PICKING A OPEN PRACTICE CYLINDER LOCK

LOCKSMITH (HOW TO PICK A LOCK ) ME PICKING A OPEN PRACTICE CYLINDER LOCK TO SHOW HOW A STANDARD CYLINDER WORKS

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Howto & Style

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• LOCKSMITH
• PICKING
• LOCK

[shaman2007]

hmph...do you apply a lot of tension? with the wrench and with the pick? by the way nicely perfomed and explained

[tag101joe]

Thanks , almost no tension at all

[mikeythegreat18]

great demonstration crystal clear view

[twenty3willie]

my parents always get pissed when i pick the lock on the front of the house in the same way cuz the think it breaks it but it doesnt ... right??

[Soulrider2012]

@vivvpprof The pins don't go back down because he applies a slight pressure with the tension wrench turning the lock cylinder in the direction it needs to go. This slight pressure causes a little bit of offset between the cylinder (which turns) and the housing of the lock (which doesn't) which forms a little shelf. Each time a pin sets on that shelf or line (called the shear line) the lock gives a tiny bit more. . Once all the pins are 'set or stuck on that line, the lock opens.

[vivvpprof]

But why don't the pins go down again after you lift them up with that tool? Why do they stay up??

[DAKODA65]

Thank you! this really helped me understand what is really happening with the pins, i didnt know how they were set.

[4621861]

how can they stay up ?

[TinaThatsMee]

Thats smart

[amiskorolla]

You can easily break these kind of locks with a large screwdriver.

[1ceCold037]

are you always supposed to start from the farthest pin and work your way to the front 1 by 1?

[MasterTenku]

@twenty3willie no, it does. You scatch up all of the inside because brass isn't a very strong metal and you could also have something break off in the lock. The rule is that you never pick a functioning lock

[rskid23]

@twenty3willie no it does not unless you don't pick it right then there is a possiblity that it can break

[MaReekaka]

im tryin it for likr 2 hours with 2 booby pins, but wont work lol