This is the most helpful video about tension, when it comes down to picking the locks you don't necessarily need a specific type of pick. I watch this video and within 30 seconds I unlocked my lock.

Thanks for the demonstration. A few more things I've found to be useful are: # Relax both hands and arms, as well as shoulders. Tenseness can stop you from raking. # Don't try too hard. If the lock doesn't open. Leave it, and try later. # Remember to vary the lever tension frequently. Different levers open differently. # Reset every few seconds. False gates can thwart your efforts. # If one rake doesn't work, try a different one. For example, I have two 'identical' locks. One opens with a City Rake, every time, within 5 seconds. The other needs a Bogotá to open it quickly, but will not open at all (at my modest skill level!) with the City Rake.

sad to see master lock even failing as a weight

That padlock technic really shows the tension issue brilliantly

I've found that there is more technique with raking and rocking than is usually mentioned, and as you described in the video, that technique is largely in the tensioning. I coarsely vary the tension until I feel the pins bouncing and some catching at the shear line, and then I lightly vary the tension in a narrow range around that tension level while alternating the rake angle, frequency and depth of insertion. As I'm practicing to improve my single pin picking skills, I comtinue to mix it up by practicing some raking as well, to keep improving my raking technique. I'm all about the open. :-) Thanks for the great video.

Great video. Really like the tension demonstration. I'm still struggling as a Newby, you make it look soooooooo easy! U got skills.

Great video, I'm new to lock picking and this video shows what tensions are required. 👍

Extremely informative and entertaining, right up my street. I learnt so much. I use a city rake all the time .

Thank you . Very helpful , tension is what I must work on

extremely helpful using the locks as an example was awesome

Love this video, excellent!

Super tutorial on tension… thank you!

Brilliant video! I was getting a bit frustrated with trying to rake before I found this and am having a lot more success now 👍

Thank you for your tension tip, in 12 years of locksmithing I never thought of that and was surprised at how easy it worked by just stacking padlock shackles on the end of my tension wrench. It helped me out of a bind with a WinkHaus when it was 5 degrees outside/blizzard conditions and I couldn’t bear to take my gloves off to pick the exterior to a storefront with it on there.

Your explanation on tension got me my first open, huge thanks!!!!!!

Brilliant way to demo tension for new pickers. Very nice video.

Great job on that video sir! Very informative for new pickers.

Very clever approach, thanks !

3 years on and this is probably the must helpful video on tensioning I've seen. Always been an issue of mine especially with Euro locks. UK currently on lockdown, excuse the pun, so that's my day sorted. Top man! Subscribed!

good job man... respects. Mad respects man you earned it

Great video. Thank you

Thank you, so much. It wasn’t till this video ( and it’s demonstration) that I finally understood the advice to use light tension. I assumed with a sloppy lock you’d need to press quite hard to get the cylinder to engage. Not only can I now consistently rake my simple lock but I actually managed to pick it :)

Love this it’s so helpful.thank u

Watched your other video on raking and I was able to open my sisters garage door. Thank you very much for the video it was very helpful.

Great demo of different tension making the difference. I haven't yet picked my first lock, waiting on tools to arrive, but putting together a playlist for myself of the most helpful vids. This is def in it. Plan to study first and then have the playlist to return to if I get stuck. Thanks!

Great explanation on proper tension. I'm just getting started in lockpicking. I always assumed heavier tension was better for raking. I'm going to give the light tension a try.

This video was super super helpful, thank you very much

One of the best videos on tension I've seen. Highly recommended viewing.

Thanks for demo (from someone new to picking), it does take surprisingly light tension.

Hi. Good luck with your channel. I’ve just got interested in hobby locking and have been watching Bosnian bill etc. Nice to see a Brit doing it with locks that are more common in the uk. All the best!

Great video series! Subscribed

Very cool izdea to learn how/ to tensizon,thanks for the vizdeo,cheers!

If the lock opens who cares! XD A good idea when raking any lock is to bounce the tensioner. Apply light to almost heavy, back to light. Works wonders. :) Great video!

"pay more 'ttention to tension." Love it!

Nice job my friend. Very true, I like your style. When Bosnian Bill says use light tension or heavy tension i lose my mind. You explain it perfectly with a few sized padlocks. That way people can do it right the first time. Cheers

Nice video - I think I've suffered from putting too much tension on in the past. I am amazed, though, that lockmakers don't put more effort into making their locks harder to rake.

superb

good info..........thanks......

thank you

using padlocks made the point so well.

Good call brother. It took me a while to figure out that the left finger was just as important.

No, this isn't a video on shadow animals, sorry about the misleading thumbnail!

That was an excellent video. Learned a lot. Thank you for taking the time to make and upload your videos. Where in Scotland are you from?

Great video, thanks for posting it! Just curious, what are you using for a tension tool there? Is it music wire, something else maybe?

"Tensioning is /key/ when it comes to raking locks"... I see what you did there

What would you use to open a door lock or a padlock in an emergency situation?

Excellent explanation (Visual) on tension

Its really just in the tensioning Ive learned pretty much anything with just standard pins can be raked quickly, but if you dont fluctuate your tensioning properly it can make the difference between seconds and minutes

I'm going to try this, never thought of this technique before 👍⛏

Never 'raked' to a youtube video before !

Racking is just fine, it's just a different skill, and knowing more skills gives more options for entry. Personally I don't use pointed rakes like the city rake with a saw like motion, just like a jigger. For saw like motion I use rounded rackes.

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Hallo sir .can you tell me what kind of tools do i need for ranking merci 👍👍👍

Do most locks unlock clockwise?

When you’re raking, how much down pressure do you use?

How many pins u have in those locks???? 1

Why cant you just rake with like a random key but just grind down the back side so its thin and will fit?

Hi. Actually I just bought a padlock from home bargains for £1.99 it’s no name but waterproofed in rubber, but I just can’t pick it? Maybe you could? Cheers, Brian.

Can we always rake in both directions ?

I’m not great at raking... then again I don’t really have any rakes

nice idea thanks for the info any more information would be helpful thanks stiglocks..r

are you dutch

I'm working with a training lock with four non-security pins and can't rake it to save my fucking life. I can sit here and scrub the pins for an hour and .... nothing. Suggestions?

Good to heat another Scottish accent. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🙂

Why in the world would somebody disapprove of raking? I'm guessing that they also disapprove of rocking, scrubbing and bitch picking? Or any other methods that extremely easy and a lot of times can open a lock in a matter of seconds

great info and tips for beginners ethan im doing a beginners giveaway kit for my 300sub when it come hopfully.very nice mate👍😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

LOCKS ARE UPSide down

Hmm, I think I use too much tension.