Thats exactly why I chose that padlock to put a challenge lock in. I was hoping that mushy feedback that spring gives would increase my challenge locks "pick resistance" .... Thanks for a great video...
Thank you! and thank you for the sub. Now you have a pair of La Gards, yours with that medeco would be quite the challenging pick along with that spring tension.
@@siegfriedpueschel9581 Thanks! I don't do much picking anymore a few years ago I had a series of reconstructive surgeries on my right and left arms that makes it difficult to pick locks at a higher skill level like I used to so I mostly just enjoy watching LPL and other pic now. I still open locks for friends when the need arises though. 🙂
@@JessHullI'm sorry to hear that you can't pick much anymore that has to be upsetting but I will say that's the craziest pin job I've seen yet on this channel and any lock that lpl takes more than 3 mins to open is a fantastic lock so great job
I literally ordered a full set of Sparrows picks just because of watching this guy. I first became interested because I used to rekey locks at Lowe's and always wanted to learn how to pick locks since
@ 7:20 in my world when pins shoot off they go into other dimensions never to be seen. For LPL they shoot conveniently to the right by your hand for easy tray placement.
I thought of the “heat “ applied to the shackle right away, I must be catching something. Picking is way more fun and rewarding. Thanks for the endless entertainment. Merry Christmas.🎄
I've been struggling lately with what I should do with the rest of my life, outside of rideshare. I have the GI bill waiting, and the sheer amount of things I could do sort of paralyzes me with fear. I've been watching a good amount of these videos, and it has me considering being a locksmith. Thanks for the awesome content LPL!
3 minutes to pick a lock you'd be found out pretty damn quickly. Quality video right here. That lock was designed really well, they should have had 5 with a bit more tension though, just to confuse it further.
Imagine if you went to your safety deposit box and around the corner you here "Nothing out of 1, 2 is binding, nothing on 3, 4 is loose. 1, 2, 3, 4 is loose, 5 is binding, nothing out of 6, 1 could be binding, 2 is definitely getting feedback, nothing out of 3, tons of movement on 4 and that opened us up!"
Theoretically, could a challenge lock be made with driver pins that have lower flanges of different widths, so that you have to pick it in the correct order, otherwise the counter-rotation will drop all your previously set pins down?
It's hard to believe they would put so much work into designing this lock then use nylon innards and a cast zinc body. Why bother adding anti drill features if you can break the housing with a hammer blow? The accountants must have insinuated themselves between engineering and production. Anyway Jess did a good job of pinning this up, it's been awhile since I've seen it take you that long to pick a lock.
that lock was built to scale, it wasn't profitable and they ceased venturing in to the padlock market. its the reason why master locks are sold everywhere and is slightly better than paperweights. profit margins are high and it's a multi billion dollar privately held company. lets face it, if they made really good locks, then they would only sell em once, if they sell you breakable products they will keep selling them to you. locks are made to fail, that's why you pay a premium for the good stuff.
@@Homeside301 making your own padlocks requires "means of production" special machinery, CNC knowledge, welding and bending steel. It's unlikely you can do it on a domestic premises ie your house. You need a workshop that can handle 3 phase at the very least. The reason companies can dominate a particular product is because they have the machines acquired from bank loans or lump sum grants that can allow the output on a massive scale and blueprints put together by some very clever people working for them. The more people you have on a project, the faster it can be done and the more intelligence is combined Thats why you see people who do home made things from a domestic property on their own achieve the bare bones, when you want to make something to a high standard that would have wide appeal you need commercial gear but also understand everything about your product, also borrow ideas from what already exists For example a member of the public might be able to come up with similar to a handcuff style lock, but the complexity of a u lock is too much for most of us with hand tools and a garage. There are those hardy, creative eccentrics who can do it anything with handtools.. But if you want to sell 1000 units to pay your business loan off and make some money for yoursslf, you wont do it from home, but you can if its just for you Im just saying theres a major leap to be taken from hobby into commercial/industrial
@@JamesPhillipsOfficial In my garage and basement I have every tool that it would take to make my own locks (two mills, two lathes, two drill presses, metal casting equipment, two band saws, heat treating furnace, etc.) All run on 120 or 240 VAC single phase. An extremely high tolerance cylinder with jiggy pins would certainly slow down a picker, but it would wear if used much, negating one's work. I'd rather just buy decent locks!
This was a fun video. LPL had to get acquinted with the lock first, with some smalltalk, touching and probing. But when he got to know her inside and out, it took mere seconds to get in!
@@lockpickinglawyer A question I've always had about locks, why don't they make the core rotate freely unless the pins are correctly aligned, so that you can't tension the lock? Is there some sort of mechanical reason this wouldn't work?
R. M. Tosh it is harder to do in a way that makes sense than you may think at first, because the lock parts are typically very loose and imprecise, but my conclusion is that lockmakers just don't give a shit about security, and their so called "security features" are only for their own security, such as to calm down some big client or to make it virtually impossible for a legitimate user to duplicate the key without paying the lockmaker, if not plain marketing BS.
@@RyanTosh I'm not an expert, and maybe I'm misunderstanding what you mean, but since the keyway needs to have holes for the pins to meet the ridges of the key anyway, the lockpicker could just rotate the keyway until the pins fell into place, then pick them normally with tension. Plus the person with the key would also have to line up the keyway exactly right just to open it normally. I could kind of see a way this could work with cylindrical grooves all the way around the outside of the keyway that can be depressed from the side as the key passes, and that's an interesting idea, but the key would have to have pretty big ridges to prevent this lock from just being picked normally, and it would still be able to be done with specialized tools. You also run into the problem that the rotation of the keyway is how the lock unlocks when correctly keyed, so you'd have to come up with a different, more complicated method for the lock to actually open.
I wonder how often the Shady back alley lock picker such as myself runs into reekeyd locks with custom spools and pins which personally I have not but just out of curiosity running into a challenge lock when you are expecting something simple . When the plot thickens it's always fun
Wow. I just saw a video & commented on the bolt, and my idea of a more solid build & there it is. 👍👍👍👍 It's like someone is watching over my shoulder. Awesome videos. The best I saw was a man who had made hacksaw blades to pick a lock at my mother in laws house in Brasil. I watched with my mouth hanging open. You see it / do it every day, but that was the only live viewing i had. I was so impressed, and the same day watched kids throwing stones at a spider the size of a dinner plate, that can jump bite you & you die. What a day I had.. Keep up the great entertainment/ teaching.
LPL LOVE THE APPEARANCE OF THIS ONE.NOT SO MUCH ON SECURITY. HE DID GREAT JOB ON PINS.you should treat nice looking lock like your gun .lol keep it clean in side.GREAT SPP'D. THANKS FOR SHARING. 😎😎😎😎😎
If you'd have told me, 30 years ago, that I'd be fascinated at watching someone pick a lock, I'd have laughed at you. I think I've watched every single one of LPL's videos - including the funny ones.
when was the lock made it seems like it was maybe made in the 60s of 70s for the "executive" type customer. its oddly configured, customizable, and requires an additional purchase to use, and is totally user serviceable to some extent, and its made of u usual materials for a lock. just the kind of thing that a a high power executive would use to lock his garden shed in suburbia in the 70s.
You are the only lock picker I've seen that has not failed to pick open a challenge lock in a video I don't believe you can pick a challenge lock as soon as you get it live on video .
@@ericgoldman7533 Nylon definitely is a thermoplastic, it melts at ~260 °C if I'm not mistaken, and can even be used in 3D-Printers... so melting it is a totally real way compromise this lock.
Spends 3 days with no interest in locks but watching LPL with fascination. ... buys lock pick practice set on ebay. Thanks for the interesting videos and cool hobby idea. Swords and chess were getting kind of tired.
Can somebody answer me the question why there are still standard pins in the lock? why not just put 6 mushroom pins inside? I'm new to picking, would appreciate an answer
When a lock sucks, he's vicious about it, and when it's good, he's very complimentary, especially to individuals. The crazy thing is, the difference between "good" and "sucks" is about 2 and a half minutes.
As someone who has worked at the palace of fine arts in San Francisco, it is unlikely that they would come across any locks they could pick in the first place :)
Nice picking LPLAWYER! This is Drew Estes and from now on I will be TheAvidPicker 1 so please don't forget. That's an awesome lock! Very nice pinning on that core too! I'm interested in seeing you pick the one with the Medeco core on video! Keep on picking!
LockPickingLawyer That's the point. Lol I want to see you do it. I've never seen anyone pick one yet and you are the perfect man for the job. Lol. Just do it. Keep on picking!
It occurred to me that a lot of these locks would be more difficult to pick when attached to the thing they are locking. Do you ever try to pick locks attached to something?
I wonder if some locks can be picked on veneers, BUT almost impossible or significantly more difficult when they are in place, locking something. Because that's what's important. If it's easy enough to unlock when fiddling with them in a convenient situation, but really difficult when it's doing its job, it's a very good lock, good enough for me.
LPL Could, you would you make a video where you explain in detail the functions of the internal parts, in particular the variations in pin geometry's such as spools, serrations and other variants. I suspect this is to frustrate picking but exactly how would be interesting to have the details. Thanks LOE
I suspect spool are to give false set feedback - the cylinder turns in the core but the pin hasn't reached the shear line. You get counter rotation when pushing the other end of the spool, potentially dropping pins you've already set. Serrated is probably similar, but the serrations get caught up on the shear line. Don't quote me on that. My only experience with locks is disassemble Kwik set locks that the key was lost, so you have to disassemble, partially reassemble and manually rekey. I've done it like 3 times.
Threads in the core imitate the shear line and grab the edges of the spool and serrated pins. You may think you've felt the pin move above the shear line and think it's set in place, but it's actually just the click you felt as it moved across one line of the threading.
12:00, where you say 1 and 5 are unchanged, they look like a cone shape. So the key goes at an angle easily, to get caught up on the slots on the pins.
I mean, if you could custom build your own locks, and make one pin hole bigger than the rest with a touch of slop and make that pin tapered at the top of the body pin right at the sheer line. Every time you set that pin the rest would fall every time. If you figured out to set that one first, it would move cause of the taper. Make a slot to catch that pin. I could draw a picture if anyone had the mean to build one.
I like this idea -- send locks to LPL and try to thwart them mad skillz on video! Or maybe BosnianBill and LPL should exchange their own super-challenge locks!
Hiya. What function do spools on driver pins actually serve? Obviously something because of the effort that goes into them, but I don’t understand what!
Towards the end of the video around the 12 min mark, he shows the core itself has grooves in slots 2 3 4 and 6. The key pins 2 3 4 and 6 will snag inside the core with their grooves giving it a bit more challenge.
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"Certainly gave me a little bit of trouble" for LPL means unpickable for us mere mortals.
Thats exactly why I chose that padlock to put a challenge lock in. I was hoping that mushy feedback that spring gives would increase my challenge locks "pick resistance" .... Thanks for a great video...
Good thinking on the challenge lock, and nice work on the pins... and very good first video. I just subbed. Thanks again for the challenge lock!
Thank you! and thank you for the sub. Now you have a pair of La Gards, yours with that medeco would be quite the challenging pick along with that spring tension.
Great job! Not easy to get LPL to feature one's work nevermind getting a double thumbs up from the man himself.
@@siegfriedpueschel9581 Thanks! I don't do much picking anymore a few years ago I had a series of reconstructive surgeries on my right and left arms that makes it difficult to pick locks at a higher skill level like I used to so I mostly just enjoy watching LPL and other pic now. I still open locks for friends when the need arises though. 🙂
@@JessHullI'm sorry to hear that you can't pick much anymore that has to be upsetting but I will say that's the craziest pin job I've seen yet on this channel and any lock that lpl takes more than 3 mins to open is a fantastic lock so great job
Finally a lock secure enough to put on my gym locker
Unfortunately that is custom made
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I am sure the gym-locker itself has ways of open even without removing the padlock ;)
Covert sells a hinge popper that could open a gym locker quick as you could use the key on the padlock.
@@thomasholden500 when I was a school bully, I just told the locker owner to empty it. ;) jk
LPL: *Takes only three minutes to pick a lock*
Also LPL: “So that was certainly a challenge to pick”
It usually takes him like 30 seconds so yeah xd
You see, if it takes _him_ over three minutes to pick, it’s gonna take everyone else an eternity
take into notice: 3 minutes is enough for someone to notice what you are doing
3 minutes for LPL its 3 days for all other mere mortals
@@p1CM or never for some
... and I’m going to use a standard hook in 25 thousands
*crowd goes wild*
I laughed more than I probably should have at this one 🤣
I'd watch it before I would ever watch sports.
thats the thickness in inches so .025"
@Another Wacko ew sports are inferior
:D
When LPL says 'great job' to a lock,
thats the highest honor anyone can ever receive
LPL: “Certainly took me more than a few minutes to get into”
Audience: 😐😮“..........” 🤯
Right
@Kuzka nobody says a pair of minutes though
“Dang LPL!”
woah this is the first time ever i saw the LPL struggle bit with a lock. nice job there!
GG
He said it took him "more than a few minutes" to pick, but it was under 3 minutes :)
@@tinldw well few can be 2 so more than 2 ^^
lol
@@widevader 2 is a couple I would never say I have a few of something if I had 2
Why are lock picking videos so interesting? I've been watching them for 3 days now..
I literally ordered a full set of Sparrows picks just because of watching this guy. I first became interested because I used to rekey locks at Lowe's and always wanted to learn how to pick locks since
He's very calm sounding, very meditative experience.
Same
Haha me to.
his voice dude
it's like some asmr or something
I think this is the longest it's ever taking LPL to pick any lock as of early 2021.
It's definitely up there
Bowley
This was posted in 2017 tho
@@Voidcrow2 That would be my point. It's like saying this lock is the reining champ 4 years running.
I wonder if the 108 thumbs down lost bets the lock was pick-proof!
Does Las Vegas keep stats and give odds on LockPickingLawyer?
4 minutes plus?!? This lock needs to go into mass production immediately! I'd buy it 😃
actually, its the core he put in.
Those are the best (and scariest) pins I have ever seen in a lock! Total respect to Jess.
"You did a wonderful job on that" Wow that must feel so good! What a compliment :)
"We are not here to critique the padlock, we are here to see..." What the hell is in #6?!! Lol
That's a Stielhandgranate... Use caution
I just pent my day listening/watching this channel...
I don’t know what’s so fascinating about it but I love it!!
Took over 2.5 minutes for LPL to open it. That counts as unpickable lock.
@ 7:20 in my world when pins shoot off they go into other dimensions never to be seen. For LPL they shoot conveniently to the right by your hand for easy tray placement.
I thought of the “heat “ applied to the shackle right away, I must be catching something.
Picking is way more fun and rewarding.
Thanks for the endless entertainment.
Merry Christmas.🎄
After less than 4 mins that is impressive and again you’ve proved you lock-picking prowess. As always your videos are awesome.
You know everything from the tear down of this lock to the picking has been meticulously practiced over and over
Think about how you would do this
Lovely pins and some great picking. Really like that lock too :-)
Thanks.
@@lockpickinglawyer first like on the comment :)
I've been struggling lately with what I should do with the rest of my life, outside of rideshare. I have the GI bill waiting, and the sheer amount of things I could do sort of paralyzes me with fear. I've been watching a good amount of these videos, and it has me considering being a locksmith. Thanks for the awesome content LPL!
I could watch this ish all day - down the rabbit hole I go...
3 minutes to pick a lock you'd be found out pretty damn quickly. Quality video right here. That lock was designed really well, they should have had 5 with a bit more tension though, just to confuse it further.
Can we just acknowledge that sick flip when he removed the tension wrench?
As someone with no knowledge of locks other than what I learn here, I’d like to throw a lock together just to see how I go
Imagine if you went to your safety deposit box and around the corner you here "Nothing out of 1, 2 is binding, nothing on 3, 4 is loose. 1, 2, 3, 4 is loose, 5 is binding, nothing out of 6, 1 could be binding, 2 is definitely getting feedback, nothing out of 3, tons of movement on 4 and that opened us up!"
Theoretically, could a challenge lock be made with driver pins that have lower flanges of different widths, so that you have to pick it in the correct order, otherwise the counter-rotation will drop all your previously set pins down?
Great picking on that tricky lock (picking- and gutting-wise).
Thanks.
It's hard to believe they would put so much work into designing this lock then use nylon innards and a cast zinc body. Why bother adding anti drill features if you can break the housing with a hammer blow? The accountants must have insinuated themselves between engineering and production.
Anyway Jess did a good job of pinning this up, it's been awhile since I've seen it take you that long to pick a lock.
Well, It's pretty clearly meant to be a low security lock... even so, YIKES!
that lock was built to scale, it wasn't profitable and they ceased venturing in to the padlock market. its the reason why master locks are sold everywhere and is slightly better than paperweights. profit margins are high and it's a multi billion dollar privately held company. lets face it, if they made really good locks, then they would only sell em once, if they sell you breakable products they will keep selling them to you. locks are made to fail, that's why you pay a premium for the good stuff.
bird718 thats why I want to make my own locks. I just need money and reading up on it and maybe in the future I can
@@Homeside301 making your own padlocks requires "means of production" special machinery, CNC knowledge, welding and bending steel. It's unlikely you can do it on a domestic premises ie your house. You need a workshop that can handle 3 phase at the very least. The reason companies can dominate a particular product is because they have the machines acquired from bank loans or lump sum grants that can allow the output on a massive scale and blueprints put together by some very clever people working for them. The more people you have on a project, the faster it can be done and the more intelligence is combined
Thats why you see people who do home made things from a domestic property on their own achieve the bare bones, when you want to make something to a high standard that would have wide appeal you need commercial gear but also understand everything about your product, also borrow ideas from what already exists
For example a member of the public might be able to come up with similar to a handcuff style lock, but the complexity of a u lock is too much for most of us with hand tools and a garage. There are those hardy, creative eccentrics who can do it anything with handtools.. But if you want to sell 1000 units to pay your business loan off and make some money for yoursslf, you wont do it from home, but you can if its just for you
Im just saying theres a major leap to be taken from hobby into commercial/industrial
@@JamesPhillipsOfficial In my garage and basement I have every tool that it would take to make my own locks (two mills, two lathes, two drill presses, metal casting equipment, two band saws, heat treating furnace, etc.) All run on 120 or 240 VAC single phase. An extremely high tolerance cylinder with jiggy pins would certainly slow down a picker, but it would wear if used much, negating one's work. I'd rather just buy decent locks!
This was a fun video. LPL had to get acquinted with the lock first, with some smalltalk, touching and probing. But when he got to know her inside and out, it took mere seconds to get in!
That's the longest I've seen LPL take in a while!
This video is 4 years old
4 and a half mins.....and that is long for you.....lol that is short for me lol.
You are very talented Mr Lawyer. Nice picking and lock video. :)
Not quite that long (if you don't count the long intro), but it definitely was a tricky little lock!
@@lockpickinglawyer A question I've always had about locks, why don't they make the core rotate freely unless the pins are correctly aligned, so that you can't tension the lock? Is there some sort of mechanical reason this wouldn't work?
R. M. Tosh it is harder to do in a way that makes sense than you may think at first, because the lock parts are typically very loose and imprecise, but my conclusion is that lockmakers just don't give a shit about security, and their so called "security features" are only for their own security, such as to calm down some big client or to make it virtually impossible for a legitimate user to duplicate the key without paying the lockmaker, if not plain marketing BS.
@@RyanTosh I'm not an expert, and maybe I'm misunderstanding what you mean, but since the keyway needs to have holes for the pins to meet the ridges of the key anyway, the lockpicker could just rotate the keyway until the pins fell into place, then pick them normally with tension. Plus the person with the key would also have to line up the keyway exactly right just to open it normally. I could kind of see a way this could work with cylindrical grooves all the way around the outside of the keyway that can be depressed from the side as the key passes, and that's an interesting idea, but the key would have to have pretty big ridges to prevent this lock from just being picked normally, and it would still be able to be done with specialized tools. You also run into the problem that the rotation of the keyway is how the lock unlocks when correctly keyed, so you'd have to come up with a different, more complicated method for the lock to actually open.
Two minutes, forty nine seconds. So decidedly not “more than a few minutes.” 🙂
I wonder how often the Shady back alley lock picker such as myself runs into reekeyd locks with custom spools and pins which personally I have not but just out of curiosity running into a challenge lock when you are expecting something simple . When the plot thickens it's always fun
Wow. I just saw a video & commented on the bolt, and my idea of a more solid build & there it is. 👍👍👍👍 It's like someone is watching over my shoulder. Awesome videos. The best I saw was a man who had made hacksaw blades to pick a lock at my mother in laws house in Brasil. I watched with my mouth hanging open. You see it / do it every day, but that was the only live viewing i had. I was so impressed, and the same day watched kids throwing stones at a spider the size of a dinner plate, that can jump bite you & you die.
What a day I had..
Keep up the great entertainment/ teaching.
I have one of those - along with an SFIC version. They are a real pain to disassemble!
Definitely a pain if you don't know how or don't have the right tools on hand. Only a minor annoyance if you do.
enjoyable watching this guy pick!
Thanks.
“...and 5 is where the action is now...”
Great video, informative and really simple breakdown for beginners.
Hes so good that because it took him 2 mins that in turn means its an incredibly hard lock to pick haha awesome
It actually took him like 4 mins...
It takes me 30 seconds to open my crap front door lock with the key. This dude is nuts
LPL LOVE THE APPEARANCE OF THIS ONE.NOT SO MUCH ON SECURITY. HE DID GREAT JOB ON PINS.you should treat nice looking lock like your gun .lol keep it clean in side.GREAT SPP'D. THANKS FOR SHARING. 😎😎😎😎😎
It was definitely a nicely made lock. as far as keeping it clean... you would not be happy if you saw a few of my guns. :-(
Doesn't a greasy, sticky lock make picking harder though?
Let's get this all on a tray...
Extraordinary Voyage nice!
Little bit of that spool pin instant type 2
wait, you cant eat this lock.
nice!
Nice click
Wow, I still have not beat a $9 door lock I bought at Ace Hardware to play with. You are the master and we are not worthy.
That was quite a compliment coming from LPL
I like how he describes the make and model of the lock like we have any idea about what he's talking about
Wow. Watched so many LPL videos. Never seen him struggle before. :)
If you'd have told me, 30 years ago, that I'd be fascinated at watching someone pick a lock, I'd have laughed at you. I think I've watched every single one of LPL's videos - including the funny ones.
when was the lock made it seems like it was maybe made in the 60s of 70s for the "executive" type customer. its oddly configured, customizable, and requires an additional purchase to use, and is totally user serviceable to some extent, and its made of u usual materials for a lock. just the kind of thing that a a high power executive would use to lock his garden shed in suburbia in the 70s.
Perhaps. I still can't get over the awkward design and relatively low security from a company like LA GARD.
7:10 "..but, we are not here to critique the padlock (even though we already have)" SuperVinlin
You are the only lock picker I've seen that has not failed to pick open a challenge lock in a video
I don't believe you can pick a challenge lock as soon as you get it live on video .
Wow, this must be the best lock yet!!
Excellent pick, very nice work on a very nice challenge lock.
nice pins, and thanks for sharing the disassembly of that padlock. Don't try to melt that nice padlock. Don't listen to those comments
LOL, I would not consider melting this one!
@@lockpickinglawyer It's entirely possible that's a thermo-set plastic, rather than a thermo plastic. That means it will burn before it melts.
@@ericgoldman7533 Nylon definitely is a thermoplastic, it melts at ~260 °C if I'm not mistaken, and can even be used in 3D-Printers... so melting it is a totally real way compromise this lock.
@@hadinossanosam4459 I swear I checked the properties of PA6 before posting, but obviously I didn't, because you are totally right! xD
@@hadinossanosam4459 depends on what form of nylon because there's multiple types of nylon
Spends 3 days with no interest in locks but watching LPL with fascination.
...
buys lock pick practice set on ebay.
Thanks for the interesting videos and cool hobby idea. Swords and chess were getting kind of tired.
I MISS THESE TYPES OF VIDEOS
Can somebody answer me the question why there are still standard pins in the lock? why not just put 6 mushroom pins inside? I'm new to picking, would appreciate an answer
Great little challenge lock.
LPL, you’re a genius man.
This dude knows some pile about locks
As a challenge lock it was level 100. As a useful lock, it was level 1. Such is life.
Man these lock companies need to pay attention to these challange locks XD
Productions costs would be unsustainable but I would agree that they can take some lessons
this video makes me wonder who’s more devious, the lockpicker or the locksmith 😆
How does one go about making 'homemade pins'? It look's like you'd need to machine them. Or can you simply file them down?
You could do both but filing would be pretty hard to have a decent quality pin (lack precision)
When a lock sucks, he's vicious about it, and when it's good, he's very complimentary, especially to individuals. The crazy thing is, the difference between "good" and "sucks" is about 2 and a half minutes.
I know that this video is 4 years old but I just have to commend you on keeping everything in focus.
I'm also wondering when your line of locksmithing tools is going to hit the market?
I'd buy.
He's done some work with Sparrows. Namely the black flag dimple pick set, and a disc detainer pick.
I wonder how you would do in one of those escape rooms.
Very well, and if I he can't pick it, ramset the lock
As someone who has worked at the palace of fine arts in San Francisco, it is unlikely that they would come across any locks they could pick in the first place :)
Nice work! Are you gonna try heating up and melting that piece?
No... lock is too rare to even consider doing that.
Depends on what that plastic pc is made of. If it’s something like delrin or other such material it won’t melt
3:56 Thought, it was glued :D
Very nice pins, and great picking
Thanks.
1:26 That's what he said.
Nice picking LPLAWYER! This is Drew Estes and from now on I will be TheAvidPicker 1 so please don't forget. That's an awesome lock! Very nice pinning on that core too! I'm interested in seeing you pick the one with the Medeco core on video! Keep on picking!
Got it.As for the Medeco, that would be REALLY hard with drag on the core.
LockPickingLawyer That's the point. Lol I want to see you do it. I've never seen anyone pick one yet and you are the perfect man for the job. Lol. Just do it. Keep on picking!
3:48 ok its odd to see a lock last this long :D
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You can’t just say we’re not here to critique the lock body after you thoroughly do just that lol
It occurred to me that a lot of these locks would be more difficult to pick when attached to the thing they are locking. Do you ever try to pick locks attached to something?
This guy would do well as a safe cracking heister
At least took more time than regular, so, that's a good thing.
This one was very satisfying 👍
most informative video 👍
I wonder if some locks can be picked on veneers, BUT almost impossible or significantly more difficult when they are in place, locking something. Because that's what's important. If it's easy enough to unlock when fiddling with them in a convenient situation, but really difficult when it's doing its job, it's a very good lock, good enough for me.
Nine passes down the pin line by a world class picker to get this thing open. Sold.
Interesting gizzards but theres maybe a reason why this is the only padlock they made. Still, it's nice for a collector/picker. 👍
Agreed... the foray into the world of padlocks was unimpressive.
LPL Could, you would you make a video where you explain in detail the functions
of the internal parts, in particular the variations in pin geometry's such as spools,
serrations and other variants. I suspect this is to frustrate picking but exactly
how would be interesting to have the details. Thanks LOE
I suspect spool are to give false set feedback - the cylinder turns in the core but the pin hasn't reached the shear line. You get counter rotation when pushing the other end of the spool, potentially dropping pins you've already set. Serrated is probably similar, but the serrations get caught up on the shear line.
Don't quote me on that. My only experience with locks is disassemble Kwik set locks that the key was lost, so you have to disassemble, partially reassemble and manually rekey. I've done it like 3 times.
How does threaded core affect your ability to pick? How do seated on affect your ability to pick? Can you make a video explaining how it works
Threads in the core imitate the shear line and grab the edges of the spool and serrated pins. You may think you've felt the pin move above the shear line and think it's set in place, but it's actually just the click you felt as it moved across one line of the threading.
12:00, where you say 1 and 5 are unchanged, they look like a cone shape. So the key goes at an angle easily, to get caught up on the slots on the pins.
I mean, if you could custom build your own locks, and make one pin hole bigger than the rest with a touch of slop and make that pin tapered at the top of the body pin right at the sheer line. Every time you set that pin the rest would fall every time. If you figured out to set that one first, it would move cause of the taper. Make a slot to catch that pin. I could draw a picture if anyone had the mean to build one.
Subbed and clicked bell. Fascinating vids. thanks.
Fascinating! Thanks. If it took you 3 minutes to open, then it's not an easy lock to pick. Shame about the plastic and Zinc though.
It's crazy how this has only 8.3k likes as of march 2021....
I like this idea -- send locks to LPL and try to thwart them mad skillz on video! Or maybe BosnianBill and LPL should exchange their own super-challenge locks!
Fingertip shows all the tension changes .
Good view of the LPL’s nose in the reflection.
Hiya. What function do spools on driver pins actually serve? Obviously something because of the effort that goes into them, but I don’t understand what!
Ive had a idea for a lock for a long time now.. it is so simple but i feel it would be a pain to pick
Picking starts 1:33 and ends 4:23 wow what a lock
Take my money, I'll order 10.
I know this is an old video but can anyone tell me why you would want to change the key pins from standard? Aren't they below the sheer-line?
Towards the end of the video around the 12 min mark, he shows the core itself has grooves in slots 2 3 4 and 6. The key pins 2 3 4 and 6 will snag inside the core with their grooves giving it a bit more challenge.
good job with 6 different pins, the manufacture factory will cry
why dont they have 600 pin ones tho i need one of those
that core would bee like a foot long lol
"Tricky little lock"
Took all of 3 minutes...