Using Heavy Tension
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 10:03 pm
I've noticed recently that using heavy tension helps me find the binding pins easier but I keep bending my picks. I have Peterson carbon steel picks and I've been looking to upgrade to the government steel. I bought the carbon steel to try out the profiles and now that they offer government steel with plastic handles it's a lot more affordable.
So what is the trick of using heavy tension? I read this in the Peterson Prybar Graveyard thread:
This makes sense but in practice I'm still heavy handed. I really bent my medium hook because I thought I was lifting a spool, but it turned out the pin was set and never moved. I bent it back, but ever sense it just doesn't seem as strong. I also bent another pick because I actually had to counter rotate the plug to get a pin past the deep false set. Obviously I just need stronger picks!!!! I probably should have lightened up more on the tension but I swore it was going to move.
Anyways, I've had moderate success using it with security pins and pretty good success on older locks with no security pins. I know this has been discussed in a bunch of different threads but I didn't want to bump any of them.
So what is the trick of using heavy tension? I read this in the Peterson Prybar Graveyard thread:
Aedalas wrote:That's my preferred method but I've never managed to break anything. My guess would be he goes straight to (iiiii) or so then up to at least eleven.piotr wrote:So do you use a pulsing tension: (i) heavy torque to get a bind then; (ii) reduction in torque to set binding pin; and (iii) back to (i)?
This makes sense but in practice I'm still heavy handed. I really bent my medium hook because I thought I was lifting a spool, but it turned out the pin was set and never moved. I bent it back, but ever sense it just doesn't seem as strong. I also bent another pick because I actually had to counter rotate the plug to get a pin past the deep false set. Obviously I just need stronger picks!!!! I probably should have lightened up more on the tension but I swore it was going to move.
Anyways, I've had moderate success using it with security pins and pretty good success on older locks with no security pins. I know this has been discussed in a bunch of different threads but I didn't want to bump any of them.