This video is part of my Lock Picking Home School series which teaches beginners how to learn from zero experience to an intermediate level. I try to alternate each week between a how to lock picking video and a featured channel of the week video. Thank you for checking it out!

@derekcurtis818

8 ай бұрын

I’m brand new to all this!! I just ordered a set of jimylong picks. I can’t wait to start picking. Going to make a few tension tools before they get here

what i really like about these videos, you can go back and get refreshers. i still like going back to my cut away locks when i get into slumps, using the 3d locksport holder and insert you can basically turn your cutaway into a regular hidden pin lock. thanks again for these videos and congrats on the 50k + subs, will be routing for your 100k milestone to!

@HelpfulLockPicker

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words :) I look forward to maybe one day reaching 100k but that is far off

@j.gabriel8573

3 жыл бұрын

@@HelpfulLockPicker well as how i see it, you ill definitely reach it! as well as others, takes time, as for me; i like being off the radar. i have no videos and content, just comment and give props or ideas when i can, with the occasional use of some videos for figuring stuff out and some entertainment. i have strayed away from tv and sometime go through an catch video throughout parts of the day when i can. stay well and stay safe wildman!

I've always been interested in Lock sport, my job includes long periods of dead time and I would love to fill it up with something challenging. Recently I've been watching a ton of content online( this is the first video watched from you, but I subscribed so look forward to seeing many more) and after several weeks of just watching others more adept at the art I think its time to move on to putting my second foot in the door. Love how clearly you speak, explaining as you move along, and the closeup shot so nothing is missed. Thank you, looking forward to learning from a helpful lock picker! Cheers from NYC!

@HelpfulLockPicker

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words. I hope you did end up getting into the hobby it is fun

Well done! Love that cutaway lock!!!

@HelpfulLockPicker

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words! I am glad you liked it :-) you can thank Noctis Motus for making it for me :-) I hope to have him make me a few more once I get around to getting down to the post office!

I have had my monstrum kit 5 days now and you have helped me out tremendously. Haven't gotten the one with security pins, but I can single pin pick the basic locks with standard pins fairly well, seems I have more trouble with tensioning than picking those for now. Thank you for your information and motivation.

@HelpfulLockPicker

3 жыл бұрын

thank you for the kind words and I am glad it helped :-)

That's why my favorite tool is the half-diamand

@HelpfulLockPicker

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing

Amazing tutorial! Thank you so much! Answered so many questions for me and now i feel prepared to learn this skill

Thank you so much for showing a cut away view. The one with no cut away are very hard to know what the person is talking about

Great explanation, I'm sure this will help a lot of pickers.

@HelpfulLockPicker

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you and I'm glad you think it will help!

Thank you for another awesome video! Every time I watch your channel I learn more and more and improved my picking.. Thanks again

@HelpfulLockPicker

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words and I am glad it helps

Great commentary! Good stuff man!

@HelpfulLockPicker

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words! I'm Still Loving your picks :-) sorry I haven't had a chance to review them, making that third video in one week's been very tough for me

nice work man! love that angle

@HelpfulLockPicker

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for checking it out!

It's a good technique , didn't know it had a name, Thanks for the video, cheers

@HelpfulLockPicker

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for checking it out, I'm glad you think it will help!

Great advise.i will have to give it ago.👍

@HelpfulLockPicker

5 жыл бұрын

The best part is worst case scenario you might just get the lock open with the kinetic attack :-) I hope it helps!

Wow, great video! Thanks again!

@HelpfulLockPicker

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for checking it out

thanks for the advice I'm going to have to try that

@HelpfulLockPicker

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for checking it out, I hope it helps!

Thanks! Great video and very helpful.

@HelpfulLockPicker

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words!

Tried this on my Master lock #5 and it works fine. Thanks for the tip!

@HelpfulLockPicker

4 жыл бұрын

Congrats on the success!

Interesting. I do this quite a bit but never really thought about it. It's one reason I like the Full Dent pick because it rolls back and forth rather nicely over the pins. What it can lack in some locks in lifting height it makes up for with letting you know which needs to be picked next.

@HelpfulLockPicker

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing! It is always fun to hear other people's techniques :-)

Super helpful. Thanks so much

@HelpfulLockPicker

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for checking it out!

Great videos, truly helped me

@HelpfulLockPicker

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I'm glad they help!

Nice video, cool visual demo too. 🍺😎

@HelpfulLockPicker

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words! It was fun to make :-)

Very cool info for newbies

@HelpfulLockPicker

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words!

yep, useful. Thanks.

@HelpfulLockPicker

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words!

Great video thanks

@HelpfulLockPicker

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Thanks for sharing .great video my friend. 😎

@HelpfulLockPicker

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words!

The method you describe is the "SpeedBump Method" originally proposed by either Dr.Bint or Solomon, can't recall offhand which, but it IS an effective tool in your skillset...

@HelpfulLockPicker

5 жыл бұрын

It is definitely an effective technique and hopefully sharing it will help others. :)

I appreciate you immensely for these videos. You are a great teacher for lockpicking... I guess you could say.. you make things click! I am sorry :( can't help the puns. Gonna check out that course for getting to intermediate! Sub well earned!

good video they help a lot please make more.Thank you

@HelpfulLockPicker

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for checking it out!

Very helpful. Got me past a 4 pin I'd been stuck on for about 24 hours.

Great video my friend or some information for people or first time I've done one of these videos myself great job👍😊👍😊😎👌

@HelpfulLockPicker

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words!

Good stuff

@HelpfulLockPicker

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Cool my friend, i have done that many times but never new it had a name it is a great way to find the next pin to pick

@HelpfulLockPicker

5 жыл бұрын

I honestly don't know if it truly has a name but that is what I've always called it in my head. I think it is a technique we all use but we have not put a name to it yet. It is nice to see you're still going strong with all your daily videos :-)

@lockmania-locks

5 жыл бұрын

@@HelpfulLockPicker thanks My Friend, i am half way now and i just got me two new locks i found in a second hand store i kinda know the owner so he sometimes put some locks aside i Will show Them tomorrow, but it is not that hard to make these videos because i don't Edit or anything i just film and upload that makes it a Lot easyer, btw don't you want to be in my 100 sub giveaway, you are welcome if you want to, There is not so many in yet 👍😁

@HelpfulLockPicker

5 жыл бұрын

@@lockmania-locks I must have missed the video to enter. Which one do I enter through?

@zlocksca

5 жыл бұрын

@@HelpfulLockPicker I think Dr Bint/Solomon named this method the "speed bump method"in a paper/ booklet titled "lock picking detail overkill"

@lockmania-locks

5 жыл бұрын

@@HelpfulLockPicker sorry for the late anwser, it is my video number 70 it is just called, car lock picked, to try to hold the ones that is only There for giveaways away

16/86 videos done!

@HelpfulLockPicker

3 жыл бұрын

Congrats 👏

Yes, most break-ins are from physical attack, but in the past, there weren't videos for public consumption like yours on how to pick locks and enter surreptitiously, so I see these as helping those with criminal tendencies to gain new skills for committing crimes. Locksmith schools check backgrounds, you offer it to anyone.

@HelpfulLockPicker

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing

how do you identify what pin your on in keyway

2:34 - 2:40 interestingly the lower half of pin 4 has some looseness to it, which could cause it to feel like it has been set, but it still has more lifting to do. I really like this technique, because I can go by feel and not worry about what number pin I am on. I'm sure practice makes perfect, however, at this point I go nuts trying to decipher "okay this is pin 4, this is pin 3, and literally counting each one trying to imagine that my pick is all the way in the back on pin 4. And, I use a really short hook that is ever so slight of a curve. I cannot imagine it being possible to use anything with a steeper hook, because there is no room, though I watch folks doing it.

@HelpfulLockPicker

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

@kennybakerhvacr5751

6 ай бұрын

I'm with ya bud. I'm agreeing with everything you said in this comment !

I know this as the speed bump method.

@HelpfulLockPicker

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing! I didn't know it by this name but it is nice to know now :)

All about detect binding, springy, set and overset pins is just so damn hard! But I can defeat it with a lot of practice i guess, haha

@HelpfulLockPicker

3 жыл бұрын

Congrats on the success

interesting

@HelpfulLockPicker

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for checking it out!

Will this work when try to pick a padlock that has spool pins ?

@HelpfulLockPicker

2 жыл бұрын

If the pin is binding it should work

the moment i go in there i constant hear click click click nothing is happening i have thrown the lock so many times away because doesnt work. I can feel the first one click and when i release it it goes back up even after tension

Does anyone have a good link or know where I can purchase these Lock Picking Tools???

@HelpfulLockPicker

Жыл бұрын

Peterson lock picks is good

I'm probably confusing my self, but how does gravity allow there to be "over set key pins" what's holding them up, do they go past the sheer line? If not, wouldn't just tapping lock make them fall back down? Hey thanks!

@HelpfulLockPicker

3 жыл бұрын

An overset keypin is set higher than the shearline and the tension you place on the plug is what is holding them up

I'm having issues in setting my binding pin, using only the training lock. Any suggestions?

@HelpfulLockPicker

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe try more tension. Or switching from bottom of keyway to top of keyway

Need a site besides what I’ve already purchased from sparrows, need more cutaway practice locks.🗝

@HelpfulLockPicker

4 жыл бұрын

You can find a lot more online

I’ve never gotten a loud and clear click 😅

Why does it seem like I pick the lock by hitting only one or two pins sometimes? And other times I can’t get it to open as easy.

@HelpfulLockPicker

4 жыл бұрын

All locks are different and you learn from each one. The locks where you open off of only hitting a few pins it is possible the shaft of your pick is setting the other pins and you are not realizing it

So you have to pick the lock in order as how you did it

@HelpfulLockPicker

Жыл бұрын

It is different for every lock

I've been doing this and thought that maybe I shouldn't be

@HelpfulLockPicker

5 жыл бұрын

If it works, it works, lol. Thanks for checking it out!

@ajclark9939

5 жыл бұрын

@@HelpfulLockPicker it doesn't always work but it's worth trying

How would everyone feel about videos on how to steal cars as a sport because of course everyone would only steal their own cars as a hobby or friend's cars with their permission? What about making poisons? Bombs? Teaching Anyone how to pick locks means teaching some people that intend to use it for illegal purposes. Is it fun? Yeah. It is a good idea for society in general? Hardly.

@HelpfulLockPicker

5 жыл бұрын

I think across many different sports or hobbies there will always be a few bad apples and we should not let them be our focus. But when you break it down, most unauthorized entry comes through destructive entry because it doesn't take any skill and is very reliable and you should be more worried about someone with bolt cutters, a drill, a crowbar, etc more than this