[206] How To Defeat Overset Pins: Prevent, Identify, and Fix Overset Pins (Learn Lock Picking)

How To Detect and Set Overset Pins While Picking Locks

Learning how to identify an overset pin will take practice but it is an important skill to develop while learning to pick locks. Overset pins will prevent you from opening your locks and you will need to be able to detect and fix them to progress in lock sport.

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[rosskey]

As a relatively new lock picker I would say this video is the best I've seen in explaining the difference between the feel of a set pin and unset pin. It is going to help me a lot as I improve my lock picking.
I suspect I often overset pins and now I think I have a much better chance of identifying them.
Thank you very much for making this video. 😁👍

[NuniqueNewNork]

Back to front is the easiest to learn. As you go, try to memorize the order of pin friction. Try to work in the order of most friction to least, per pin. Expect to start over again at least 5 times until you learn the friction order. Sometimes the pin shapes and side bars will fool you. But after getting the pin order, you can memorize the heights, and bypass false sets.

[davidharrell]

5 stars on this one!! Great job explaining everything. I struggle with overset, newbie move though.

[Nikkiflausch]

The trick with the quick swipe through the bible under lighter tension to release overset pins without losing everything else was fantastic, thank you for that.

[jobustify]

A great video all beginners should watch. As a novice, oversetting is definitely my most frequent problem. As you point out theres a feel to the process that you have to develop. Back to practice for me!

[maplobats]

Wow! I would like to thank you, your videos have been - by far - the most helpful to me (probably many others) in advancing in this hobby. You really do explain this stuff very well.

[plywoodcarjohnson]

It's weird how setting pins is even possible. As if they were constructed to be picked.

[gargoyleb]

Thank you!!! You get to the point, stay on topic and speak clearly and intelligently. Good job.

[FostersLab]

Thank you so much!
I just got into lockpicking, starting with padlocks, and oversetting pins is my biggest problem right now. Top of the keyway tensioning makes more sense, but I don't think my tools are the most appropriate for that, yours seems to have the right shape!
Thank you very much for this video, I'll go and watch the others :)

[idlehour]

Thanks for the videos i appreciate and respect the time you take to make these videos. Lock picking has become my "fidget spinner" after a long exhausting day at work its a good focus to help my mind stay calm lol

[hankfisher]

I think this may be your best video yet. VERY good job!!

[raygodwin]

Hands down the best and most detailed technical lock bypass troubleshooting techniques your ever going to find on the web. Thanks.

[overlord]

Thanks mate just subbed. I've been watching LPL and BB but they dont realy explain it in as much detail as you did.

[tunafish]

Good picking I have been doing this out in my garage for two hours got peod and came back in the house.
Now I have to go back and try again, thanks for the advice.

[scottrowe]

Thank you for this video. I only got into lockpicking a few weeks ago, and I've been trying to pick a 6pin cylinder lock for nearly 2 weeks. I finally got into it today because of this video. Thank you

[robertmeineke]

Thank you very much sir. I was pretty sure that this is what i have started running into. It was very helpful to me. Thanks again for making thses videos. It is very much appreciated and you do a great job with them! Have a great day!

[macnutz]

Thanks much, this is very useful. I have been dealing with this issue. Finally realized I needed to use a deeper hook, or the tron or offset hybrid, to avoid oversetting with the shaft of the pick.
So far, I have just had to start over every time. I shall practice your suggestion for recovering without all dropping all of the pins you've set. Very useful stuff.

[psychowolf]

Just picked up the hobby and your videos although old have been very helpful thank you

[danmcdonald]

I've been struggling with over set pins. I accidently developed a weird technique where I over set one of the pins and I'd back off tension and the lock would open. It works for easy masterlock, but anything with security pins isn't working. This should help me unlearn my bad habit. Ty!!