Teaching people how to pick!!!
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So, I ran across this master #3up, the kind that you buy and insert an existing m1 key and hammer the back and it pins it to that key. Anyways, It was an easy pick, and I was thinking, I found my cheaper than cheap made Foley-Belsaw picks, the ones that come with the course, and I grabbed the snake rake and the tension wrench, explained the rules about not picking locks that don't belong to you and the harsh punishment if you break the rules. I then put them in the hands of my 7 year old step-son and taught him how to pick the lock, He can pick it every time in about 5 seconds, I only wish that somebody would have done the same for me when I was that young. It is so neat to watch his eyes light up everytime that shackle pops!!
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Re: Teaching people how to pick!!!
That's awesome! Its very cool that you can share that with him. My 5 year old daughter loves to sit with me at the table and open locks with keys while I am picking. She also loves to play with pins and springs when I am taking locks apart. She has raked one master lock open while I applied tension, but that is all so far. I'm still trying to figure out how to teach her exactly what is going on inside a lock. Drawings are no good as she has a severe visual impairment. I'm thinking about making a large cut-away style lock cylinder out of wood so that she can get her hands on it to understand what is going on. Any suggestions are welcome!
My wife says I have ruined her. Here is a picture my wife sent me from her phone of my daughter 'working' at school.
My wife says I have ruined her. Here is a picture my wife sent me from her phone of my daughter 'working' at school.
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Re: Teaching people how to pick!!!
the hard part is making him understand what he's doing while he gets it open, he know's he opened it, but he has no idea at all why it opened, he is just too young to teach how to single pin pick, he just don't understand, but any locks that can be raked open will certainly be passed down to him!
I have been in the souls of many women, but I always end up on the soles of there shoes.
Re: Teaching people how to pick!!!
Yeah I showed some of my mates when I was in my teens how to pick locks when I first started. Those heavy-handed brutes kept breaking my hacksawblade hooks
Never shown anyone since, If they want to learn they can find out themselves
Never shown anyone since, If they want to learn they can find out themselves
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Re: Teaching people how to pick!!!
GutterClown wrote:Those heavy-handed brutes kept breaking my hacksawblade hooks
GutterClown wrote:If they want to learn they can find out themselves
However, having said all of that, I do enjoy the look on a friend's face when they pick open a lock the first time. So if one is willing to listen, then I am happy to try and teach them (Just not with my good picks ).
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