Note that while many locks pick predominantly back to front or front to back, there are exceptions, and you may find that the binding pin stack "jumps around" from the back to the front to the middle and so on. Each wafer has a large rectangular cutout through its middle and through which the key passes; the precise height of the cutout keys the wafer to different bittings. A few pin tumbler lock products orient the key horizontally in the keyway and use a flat key bitted with variable-depth holes ("dimples") rather than the cuts used for the familiar "sawtooth" key. Apply very light torque while energetically moving the sawtooth rake in and out of the keyway. While applying light to moderate torque, push and pull a gently rounded rake pick from front to back and back to front along the pin stacks. In fact, master keyed pin stacks are easier to pick than those that are single-keyed; there are two chances to lift a cut to the shear line. There are locks with two, five, and six pins in each keyway, but the keying codes aren't labeled on them. Snap guns are occasionally successful as well. However, note that because the tumblers are a single piece, sawtooth raking, snap guns, and bump keys are not effective against them.

The Primus sidebar is keyed by additional side tumblers that engage a secondary bitting cut into the side of the key. Really merely, with out this key component, you possibly can kiss your chances at succeeding in pool great bye. Very "wavy" rake picks can simulate various key profiles, and can be surprisingly successful at opening poorly-made locks. All good ghosts walk straight through brick walls without disturbing the bricks, so how can a ghost in your body lift an arm? We maintain our good reputation in this industry and our product touch the international standard quality set by Billiard Congress of America (BCA) for use in authorized tournaments. They are all accepted as correct on both sides of the Atlantic (Latin The united states and good old Spain). Here, however, tighter tolerances and, in some cases, high-security secondary mechanisms, are more common. While pin-at-a-time picking is usually the most reliable way to open a given lock (and the skills used essential for mastery of other techniques), raking can sometimes open a lock more quickly. You should always know which pin you're working on at any given time.

Once you've picked a cylinder, you should know in exactly what order the pins pick. As you progress, you should know the state of the lock at all times: which pins are set, which aren't, which one is binding. When the final (non-security) pin is set, the lock should open. These locks are no more or less inherently secure than standard pin tumbler locks, although the external exposure of their pins makes picking them (and designing sophisticated picking tools for them) somewhat simpler. The usual scheme for master keying involves using more than one cut in some or all pin stacks (this is accomplished by adding additional pin segments). Much more wonderful. But, you see, you can’t conceive reality. Better quality locks are less forgiving of too much torque. As the peaks hit the pin stacks, energy is transferred from the bottom pins to the top pins, much like the action of the cue ball in billiards. Do not push up hard against the pins; use just enough pressure to cause the pin stacks to jump. When inserted quickly in and out of the keyway and rubbed along the bottoms of the pins, they tend to make each pin stack "jump" rapidly.

Once you've mastered the AR1 keyway locks, repeat exercises 2 through 6 with the "Ilco SX" keyway locks. These are typically pin tumbler locks, but their orientation is "upside down" with respect to the convention for locks installed in the United States. If just one pin sets at the "other" shear line, what is billiards the lock will not open even though all the pin stacks are picked. The multiple peaks allow several, or even all, pin stacks to set simultaneously. While pins are usually set by raising the cut from the plug to the shear line, they can also be picked by first oversetting the cut to within the shell and then lowering it to the shear line. Apply light torque while pivoting a long, wavy rake inside the lock, inserting and removing it slightly as you go. You have worked hard for so long, and it's something you deserve. To determine which pin stacks have these pins, gently push up each "set" pin.