Not sure if this is the right board, fyi in advance... Anyone

ask /diy/

or get into locksmithing

But /diy/ is your best bet

Polite sage

Former locksmith tech here
Get a pic kit and work on one of your doors, or a spare doorknob. (attach it to a block of wood, cutter kits at lowes/home depot for $20)
watch youtube videos to learn basic technique
the key (lol) to getting good at picking is using the right pressure on your tension wrench
and once youve gotten a few different locks picked and feel confident with your ability
get a pick gun because its a billion times easier/faster
$50 for a good one (google locksmith pickgun)
dont get pulled over and let them find your kit you can get arrested for it.
good luck

>>31717354
>the key (lol) to getting good at picking is using the right pressure on your tension wrench
This. You'll feel the tumblers stay up if you're doing it right. Once you get that down you can just rake it in a handful of seconds on 95% of locks.

>>31717354

Thanks for info, posted this on /diy/ but figured /k/ would have some overlapping expertise.

I was recently embarassed by a crappy padlock and stuck in a park for half a night. We had to walk home and get the car in the morning. I'd rather not repeat the humiliation.

>>31717317
I've been watching a whole lot of bosnianbill's stuff.

>>31717354
>dont get pulled over and let them find your kit you can get arrested for it.

Really? What do they charge you with? Conspiracy to commit a crime?

>>31717493
it's not that having a lock pick is in itself a crime
but having it on in the commission of a crime will put you in more shit that you were before

If you can order it from amazon you're not an American.
If you're not an American you're noguns.
I'd you're noguns you're not /k/ related.

QED yer a fegget

it's hard as fuck

learning to force a lock with a lever/shims is easy and i'd recommend it

but tension wrench and pick is seriously hard, don't expect to just be able to do it in a few days or weeks

I never got passed jiggling three pins open

>>31717317
>Weapons board
>Lockpick question
[Obligatory get the fuck off my board reply]

>>31717354
>dont get pulled over and let them find your kit you can get arrested for it.

You guys can literally carry assault rifles into the taco shop and THIS is illegal?

>>31717965
there's a special place in hell for thieves

>>31717965
>assault rifle

Dude cmon now

Lockpicking is stupidly simple to learn as long as you have the right lock to start on. Watch Bosnianbill's vids on youtube if you are interested, he has a pretty good series of vids on beginning.
with casual picking you can usually learn to pick a lock over 2 or 3 days.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2r07NN21vM&list=PLTSWkYxuSlkXiSBwk3Hvbvx71sg-MH61s&index=3

>>31718120
Emphasis on >learn
I started picking after bingeing on his videos.
I still haven't been able to successfully rake any of the three locks that I have bought (2 Masterlocks and a ML ripoff), but I started with single pin picking and have been able to pick two with occasional success and one with high success. Not sure what it is about raking that's making it so difficult when I've been able to pick the pins which he says is more difficult.

>>31718120
>>31718230
>let me tell you how to do things
>it's stupidly simple
>can't even rake
wew

>>31718275
I'm the guy who can't rake, responding to the guy who says it's stupidly simple.
Learn to differentiate posters.

>>31718335
you got me
apologies for dyslexia

>>31718354
*slowclap*

>>31717317
Nice get OP

Anyway, buy a cheap set, go easy on them. You can sometimes find lock picks at gun shows.

Started it as a hobby when i was 17, ended up with a job as a locksmith by 19 all from dicking around with old locks and learning shit from youtube. Do not think picking will automatically land you a job as a locksmith. picking jobs are about 10% of the work unless you find a retard-ran property management company like I did that ALWAYS lost keys.

also dont get into the hype o bump keys and pick guns.

No longer a locksmith buy still carry my pocket pick set on a daily. has saved my ass a few times.

even without looking for work, picking is a neat skill to learn

>>31717728
I don't follow.
I am an American but I can order just about anything from Amazon.

>>31718389
Not actual lockpicks.

>>31718442
Sure as fuck where I got my set from.
Not sure what hellhole state you live in.

>>31718490
>amazon is different for each state
You are retarded. Post a link. Maybe they do sell them now, but they sure as shit avoided them like the plague when I first started.

>>31717317
/k/ - Weapons

>>31717317
>>31717354
>>31717388
Started tinkering three literal days ago cos:
>>31717392
>hoelotta bosnianbill
nokiddingmetoo.mp3.
>recipe.bat
>watch hour after info packed hour of mr. bill's awesome jewtoobs (superb production for shoestring budget, for realies)
>homebrew torque bar (from scrap saw blade)
>homebrew half-diamond rake (old key)
>unbent, then bent, then unbent, rinse, repeat PAPER CLIP!!! YES ANON A PAPER CLIP!!!
>some several hours frustration
>generous helpings of breaks and time away (very important for fingaztipz)
>toss in a helping of enlightenment
>a dash of luckerish (ok to substitute skill here)
and voila, opened two disc locks, a Master Lock and a Public Storage branded.
>tfw watching someone open MasterCombo padlock (aka worthless pos) in <5sec. 8-O
The vid where he bypasses a Master combo padlock had me droppin nearly four Bennies on four new pick-resistant padlocks for my business. Highly recommend checking him out.
>>31717493
nada lada
>>31717681
Exactly. Don't be a fuktwit and into the illegal things and you done have ennaythang to worray bout, ya?
>>31717871
Not true. I dinna in three days. Literally. See above. Keep on keepin on, meng.
>>31718120
wat he said
>>31718230
Use the force. It really is felt in your fingaz. And the whole envisioning thing. Mentioned in a ebook I have that's bretty gud, too. gugelfu "mitlockguide.pdf"
Should come up, if not I'll post link later. Gotta run, biz don't run itself.
>>31718275
>>31718275
c'mon mang some ppls r just slower learners
USE THE FORCE, ANON

Bosnian bill for an intro into lockpicking.

i'm also 90 percent sure the fucker lurks here because I've seen a timestamped photo of his table.

>>31717317
youtube has a lot of great vids explaining the basics of different types of locks.

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>>31717354
Depends on the state. In based michigan we're allowed to carry lockpicks, so long as we don't have "criminal intent"- basically, don't get caught niggering around with other people's locks.

>lockpicking
>feasible
Pick one. Or you're american, I guess, in which case your locks are shit and you can pick both.

>>31717317
I do lock picking OP, there is a book from some dude from a I hack charities website. It's good to read on the basics. You can order some starter stuff from toool and some basic locks to practice.

>>31718875
>only American locks are shit
Wew lad
There are very few locks that can't be picked. it's the better alturnative to bolt cutters or a saw if noise is an issue.


That said, it's usually just easy to use bolt cutters or a saw.

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>>31718894
pluus these are easy to carry in a pocket or in a pouch.

>>31718901
While I can't say picking the most common lock in here (abloy classic) is impossible, it's unfeasibly slow and you really need a decoder to have a reasonable chance of success.

>>31718534
Please stay away from guns, tweaker.

>>31718511

Anything is a weapon if you use it right

> this dick

>>31718508
Not amazon bro, but here's a link.
https://www.amazon.com/Practice-NALAKUVARA-Transparent-Professional-Locksmith/dp/B01C2KK8AC/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1476822486&sr=8-4&keywords=lock%2Bpick&th=1

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>>31717317
>picking locks

>>31717317
totse.com

[spoiler]lockpicking is not useful outside of a professional capacity (i.e. unlocking people's doors as a locksmith so they can get their keys they locked inside) because it takes so long. may as well just kick the door open, since most doors are weaker than the locks on them[/spoiler]

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> Not having two lockpics at the end of your legs.

But in all seriousness lockpicking can be really fun if you have the patience.

Order a set off of picks off of Amazon or somewhere, order some padlocks and get some practice in.

Protip
> Master brand locks are one of the easiest locks to pick, so start with them.

Protip
> Youtube has some excellent tutorials, but the best way to learn is to get an actual feel for it

Protip
> If you have money to burn, buy a transparent practice lock. They let you see exactly what you're doing.

>>31717965
this is bait

>>31718919
>vapist
fuck right off cunt

>>31722114
> If you have money to burn, buy a transparent practice lock. They let you see exactly what you're doing.

>money to burn
they're like $8 for a good quality one on ebay

>>31722193
Really? I've only seen them for $30+

>>31717317
Fuck the lock, just breach the door with a shotgun

>>31719094
>Most common
>abloy
When I visited France it was all rebranded chinkshit.

>>31722242
yeah they're not a bad price,
i got a few to fuck around with, definitely helped me get the basics down like learning to feel what's happening inside the lock

$14 for a beginner pick set and transparent lock
http://www.ebay.com/itm/16pcs-Training-Lock-Set-Locksmith-Practice-Tools-With-Visible-Cutaway-/131945032508?hash=item1eb8896b3c:g:AxAAAOSwAuZX4LvL

$5 for just the lock
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Blue-Visable-Cutaway-Acrylic-Lock-for-Locksmith-Practice-Training-Skill-/122038521448?hash=item1c6a100e68:g:pR8AAOSwkl5Xffou

>>31722360
Damn man, I really need to start to shop around.

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>>31718863

That was probably my table. One plywood workbench and Sparrows pinning mat looks much the same as any other.

>>31718873
Same in Minnesota

>>31718382
>even without looking for work, picking is a neat skill to learn

I used to dick around with it in high school to kill time and it came in handy a few times, as did learning various way of bypassing locks rather than picking them. Really should have given the hobby some real effort

>>31718442
You can buy lock picks off amazon here.

>>31720728
Tweekers use crowbars, bolt cutters and power tools when they haven't pawned them yet. What fucking tweeker do you know that has focus or steady hands?

>>31724328
Post link.

>>31722082
>what is a pick gun for $800

>>31724361
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01G8NQP9W/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1476838003&sr=8-2&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=lock+pick+set&dpPl=1&dpID=51E8QjF%2BkwL&ref=plSrch

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>>31722191
Well, being retarded isn't illegal so you have something going for you

>>31724387
Nice, I guess the allowance of these is a fair trade for them removing 80%s.