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I have successfully picked a Masterlock 3 several times today. I used one of the wavy picks after seeing someone do it easily with something similar. First try was near instant, then took kind of a long time to repeat. Then tried standard shape picks (had no success other day when I tried, nor earlier in morning) but just did it twice in a row now.

No clue what I'm doing, but this is getting easy 😏

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Bill Cypher 8mo ago

Congrats and welcome to the hobby.

mrecheese 🧀 8mo ago

They call it bitchpicking. And it counts. 😂

Just get a hook and try to move each of the four pins without any tension tool in there. Get used to the feel of it. Then try tension and finding the binding pin.

YODL 8mo ago

Good to know. I haven't done the proper learning yet, figured just jump in and try. Still no idea how they work. Thanks for encouragement, I feel powerful now! No lock can stop me

mrecheese 🧀 8mo ago

Yeah, go ahead and take the W on that one. I mean, how many people do you know IRL who can straight up open a lock without a key?

It only gets better from here. When you get in there and feel that binder click 4 times it'll be like Neo stopping bullets.

Rand 8mo ago

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mike 8mo ago

😂

YODL 8mo ago

It's a cheap hobby and surprisingly easy to crack basic locks just by owning the proper tools. Recommend

mike 8mo ago

What do your neighbours think of your new hobby? 😂

YODL 8mo ago

Funny, cuz after doing the masterlock enough times I decided to give the front door a try. Wasn't long before I saw a neighbor and started pretending like I was just fiddling with the door lol.

The fact that someone with $25 bucks of gear and 5 minutes of YouTube can open a popular padlock in under a minute should concern people more. How is lock tech so crap?!

kidwarp 8mo ago

locks are a façade of protection

YODL 8mo ago

Apparently! It's cool that most don't realize it.

I assume cars are quite difficult, yes? Asking for a friend

kidwarp 8mo ago

Naw they even have brand specific tools now

Rand 8mo ago

IZ not new guys/*****

kidwarp 8mo ago

Definitely not

Bill Cypher 8mo ago

FYI, it is possible to break a lock by picking it. Generally ill advised to pick a lock you need even if you own it.

YODL 8mo ago

Funny you mention as I had that concern and didn't return to practicing on it. I just had to see if I could do it easily, and what it felt like compared to padlock, but was unsuccessful after about 2 minutes. Door kinda sticks too, which probably makes it an extra bad one to mess with

Bill Cypher 8mo ago

How easy to pick definitely depends on what lock you have. Most modern kwikset are actually very difficult to pick and require a different technique than a typical master lock.

Lpubelts has rankings for common locks so that you can buy progressively instead of guessing in the dark how hard a lock will be. Personally I think a master 141 then a master 150 is a great progression with dirt cheap locks.

The 141 is a little more precisely built than your no 3 so you can feel better going pin by pin. The 150 has really obvious security pins that are easy to feel to get started on security pin techniques.

YODL 8mo ago

Found the website. Looks to be an excellent catalogue. Thanks!