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@streetvalkyrie@radical.town rake picks are the best to start with imo. requires less precision and finesse, but can still get the job done while you get used to things like managing tension and the like
kwikset (kw1) locks are easy to do, as well since the cylinders have high tolerances compared to a lot of other types, so if you're looking for a lockset to get started with for some practice they might be a good choice (also they're cheap af)
@feathers @streetvalkyrie@radical.town niiiice XD
I worked as a locksmith for a few years a while back, which is where I picked it up. never quite was particularly great at it, but I made it work until I was able to pivot away 😅
@Chel @streetvalkyrie Interesting :) Yeah, I never did much with it, honestly, besides practicing on my own locks. There was this one incident involving the opening of ceiling panels in a few dorm rooms to run dark ethernet cables between rooms, but the people participating freaked out about that so hard that we took it down. And said friend took his tools back, and I never tried to get more.
I remember just enough about it now to appreciate what's going on in Skyrim's lock picking mechanics >_>
I remember just enough about it now to appreciate what's going on in Skyrim's lock picking mechanics >_>
A beautiful anarchist soul loaned me his kit and a manual so I could learn. (The manual is a piece of art - it's printed pages, hand-cut and bound into a grocery bag wrapper that says "CHEMISTRY" on the front.)