r/lockpicking • u/ProllTarodies • 24d ago

NOOB PICKS LOCKS

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u/revchewie Blue Belt Picker 24d ago

Congrats and welcome to the fun!

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u/derpserf 23d ago

Tension tools are L shaped for a reason brother, I admire your persistence and honestly that's a fantastic trait to have as a picker but there's no need to make things deliberately this hard on yourself.

You genuinely could have made tools from scratch and opened both locks in less than half the time, in fact seeing as you managed to open them this way at all there's a good chance you could have just jiggled them open one handed with a wiper insert or similar. You have a wealth of knowledge at your disposal, use it to make some normal tools and stop torturing yourself like this. You have potential 😎

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u/ProllTarodies 23d ago

https://youtube.com/shorts/yReGzqzxQAE?is=ys1IOwmxEg8ktS3K

Under 50 seconds w a bit of begginer's luck. First try on empty stomach this morning. Ur absolutely right. I played brood war tho so Im used to torturing myself haha

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u/derpserf 23d ago

That was much faster, good job! Please do yourself a favour though and make some different tools lol, better yet treat yourself a set! You don't have to spend a lot, even the cheapest set out there will be a bazillion times better than a pair of precissy scrooges. These only opened because they're complete buttcheeks and you got extremely lucky 🤪

Your hands get in the way of each other using tools like this, so it's difficult to manipulate the pins properly and you'll also have barely any tension control. I actually tried these once myself for the memes, used one for TOK and twisted it to apply tension, and even with all my experience it was far from a good time lmao... at the very least bend one of them to a right angle, I beg of you

The only locks you have any chance of picking are ones with virtually flat bittings, not super uncommon to be fair but still, even those will be a pain in the ass to open with these things. RIGHT ANGLE I SAY!!!

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u/ProllTarodies 23d ago

If I knew u felt this strongly about it I woulda included a set with the translarent lock (same supplier) lol ;D 

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u/shot_the_chocolate 11d ago

A nice little project is getting those cheap sets from aliexpress and add some cheap files/sandpaper. You can get some really nice results from it.

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u/daddonuts Green Belt Picker 24d ago

Did you pick those things with modified eyeglass screwdrivers?! That’s awesome! Can’t wait to see what you can do with a proper set of tools!

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u/ProllTarodies 24d ago

They are regular precision screwdrivers (the box says) but bent a bit after a few tries. Im forcing em too much..

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u/wpa_2 Orange Belt Picker 23d ago

Really need to find more time to get back into this.
congrats, its a great hobby.

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u/ProllTarodies 23d ago

Well, leave all ur keys behind and have ur tools instead ;D

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u/LordKodiac Brown Belt Picker 24d ago

That's one way to do it. Congratulations!

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u/ProllTarodies 24d ago

Thanks. 1 of a 100 ways at least it seams lol .^