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720	3180	Welcome to the Lockpick Village.
3180	5460	We are the open organization of lockpickers,
5460	7220	an international non-profit organization
7220	10160	dedicated to teaching hobbyist lockpicking,
10160	12020	sometimes called locksport.
12020	15500	This is the tool introduction to lockpicking talk,
15500	17280	where we will teach you real lockpicking
17280	19980	over the course of the next 20 to 25 minutes.
20120	23060	To begin with, though, we have some rules.
23060	25520	Because we are the good guys, the white hat hackers,
25520	26740	ethical locksporters,
26740	29180	we have two rules that we're very serious about.
29180	31880	First, don't pick locks that you don't own,
31880	33620	which includes the locks in your apartment
33620	35600	or the other institutions that you're at.
35600	38380	And also, don't pick locks upon which you rely.
38380	40300	We want lockpicking to improve your safety
40300	43420	and improve your ability to control your surroundings,
43420	46500	not damage the locks or damage your personal safety.
46500	48140	So follow those two rules,
48140	50320	help us improve the impression of lockpickers,
50320	52360	and help yourself stay out of trouble.
52960	55300	The type of lockpicking we're talking about today
55300	57880	is pin tumbler lockpicking,
57880	60220	and it has two tools involved.
60220	62220	Not one, not three or more.
62220	64160	It's two hands with two different tools
64160	67100	doing two different tasks inside the lock.
67100	69100	In Hollywood, you'll see them stick
69100	71700	any old thing, a piece of chewing gum,
71800	72940	a pen, inside the lock,
72940	74780	and what do you know? It just falls open.
74780	77060	In the real world, though, picking this type of lock
77060	79920	takes two different tools with two different tasks.
79920	82840	I show you this slide here so that you can see it
82840	85320	at least once right before we talk about
85320	86740	how it's actually done.
86740	89940	As for the type of lock, that pin tumbler lock,
89940	91740	well, that's the famous lock profile
91740	94040	that you've seen just about every day
94040	95580	if you're in North America and many
95580	97300	places outside North America.
97300	99240	Whether you see that shape in a deadbolt
99240	101480	or a padlock or
101480	103840	any time that you see that familiar
103840	106460	curvy shape, that's the pin tumbler lock,
106460	108300	and since about 1865,
108300	109940	it has been what we mean
109940	112240	when we say lock in North America.
112420	114460	You're used to seeing it from the outside,
114460	116280	which you're probably less used to seeing
116280	118440	is the inside. Let's go past that
118440	120300	front face and look behind it.
120300	121900	Here's your x-ray view.
122440	124440	And some vocabulary terms.
124820	126340	There's a lot of terms here.
126340	127900	The one I want you to focus on
128340	130240	is that one right in the middle,
130240	132060	that blue pin, which we call
132060	134460	the driver pin. Obviously,
134460	136020	they're not red and blue in real life,
136020	137960	and we can't really refer to them as one pin,
137960	140160	two pin, red pin, blue pin, nor can we
140160	142180	refer to them as top and bottom pin
142180	144140	because in Europe, when they have
144140	145960	these types of locks, they can often
145960	147940	be inverted. And since they've been doing this longer
147940	150140	than we have, they win. We don't call them
150140	152460	top and bottom. We give them functional names.
152460	153620	And the driver pin,
153620	156100	the driver pin's job is to push
156100	157800	down on that key pin. The key pin
157800	160040	holds the driver pin up, and the spring
160040	162060	makes sure that gravity doesn't affect
162060	164020	what happens with those pins.
164200	165820	If you want to think about it,
165820	168280	the driver pin is the lock
168280	169960	because it's the piece that's half in
169960	172080	and half out of that plug, that yellow plug
172080	174100	that turns. If the
174100	176200	driver pin sits right there,
176200	178240	then the lock stays locked
178240	180040	in the spring, and the key pin are just
180040	182240	there to make sure that unless and until
182240	184140	the proper key is entered, that
184140	186460	driver pin is in the way.
187060	188200	We talked about the driver
188200	190060	pin being in the way. What we mean is
190060	191860	it's at this dotted line
191860	194040	called the shear line. The shear line isn't
194200	196280	a part of a lock. It's a place
196280	198040	or it's really an absence of
198040	199980	thing, which is the separation
199980	201600	between, again, the plug that turns
201600	203880	and the housing that doesn't. As long as there's
203880	205940	something at that shear line, usually the driver
205940	207920	pin, the lock is locked, won't
207920	209500	turn, and won't open.
210680	212000	Here's what it looks like
212000	213880	when you try to turn the lock
213880	216420	with the driver pin still in place.
216880	218100	It wobbles
218240	220120	a little bit, but it doesn't open.
220120	221740	Think of that driver pin as saying,
221740	224520	no, no, still no, try again,
224520	225680	I'm locked.
226040	228040	The way to change that
228040	230020	is with a key. All the
230020	232380	key's job is to displace,
232380	234000	fill up that space, so that
234000	235940	the key pin rises up, which
235940	238040	in turn pushes the driver pin up,
238040	239640	and as soon as the driver pin
239640	242040	is past that shear line, and there is nothing
242040	243700	at the shear line, i.e.
243700	246500	the key pin is all the way in
246500	248340	and the driver pin is all the way out,
248340	250380	there's nothing blocking the plug,
250380	251980	the plug can turn, and
251980	253700	the lock can open.
254080	256040	If you take multiple
256040	257960	driver pins, multiple
257960	260020	key pins, and multiple
260020	262080	springs, and you all
262080	264020	put those in a lock body, you have a real
264020	266080	honest-to-goodness, bought-it-at-the-hardware
266080	267300	store lock.
267900	270080	This is the lock at rest. A few things
270080	272220	you'll notice about it. First,
272220	273960	the driver pins
273960	276020	are all in line at the
276020	278680	shear line, and they're all identical.
278800	280000	Also, the springs are
280000	281760	all identical up here,
281760	283960	even though they look like they're different sizes, they're
283960	285740	just doing what springs do in filling up
285740	287780	space. The key pins
287780	290100	are where the difference comes in.
290100	291940	Key pins, some are short, some are
291940	293800	tall. That's where the variation
293800	296140	lock-to-lock comes from, and by definition
296140	297440	the key for that lock
297860	299920	is the reciprocal of each of those
299920	300940	key pins.
301720	303800	Notice that the pins don't fall
303800	305680	all the way down to the bottom of the lock, because
305680	307820	the hole that each
307820	309980	pin is drilled into is just
309980	311960	the right size to make sure that
311960	313960	even though this area down here
314520	316280	looks like it's just empty space,
316280	318100	it's actually a little
318700	320040	notched so that the pins don't
320040	321900	fall all the way down to the bottom and that there's room
321900	324060	for the key. Now, if you
324060	326260	have the right key for the lock,
326260	327900	it slides in,
327900	330080	you'll watch the driver pins go up and down,
330080	331740	the key pins go up and down, and
331740	334000	when it's finished, there's a nice, clear shear
334000	336020	line. You pull the key back out,
336020	337920	everything returns to its resting state,
337920	339800	and the lock is locked again.
340520	342140	One more time,
342140	343920	the springs give way,
343920	346000	and then they push everything back down
346000	347920	to its new
347920	349840	resting state with a clear shear
349840	351880	line. If you have
352000	353840	a key that is almost right, you have
353960	355780	a lock that is almost locked.
355780	358000	In this case, this key is right
358000	360040	in the first position, third,
360040	361620	fourth, and fifth position,
361620	363820	but the second position, it doesn't lift the
363820	365880	key pin quite high enough, which means the driver pin isn't
365880	367940	lifting quite high enough, and there is still
367940	370240	one driver pin at the shear line.
370260	371700	This lock is almost
371700	374160	open, but almost is not good enough.
374160	375980	It's still locked. You can have
375980	377860	the alternate problem, where now
377860	379780	we have a key that is a little
379780	381860	too high in that second position, which means
381860	383800	it's pushed that key pin up above the
383800	385800	shear line. Key pins are just as
385800	387660	happy as driver pins to block
387660	389660	the shear line and prevent that lock from
389660	390420	opening.
391560	393820	But of course, where we're going,
393820	395800	we don't need keys. So if you
395800	397680	came here just to learn about keys,
397680	399760	then you can go. You know everything there is to
399760	401260	know about pin tumbler keys.
401760	403780	If you want to learn about lockpicking,
403780	405800	then kick your brain into overdrive,
405800	407940	because this is the complicated part here.
408740	409740	In a perfect
409740	411800	world, lockpicking would not
411800	413600	be possible. Now, that wouldn't be a perfect world
413600	415720	for all of us that love teaching
415720	417600	lockpicking and love doing lockpicking,
417600	419520	but when I say a perfect world, I mean
419520	421840	mathematically perfect, where things
421840	423620	roll off the production line exactly
423620	426020	the way they were designed. Here is a
426020	428180	schematic view of a lock. We've taken that plug,
428180	430100	and we've taken all the springs,
430100	431680	key pins, and driver pins out of it,
431680	434800	and we're just looking at the holes that they go into.
434800	436220	You'll notice that those
436220	438100	holes are perfectly in
438100	440020	line, which means
440020	442140	when you try to give that plug
442140	444900	a turn after you've filled it with
444900	445960	springs, driver pins,
445960	447740	and key pins, each one
447740	450600	of those driver pins that is right on the shear line,
450600	451420	every single one of them says
451420	453140	together and in unison,
453140	455460	no, stop, go no further,
455460	457300	the right key isn't in here,
457300	459240	this lock will remain locked.
459240	461040	And they agree on that.
461720	462940	And that would be great
462940	465180	if such a lock existed, because
465180	467500	it would be unpickable, reason being
467500	468660	the only way
469240	471200	to open the lock would be to lift
471200	472980	each and every one
472980	475580	to the right height at the right time,
475580	477180	and if you can do that, then you have
477180	479000	what's called a key.
480000	481100	In the real
481100	482920	world, however,
482920	485480	no lock is perfect.
486160	487200	So what you see here
487200	489080	is the downsides of mass
489080	491020	production. Cheap locks,
491020	492920	not bad locks, just inexpensive
492920	495020	locks built with different priorities
495020	497100	in mind, cost effectiveness being one
497100	498940	of them. So here you see the
498940	501040	chipping, the marring, the
501040	503000	misalignments, the rusting, that
503000	505060	comes from a real world
505060	506320	piece of equipment.
506320	508300	As a result,
508300	510440	if you put keypins
510440	512360	into it, then you'll see that they
512360	514180	don't all align.
514280	516840	In fact, up here at the top,
516840	518240	the holes have drifted fairly far
518240	520400	to the left, and down here at the
520400	522640	bottom, the holes have begun to drift to the right.
522680	524580	Of these one, two, three,
524580	526360	four, five, six pins,
526840	528420	only about one of them
528420	530200	is in the center where it's intended
530200	532020	to be. All the rest of them
532020	533680	wobble a little bit.
535120	535780	So,
535780	537780	here's what it looks like in the real
537780	540020	world. We've taken this plug again,
540020	541720	and we've redrawn it
541720	543640	to be schematic of what you'd see in
543780	545500	a real lock in the real world.
545500	547360	It was manufactured off a real
547360	549600	manufacturing line. And you'll see that
549600	551760	all the holes are still there,
551760	553660	but now they wander a little
553660	555500	bit. We put this dotted
555500	557600	line here to make it a little bit more obvious,
557600	559580	and you can see that the one, two,
559580	561660	three, fourth pin here is
561660	563540	the most out of line. If they are
563540	565540	not perfectly in line, then by definition
565540	567620	one of them has to be the most out of line.
567700	569520	In this case, in this particular example
569520	571660	of a lock, it's the fourth pin
571660	573760	that is the furthest to the right,
573760	575540	which means if we were to give that
575540	577800	plug a turn,
577800	579780	well, it wouldn't open because it's not that bad,
579780	581440	but what it would do is it would
581440	583620	stop on the one and only one
583620	585540	driver pin that is actually
585540	587960	in the way, which is the one furthest to the right.
587960	589580	So you can think of it as
589580	591400	five pins, but
591400	593500	now instead of agreeing whether the
593500	595240	lock should stay closed,
595240	597040	four of them are silent.
597040	599860	They don't even notice the plug is being turned.
599900	601260	One and only one of them is saying
601260	603380	stop, go no further.
603420	604960	In other words, you've paid for
605500	607300	five pins worth of security,
607300	609440	and you're only getting this one pin
609440	611040	worth of security right now
611460	613260	because of manufacturing tolerances
613260	615220	in the lock. So it
615220	617320	stands to reason that if this is the one and only
617320	618920	one pin that is blocking your progress,
618920	621560	if you could reach inside the lock
621560	623180	with some sort of lock
623180	625280	pick and lift
625280	627280	up on that key pin, it would
627280	629300	lift up on the driver pin, and if you managed
629300	631680	to get that driver pin above the shear line,
631680	633180	then nothing would be stopping the lock
633180	635280	from turning, and it would turn.
635280	637480	How far would it turn? Not a lot.
637500	638980	Just until it stopped
638980	641380	at the next pin that was
641380	643320	in the way. On this diagram,
643320	644880	it might be the first one.
644880	647120	You have to figure that out for yourself.
647120	649600	Lock by lock, pin by pin.
649660	650960	Remember, these are not
650960	652940	intentional. These are manufacturing
652940	655660	defects or manufacturing tolerances,
655660	656940	but that's the nature of
656940	659220	hacking. Given an inch, or given a
659220	661560	fraction of a millimeter, we will take
661560	663900	a mile. This allows us to pick
663900	665640	each pin individually
665640	668920	using only one lock pick.
668920	669860	So let's
669860	671560	go look back at that attempt
671560	673820	without a key. If you turn the plug,
673820	675620	the plug turns a little bit and then
675620	677740	stops on that driver pin. We call that
677740	679840	the binding pin. If you
679840	681740	can find the binding pin, then
681740	683700	your job is to solve the binding
683700	685780	pin. Lift up on it just
685780	687340	enough such that
687340	689840	the key pin pushes the driver pin
689840	691940	above that shear line, and watch
691940	693780	what happens. Something magical. The
693780	695600	plug turns under the driver
695600	697760	pin, and the driver pin can't go
697760	699860	home again. One
699860	701860	more time. Once the
701860	704260	driver pin goes above the shear line,
704260	706380	the door closes behind it,
706380	708200	and it traps it up there.
708880	709920	In other words,
709920	711760	it's mechanical autosave.
711760	713880	It's like a ratchet mechanism.
713940	715800	Not designed that way.
715880	718120	It's an effect of the manufacturing
718120	720020	tolerances, and we're going to exploit
720020	721940	the heck out of it to allow us
721940	723580	to set multiple pins in a row
723580	725840	until there are no more to set and the lock
725840	726840	falls open.
727980	729860	Here's what it looks like in practice.
729860	731560	We're first going to tension
731560	733660	the lock. If there's no tension,
733660	735720	then you're not picking the lock, you're just lifting
735720	737520	up pins and they'll fall right back down.
737520	739640	You need to tension the lock to create that
739640	741600	bind in the first place. Once you've created
741600	743740	the bind, your next job, find
743740	745180	the bind. Go through
745180	747560	the pins sequentially, lift
747560	749520	up on each one until you find one
749520	752100	that has a little bit of a
752100	754000	grind, crunch, creak,
754000	756040	something, anything other than
756040	757240	the squishiness that says
757240	759180	it's not the binding pin, it's
759180	761340	just the spring. This may take a
761340	763360	little bit of practice, keeping track of where you are
763360	765700	in the lock and learning how to feel the subtle
765700	767360	differences between the pins. That's the
767360	769240	skill of lock picking. But as
769240	771560	you get better at it, you'll be able to find each binding
771560	773660	pin, push it up just the right amount,
773660	775380	get the click, get the feedback, get
775380	777920	the little bit of turn of the lock that tells you
777920	779280	it's set, and then you'll go
779280	781940	on to the next one. Do that for as many
781940	783440	pins as there are in the lock,
783440	785260	and the lock will just fall
785260	787340	open. This is not like a big
787340	788820	safe lock where you've got it
788820	791360	open at the end, because
791360	793280	you've been turning since the very beginning
793280	795260	and taking away each and every
795260	796800	obstacle to the turning.
797040	799200	So, if you just put the tension
799200	801680	in, start turning, that same
801680	803180	constant steady
803180	805260	pressure will serve you all the way
805260	807620	through the end, and every time you set a
807620	809480	pin, the lock will turn just a little
809480	811440	bit more, until when you've removed
811440	813440	all the pins in the way, it will just
813440	815220	fall open.
816260	817540	Now let's take a look at
817540	819560	one of the most common problems
819560	822040	in lockpicking that will stop you cold,
822040	823480	especially if you don't know to be on the
823480	825140	lookout for it. We call it
825140	827360	overlifting, and that's when you replace one problem
827360	829400	with another by putting the key
829400	831460	pin up above the shear line, where the driver
831460	833360	pin normally is. You see, this
833360	835300	person picking along had a short
835300	837420	one in the fourth position, and another
837420	839180	short one in the third position, which
839180	841540	means when it comes time to pick the last
841540	843560	one with a little bit taller key
843560	845640	pin, they lift it too high
845640	847620	and it gets bound above the shear line.
847620	849540	The only way to get out of this position is to
849540	851540	release your tension down here, shake the
851540	853400	etch-a-sketch, and lose all your
853400	855200	progress. So,
855200	857460	just like getting a haircut or
857460	859580	salting the soup, you can always
859580	861440	go back and do more, it's very
861440	863580	hard to go back and do less. So,
863580	865640	light hands, small movements,
865640	867540	remember how small these pieces are,
867540	869600	and avoid overlifting, you'll save yourself
869720	871520	a lot of trouble. And of course, if you do get
871520	873460	stuck, that's okay,
873460	875880	shake it out, shake your hands out, shake the lock out,
875880	877460	start over, you'll do better
877460	878440	next time.
879700	881580	We've talked a lot about what
881580	883240	this hand is doing,
883240	885500	using the lock pick, but let's
885500	887520	talk about the unsung hero, the
887520	889460	turning tool. A lot of very
889460	891100	intelligent pickers will tell you
891100	893400	very seriously that
893400	895380	in all practicality, the turning tool
895380	897540	is what picks the lock, because the turning tool
897540	899520	is responsible for putting that all
899520	901180	important, constant, steady
901180	903800	pressure on the lock.
904780	905640	As far
905640	907640	as how to apply that pressure,
907640	909420	well, first, we like using that big
909420	911320	finger, the precision digit,
911320	913600	and put it far out on
913600	915580	the turning tool, so that
915580	917480	you can use leverage and
917480	919840	amplify any feedback you get.
920060	921400	Next question, how
921400	923680	much turning pressure? And I will tell
923680	925520	you, honestly, there is
925520	927520	good reasons to do light pressure, and there's
927520	929420	good reasons to do heavy pressure. And someone
929420	931520	who tells you one or the other isn't wrong,
931520	933560	they're weighing different things. We
933560	935620	at the Lock Pick Village tend to tell novice
935620	937760	lock pickers, start off with light pressure.
937760	939540	That has a lot more to do with not damaging
939540	941540	the locks or the equipment than it does
941540	943440	with being the most effective
943440	945440	way to pick locks. A lot of
945440	947460	very good lock pickers tend to use quite heavy
947460	949520	tension, but very carefully
949520	951500	modulated heavy tension. They use
951500	953640	the right amount of tension to get the feedback
953640	955880	from the lock. So, experiment
955880	957540	with the tension levels, but most
957540	959720	importantly, don't put on more than you
959720	961600	can confidently, comfortably, and
961600	962840	safely use.
963760	965620	As for the type of picks,
965620	968040	you'll probably have a lot of picks in your kit.
968900	969680	We call this
969680	971520	one the hook. We call this one the half
971520	973540	diamond, because apparently triangle is too
973540	975440	hard to say. This is sometimes
975440	977640	called a rake, a snake rake. There's lots of
977640	979540	varieties of cool little wiggly
979540	981860	ones. When you're just starting off,
981860	983580	we recommend starting with
983580	985400	these two, either the half diamond
985400	987840	or the hook, because
987840	989660	they tend to promote the best
989660	991760	practice and give you the most accuracy in
991760	993820	picking one pin at a time.
996680	997680	Now,
997680	999480	as you're starting off, there's a tendency
999480	1001780	to figure out how you want to lift
1001780	1003680	in the lock. You can put it
1003680	1005680	against the bottom, you can put it against your finger,
1005680	1007740	you can float it in midair. Whatever works
1007740	1009640	for you, mindful of the
1009640	1011360	task that you're trying to do, which is
1011360	1013140	feel very small things in a lock
1013140	1015420	and get it to turn. So don't add
1015420	1017580	any more friction to the lock than you need to
1017580	1019240	and don't rub up against the sides
1019240	1021420	or other material in the lock more than
1021420	1023720	you need to. But mostly it's a matter of personal choice.
1024160	1025480	Except that, if you're doing
1025480	1027400	something like this rocking lifting,
1027400	1029260	I want you to make sure that lifting
1029260	1031100	doesn't turn into crowbar.
1031100	1033500	These are precision tools, and if you're
1033500	1035380	really digging, especially if you're using really
1035380	1037400	heavy tension, and you
1037400	1039280	start getting really firm binds,
1039280	1041720	there's a tendency to start crowbarring
1041720	1043840	and the pick starts to bend,
1043840	1045540	which means it's no good for anyone.
1045540	1047480	If these are your tools,
1047480	1049360	then that's too bad because you're out of tools.
1049360	1051220	If there are tools, it's almost worse
1051220	1053400	because then not only can we use it, but no one
1053400	1055380	else can use it either, and it makes it harder
1055380	1058000	to put on lockpick villages like we love to do.
1058440	1059180	So,
1059640	1061700	as you're picking, be gentle.
1061700	1063320	Remember these are precision tools.
1063320	1065320	I put up a picture of the bunny here, not
1065320	1067220	because I think you're children, but because I know I've
1067220	1069260	thrown a lot of complex information at you,
1069260	1071360	and if I show you a picture of a crying bunny,
1071360	1073600	you'll remember, be gentle,
1073600	1075220	ease up, use the tools
1075220	1076240	with precision.
1076840	1079020	Now, if you're just starting lockpicking,
1079020	1081240	there's a great activity that
1081240	1083300	everyone would benefit from, and that's
1083300	1085380	this. Pull the turning tool
1085380	1087220	out of the lock. Just for this one time,
1087220	1089200	don't try to pick the lock. What I want you to do
1089200	1091200	is feel the tension. Think of this as
1091360	1093320	a tension taste test, or as a
1094440	1095980	springiness taste test. Reach
1095980	1098260	into the lock with the pick of your choice,
1098260	1100260	and on that one pin,
1100260	1101920	just lift up on that pin.
1101920	1103840	This is especially great if you have a lock
1103840	1106080	where you've taken all the other pins out, and there's just
1106080	1107980	one to focus on. But you can do it with
1107980	1109920	other locks, too, with a little bit of cleverness.
1109940	1111860	Just lift up on that pin and feel
1111860	1113940	what a springy pin feels like without
1113940	1115960	any tension. Then,
1115960	1117980	and only then, add the turning
1117980	1120440	tool so that you have a little bit of tension.
1120440	1121960	And now, if there's only one pin
1121960	1123840	in the lock, you've created a binding
1123840	1125820	pin. Now go in and try
1125820	1127960	that one on for size. Feel
1127960	1130320	that binding, grinding,
1130320	1131860	crunching, scraping.
1132360	1133900	Characterize it however you want,
1133900	1135820	but being able to tell the difference between that
1135820	1138060	binding pin and the unbinding
1138060	1139020	pin without tension
1139920	1142300	is the essence of lockpicking.
1142480	1143840	And zeroing in on that feeling
1143840	1145880	will make you a much better lockpicker.
1146060	1147860	Of course, the most important
1147860	1150320	part of lockpicking is practicing,
1150320	1152160	and at Tool, we've gone to a lot of effort
1152160	1154300	to create practice locks specifically designed
1154300	1156060	for learning lockpicking.
1156340	1158400	If you're at one of our lockpick villages,
1158400	1160340	we have multiple
1160340	1162360	locks that have some of the
1162360	1164180	pins pulled out of them. So you can go
1164180	1166360	from a one-pin lock all the way up to a six-pin
1166360	1168140	lock and learn as you go.
1168140	1170480	But you don't need tool locks to practice.
1170480	1172580	You can get locks at your hardware store.
1172580	1174520	You might find padlocks like this.
1174520	1176200	They work fine. They're cheap
1176200	1178100	locks, but they'll teach you enough about
1178100	1179540	lockpicking. You can also find
1180100	1182000	just regular door deadbolt
1182000	1184240	locks. It doesn't matter what type of locks
1184240	1186060	that you get as long as you
1186060	1187800	sit down with them, you practice with them,
1188220	1190060	and you have enough of them that
1190060	1192040	you have the variety. So you're not learning how to pick
1192240	1194040	a particular lock. You're learning how to pick locks
1194040	1196140	in general. Because you're at home,
1196140	1197900	I wanted to run you through some frequently
1197900	1200220	asked questions that we often hear.
1200220	1202460	See if we can get you set up on the right path.
1202660	1204020	Preston, how do you
1204020	1206140	hold the lock? What we like to do
1206140	1208160	is turn the lock so the top part is
1208160	1210140	deep in the web of your hand, and then you can
1210140	1211720	close these two knuckles here
1211720	1214040	over the lock. Holds it fairly
1214040	1216160	gently, but securely, and
1216160	1218120	then if you stick out that index finger,
1218120	1220120	the turning tool will just rest right against
1220120	1222680	that index finger, giving you the right amount of pressure.
1222780	1224100	How do I hold the pick?
1224100	1226100	Well, think of it like a scalpel. This is
1226220	1228360	a surgical tool, so hold it like a scalpel.
1228360	1230660	That pencil grip works great.
1232380	1234080	This one doesn't work so good
1234080	1236140	because you've got a little
1236140	1238140	bit too much grip, and people
1238140	1238740	tend to
1239720	1242220	start digging too hard. And then, of course,
1242220	1244020	holding it like a shiv is right out.
1244020	1246500	That's dangerous and weird. Avoid that.
1246880	1247660	And if you
1247660	1250000	happen to have locks that are out of
1250000	1251960	their housing, so that you can see the back
1251960	1254300	of the lock, which people don't typically see,
1254300	1255960	we want to make sure that you know that the pick
1255960	1257940	goes in this part, this
1257940	1260200	shiny silver front. If you can see the back
1260200	1261980	that looks like that, that's the wrong end
1261980	1263920	of the lock. Go in the front. You'll have
1264220	1266200	a lot more luck. Now,
1266200	1267940	lock picking, not supposed to be
1267940	1269880	easy. This is new.
1269960	1272260	This is a skill-based exercise
1272260	1273920	that Evolution has done nothing to
1273920	1275940	prepare you to. So, I
1275940	1277860	want to make sure that as you're doing this, be
1277860	1279880	nice to yourself. Relax.
1279880	1282480	If you want to have a beer, talk to somebody.
1283860	1285960	That's all part of the fun. That's what we do when
1285960	1287940	we're doing tool meetups. We sit
1287940	1290100	around, we chat with each other, we relax,
1290100	1291400	we have fun with it.
1291740	1293780	And if you don't know what that animal is,
1293780	1296160	now you have seen a baby wombat
1296160	1297460	and your day is better.
1297520	1299820	And then, traditionally in lock sport,
1299820	1301880	no matter what the lock is, whether it's a practice
1301880	1303840	lock or it's a project lock that you've been working on
1303840	1306060	for weeks, when you get it open,
1306060	1308160	say open. Own it.
1308240	1309820	Celebrate it. All locks you open
1309820	1311880	are worth celebrating, and we want you to have fun
1311880	1313700	with it. Lastly,
1313700	1315920	if this sounds like fun to you, we are
1316080	1317520	a membership organization.
1317520	1320140	We have members all over the United States,
1320140	1321940	Canada, UK, Australia,
1321940	1323560	and many other countries. We would
1323560	1325380	love you to join, be a part of the organization
1326220	1327460	from your home or
1327460	1329800	in person as soon as we can.
1329820	1332460	So go check out members.tool.us
1332460	1334820	And of course, if you can't wait to get lockpicking
1334820	1336640	and you want to get your hands on lockpicking gear
1336640	1338840	as soon as you can, then tool.us
1338840	1340540	slash equipment has
1340540	1342660	exactly the gear that we like to train people
1342660	1345120	on, and we'd love you to get started on it too.
1345280	1347260	So, happy lockpicking,
1347260	1349260	practice, be gentle,
1349260	1351260	celebrate your wins, and we'll see you at the next
1351260	1352300	Lockpick Village.