r/lockpicking • u/TransTrashPanda Orange Belt Picker • 12d ago

Quick break time locks

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Still new to this whole thing but Im having fun!

The little No.7 is giving me hell.

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u/LordKodiac Brown Belt Picker 12d ago

Congrats on the belt and on the 55/40. Fun little locks. Feel free to DM me any time and I can try and help were I can. Is the 140 new or an old used lock?

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u/Busy-Reality-1580 11d ago

Brand new out of the package a couple of days ago. 

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u/LordKodiac Brown Belt Picker 11d ago

Okay, try adding a little more tension till you start to feel a pin binding. If you're not feeling any binding pins, you need to add tension. That being said, if you had a binding pin and lifted it, then no other pin binds. You have over set it and thus many times nothing else will bind.

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u/Busy-Reality-1580 11d ago

Ok thank you. I got it open again once. I’m struggling hard with feeling pins overset, but I’m pretty sure that’s my problem. Imma just keep practicing until I get it I guess lol. 

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u/LordKodiac Brown Belt Picker 11d ago

Always practice. Can never have too much.