I've been watching LockPickingLawyer for months now and have waited for an explanation of what he means by "false set", "counter-rotation", a "click", etc. I have figured some of it out via context clues, but this video put it together very clearly! Very well done!
Been watching lockpicking vids for a year and thinking of joining the hobby. Despite the excellent descriptions, cutaway demonstrations and animations by other UA-camrs this is far & away the best explanation of security pins I've ever seen. Thanks so much!
100% agree. Amazing video. I have never seen anything like this. Amazing representation of how to pick security pins. Thank you for the video. Definitely subscribing.
Hello Shed. I,m 90 long retired. Spent 15 years or so as a hobbyist. Tons of fun. But as i look back I never saw a more clever, and instructive teaching device as I have, just now, with Parts 1-2-3 and more. Wow---double wow.
I'm in the same boat. I couldn't pick a lock to save my life, and I don't really feel the need to change that, and yet i still watch every single one of lpl's videos. I swear it's addicting.
Watching vids from good pickers like LPL and others will convince you that locks are useless... Until you try for yourself and you realise just how easy those pickers make it look. Locks with plain pins fly open after a little practice (cough couch master Lock) but security pins increase the difficulty by a factor of 10. Fantastic video, I'm currently stuck on a Lockwood lock, it keeps dropping into a deep false set. Your video has confirmed to me it has spool pins, I might give it another go, thanks.
As a locksmith, this is the best straightforward and to the point method I've ever seen, congratulations. This is excellent for training a new tech or office personnel. Great way to present the information.
I've watched hundreds of videos from Bosnian Bill and the lock picking lawyer who are such experts and use this terminology. They have never explained and I have never figured out what they're talking about when they refer to false sets etc, with these various types of pens. This video is a gold mine of knowledge and explanation
It’s funny, the little subcultures UA-cam’s algorithm will keep feeding you. I’m not into lock picking at all, per se, but I love precise, intricate machinery. A lock is straightforward in purpose, and very simple in principle, but I love seeing how incredibly clever lock-makers can get with it. Lock-picking, unlike any other precision-machining field, clearly demonstrates the value of *precision machining* and how 3rd-party (ideally “white-hat”) outside-the-box thinking is a pure illustration of the divorce between *intended purpose* in machinery and the extremes of the *real-word* usage space. Makes me want to build a clock or something.
I kind of agree with you (although I do actually enjoy the lock-picking for its own sake as well). You HAVE to watch this video if you really appreciate such things, and if you get a kick out of it and hadn't seen it before, please let me know in a reply! ua-cam.com/video/lmxLAZZ2fhM/v-deo.html
@@TheBooklyBreakdown I saw this comment and thought it may be a Rickroll, however I was EXTREMELY surprised and ended up loving the video. What spectacular engineering, I didn't know such things existed. Thanks for sharing!
Pete Restall i never knew you could save vids as favourites shall do right away. fantastic work of enginering in making it all to even down to the spring tension working im in total admoration of your work sir.
I have zero intention of picking a lock but am fascinated with the mechanics of them and have been watching a number of videos and this answered a lot of questions. Great video and excellent teaching aid.
This isnt an exaggeration, not only for regular lock picking, but as well as security pins. This is by far the BEST video explaining the pins and how to pick them. I try to explain the shear line and pins and what not to friends and they have no clue what I'm talking about. If you use reddit, please post this to r/lockpicking, they'll love it!
Thank you for this very good demo of the different pins.Seeing that spool type cock to one side,the false sets and counter rotation were more clearly demoed than on any other channel.Very helpful indeed.The best I have seen!
Great description of how security pins work. The visuals make it much easier to understand. I hope that some of the more well-known UA-camrs like BB or LPL send people your way.
Great video! I kinda sorta figured out how security pins worked by looking at their shapes and trying to visualise how they would behave around the shear line in a chamber under tension, but this demonstration makes it super clear and easy to understand. Thanks!
This is absolutely brilliant! I've not seen a working model like this. This is perfect for experimenting with ratios and new designs. You are my actual hero right now. Thank you so much. It's such a simple idea. I can't believe I haven't seen it before.
For complicated challenge locks you could even have multiple of these models side by side, all rotating in sync, to test gatekeeper or trap pin ideas. I am totally thrilled about this. Anyone with a 3d printer could use those tolerances to create amazing, fast prototypes at model size before scaling down to do the dirty work with the real lock.
Great job you done here! Thank you very much. I have a little knowledge and experience in lock picking, but I was having some trouble to figure out how a false set could be of any help during picking while watching videos from other channels. Then I find this and both the false set and the slight counter rotation makes sense after all.
This is a genius way of illustrating security pins. I’m not sure if you made the pieces and board yourself, but they make the explanation so much easier to understand than anything else I’ve seen. I’m learning to locksmith, and I will definitely be using this video as a reference multiple times.
Incredibly simple, pedagogical and straigt to the point. It looks like a good way to start as a beginner when you begin to pick basic types of lock to gain that kind of feeling for the pins and what kind of problems they can cause when they´ve been upgraded with security-pins.
Damn dude, excellent video. Finally someone explains the differences between pin types and what that means for picking and security. The added info on core undercutting and serrations was a great addition.. Love the mock up too. Welll done!!!
I don't know why YT suddenly thought everyone needed to be fed lockpicking videos. But I'm not complaining. Flawlessly explained. 10/10 would pick (to watch) again.
Hey thank you so much. I'm new to the hobby and have been watching videos, all that I could find on security pins and nothing compares to this. Fantastic visuals.
This has to be hands down one of the best videos I've seen explaining security pins and how they interfere with the pick. For some reason one day UA-cam decided I should become a lockpicker. I've been watching video for about 6 months, and I'm starting to think seriously about making a start. I was hoping to get lots of used locks for practise from ebay like lockpickinglawyer used. Unfortunately UK ebay seems a little sparse.
This is by far the best explanation of this I have found. I’m really new to lock picking and I kept hearing these terms, but had no real idea what they meant! Thank you so much!! Subscribed!
This is surprisingly informative. Your wooden model actually did wonders in helping me visualize it and better understand the challenges lockpickers I watch are dealing with. I never really understood security pins until now. Thanks for the upload ^^
Very simple but effective explanation. Thank you. If more school teachers used your methods of simplifying a complex subject kids would learn so much better 👍
This an awesome video. So clear and informative. you have explained how the different pin types and and core manipulations could work together too. This really gets the brain racing. Great stuff...
Thank you! This is the kind of technical info that separate the pros from everyone else! I’ve always said you can spot a pro because they make it look easy!
This is an excellent video, combining the verbal explanation with the visual representation of the whole process.! From someone who has only ever mastered picking his nose, I really would like to try picking a lock using this technique. Seriously though, great video.
Very interesting. This visual replica really helps to see what is actually going on inside the lock. Also helps with knowing the terminology as picking progresses. Thanks!
Hi. I've been watching various lock picking videos for about 6 months now (casual curiosity) and hear talk of spool and serrated pins. I can tell what they look like but never really knew exactly how they interacted with the functionality of the lock. Thanks for taking the time to make this video (and the example pieces - looks like a few days of time went into it). I now have a better understanding of the different types of pins. Your explanation was clear and the visual pieces physically interacting (instead of a computer animation) were great. Thanks! Will subscribe.
You have explained perfectly and ingeniously how lock picking works. Seen lots of by LPL and others butntjey don't explain it like this. Perfect thank you. This will help a lot
Interesting information, well presented, And using an easy to understand visual aid......... This guy reminds me so much of my old science teacher. :) I've been messing about with lock picks for a few of months now, and I've come across a fair few locks that have security pins fitted. Usually I can tell that there's something unexpected going on with a particular pin, But I didn't fully understand how I was ment to tell what type of security pin I was dealing with. Usually I'd just manipulate the pin while varying my force on the tensioner bar. Eventually I usually manage to pop the lock by doing this, But sometimes I get so frustrated with it that I give up on it and move onto another lock. After watching this I feel I've got a much better chance of being able to tell what I'm up against next time......... Thanks for taking the time to explain this so clearly Pete. (Liked/subscribed based purely on this one video. Now I'm off to have a look at what else you've uploaded. :) )
Excellent vid. Best visualisation of a lock design I’ve seen. Do you have plans so your viewers can make their own version. Would be a great 3D printing project
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I've been watching LockPickingLawyer for months now and have waited for an explanation of what he means by "false set", "counter-rotation", a "click", etc. I have figured some of it out via context clues, but this video put it together very clearly! Very well done!
We are both here for literally the same reasons. Counter-rotation was one of the few that I could never figure out what he meant. Now, I do.
I'm here too, for the same reasons! This really clears things up!
Same!!
Same!
And for me. Greatly appreciated!!!
Been watching lockpicking vids for a year and thinking of joining the hobby. Despite the excellent descriptions, cutaway demonstrations and animations by other UA-camrs this is far & away the best explanation of security pins I've ever seen. Thanks so much!
I co-sign on this being the best explanation yet, of security pins!!
Same here.
100% agree. Amazing video. I have never seen anything like this. Amazing representation of how to pick security pins. Thank you for the video. Definitely subscribing.
you can get a cheap set of tools for under $10. grab some cheap padlocks and you are set to start learning.
I have to agree.
Hello Shed. I,m 90 long retired. Spent 15 years or so as a hobbyist. Tons of fun. But as i look back I never saw a more clever, and instructive teaching device as I have, just now, with Parts 1-2-3 and more. Wow---double wow.
I don't even know how I ended up on the lockpicking section of youtube, but I slowly start to understand the concepts.
I'm in the same boat. I couldn't pick a lock to save my life, and I don't really feel the need to change that, and yet i still watch every single one of lpl's videos. I swear it's addicting.
Watching vids from good pickers like LPL and others will convince you that locks are useless... Until you try for yourself and you realise just how easy those pickers make it look. Locks with plain pins fly open after a little practice (cough couch master Lock) but security pins increase the difficulty by a factor of 10.
Fantastic video, I'm currently stuck on a Lockwood lock, it keeps dropping into a deep false set. Your video has confirmed to me it has spool pins, I might give it another go, thanks.
same bro
Check out the lock picking lawyer.
@@Argon_John I watched like a quarter of lpls videos in the span of the last three weeks
As a locksmith, this is the best straightforward and to the point method I've ever seen, congratulations. This is excellent for training a new tech or office personnel. Great way to present the information.
Well said.
I've watched hundreds of videos from Bosnian Bill and the lock picking lawyer who are such experts and use this terminology. They have never explained and I have never figured out what they're talking about when they refer to false sets etc, with these various types of pens. This video is a gold mine of knowledge and explanation
LPL should've explained this ages ago... but he hasn't... this is the best explanation I've seen on the tube...
this is hands down the best explanation of different pin types I have ever seen. thanks UA-cam.
This should be mandatory viewing for new pickers. Thank you. Subbed.
It’s funny, the little subcultures UA-cam’s algorithm will keep feeding you. I’m not into lock picking at all, per se, but I love precise, intricate machinery.
A lock is straightforward in purpose, and very simple in principle, but I love seeing how incredibly clever lock-makers can get with it. Lock-picking, unlike any other precision-machining field, clearly demonstrates the value of *precision machining* and how 3rd-party (ideally “white-hat”) outside-the-box thinking is a pure illustration of the divorce between *intended purpose* in machinery and the extremes of the *real-word* usage space.
Makes me want to build a clock or something.
If you love precise, intricate machinery, then I recommend checking out JohnnyQ90
that's some VERY detailed precision machining work.
I kind of agree with you (although I do actually enjoy the lock-picking for its own sake as well). You HAVE to watch this video if you really appreciate such things, and if you get a kick out of it and hadn't seen it before, please let me know in a reply!
ua-cam.com/video/lmxLAZZ2fhM/v-deo.html
@@TheBooklyBreakdown I saw this comment and thought it may be a Rickroll, however I was EXTREMELY surprised and ended up loving the video. What spectacular engineering, I didn't know such things existed. Thanks for sharing!
This has to go into favorites. What a great visual.
Thanks for watching and saving it, it's much appreciated.
Pete Restall i never knew you could save vids as favourites shall do right away. fantastic work of enginering in making it all to even down to the spring tension working im in total admoration of your work sir.
Cool! I've been wondering what exactly a false set was
Me too! But now it makes so much sense.
Still I’m unable to decode my 3-digit Samsonite combination luggage lock though. 😬🤫😄
I have zero intention of picking a lock but am fascinated with the mechanics of them and have been watching a number of videos and this answered a lot of questions. Great video and excellent teaching aid.
This isnt an exaggeration, not only for regular lock picking, but as well as security pins. This is by far the BEST video explaining the pins and how to pick them. I try to explain the shear line and pins and what not to friends and they have no clue what I'm talking about. If you use reddit, please post this to r/lockpicking, they'll love it!
This is one of the best visual aids for teaching lock picking that I've seen. I assume that you made it? If so, excellent work!
By far the best visual & verbal explanation of security pins I’ve seen
Excellent!
Definitely the clearest explanation of the subject that I've seen. Thanks.
Very clear visual demonstration - the best I've seen.
I've watched a lot of lock picking videos and this is by far the best explanation of security pins. It's a "must" for beginners. Thank you very much.
Thank you for this very good demo of the different pins.Seeing that spool type cock to one side,the false sets and counter rotation were more clearly demoed than on any other channel.Very helpful indeed.The best I have seen!
Great description of how security pins work. The visuals make it much easier to understand. I hope that some of the more well-known UA-camrs like BB or LPL send people your way.
Great video! I kinda sorta figured out how security pins worked by looking at their shapes and trying to visualise how they would behave around the shear line in a chamber under tension, but this demonstration makes it super clear and easy to understand. Thanks!
Wow, this mock-up really explained what is going on with these types of pins. Thank you.
Yea, this was an incredibly clear explanation. Great stuff Pete!
This is absolutely brilliant! I've not seen a working model like this. This is perfect for experimenting with ratios and new designs. You are my actual hero right now. Thank you so much.
It's such a simple idea. I can't believe I haven't seen it before.
For complicated challenge locks you could even have multiple of these models side by side, all rotating in sync, to test gatekeeper or trap pin ideas.
I am totally thrilled about this. Anyone with a 3d printer could use those tolerances to create amazing, fast prototypes at model size before scaling down to do the dirty work with the real lock.
Great visual representation. Excellent work. It makes so much more sense to me now re spool pins and serrated pins .
This is by far the best demonstration I’ve ever seen on the subject. It’s made perfect by your simple, elegant model.
Dope job 👍
Outstanding work. The large functioning model really brings this alive - thank you!
Great job you done here! Thank you very much. I have a little knowledge and experience in lock picking, but I was having some trouble to figure out how a false set could be of any help during picking while watching videos from other channels. Then I find this and both the false set and the slight counter rotation makes sense after all.
I finally understand those challenge lock videos a little better! Thank you.
Very good demonstration Pete! Seeing it makes so much more sense. Thank you so much.
This is a genius way of illustrating security pins. I’m not sure if you made the pieces and board yourself, but they make the explanation so much easier to understand than anything else I’ve seen. I’m learning to locksmith, and I will definitely be using this video as a reference multiple times.
Incredibly simple, pedagogical and straigt to the point. It looks like a good way to start as a beginner when you begin to pick basic types of lock to gain that kind of feeling for the pins and what kind of problems they can cause when they´ve been upgraded with security-pins.
Brilliantly explained . Thank you. Visualization sure helps.
Brilliant. The visualization really helps me understand the mechanics of the challenges provided by the different kinds of pins. Thanks!!
A nice clear demonstration. Thank you.
Damn dude, excellent video. Finally someone explains the differences between pin types and what that means for picking and security. The added info on core undercutting and serrations was a great addition.. Love the mock up too.
Welll done!!!
A couple of "Ohhhh!" moments here. Better than my old mental model. Thanks.
I don't know why YT suddenly thought everyone needed to be fed lockpicking videos. But I'm not complaining.
Flawlessly explained. 10/10 would pick (to watch) again.
The best video I have ever seen on how security pins works, especially with threaded chambers! Excellent work! Thanks for sharing!!
Thanks for watching and commenting, I'm glad you enjoyed it and found it useful, it's very much appreciated.
I've been looking for this exact video for some time. Excellent demonstration and very clear.
Fantastic visual aid. So clear!!! A picture really does say a 1000 words.
Fantastic demonstration!
This really answered a lot of my questions.
Thank you sir.
Hey thank you so much. I'm new to the hobby and have been watching videos, all that I could find on security pins and nothing compares to this. Fantastic visuals.
This has to be hands down one of the best videos I've seen explaining security pins and how they interfere with the pick. For some reason one day UA-cam decided I should become a lockpicker. I've been watching video for about 6 months, and I'm starting to think seriously about making a start. I was hoping to get lots of used locks for practise from ebay like lockpickinglawyer used. Unfortunately UK ebay seems a little sparse.
I have always wondered if you can pick the locks that people leave on bridges. (And relock them of course. I don't want to steal anyone's love lock)
Great video. Especially the counter rotation explanation. Not heard that explained before
This is by far the best explanation of this I have found. I’m really new to lock picking and I kept hearing these terms, but had no real idea what they meant! Thank you so much!! Subscribed!
I'm glad I stumbled on this video. I've been looking for something like this for a months. Thanks so much.
without doubt the best video on how different types of pins work I've seen. thanks Pete Restall
Thanks for watching and I'm glad you enjoyed it.
This is surprisingly informative. Your wooden model actually did wonders in helping me visualize it and better understand the challenges lockpickers I watch are dealing with. I never really understood security pins until now. Thanks for the upload ^^
Very simple but effective explanation. Thank you. If more school teachers used your methods of simplifying a complex subject kids would learn so much better 👍
This an awesome video. So clear and informative. you have explained how the different pin types and and core manipulations could work together too. This really gets the brain racing. Great stuff...
Thank you! This is the kind of technical info that separate the pros from everyone else! I’ve always said you can spot a pro because they make it look easy!
Real nice demo mate, thanks for your time & effort.
Prolly the best demo and explanation I’ve ever seen of the diff types of pics!! Thank you!!
Top demonstration. Best I've seen.
This is an awesome video! Thanks so much for taking the time to mock up! It explains so much!
Best explanation of security pins I've ever seen. Thank you!
Really excellent job on these concepts. Nicely done!
Nice visualization! I imagine in some instances, for an experienced picker, security pins can be helpful as they give predictable feedback.
This is an excellent video, combining the verbal explanation with the visual representation of the whole process.! From someone who has only ever mastered picking his nose, I really would like to try picking a lock using this technique. Seriously though, great video.
Stellar video! Great explanation of security pins!
Excellent Awsome pow!!! THANKYOU and THANKYOU again!!! Brother you sure cleared things up for me!! Awsome teaching and fantastic video!!! DB
Excellent. At last!!! Thank you
The most helpful video I’ve seen to date. Bravo! 👏
Great demo! Thanks for sharing.
Very nice demo. Now I get what counter-rotation is, so I learned something right there. Thanks.
Great graphic. I madly understand counter-rotation.
Very well explained and great visual tool. Thanks you!
Very interesting. This visual replica really helps to see what is actually going on inside the lock. Also helps with knowing the terminology as picking progresses. Thanks!
I like this gizmo you have made for the demonstration. Well done!
A nice clean demonstration. Good work.
Best explanation I've ever seen....AWESOME JOB!!!!
I love your jig setup here.
Can I get one for myself to perform this demonstration?
Excellent explanation of how pins work. Thank you.
Hi. I've been watching various lock picking videos for about 6 months now (casual curiosity) and hear talk of spool and serrated pins. I can tell what they look like but never really knew exactly how they interacted with the functionality of the lock. Thanks for taking the time to make this video (and the example pieces - looks like a few days of time went into it). I now have a better understanding of the different types of pins.
Your explanation was clear and the visual pieces physically interacting (instead of a computer animation) were great. Thanks! Will subscribe.
Great vid. Explanations are easy to follow.
Thank you for sharing this!!! Very clearly explained.
Good write up. Very informative! Thanks.
What an incredible demonstration. Thanks for sharing. subbed
Thanks for watch and I'm glad you enjoyed it
Great video it explained a lot in a clear and concise way, now things are a lot clearer on how lock and security pins actually work!
Absolutely amazing video! And awesome idea on the entire setup here!
Just a great visual explanation of what one is feeling when picking security locks - should be very useful.
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
Very informative and great visual representation of how the pins and core interact with each other.
This is a must see for all Packers. It should be in the "pinkers bible" for all picking enthousiasts. Great work.
Thanks for watching and thanks for the comment, all very much appreciated.
This is the first time someone has shown me how to make sense of what all the lock picking websites are talking about. Thank you kindly.
a very nice and complete explanation of the different pins can present challenges in lock picking.
You have explained perfectly and ingeniously how lock picking works. Seen lots of by LPL and others butntjey don't explain it like this. Perfect thank you. This will help a lot
Now I have a working mental image of how the security pins actually work. Thank you very much.
I love this! One of your best vids IMO :-)) I might be borrowing this off you... nothing like stealing a good idea...
Thanks, it will be heading your way soon.
Do pointed key pins work better for picking security?
Peter this really helped me understand how these security pins worked! Thank you. I hope you make more videos.
This is excellent. A fantastic explanation of pin movement. I made one very similar with coloured Perspex.
Great video....... a really good explanation of how it all works.....
Good info. There are 4 kinds of pins plus 2 kinds of rooms for the pins. Now I understand perfectly how to do in each case.
As a beginning picker this really helped my understanding of these, thanks alot man.
definitely subbed
Great Job! You're training tool and how it all works was very informative. Thank you for taking the time to show that.
Thanks for watching and I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Wow, what a fantastic video, no confusion now. Many Thanks for the share.
Happy picking
Thanks for taking the time and making the model to explain in detail.
Interesting information, well presented, And using an easy to understand visual aid......... This guy reminds me so much of my old science teacher. :)
I've been messing about with lock picks for a few of months now, and I've come across a fair few locks that have security pins fitted. Usually I can tell that there's something unexpected going on with a particular pin, But I didn't fully understand how I was ment to tell what type of security pin I was dealing with. Usually I'd just manipulate the pin while varying my force on the tensioner bar. Eventually I usually manage to pop the lock by doing this, But sometimes I get so frustrated with it that I give up on it and move onto another lock. After watching this I feel I've got a much better chance of being able to tell what I'm up against next time......... Thanks for taking the time to explain this so clearly Pete.
(Liked/subscribed based purely on this one video. Now I'm off to have a look at what else you've uploaded. :) )
Excellent vid. Best visualisation of a lock design I’ve seen. Do you have plans so your viewers can make their own version. Would be a great 3D printing project
Best vid by far on how security pins work.
Great explanation and useful info.
Cheers Pete👍