Forgive me for sounding overly harsh, I am just very self critical of my own work and when a customer is not happy or I make a mistake I take it hard. I'm not going to claim to be wonderful, I just don't understand how someone could be so far in the other direction. I'll be sending my first lock to Bill very soon, I finished it last week and it has some lovely hand-filed pins and...well, I wont give away the secret now. And I hope viewers will be just as critical of my work if they find reason to be. I would have sent it already but it catches very slightly in the anti-clockwise direction, I've tried to correct it but it keeps doing it. That tiniest indiscretion is making me want to not send it, but I'll post it next week.

[@JillianLatorreTS]

MPAH1981 You are right, I am not a locksmith by trade, I just solely do this as a hobby. That key was made before I got a my key cutter, so future keys will not look rustic.

[@NomadUniverse]

Sorry to seem entirely negative, that wasn't my intention. Obviously if you didn't have the tools you have to do what you can do. I wouldn't shy away from making keys by hand. It can be a highly attractive skill to potential employers. I recommend a good quality set of warding files, 2nd cut and smooth, and a good set of needle files. Then get machine and precut keys and copy them by hand, practice making them look the same. A few helpful tips with filing. Most files cut in one direction only, away from you. Lift the file on the back stroke. Let the file do the work for you. If your file is skidding or squeaking you probably have oil or grease on the surface being filed or the file is blunt. Time and patience are worth a lot in filing. You definitely have improved since the first lock and I hope that continues for you. Sorry to be so critical, I just like to encourage other tradespeople to do the best they can and be their own biggest critic. Thank you for taking the time to reply to me!