The explanation was amazing as always, but he's right the view could have been better. I have a practice disc lock where everything's clear but the discs, basically.
Comparing it to the cutaway view of the pin tumbler locks, in the tumbler lock, you can see what the pick is doing when it's moving the pins. In this, the discs are blocking the view of the pick.
Definitely had a “Well, duh, that makes sense” moment while watching this one. Seeing it happen is somehow completely different than having one disassembled and explained. Great vid!
At the end of the video, I felt like I could do that (if I had that tool)... But I suspect that's because he makes it look so stinkin' easy. This is a fascinating series...
I had the same "Well, duh, that makes sense" moment, just like you had, as a result of this new lockpicking video/series by LPL. As a "visual learner", a term that was applied to me all the way back at a grade school parent/student/teacher conference, I realize today that the term is not only fitting, but also accurate, where I am concerned. What a great video this man has created for us! Thanks LPL! Fred
"Seeing it happen is somehow completely different than having one disassembled and explained." Naturally. You meant "naturally", not "somehow". Because it's like that with everything. Naturally ;)
Reminds me of a quote regarding the design of the space shuttle external tank: "That big tube down the side was officially called a "systems tunnel", which is aerospace contractor speak for "big tube down the side."
I've learned two things today - what it looks like when picking a disc detainer lock, and that I'd like LPL to consider a second career narrating audiobooks.
I came here to post the same thing. I knew it had rotating discs, but had no idea how it worked until I saw the cutaway with the discs and the side bar. This type of lock always had me puzzled. Not any more...
I was looking for a name of this kind of lock for a long time. It is super hard to unlock compared to pin tumbler locks. Now i am more sure that no one is going to steal my bike when i have this kind of lock 😁 I am begginer at lock picking and managed to pick pin tumbler padlock with 5 pins under 25 seconds with paper clips. So i guess locking with pin lock would take 5 seconds for someone to steal my bike 😂 This way it takes bigger tool and little more time so less chance that someone is going to try to unlock my bike 😂
When you turned all of the discs clockwise, it immediately clicked why you do this on every lock. I know you've explained it in the past, but seeing it makes it make way more sense.
@@aspuzling Maybe you are not stupid, you just have a different way of thinking about things. Maybe you understand enough of how it works already, or at least enough to satisfy your own feelings about it.
LPL's commitment to not wasting his viewers time combined with this new Inside Perspective series he's been doing is reaching an incredible level of efficiency when it comes to helping understand lockpicking. I have enjoyed his videos and started to gain an understand of the order of steps, but this video really expanded that understanding by leaps and bounds in under 4 and a half minutes!!
It really is, at first I was sceptical because it's not possible to see the pick, but the movement on the disks was more than enough to really understand how the picking goes
That was strangely, extremely satisfying to watch the false gates go to true gates. Must be satisfying to feel it happen as the person picking the lock
that woud require also coming up with not only ways how to defeat locks but also how to PREVENT them from being defeated and highlighting ones that are making the picking difficult and not explaining in detail how to bypass even those that are tough to beat ... man is epitome of "it only matters if i could, not if i should" ...
Seriously, this “inside perspective” series is the best, most informative series of videos you’ve ever made. I have learned so much more about lockpicking with this series than I have with your other videos. Thank you so much for posting them!! Kudos!!
This really helped to visualize this! Thanks! I feel like I should learn how to pick these, as so many bicycle locks here in the Netherlands are (usually Abus) disk detainer core. For example, my son lost his bike keys and we haven't been able to use his bike for a week. :( Also, people say I sounds like you but I'm not hearing it.
I bought a big Abus disk detainer D lock from a bike store last year - cost me £50... Now everyone can find out how to pick it from RUclips 😭 LPL is going to be the Park Tools of bike thieves...
@@MonkeyJedi99 cutting the bike kinda destroys the bike... I have a D lock and I'd say that if I locked it to an object, then you'd need an angle grinder or a plasma torch. Both would attract a lot of attention. Picking a lock, by contrast, is a lot more discreet. I wouldn't trust chains or a steel cable lock. But one thing I like about Abus, is that they make a lock holder that attaches to the frame, so you can keep the lock on the bike frame when you're not needing the lock. Some competitors do the same, but I'm not sure I've seen Kryptonite do it - could very well be wrong, but no bike store I've seen sells a Kryptonite lock that comes with a frame mount.
@@vaska00762 I suppose I have been jaded by videos of bike thieves in action in dumps like NYC. The one time I had a bike stolen was WAY back in the 1970's in Phoenix, and back then a simple mild steel chain was the norm. I found my chain cut, and no bike. After that, I only owned bikes I built from junkyard parts (though tires, tubes, pedals and seats were something I had to usually buy). I think my most expensive bike built that way had about $50 sunk into it. $55 if I painted the frame.
Funny, I just watched one of your videos, then was about to click on this one, and I was thinking of the similarity (and differences) between your voices and narration styles! Offhand, I think you both have deep, resonant voices, and similar intonations and pauses. But different pitches and timbres. BTW, I love your work, NJB. Learned about Strong Towns from you, too. Thanks so much, and please keep it up!
I believe they're usually the same construction as typical pin locks, but built in a different direction. Pin-in-pin would be another story and very hard to cutaway. At least the first pin in a dimple keyway is often easier to see when picking than with a standard pin keyway, because they're not as paracentric. Some don't have warding at all, with the keyway being completely rectangular.
I wasn't sure what I expected from a disc detainer lock, but it wasn't quite this. I definitely didn't know about the bar that moved, but I didn't know what would be in there. LPL, I have to say that, even if I'm not a lockpicker, I absolutely love your videos just for the sake of curiosity and I especially love this Inside Perspective series you're doing. It makes all these locks make sense now on how they work and it's just super intriguing. Thank you for making these, especially with such a soothing voice.
I love the name of the tool you've used, "The Pick That Bosnian Bill And I Made" and it forever will be named that and bring a tear to the eye when spoken out.
Never would've thought that picking these means using a tool *inside* of the keyway to put notches on the *outside* in a correct position. Excellent explainer.
That's also what the key does! It goes inside the keyway and puts notches on the outside in correct positions, then turns the entire disc pack to unlock.
I love this series. I'd always wondered what these locks looked like being picked. It really clears up what things mean when you are narrating a lock picking scenario. Thank you.
Finally! Now I understand what happens inside. Now there are only two things needs further explaining: What is zero cut, and how you decide if a lock is tensioned from the front, or from the back.
"Zero cut" - as far as I can tell - means that the "unlocked" position for that particular gate/tumbler is the default (or "zero") position, so it doesn't need to be moved / shouldn't be moved to release the lock. On a linear spring tumbler lock with a "sawtooth" key specifically (apologies for any/all incorrect terminology), the "default" tumbler position is the full height of a blank key, where it has not been cut back at all - hence the term "zero cut".
@@Insan1tyW0lf Close, but backwards. The zero cut pin/disc needs to be moved the farthest to release the lock. A DD key is a rectangular piece of metal with cuts in it to allow the key to move different distances before engaging with the disc. No cut (zero cut) engages the disc immediately. So, when he uses the tool to turn everything fully clockwise, it's the same as using a blank key; all the discs set for a "zero cut" are already in position. Maybe LPL will disassemble a DD lock to show the different discs. I know Bosnian Bill did that quite some time ago.
@@JamieStuff I think he meant it doesn't need to be moved from the context of picking, when you've already rotated all the discs and got them in the 'furthest' gate
Very helpful. I had been misinterpreting what you were actually accomplishing by turning all the disks at the start, and so was somewhat confused by it all the times you showed it in the past. Thank you.
This man really just said to the lock security stagnation: 'Fine, i'll do it myself!' And did it. Educating the world about how locks work, to ensure that the problems are fixed eventually. Better late by a hundred years than never
Love this series. We're all used to hearing you describe what you're doing but being able to see what's happening inside along with your description is so cool.
Thanks LPL. Now I can imagine easily what is going on when you pick a disc detainer. Very easy to visualise since I've now seen what's going on from the inside. Looking at all the comments I can see that I'm not the only one who has had their inner eye opened. It's like I now have a clear 3D model in my head.
I've really been enjoying this series. It's easy enough to understand the mechanics of picking a regular pin tumbler lock with all standard pins, but anything more complicated than that is much easier to understand with the visual aid.
You explained it extremely well, I had a hard time picturing how the lock worked. Now if only Sparrows shipped "The Pick That Bosnian Bill and I Made" to my country... *sad lockpicking noises*
This helps out a lot. I didn't grasp the concept before: that when you spin everything to the right, you in essence pick the disks in reverse from the key rotation.
I love the fact that you managed to demonstrate the workings of a disc detainer lock, while still working in all of your memes and tropes of picking them!
I've watched hundreds of your videos, got the pick when you partnered with Sparrows on it, and still never understood the knack for these locks until JUST know. Thank you.
“I realise the view isn’t quite as good” My guy this is perfect I never knew like what false gates were and was trying to figure it out by watching a load of videos but this new series made me understand it a lot more
Actually seeing the pic in action makes soooo much more sense, the visualization of what one is doing inside now makes completely sense, and for a easier pic!!
I've been watching you do this for years, and this allows me to understand just what is going on. The concept of a false gate and true gate is much clear seeing this cutaway view. The mechanism of the lock is much simpler than I imaged, not to imply it is easy to pick when you don't have a view like this.
This series is above and beyond the call of duty. These will be used in locksmith schools for the rest of time. They will probably inspire better locks as well.
Thank you very much for these cutaway videos. I had a loose idea of how Disc Detainer cores worked, but seeing how the gates engage with the sidebar really sealed the deal for me.
Wow this was amazing, I learn't so much from this demonstration. Didn't even know what disc detainer locks looked like from the inside before this hahahah.
Amazing cutaway. Everything makes sense now. I finally understand what a false gate is. LPL, you are an amazing teacher. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
As I never tried, or really thought about disc detainer locks before, I learned a lot. I will be watching this video many more times to get it to sink in.
I'm not even halfway through the video and just seeing how the key works inside the lock has explained so much of what I was wondering how the disc detainer locks work since I've never really been familiar with them until I came across this channel Really appreciate these inside perspective videos because it makes lock picking a lot easier to understand
I think this is the best type of lock out of all in the market because It take very special tools and very precise pick locking movement. Thank you for sharing.
Fascinating and really cool!! This makes me want to go back and watch some of the older videos on this type of lock. I can't recall seeing you pick a lock like this without the tool you designed.
The pick of the New York Legend 1515 is a good pre-“the pick that Bosnian Bill and I made” video. So too is the entire series of when they made the pick.
That was absolutely fascinating! I've watched every video you've put out, some more than once, and I have to say this was probably the most revealing one that you have posted - at least for me. I've known how pin tumbler locks worked, at least in general theory for as long as I can remember. Even before I got into watching lockpick videos, which started way back in Bosnian Bill's early days when one of his clips popped up in my feed, it was something about a banana... but, this one really demonstrated the workings of the disc detainer locks very well, and I really had a poorer understanding on how they worked. Thank you very much for all the work you put into making your videos. While you make it look easy, please be assured that the vast majority of your viewers know that it takes hours beyond counting of practice, and paying very close attention to even the tiniest details in order to achieve your level of skill, and we very much appreciate you sharing it with us.
Agree with you totally. Well said. I think this is my favourite video so far. A lot suddenly makes more sense to me now, & I can appreciate more what LPL is doing in his other videos. I'm actually tempted to give these disc detainer locks a go now, even though I still am pretty unskilled at pin tumbler locks & still learning. I've never even had a disc detainer lock, and was rather confused by them. Excellent video. Spot on comment for what I was thinking too.
That was BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU LPL for this amazing demonstration of the Disc Detainer locks. I was wondering how they functioned and you solved the mystery!!
I have never been able to imagine what must be going on inside a disc detainer lock (and have been too lazy to look it up). This video is incredibly clear and helpful.
What I found most interesting was that Disc Detainer locks actually function just about exactly how I thought they did, never thought I'd actually be right :P
I understood true and false gates from seeing locks disassembled, but I really didn’t understand what was happening until this video. Now it’s clear and makes sense.
LPL's sitting here in the video talking about it not being super clear what's happening. This was perfectly good for me to see how it works, and it really made me want to pick up a disk detainer pick and lock! This looks super fun to pick!
It’s great to see and understand false and true gates in action, usually we just hear a click and see your fingers rotating the tool.. thanks for showing us 👍🏼
I love this Inside Perspective series you've been doing! Just simply seeing the mechanism and how you actually work with it helps a ton in comprehending what's actually going on inside. I'm excited to see what else you decide to show us :D
LPL you had already taught me so much, and then you started this series. You've brought what was already a very informative channel to the next level. Thank you for challenging yourself and finding new ways to teach us.
want to say thank you. also the dude that said it would be extremely difficult to show disc detainer locks you were completely right. i had a previous comment asking if he could do a disc detainer lock, whom may read this have a nice day.
4:04 Honestly, it's not just "a little more inside" for me. I finally know what you were doing in those clips, that I watched on your channel, especially why you twist the lock at first. Thank you very much and I hope you will do this type of video more often. Have a nice day.
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"Isn't quite as good as we'd all like"?! How on earth could be explained better than that?! It was AWESOME!
The explanation was amazing as always, but he's right the view could have been better. I have a practice disc lock where everything's clear but the discs, basically.
Seconded!
How does the key work too put everything in the right place. Of course it would be better if that where visualized as well.
Comparing it to the cutaway view of the pin tumbler locks, in the tumbler lock, you can see what the pick is doing when it's moving the pins. In this, the discs are blocking the view of the pick.
Transparent discs, so you can see the pick as well - but let's not overcomplicate things... :)
Definitely had a “Well, duh, that makes sense” moment while watching this one. Seeing it happen is somehow completely different than having one disassembled and explained. Great vid!
This was a fantastic video. I finally "get it" on DD locks!
Well, mostly.
Oh yes, I agree.
At the end of the video, I felt like I could do that (if I had that tool)... But I suspect that's because he makes it look so stinkin' easy. This is a fascinating series...
I had the same "Well, duh, that makes sense" moment, just like you had, as a result of this new lockpicking video/series by LPL. As a "visual learner", a term that was applied to me all the way back at a grade school parent/student/teacher conference, I realize today that the term is not only fitting, but also accurate, where I am concerned. What a great video this man has created for us! Thanks LPL! Fred
"Seeing it happen is somehow completely different than having one disassembled and explained."
Naturally. You meant "naturally", not "somehow". Because it's like that with everything. Naturally ;)
LPL: "This bar that runs along the side, also known as 'the side bar'."
Me: nodding along like the expert I am
meanwhile, me: SIDEBAR, YOUR HONOR!
Reminds me of a quote regarding the design of the space shuttle external tank:
"That big tube down the side was officially called a "systems tunnel", which is aerospace contractor speak for "big tube down the side."
I thought that would be the bar you go to after being thrown out from the first one.
@@cameronjadewallace Beat me to it... Curses, foiled again!!
@@lancer525 😹😉
I've learned two things today - what it looks like when picking a disc detainer lock, and that I'd like LPL to consider a second career narrating audiobooks.
Lol he does have a soothing, clearly articulated style of talking. Agreed
Third career?
He could be a Siri preset
@@neptune9512 a male siri , i guess . but i need him for android assistant , though.
One of the few channels I don't speed up.
Your “Inside Perspective” series is fantastic. I had NO idea what a disc detainer lock was like before this. This video made it so clear.
I came here to post the same thing. I knew it had rotating discs, but had no idea how it worked until I saw the cutaway with the discs and the side bar.
This type of lock always had me puzzled. Not any more...
Same here. Now i also understand what falling into a false gate means as well
Same
Seriously, all i knew it as was "first we start by turing all the disks as far as they go!"
Amazing series and amazing work!
I was looking for a name of this kind of lock for a long time. It is super hard to unlock compared to pin tumbler locks. Now i am more sure that no one is going to steal my bike when i have this kind of lock 😁 I am begginer at lock picking and managed to pick pin tumbler padlock with 5 pins under 25 seconds with paper clips. So i guess locking with pin lock would take 5 seconds for someone to steal my bike 😂 This way it takes bigger tool and little more time so less chance that someone is going to try to unlock my bike 😂
When you turned all of the discs clockwise, it immediately clicked why you do this on every lock.
I know you've explained it in the past, but seeing it makes it make way more sense.
Very good point. I agree. It is so much more obvious to see it happen, than just hearing and seeing it from the outside of a closed lock body.
I'm stupid because I still don't understand why it's important.
@@aspuzling Maybe you are not stupid, you just have a different way of thinking about things. Maybe you understand enough of how it works already, or at least enough to satisfy your own feelings about it.
@@aspuzling it means you only have to pick it in the one direction.
do you mean sth like labirynths where most of the times it's easier to start from the end?
This cutaway series is hands down the best way I have ever seen to understand different types of locks. This was awesome. Thank you, LPL!
LPL's commitment to not wasting his viewers time combined with this new Inside Perspective series he's been doing is reaching an incredible level of efficiency when it comes to helping understand lockpicking. I have enjoyed his videos and started to gain an understand of the order of steps, but this video really expanded that understanding by leaps and bounds in under 4 and a half minutes!!
Indeed, even if I'm not very much into lock picking, just the compact and concise style of LPL's videos make them enjoyable.
Indeed, no wasted minutes speaking of nothing, and (thanks god!) no background music.
This view very clearly shows the mechanism and picking process. I definitely feel like I understand this type of lock now for future videos.
And past videos!
I can kind of see how very secured and very difficult to pick a lock like that. Recommend to buy any disc detainer locks?
Agreed 100%!
@@arrowghost what are you looking for? For my bike I just bought the Kryptonite Evolution 4, I trust the lock that LPL uses the most of all locks
Not to me, don’t get how the key make just enough rotation but not skip some and rotate the other to make it work…
That really drives the concept home... Excellently done.
It really is, at first I was sceptical because it's not possible to see the pick, but the movement on the disks was more than enough to really understand how the picking goes
I was always confused about this kind of lock, not anymore!
It really drives the concept home, picks open the lock on the front door and walks right in too!
That was strangely, extremely satisfying to watch the false gates go to true gates. Must be satisfying to feel it happen as the person picking the lock
It's always enjoyable everytime
This man is single-handedly improving an entire industry. Unbelievable.
Anyone buying a masterlock after watching these... also unbelievable. :-)
Agreed.
Lock picking is basically lock reviewing.
that woud require also coming up with not only ways how to defeat locks but also how to PREVENT them from being defeated and highlighting ones that are making the picking difficult and not explaining in detail how to bypass even those that are tough to beat ...
man is epitome of "it only matters if i could, not if i should" ...
Seeing the mechanics in action makes all the difference. We have jumped from “theory” to “in practice”. It answers a million questions.
Seriously, this “inside perspective” series is the best, most informative series of videos you’ve ever made. I have learned so much more about lockpicking with this series than I have with your other videos. Thank you so much for posting them!! Kudos!!
This really helped to visualize this! Thanks! I feel like I should learn how to pick these, as so many bicycle locks here in the Netherlands are (usually Abus) disk detainer core.
For example, my son lost his bike keys and we haven't been able to use his bike for a week. :(
Also, people say I sounds like you but I'm not hearing it.
I bought a big Abus disk detainer D lock from a bike store last year - cost me £50... Now everyone can find out how to pick it from RUclips 😭
LPL is going to be the Park Tools of bike thieves...
@@vaska00762 Most bike thieves don't pick locks. They cut chains, bars cables, or the bike or the object you have the bike locked to.
@@MonkeyJedi99 cutting the bike kinda destroys the bike...
I have a D lock and I'd say that if I locked it to an object, then you'd need an angle grinder or a plasma torch. Both would attract a lot of attention. Picking a lock, by contrast, is a lot more discreet.
I wouldn't trust chains or a steel cable lock. But one thing I like about Abus, is that they make a lock holder that attaches to the frame, so you can keep the lock on the bike frame when you're not needing the lock. Some competitors do the same, but I'm not sure I've seen Kryptonite do it - could very well be wrong, but no bike store I've seen sells a Kryptonite lock that comes with a frame mount.
@@vaska00762 I suppose I have been jaded by videos of bike thieves in action in dumps like NYC.
The one time I had a bike stolen was WAY back in the 1970's in Phoenix, and back then a simple mild steel chain was the norm. I found my chain cut, and no bike.
After that, I only owned bikes I built from junkyard parts (though tires, tubes, pedals and seats were something I had to usually buy). I think my most expensive bike built that way had about $50 sunk into it.
$55 if I painted the frame.
Funny, I just watched one of your videos, then was about to click on this one, and I was thinking of the similarity (and differences) between your voices and narration styles!
Offhand, I think you both have deep, resonant voices, and similar intonations and pauses. But different pitches and timbres.
BTW, I love your work, NJB. Learned about Strong Towns from you, too. Thanks so much, and please keep it up!
The inner workings of locks always seemed sort of magical before but now they make solid sense and that is magical in and of itself! :D
I'm really liking these 'inside' views of locks. Please make more of them.
These help bring perspective to the process, regardless. Keep making them.
Though.. I am curious how dimple locks are going to look in this series.
I believe they're usually the same construction as typical pin locks, but built in a different direction. Pin-in-pin would be another story and very hard to cutaway. At least the first pin in a dimple keyway is often easier to see when picking than with a standard pin keyway, because they're not as paracentric. Some don't have warding at all, with the keyway being completely rectangular.
Exactly. And after he explains that I'd like to see the hardest of all locks to master, the dread locks.
@@VoltisArt I'm imagining a cut away with clear plastic to hold things in place.
I wasn't sure what I expected from a disc detainer lock, but it wasn't quite this. I definitely didn't know about the bar that moved, but I didn't know what would be in there.
LPL, I have to say that, even if I'm not a lockpicker, I absolutely love your videos just for the sake of curiosity and I especially love this Inside Perspective series you're doing. It makes all these locks make sense now on how they work and it's just super intriguing. Thank you for making these, especially with such a soothing voice.
I love the name of the tool you've used, "The Pick That Bosnian Bill And I Made" and it forever will be named that and bring a tear to the eye when spoken out.
I was actually hoping for an explanation on disc detainers. One of the types of lock I found it hard to visualise the mechanism for. Nifty stuff LPL!
Never would've thought that picking these means using a tool *inside* of the keyway to put notches on the *outside* in a correct position.
Excellent explainer.
indeed, excellent video!
That's also what the key does! It goes inside the keyway and puts notches on the outside in correct positions, then turns the entire disc pack to unlock.
I love this series. I'd always wondered what these locks looked like being picked. It really clears up what things mean when you are narrating a lock picking scenario. Thank you.
The work in making the cut away in the lock is very skilled in itself
Finally! Now I understand what happens inside. Now there are only two things needs further explaining: What is zero cut, and how you decide if a lock is tensioned from the front, or from the back.
"Zero cut" - as far as I can tell - means that the "unlocked" position for that particular gate/tumbler is the default (or "zero") position, so it doesn't need to be moved / shouldn't be moved to release the lock.
On a linear spring tumbler lock with a "sawtooth" key specifically (apologies for any/all incorrect terminology), the "default" tumbler position is the full height of a blank key, where it has not been cut back at all - hence the term "zero cut".
@@Insan1tyW0lf ahh yes, sounds good
@@Insan1tyW0lf Close, but backwards. The zero cut pin/disc needs to be moved the farthest to release the lock. A DD key is a rectangular piece of metal with cuts in it to allow the key to move different distances before engaging with the disc. No cut (zero cut) engages the disc immediately. So, when he uses the tool to turn everything fully clockwise, it's the same as using a blank key; all the discs set for a "zero cut" are already in position.
Maybe LPL will disassemble a DD lock to show the different discs. I know Bosnian Bill did that quite some time ago.
@@JamieStuff I think he meant it doesn't need to be moved from the context of picking, when you've already rotated all the discs and got them in the 'furthest' gate
Very helpful. I had been misinterpreting what you were actually accomplishing by turning all the disks at the start, and so was somewhat confused by it all the times you showed it in the past. Thank you.
I never knew how a disc detainer lock worked. Now it makes a lot more sense. Thanks!
This video finally made disc detainer locks make sense to me. I've never been quite able to wrap my head around how they work before now. Thanks!
This man really just said to the lock security stagnation: 'Fine, i'll do it myself!' And did it.
Educating the world about how locks work, to ensure that the problems are fixed eventually. Better late by a hundred years than never
These Inside Perspective videos are awesome. It adds so much you can actually see what you are doing from both sides.
Love this series. We're all used to hearing you describe what you're doing but being able to see what's happening inside along with your description is so cool.
Thanks LPL. Now I can imagine easily what is going on when you pick a disc detainer. Very easy to visualise since I've now seen what's going on from the inside. Looking at all the comments I can see that I'm not the only one who has had their inner eye opened. It's like I now have a clear 3D model in my head.
I've really been enjoying this series. It's easy enough to understand the mechanics of picking a regular pin tumbler lock with all standard pins, but anything more complicated than that is much easier to understand with the visual aid.
"The pick that Bosnian Bill and I made" ☑️
I'm not disappointed
It is like several years worth of information now makes sense. Thank you LPL. No BS.
You explained it extremely well, I had a hard time picturing how the lock worked. Now if only Sparrows shipped "The Pick That Bosnian Bill and I Made" to my country...
*sad lockpicking noises*
It is resold by many other lockpicking sites (with a markup, obviously) so check if any of the usual suspects have it.
In a little of four minutes you didn't only show me how these things work, but how you pick 'em. Great stuff.
Yes, thats just what it is- GREAT!
"the view isn't quite as good as we would like"
The view was superb mate, I understand this so much more now!
Thank you!
I've never understood what disc detainer locks are before this video. Thank you for this demonstration, suddenly everything is crystal clear.
This helps out a lot. I didn't grasp the concept before: that when you spin everything to the right, you in essence pick the disks in reverse from the key rotation.
I have only one complaint about this series.
You should have done this years ago.
Incredibly helpful.
I love the fact that you managed to demonstrate the workings of a disc detainer lock, while still working in all of your memes and tropes of picking them!
I've watched hundreds of your videos, got the pick when you partnered with Sparrows on it, and still never understood the knack for these locks until JUST know. Thank you.
We were waiting for this one just so you would use the pick.
What pick would that be then? 😂
I was not expecting this inside perspective series to go very far but its amazing that you can show so much
“I realise the view isn’t quite as good”
My guy this is perfect I never knew like what false gates were and was trying to figure it out by watching a load of videos but this new series made me understand it a lot more
Actually seeing the pic in action makes soooo much more sense, the visualization of what one is doing inside now makes completely sense, and for a easier pic!!
I've been watching you do this for years, and this allows me to understand just what is going on. The concept of a false gate and true gate is much clear seeing this cutaway view. The mechanism of the lock is much simpler than I imaged, not to imply it is easy to pick when you don't have a view like this.
I always was curious about, how these kinda locks work. This gave me a better understanding. Thanks !!!
This is like poetry, it looks so simple but shows so much. I finally understand this kind of lock. Thank you
No apology needed. The view inside was fantastic. Seeing the difference between true and false gates was very helpful.
My regards to whoever did the cutaway; brass machines nicely enough but it is still work and this job was done well.
This series is above and beyond the call of duty. These will be used in locksmith schools for the rest of time. They will probably inspire better locks as well.
yeah, we'll need those better locks to protect against the inspired better thieves that learned to pick locks from watching LPL's videos😂
This. Was. Fantastic! Finally I understand why you rotate all the discs as far clockwise as they’ll go. Thank you!
I've wanted to see the workings of a disc detainer core for so long but never found anything on it, thank you so much for this
So helpful. This series is incredible!
This is great. I never really understood how these worked before. Thanks LPL!
Thank you very much for these cutaway videos. I had a loose idea of how Disc Detainer cores worked, but seeing how the gates engage with the sidebar really sealed the deal for me.
Wow this was amazing, I learn't so much from this demonstration. Didn't even know what disc detainer locks looked like from the inside before this hahahah.
Thank you. Good to finally understand what you have been talking about all this time
Amazing cutaway. Everything makes sense now. I finally understand what a false gate is. LPL, you are an amazing teacher. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
👍 x 1000. Oh, I almost forgot teacher’s 🍎. 😋
As I never tried, or really thought about disc detainer locks before, I learned a lot. I will be watching this video many more times to get it to sink in.
I'm not even halfway through the video and just seeing how the key works inside the lock has explained so much of what I was wondering how the disc detainer locks work since I've never really been familiar with them until I came across this channel
Really appreciate these inside perspective videos because it makes lock picking a lot easier to understand
Surprised a lawyer feels comfortable casually using a sidebar for feedback like that.
BOOOOOOOOOOO!
This series has really helped my understanding of what’s actually going on, they’re greatly appreciated!
No, the view was great, very nice!
Suddenly I understand completely how this type of lock and picking works!
This series is the best!
I think this is the best type of lock out of all in the market because It take very special tools and very precise pick locking movement.
Thank you for sharing.
Fascinating and really cool!! This makes me want to go back and watch some of the older videos on this type of lock. I can't recall seeing you pick a lock like this without the tool you designed.
The pick of the New York Legend 1515 is a good pre-“the pick that Bosnian Bill and I made” video. So too is the entire series of when they made the pick.
That was absolutely fascinating! I've watched every video you've put out, some more than once, and I have to say this was probably the most revealing one that you have posted - at least for me.
I've known how pin tumbler locks worked, at least in general theory for as long as I can remember. Even before I got into watching lockpick videos, which started way back in Bosnian Bill's early days when one of his clips popped up in my feed, it was something about a banana... but, this one really demonstrated the workings of the disc detainer locks very well, and I really had a poorer understanding on how they worked.
Thank you very much for all the work you put into making your videos. While you make it look easy, please be assured that the vast majority of your viewers know that it takes hours beyond counting of practice, and paying very close attention to even the tiniest details in order to achieve your level of skill, and we very much appreciate you sharing it with us.
Agree with you totally. Well said. I think this is my favourite video so far. A lot suddenly makes more sense to me now, & I can appreciate more what LPL is doing in his other videos. I'm actually tempted to give these disc detainer locks a go now, even though I still am pretty unskilled at pin tumbler locks & still learning. I've never even had a disc detainer lock, and was rather confused by them. Excellent video. Spot on comment for what I was thinking too.
This video in particular was especially eye-opening! Amazing to get an inside view of a disc detainer lock like that. Super cool.
Suddenly it all make sense! Fall gates, true gates, amount of movement. Great video.
This is fantastic! The view is great and the explanation is extremely helpful. Thank you!
This is amazing. IT REALLY helps you understand the "feel" you explain when you pick and how to do it. I love it!
Before this video I had no clue how the heck this lock was supposed to work. Now it (mostly) makes sense. Thank you.
That was BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU LPL for this amazing demonstration of the Disc Detainer locks. I was wondering how they functioned and you solved the mystery!!
I have never been able to imagine what must be going on inside a disc detainer lock (and have been too lazy to look it up). This video is incredibly clear and helpful.
I love watching old videos compared to newer ones. LPL has so much more confidence in his vids. Crazy. Like he took a public speaking class.
I've always been curious how these actually work, and you've explained it perfectly!
Loving the inside perspective series gives so much insight on lock picking that is too he’s to visualise normally
I've been waiting for this video ever since you started the Inside Perspective mini-series. Excellent - thank you 🙂
I was looking forward to seeing a cut away of this type of lock, and this certainly didn't disappoint. I love this series, keep up the great work!
What I found most interesting was that Disc Detainer locks actually function just about exactly how I thought they did, never thought I'd actually be right :P
I understood true and false gates from seeing locks disassembled, but I really didn’t understand what was happening until this video. Now it’s clear and makes sense.
LPL's sitting here in the video talking about it not being super clear what's happening. This was perfectly good for me to see how it works, and it really made me want to pick up a disk detainer pick and lock! This looks super fun to pick!
I am absolutely loving this series, its so cool to be able to see what the lock looks like and how it works.
Maybe I'm crazy but this view was insanely helpful in understanding theses types of locks.
Not even a little more insight, that is still a LOTTA more insight. Love these inside perspectives, LPL!
It’s great to see and understand false and true gates in action, usually we just hear a click and see your fingers rotating the tool.. thanks for showing us 👍🏼
I love this Inside Perspective series you've been doing! Just simply seeing the mechanism and how you actually work with it helps a ton in comprehending what's actually going on inside. I'm excited to see what else you decide to show us :D
Inside Perspective - A Magician shows the audience how the LPL pulls a rabbit out of his hat.
That trick never works!
This time for sure! 🎩🦁
Without a doubt the best tutorial on how to pick a disc detainer lock.
Thank you for a great video.
You are the master of your craft! I never understood the disk style of locks and now I do. Thank you!
LPL you had already taught me so much, and then you started this series. You've brought what was already a very informative channel to the next level. Thank you for challenging yourself and finding new ways to teach us.
This is a terrific series. For the first time I feel as if I understand how this type of lock works!
want to say thank you. also the dude that said it would be extremely difficult to show disc detainer locks you were completely right. i had a previous comment asking if he could do a disc detainer lock, whom may read this have a nice day.
4:04 Honestly, it's not just "a little more inside" for me. I finally know what you were doing in those clips, that I watched on your channel, especially why you twist the lock at first. Thank you very much and I hope you will do this type of video more often. Have a nice day.
This was a great explanation, nothing like I had expected but now I get the concept fairly well, great job.
Fascinating stuff! Thank you!
This makes so much more sense! The view is much better than I expected. Thank you!
Even knowing how disc detainers work, I didn`t realize the all purposes of rotating first and then tensioning without this video. Great stuff,