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[โ€“] interolivary@beehaw.org 36 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I've been on a hiatus due to some medical stuff making it hard for me to concentrate, but I'm a lock nerd. I collect cool locks ("cool" being very subjective here ๐Ÿ˜…) and pick / manipulate them.

edit: here's a tiny part of my collection. I'd upload more but I'm having a hard time with the mobile site and image uploads

[โ€“] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

what's up fellow locksport nerd?! I think people would be shocked how easy rudimentary picking is.

[โ€“] interolivary@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

A-ha, I knew there have to be lock nerds on Lemmy.

But yeah the basics are dead simple, you just need to have a light touch and listen to your fingers ๐Ÿ˜„

And so much of the stuff applies for the majority of lock mechanisms. A lot of it boils down to "apply tension, feel for pins / disks / sliders / wafers / whatever that don't want to move and then you make them move, while leaving the other pins / etc. alone. Repeat until done"