I've picked my first lock, where do I get more?
I've picked my first lock, where do I get more?
I've picked a master lock (3 I believe). I also picked all the little cylinders that came with the lockpicks I ordered. Sparrow progressive. I even respinned one... Mostly due to accident.
Where do I get more locks? I think I just need the cylinders. What are these called? Where do I buy them from? I'm mostly looking for cheap and they don't have to have a practical purpose. I'm just wanting to pick them for kicks.
Check Goodwill, Salvation Army, Savers, and other thrift stores for deadbolts and doorknobs to take apart. I think I got 6 or 7 for like $20.
The cylinders can easily fit held in your curled index finger of non-dominate hand, tension with the thumb.
Try not to get any Kwiksets(look for the slot on the face, Google it), you will beat your head against them fecklessly.
If they come with keys, write numbers on the key and cylinder so you don't mix them up; just in case.
I actually quite like qwicksets (edit: classic, not smartkey) for practice (specifically home Depot defiant brand). I swapped a few doorknobs in my last apartment to match the styles, so I took the extra cylinders and re-pinned them with randomly generated bittings and assorted security pin configuration. Also used a label maker to print a hint on which pins were what security type into the tailpieces or pin chamber covers.
Careful.... As someone who got started back in the day when wizwazzle was doing videos. You'll end up with a bunch of random ass locks.
Enjoy op! And congrats!
Anywhere somebody doesn't want you to be. But really you're probably just looking for cylinders like you thought. Might want to look into one that you can easily replace the pins on like this one so you can practice with different types of pins: https://www.ebay.com/itm/225003758502