[1428] Inside Perspective: Picking Spool Pins

I love that "new" series. I hope to see more. Helps a lot to understand what's happening

Hearing how he would normally narrate his actions whilst being able to look inside the lock was mind blowing. Finally know what's going on after 2 years 😂

It’s amazing how intuitive terms like ‘false set’ and ‘counter-rotation’ are to describe a process I’ve never actually felt because I’ve never picked a lock. It’s also amazing how that intuition (judging from the fact that these are designed to make picking harder) obviously doesn’t translate to the feel/ability of a picker.

I legit laughed out loud when the actual picking was narrated. Brilliant.

This Inside Perspective series is excellent! It's a really nice way of looking at it.

I'm really enjoying the break from testing commercial locks, and the focus on teaching. Great stuff!

This is a REALLY great series that I wish I'd had something even CLOSE to when I started as an apprentice locksmith dang near 20 years ago (instead of the boss handing you the old HPC book, a basic set of HPC or PRO-LOK picks, and a bucket of locks).... Would have made learning at least the PICKING part of the job a lot easier. Great work LPL!!!! I do want to give one bit of advice to new pickers though, "What's going on inside the lock is a matter of science, how you go about it, is a matter of personal preference, it's an art, and as long as you can do it well, and reasonably quickly, just do what works for you...... unless it stops working, then try something else." The key is knowing what's working and what isn't, and flexibility in your style..... For example, LPL defaults to SPPing with spool pins, many other folks, including myself default to rake to false set and THEN go to SPPing... Neither one is "right" or "wrong" if it works best for you personally on the locks you're likely to see.... It's right for you PERSONALLY.... AS LONG AS IT RESULTS IN AN UNLOCK. If it doesn't however, change tactics.... If you've tried SPPing and it's not working, try raking to false set, or vise versa... AGAIN, LPL, GREAT WORK!!!

Inside Perspective series is like a magician revealing their tricks! Very cool to see as an , up to now, casual viewer Maybe one day I'll embark into this as a hobby. I have too many of those at the moment unfortunately

This series really shows how higher end locks designed with much tighter tolerances can be much more difficult to pick. Previously set pin stacks can drop while the counter rotation occurs on a different stack. I have a few locks in which the pin stacks must be picked several times in various orders to unlock it.

A real look behind the magician’s curtain. Awesome as always!

With security pins, it might be helpful to demonstrate “upside-down picking” — driving all the pin stacks up past the shear line, then reducing tension just enough to allow them to fall back down to it. It takes a bit of “touch” to be able to do it reliably, but it’s a useful technique to have at your disposal when you encounter the combination of spool/serrated drivers and tight tolerances.

I can see this "inside perspective" series becoming one of the major content well of the channel. I personally love it.

I'd ask for an "Inside Perspective" on a Masterlock, but the silly putty might ooze out.

Honestly, this is the first time I'm actually understanding the function of security pins! I'm looking at other videos from a different viewpoint now! Great video series!!

I think LPL's "Inside Perspective" videos will fast become his most liked. The very definition of "Show, don't tell."

I LOVE these! Especially the “narrating as you normally would” really helps visualise the feedback you’re getting

That was absolutely fantastic. I really appreciate such a good visual demonstration as visual learner. That was probably the most I’ve ever learned about picking locks in under 5 minutes.

Just showing my support for this series, love to learn what's happening under the hood when you pick a lock~

An "inside perspective" playlist would be great to have! These videos really show what you are talking about when you pick, and it would be nice to be able to find them quickly. "More like this":goodvibes:

I asked LPL if he could do a video explaining what's going on during counter rotation and he delivers a cut away demonstration WITH an explanation. I can hardly wait to see next week's demonstration! Thanks, LPL!