unusual tubular pick and technique

[MANDELBROT27]

That pick is common as arseholes.

Everyone has one.

[MANDELBROT27]

oh i have never seen them in the shops. whats the name of it? i thought it may be a old method, before the tubular 7,8,9,10 pin picks were widely available.

Anyone else came across them.

[quaiboi]

i've seen tt vid before....i tried it but it's hard coz i'm not sure how much tension to put etc.....you have to like.....learn how to pick again.....and now...i still cant pick it tt way

[Gergle]

It's interesting picking this way, although once you#ve picked a lock this way as the binding order is so specific that when you know whitch pins react it feels like you're just diling the code into a combination lock.

[magician59]

This method will work in a pinch; just be sure to bring a lunch. It'll lock again every 1/8 rotation, until the lock is turned far enough to open. Better invest in a tubular pick if you intend to do a lot of these locks.

[s1deshowmick]

I must admit that i got sucked in by that video when i first started picking. It wasn't until i saw a Bruno2260 vid when he explained how it all worked that it started to "click".
Watch as many videos and ask as many questions as you can, it can take a while to sort it all out mate, stick with it.

[HallisChalmers]

I must admit that i got sucked in by that video when i first started picking. It wasn't until i saw a Bruno2260 vid when he explained how it all worked that it started to "click".
Watch as many videos and ask as many questions as you can, it can take a while to sort it all out mate, stick with it.

Me too...I still have the scar on my cheek from this guy setting the fish hook in my mouth for buying the damn thing....

[bumpin88]

I saw something similar to this. The guy just enlarged the grooves of the key, using it to apply sension. Again, unless you can put a plug spinner on it, you have your work cut out.
But i have also saw, maybe on lp101, where someone done the above step. they just added prongs to each groove, and low and behold made a manuel pick. if I only had a dremel!!

[uklockpicka]

This way is possible but say the lock is 8 pins, every time you pick it and the lock rotates all the pins set again, which means you have to pick the lock 8 times to open it. If its a 10 pin lock then you would have to pick it 10 times etc...

Looking at some of the videos on youtube I would think using the tubular lock picks you can buy in the shops will be much much faster : )

[mentoOsmann]

I have seen this video too and decided to make one myself:



You only have to repick the lock once.

[Edit: Fixed Link - HC]

[minktheshrink]

Heres a close up of one for the few who have yet to get one. I loved it when I got it then I picked my gun safe and after turning 1/8th turn it locked x.x

[minktheshrink]

oh. ps. its technically considered a tension wrench since it doesnt do any picking of the pins. you still need a pick when using this

[the lockpickkid]

that is a cool wrench really, it has two warded picks on it, that is what thos are right, and then the middle part is a tublar pick? I know it would take awhile but I want one, where did you get it?

[jailersmith]

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