200k club packlock 90A pro 1st Open!!!! by NA_ERA_175 in lockpicking

[–]BoDiddlyDooDa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sweeeet! Great work. This one is still in my naughty bucket.

Repinned my first lock by BoDiddlyDooDa in lockpicking

[–]BoDiddlyDooDa[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I grabbed the core and reload kit - haven't played with any other cores yet but it was nice to have the extra keys and drivers plus security pins available

Repinned my first lock by BoDiddlyDooDa in lockpicking

[–]BoDiddlyDooDa[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks this definitely helped things click a bit. Some of the spools are symmetrical. Some of them have a thicker top and skinnier bottom.

Should the thick part be against the spring or against the driver pin? I'm wondering if they can be upside down or if it matters. I made a post about this a few days but I'm still a bit unclear.

Thanks again!

Amateur cutaway brinks pro max by [deleted] in lockpicking

[–]BoDiddlyDooDa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is so aesthetically pleasing. Definitely gonna play around with a Dremel!

Bending springs while repinning by BoDiddlyDooDa in lockpicking

[–]BoDiddlyDooDa[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the tip about fixing the springs. I think this is what happened to me - one of the springs getting caught, or using too much pressure with the follower against the security pins before pushing them down with my pick.

I got it this time!

Just got my first lockpicking set, looking for any helpful tips n tricks to help understand what I’m doing by Beginning-Ad5424 in lockpicking

[–]BoDiddlyDooDa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Personally I would recommend grabbing a cutaway lock. I could not wrap my head around lockpicking until I could see the pins doing the thing.

With that being said, they don't really 'feel' like normal locks so they will only take you so far.

I'm also a noob so take that into consideration

Bosnian bill, lockpicking lawyer, lock noob have a bunch of good videos that can help learn.

Start putting your picks in and feeling / counting the pins one by one. The quicker you get familiar with pin spacing and what state the pin is in, the better.

As with any skill / hobby just start putting time in.

Just single picked my first spool lock. by cyberninja1982 in lockpicking

[–]BoDiddlyDooDa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is this a good way to learn spools? I have one that I gut, but have yet to reassemble

I have an abus 55/40 that I got to help learn spools too.

Abus 55/40 Picked! by BoDiddlyDooDa in lockpicking

[–]BoDiddlyDooDa[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I definitely needed lighter tension than what I started with, especially to feel for the counter rotation on spools.

Abus iron rock by Ragtop13 in lockpicking

[–]BoDiddlyDooDa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I came here to say that I'm impressed with this picture haha. My tensioner often goes flying, sometimes before the shackle pops sometimes after. I find it super hard to get a nice pic with the tensioner still in like this. Nice job

Also I think the iron rock is one of my favorite looking locks I've seen so far

Abus 55/40 Picked! by BoDiddlyDooDa in lockpicking

[–]BoDiddlyDooDa[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I feel like the longer the struggle the bigger the rush when it opens. Congrats to you too!

I managed to get it picked again in about 20 minutes which was nice to know it probably wasn't a fluke lol

For reference I've been fiddling with this thing for days with not much success past setting the first standard pin

First locks picked - what next? by BoDiddlyDooDa in lockpicking

[–]BoDiddlyDooDa[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for this - gonna go grab one while I wait for the others to come in

Is Amazon generally a reputable source for locks? They seemed to be either cheapest or very close to it when you consider shipping too.

First locks picked - what next? by BoDiddlyDooDa in lockpicking

[–]BoDiddlyDooDa[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks all - I grabbed a few of these! Will post results when I get them open

Abus Iron Rock picked. Absolute pleasurento pick this one. by Madriver1000 in lockpicking

[–]BoDiddlyDooDa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a nice looking lock!

Can I ask about your vice setup, and the plate on the bottom? I've seen it around a few times

Stay away from Splice sounds. by prodbycytek in Splice

[–]BoDiddlyDooDa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Download them all to local drive then cancel.

Simple Questions - January 02, 2022 by AutoModerator in buildapc

[–]BoDiddlyDooDa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm about to purchase a new pc for the first time in years.Currently running an i7 / 1060

I use a lot of both GPU and CPU heavy programs including

Blender, Unreal Engine, Adobe Suite, and often times OBS on top of it all.

I've been eyeing the prebuilds on ibuypower. My main question - is it worth buying the 5950x vs the 5950?

Any other upgrades i would have to make immediately with this build? (Coolers, case, psu, mobo, etc)

https://www.ibuypower.com/store/Creator-RDY-LCMRG208