[32] Lock Picking Close-up with Tips and Tricks On Overset Pins

[@Saif-zf9vb]

Your thoroughness gives me a braingasm. Super glad I found your channel!

[@HelpfulLockPicker]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@pinchingstars]

Thank you so much for making these, just starting and this video is EXACTLY what I needed

[@HelpfulLockPicker]

I'm glad it was able to help :-)

[@JPoleet]

Thanks for this vid! Like your teaching style and this video really helped me with finding the "click" that I am looking for with SPP.

[@HelpfulLockPicker]

Jeff Poleet thank you for the kind words. Locksport is a lot of fun and filled with a lot of great people :-)

[@edwardsun9819]

Thank you very much! I didn't realize that I was constantly oversetting pins. I'm really glad you have this video series. I also really enjoyed your explanations on security pins as other channels mention them, but don't seem to explain them.

[@HelpfulLockPicker]

Thank you for the kind words and congrats on the success!

[@SRTscout911]

You are an amazing instructor. I am brand new but absolutely love it. Everyone has been so kind to me and helpful.

[@HelpfulLockPicker]

Thank you for the kind words. This is a really nice community :)

[@SRTscout911]

@@HelpfulLockPicker it absolutely is. Thank you...

[@rilian226]

Very nice video. Thank you! I have both an acrylic and a cutaway from Sparrows...each with 5 pins. Neither one needs all pins set. Might be coincidence on mine but 2-3 pins each will open either.

[@HelpfulLockPicker]

I found it is because they use keypins as driver pins and often the keypin length thr use is so long it is already sitting at the shearline

[@evhfan]

Love your videos. Excellent teacher!

[@HelpfulLockPicker]

Thank you

[@hectorlopez1089]

Thank you for your video. You helped me understand what an over set pin is and why

[@HelpfulLockPicker]

Thank you for the kind words and in glad it helps

[@MeSayus]

Nice videos, could you make a video that demonstrates how comb picks actually work inside that lock? It's hard to visualise what people are actually doing when they normally demonstrate it in videos using normal padlocks.

[@HelpfulLockPicker]

I will try to give it a go tomorrow! Thanks for the suggestion :)

[@MexicanMaga]

You sir.. are very helpful.. thank you

[@HelpfulLockPicker]

I am glad it helps 😊

[@MexicanMaga]

@@HelpfulLockPicker you need to do a giant collab with the covert instruments crew.. that would be EPIC!!

[@gregschiel9144]

Thanks for actually being helpful... not just "Look I picked a lock"

[@HelpfulLockPicker]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@noahway13]

Second part sounds like the MO of the LPL

[@3daypriest]

This and your other clip on over-setting is helping me a lot. But my problem is easily/accurately finding the pins. I’m currently learning the location/feel by clamping my Sparrows cut-away next to whatever progressive I am using. Which works but lacks realism found in just flat out picking a lock. Of course, the are called PRACTICE locks. And it is helping. Have you thought about a clip of visualizing the pin locations?

[@HelpfulLockPicker]

I have seen some people on the past mark their pick so they could see how far back they were in the lock a lot of it just comes down to practice

[@erikthecat47]

Great video that you create and post, very clear, you do make it look much easier that it actually is:) Made the mistake of getting acrylic locks, wheres the best place to get cutaway locks in the England? Thank you and keep sharing.

[@HelpfulLockPicker]

eBay usually has them. You could also try Sparrow but that is out of Canada

[@The_Top_Striker]

Have any exercises to help me make sure I lift up the pins in order instead of constantly lifting up another pin and getting the wrong binding order?

[@HelpfulLockPicker]

It more or less comes down to practice but one thing that some people have said they have had luck with was putting small markings onto their pick to show them exactly how far they are into the lock. That will help you start to build the "feel" for it.

[@michaelmendillo4614]

Excellent video ! TY Brother,,, 😁✌

[@HelpfulLockPicker]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@michaelmendillo4614]

@@HelpfulLockPicker Anytime ,,, greatly appreciate your time,,, 😁✌

[@LayzieC11]

Clear practice locks like this one have hair triggers. You can basically blow on it and it will unlock lol

[@HelpfulLockPicker]

Thanks for sharing!

[@Docosi]

Clear locks aren’t really good for practicing they’re good for learning what’s actually happening when you have a pick in a keyway. Giving your brain a visual key to add to the feel of picking a lock. You should practice by taping up the lock so you can’t see it and or on easy regular locks like masterlocks.

[@dorsetdumpling5387]

Okay, noob question, what does ‘pin’ 7 do?

[@HelpfulLockPicker]

On this particular lock it only serves to retain the plug so it does not fall out when you open the lock

[@Jddjdurjf]

What keeps a key pin at its shear line? Is it binding? It's lifted there by the pick but why doesn't the spring up in the bible push it back down when the pick tool moves to the next pin? Also why is part of the lock called the bible? Thank you!

[@HelpfulLockPicker]

It is the binding which keeps the pins at shear. It is called a "bible" because in a key in knob cylinder it looks like a book.

[@regntonne]

How do you know at which pin you are when it's not a transparent lock?

[@HelpfulLockPicker]

Practice and also by counting

[@regntonne]

@@HelpfulLockPicker I can't seem to count how many pins there are, either the pick scoots over them or the spaces between them are too small.

[@ronnybe7994]

Spools etc

[@HelpfulLockPicker]

Thank you for checking out the video

[@UnityPhreak]

I really wanted to watch this video but I can’t really trust the expertise of somebody who doesn’t change the chirping batteries in their smoke detectors.

[@HelpfulLockPicker]

Thank you for the feedback, however, it ended up being a CO detector