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If you change the key pins does it negate the use of the original key?

Cheers on black belt! This series is a great tutorial, thanks for taking the time to walk through all this information!

I personally think most dimple style locks are flawed and can be opened too easily ( Just look at the Yale platinum or avocet abs videos) Unfortunately due to the quirky key design consumers think they are some how high security and love them 😞

Are there any more follow up videos?

What so you think of the new thicker handles in the new Community set? Also they have a new number 12 flag that is the left handed version of the number 7

Your videos are teaching me valuable lessons, thank you. One thing, though, and its not really a 'thing' because how you address your audience doesn't make a difference to me, but......I just want to let you know that your viewers include at least one female. (Lemme check real quick.....yup. I'm female! )thanks again for the videos. You do a great job making them.

Holeeeee!! I just received my little Chinese fiber optic light and I am incredibly impressed. It is soooo bright and the fiber optics are great. They must have upgraded everything highly..

Nice job picking this lock. They have raised their prices so much. I'd advise an Abloy Protect 2. A few claim to have picked these locks.... Merry Christmas too you and God bless 🙏🎄

Thank you for sharing this video. On face it looks good. 🙏🎄

I didn't get halfway in before I heard all I needed too. Was trying to decipher between the Dangerfield 10-Piece Serenity set and this one. But German engineering, the finishing, your elaboration, all of it--sold. My brother had a 'lockpicking set with tools and practice locks' on his Xmas list (which sure beats picking out a shower curtain!!) And I mean... if you gotta get Mom and Dad to go in on a gift with you as a brokeass adult college engineering student, you might as well pay $10 extra and get the best picks on the market, right?! 🤑💸👌 (I kinda want my own set now too!!!)🤣🤓

You're picking it upside down though!

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And imagine how smart I feel when I dial my combination on the first try! Lol

Where is part 1 ?

Can you do a tutorial on how to duplicate them?

Ёклмн, как настроить сейф-то????

Any ideas on finding the manual for this kind of lock?

i iost my combination for my group 2 lock , its a Gardex safe. Fortunately my door is open but in the locked position . is it possible to find my combination by turning the dial because i can see where my wheels are lining up ?

I have opened 3 or 4 of these pretty quickly with a manual pick gun. They are a bit more difficult to get in with a pick to single pin pick it.

I have a Liberty safe,.. it has worked flawless for years,...the combination got compromised/ stolen from my father. Money was stolen from my safe,.. I bought a key and changed it,... then it worked for a year I went on vacation and came home and it would not open. After 3 months it opened. I figure,...they beat on it with a rubber hammer trying to open it with the old combination? I tried putting on 2 more Ebay New locks in one box there was a Amazon tag? One when trying to set the combination,.... wouldn't turn a complete revolution? The other just did not set and it did not turn smooth,... it was binding? But both locks when putting in the 4 screws was a tight binding fit? So I put the old one back on and it spins like ball bearings,... it just don't work.

I was thinking that the reason my two locks wouldn't work was because I might have put the cam on the wrong side of the fly. I bought 2 new? ones off Ebay? It seemed like their was binding when I tried to bolt them on to the safe with the 4 bolts. I could not set the combination on one because it would only turn 1 revolution? The other one would turn smooth then bind? I tried several times to get it to work? So I left 1/16 of in and out slop in it,.. to work the best it could. I tried to set the combination and nothing at all. It didn't take. I slapped the old one back on,....it don't work but when you spin it it feels like ball bearing's. S&G no thanks.

Great vid. I was always wondering how the change key could be inserted, and the combs could be changed with a key in place. I figured that part of the wheels were moving, while other parts weren't , but didn't know about the decoupling of the " boss" ( centre) from the rest of the wheel, and the clutch that holds it together.

just bump with you handpalm on the side and turn the knob , do it a few times and its open lol

Finally someone that describes how the change key actually works, Been searching all over for this. Thanks!

It’s not rubbish

I have a safe that I saved from the landfill with a La Gard locking mechanism that looks nearly identical to what you displayed here. I have a combo that works with CW-CCW-CW (or right-left-right). Most documentation I found show a left-right-left. Is it possible there is a LRL combination that works this lock (but off by that slot width)???

What is all this talk about Manipulating the Combo Lock??? As long as the door is open and the back is off the lock case you can manually line up the wheels, insert the change key and set a new combo in maybe a minute - two at the most!

Looks like a direct copy of lock used in Eiko Japanese document safes (so Japanese junk ) . Just had one apart changed combo. Moved bolt. You can swop/maybe flip wheel 2 and 3. Put a better tumbler lock in, is next to look at. Maybe a Miwa.😊.

I've just bought a group 2 safe mechanism to play with and I've found this series invaluable. Thank you for your explanations.

That was a superb video, I like your teaching style and I learned quite a bit. Thank you.

Thanks to make me clear how the mechanism of code change occur.

Brilliant video! Wildly entertaining and informative. Subscribed, sir!

what lubricant you se on discs?

No different from any US and UK safes. It all depends on what you use it for. Light duty or heavy duty.

Getting into lock picking with my 12 y/o daughter. Was considering exactly this as an upgrade for her from her cheap Amazon beginner kit. Would you consider these a decent upgrade? I’m about to order myself the tuxedo nightschool and wanted to add something for her. Their suggestion is the Kick start because it’s easier to master. Any opinion?

Hay there...I have this lock...I can open the door fine with a partial twist to the keft...but I cannot lock the mechanism when I leave all the way to the right..., as in if I just leave anyone can walk out the door once inside. So someone could get entry via letter box. Is this normal or I should have the ability to lock the bolt across. Maybe the bolt isn't aligned via door recess??

one of my favorite channels. great work..cheers mate !

one of my favorite channels. great work..cheers mate !

Just plain UGLY. Worst safe I've ever seen.

Thanks for this series. Helped a lot. One question. My group 2 lock works ok with back plate off but when you put backplate back on the lever doesn’t drop. Can it be spring ? How tight should lever screw be?

Looks like red wine will eat through cheap furniture finishes heh? or you gunna tell me it's heat from your mug of cocoa 🙂

Fantastic picking Michael! Take care mate and enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Awesome vid 👌 Beast of a lock, thanks for sharing. Very clear of your process and made for an enjoyable vid for sure. Cheers mate! 🍻

Fascinating vid. I gotta agree with the rest... music is fine if it's that or nothing, but much prefer to hear you talk through it. I've not encountered gins before unless by a different name. Would love to see a tutorial with a closer look at those pins. Great stuff as always!

Good pick my friend. You should go in a picking comp or something! 😁👍🙋‍♂️

I enjoyed the music, but found that it pulled me away from seeing the detail of what you were doing. I 'm with the others who like hearing your dreadful kiwi accent ;-} All that aside, bloody great spot of picking. One of the few remaining skilful locksport channels.

I'm with @Lock pickings Gal. I missed hearing the detailed descriptions of what you were doing and feeling in the lock, the infectious enthusiasm in your voice plus all the other interesting background information you add. When that's topped off with your undoubted picking skills, you have something unique and special that sets you apart from your peers. Very nicely picked by the way.

Awesome picking!!! Great explanation through the picking process!! 🐈🐾🐈‍⬛🐾🍻👏👏👏👏

Aw,www my friend on Signal just beat you to it. Nice work mind, I doubt locknoob could pick it.

Great picking 👍