Picking Dimples
This is the issue: The Abus lock I was picking is full of spools. No big deal… we all know how to deal with them: (i) reduce tension, (ii) increase pick pressure, (iii) allow counter rotation, (iv) set the pin. But dimple locks are different. I had arbitrarily chosen the picking direction of clockwise when I started. I did not realize that in the clockwise direction, the “(ii) increase pick pressure” step was counteracting the “(i) reduce tension” step. Thus, my rotation of the pick was locking the core in place. Once I realized what was happening, I switched picking direction and opened the lock in less than a minute… over and over again. It was shockingly easy. I spent close to an hour picking the lock over and over again, just to start getting the feel for working with dimple locks.
Then I switched back to clockwise picking. Back to frustration. Eventually I got to the point where I could pick it regularly, but it took about three times longer and required light use of the tension wrench to counteract some of the picking torsion.
In any case, I just wanted to share my experience for two reasons. First, hopefully others with find helpful my experience with the interaction between dimple lock tension and pick rotation. Second, I’m soliciting the experience of others who have trod this trail before me. What were your little discoveries along the way?
Thanks!
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