This is what I love about you Bill, you're REAL and you do it LIVE without a bunch of off the camera rehearsing like some others. In any case, that's all I have to say to you today. 😉
As an Indian guy who wants to learn lock picking, it's great to know how to tension and pick these guys cause they're all I have (except my front door lock but that's pretty hard to pick as well as in use)
Bill, just popping in to thank you and wish you well in your retirement. Thank you for the invaluable knowledge you've provided in 1000's of video just like this one. Enjoy your retirement Bill. You've more than earned the opportunity to spend more time with family after all you've given to so many.
Thanks BB! I'm loving these episodes. You've shown me I'm not too much of a weirdo for liking old levers. I mean... I'm still weird; that's never going away
Been having an attempt at lever locks recently, even with the perspex plate one I'm struggling, this video will help a lot. Hopefully I'll open one soon. Thanks for the video.
Thanks for this video. I like antique locks. I bought some from an antique store and have yet to pick them. I have a Champion 6 lever lock that is kicking my rear end. I would love to pick it, make a key for it, clean it up, and put it to use.
Great advice and vid Bill... there is one other way which I've not used and it wouldn't be effective on all locks but you can try tensioning the bolt catch side of the shackle...
I don't mean to be not picking or disrespectful but I am an old school locksmith. They are all lever locks but any padlock mortise lock or furniture lock with a post uses a barrel key. What most people refer to as skeleton keys in which the key itself has the post uses a bit key. When purchasing these keys you need to specify bit or barrel as well as the inside diameter of the barrel or outside diameter of the bit. Just as a FYI.
Super useful. I have a few of those im yet to tackle and this is just the video i needed. Ps THE final and quite expensive way is to get hooked on piling and decide to buy a lathe and milling machine to make your own tools. Mind you i kinda wanted those anyway for other reasons ;-)
I have a Keline lock I had gotten from my stepfather after he retired from the Railroad. I guess it use to be used on switches. Use to have a brass key I remember seeing when I was a kid but it's nowhere I can find. The keyhole including the post and the key looks similar, oh and it also has a spring load cover but from what little I can see if the insides it looks Whit different than the other inside of lever locks that I have seen (after watching this I'm thinking maybe it's a single lever) gonna give that music wire a shot. I would like to figure out how to get it open because here around Cleburne because of Santa Fe there are lots old railyard locks around that folks want to get rid of, if you can find someone who doesn't want to charge you antique store prices.
Ermm Bill, you have gone up a few notches on your picking skill. The lock surrendered and all you had to do was stick in your tension tool and BING! it opened. Now that takes skill ; )
Can you show how to (if possible) do impressioning with these locks? As you say most of these locks get their key lost, it would be nice to make a new dedicated key for them if possible.
They usually can be impressioned easier than pin tumbler locks. An old trick is to use a match or lighter to blacken the key blank which helps to highlight impression marks.
@@mikrobspen, thanks! That's a cool idea using the soot. I guess most levers are stamped/punched out & the key to lever contact surfaces aren't smoothed off much. It would be interesting to see a video of a multiple lever lock being impressioned.
@@fritzkuhne2055 My father taught me one simple way to do that when I was young. He blackened a key blank, or an unwanted larger key, over a candle flame, put the key into the lock, moved it around to mark the soot, and then filed the key to fit. He had a dozen or so metal travel trunks with no keys, and within a few hours they all had working keys.
I believe the technique is called candling. You use the soot from a candle to show where the levers are and where you need to file. Then you file and with trial and error until you have a working key. Jason Meeks from SE Lock and Key shows the procedure on his RUclips channel. It’s neat to watch!
Great video bill thank you It would be nice to see you do some challenge locks Also I seen you did a review on the RCS polymer handle jack knife it would be nice to see you do one of the rcs aluminum handle Jack knife I believe the website is www.lockpicktools.com or Southern specialties
Can you please tell me the make and model of the camera you used to film the inside of the lever locks you had cut open in previous videos. The camera probe was small and was able to fit right up in the hole you created. Thanks
The brand is "Teslong", but there is no model number on it. I found it on eBay to replace an older one that no longer worked after one of the Windows upgrades.
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This is what I love about you Bill, you're REAL and you do it LIVE without a bunch of off the camera rehearsing like some others. In any case, that's all I have to say to you today. 😉
lol
As an Indian guy who wants to learn lock picking, it's great to know how to tension and pick these guys cause they're all I have (except my front door lock but that's pretty hard to pick as well as in use)
Bill, just popping in to thank you and wish you well in your retirement. Thank you for the invaluable knowledge you've provided in 1000's of video just like this one.
Enjoy your retirement Bill. You've more than earned the opportunity to spend more time with family after all you've given to so many.
Just getting into this, it's fun,when you have the right tools
Great video buddy. And your right TIME to practice. Leaves locks ..😎
Good luck with all your future endeavours Bill!
Way to go, Bill! Now locks are just jumping open for you out of sheer fright! Nice level up!
Thanks BB! I'm loving these episodes. You've shown me I'm not too much of a weirdo for liking old levers. I mean... I'm still weird; that's never going away
Kind of embarrassingly easy for Eagle. Thanks Bill.
Eagle Lock = Master Lock, got it, Bill.
Been having an attempt at lever locks recently, even with the perspex plate one I'm struggling, this video will help a lot.
Hopefully I'll open one soon.
Thanks for the video.
All good tensioning methods explained. Lever locks are becoming quite popular lately.🍺😎
Could that have been a warded lock, and your tensioner just avoided all the wards?
Thanks for the advice Bill. I think it's time I got into picking lever locks.
Thanks for this video. I like antique locks. I bought some from an antique store and have yet to pick them.
I have a Champion 6 lever lock that is kicking my rear end. I would love to pick it, make a key for it, clean it up, and put it to
use.
Excellent presentation 👻
Great advice and vid Bill... there is one other way which I've not used and it wouldn't be effective on all locks but you can try tensioning the bolt catch side of the shackle...
6:50 is the part that will go down in history books
I don't mean to be not picking or disrespectful but I am an old school locksmith. They are all lever locks but any padlock mortise lock or furniture lock with a post uses a barrel key. What most people refer to as skeleton keys in which the key itself has the post uses a bit key. When purchasing these keys you need to specify bit or barrel as well as the inside diameter of the barrel or outside diameter of the bit. Just as a FYI.
Super useful. I have a few of those im yet to tackle and this is just the video i needed. Ps THE final and quite expensive way is to get hooked on piling and decide to buy a lathe and milling machine to make your own tools. Mind you i kinda wanted those anyway for other reasons ;-)
Thanks to your videos, I didn't have to call anyone else for help yesterday when I locked my keys in my house. Had everything I needed in my car. lmao
If it's casted in a low grade alloy, I usually use cold spray and whack it with a hammer. That does the trick. My customers just want it opened..
That would be neat to have!
I have a Keline lock I had gotten from my stepfather after he retired from the Railroad. I guess it use to be used on switches. Use to have a brass key I remember seeing when I was a kid but it's nowhere I can find. The keyhole including the post and the key looks similar, oh and it also has a spring load cover but from what little I can see if the insides it looks Whit different than the other inside of lever locks that I have seen (after watching this I'm thinking maybe it's a single lever) gonna give that music wire a shot. I would like to figure out how to get it open because here around Cleburne because of Santa Fe there are lots old railyard locks around that folks want to get rid of, if you can find someone who doesn't want to charge you antique store prices.
Very good tips, thanks Bill.
Ermm Bill, you have gone up a few notches on your picking skill. The lock surrendered and all you had to do was stick in your tension tool and BING! it opened. Now that takes skill ; )
That's a cool looking old lock!
WIRE ---> Good Wire to use is from an UMBRELLA.
So, when you See or Have a broken Umbrella around . . . = ]
I think I have one, Im going to have to give it a try.
Can you show how to (if possible) do impressioning with these locks?
As you say most of these locks get their key lost, it would be nice to make a new dedicated key for them if possible.
How to tell if you have a tension level lock?
As a kid I used to open a lot of these padlocks with just the flat end of a tension tool in seconds.
Even I could pick that maybe 😂😂
Also fun to tear down and repair (a lot of them show up damaged,)
Fantastic video & explanations! Can lever-locks be impressioned to make a working key?
They usually can be impressioned easier than pin tumbler locks. An old trick is to use a match or lighter to blacken the key blank which helps to highlight impression marks.
@@mikrobspen, thanks! That's a cool idea using the soot. I guess most levers are stamped/punched out & the key to lever contact surfaces aren't smoothed off much. It would be interesting to see a video of a multiple lever lock being impressioned.
I wondered the same thing as I was watching.
next video: impressioning lever locks?
that would be interesting! have no idea how to do it
@@fritzkuhne2055 My father taught me one simple way to do that when I was young. He blackened a key blank, or an unwanted larger key, over a candle flame, put the key into the lock, moved it around to mark the soot, and then filed the key to fit. He had a dozen or so metal travel trunks with no keys, and within a few hours they all had working keys.
@@RWBHere Cool. Thanks for the info. I will have to try it.
I believe the technique is called candling. You use the soot from a candle to show where the levers are and where you need to file. Then you file and with trial and error until you have a working key. Jason Meeks from SE Lock and Key shows the procedure on his RUclips channel. It’s neat to watch!
Try first method while holding the lock in your hand
Still better then master lock lol
Has somebody a seller for these kind of lock picks?
Bill looks at a lock, it opens.
Does that mean that the tensioning key in Method 2 will open the lock by itself?
Good loock
fun to see them
Thank you
Great video bill thank you It would be nice to see you do some challenge locks Also I seen you did a review on the RCS polymer handle jack knife it would be nice to see you do one of the rcs aluminum handle Jack knife I believe the website is www.lockpicktools.com or Southern specialties
Thanks for the info on the email!
When the video first started I thought it was the same lock from a few days ago then I realized no it's not it has a E on the face.
Does anyone have a link to the Andy Mac lever lock picks?
Is a 1 lever lock still a lock?
no dont tell people! will raise the price up
Can you please tell me the make and model of the camera you used to film the inside of the lever locks you had cut open in previous videos. The camera probe was small and was able to fit right up in the hole you created. Thanks
The brand is "Teslong", but there is no model number on it. I found it on eBay to replace an older one that no longer worked after one of the Windows upgrades.
@@bosnianbill Thank you! 🙂
1.33mm is a 17 gauge
hihihihi
Need keys? I've got keys that I can't find the locks for!...LOL...LOL...LOL...
Remember that alleged "Native American" pick from last year's April Fool's joke?
I think it could "pick" this lock..,
You had a little trouble with your reach around there.