[99] How To Pick Lockwood Beveled Pins

At 66 years old your videos have introduced me to an entirely new hobby. So far I’ve had mild success but I’ve been trying for weeks on end to pick the Lockwood type. It seems I am a serial oversetter.

Being surrounded by lockwoods here in OZ, this video is really helpful, especially the overset checking technique, this also helps me to locate exactly what number / order pin I am on, I have already had some success on a couple of locks I previously have been having trouble with, so thanks for this Very helpful video!

Hi Harry,   I think you've nailed it, or should I say " pinned " it down! It backs up what I have suspected after picking these locks for many years. The bevel on the drivers, were to allow for a little wear on the key pins - so the key would not " catch, " and the taper on the key pins was to allow smooth insertion and removal of the key. None of these things were designed as an antipick, however due to the close tolerances of these Lockwoods, it did in fact make them often difficult to spp.  Extremely well explained, and for the first time on You Tube. It should be helpful to the Locksport Community, that obviously have been having problems with these Aussie locks.  Well done LPL.Regards, Brian.

Thankyou for your video. I think this will be very useful for teaching this as we pick a lot of Lockwood in Australia. We pick 570 and 201 cylinders regularly by hand and students have a lot of problems with both oversetting and not understanding the bevel and why they feel "dead pins" on some of the older locks we use. The closeups and sound are vital and incredibly helpful. Your diagrams are fantastic and helpful to visual learners. Thankyou again.

Great work, and very pleased to see the systematic approach. Nice drawings as well. I really like the insight into your strategy. Thanks for the block of instruction!

Very good video of the process, Thank you so much for this video. Your walk through was very good to see and hear how the lock was responding to your picking.

Very good video !!! Excellent indeed ! Checking for overset pins plus tapered driver pins ... double fun!

Learning how to pick locks from a lawyer... this is a real thing! 😄 Leaving a like and comment for the Almighty Algorithm!

Great video. Between you and the others, there's always tons to learn.

Thank you for taking the time to make videos like this it really helps new people to the sport like myself

Great explanation and picking. Will definitely be giving it a try. Well done.

Great video and amazing skills! You can be happy that the gravity is helping for detecting overset pins. For euro cylinders this trick would not work as the pins are at the bottom. But you could probably touch them and can feel if they are bound.

I like Lockwood locks, not because of picking (I'm not a picker) but they are reliable and better than most. I'm also in Australia, so we have them a lot around here. ''Master'' locks look good, are quite cheap to buy, but their looks are way better than their safety by all reports.

Awesome follow-up on the topic.

very nice explanation mate! will def try that out on my lock that has bevelled pins. thank you :)

Great video, excellent tips. Much appreciated.

Another great vid buddy. Thanks for sharing your knowledge😘😘👍🍻

Harry, did you ever develop your upside-down/“euro” picking skills? I’d be interested in hearing tips on the topic!

Nice work as always!

Excellent video again. Gave me more of an insight to how to tackle L/W's with bevel pins. Thank You for sharing that ;-)