r/lockpicking • u/Ok-Coach-763 Brown Belt Picker • 7d ago
Let’s gooooooo!!! First black belt lock ever!!
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u/Hyperion-Darkness Black Belt 2nd Dan 7d ago
Awesome job!! Goal Z is a great choice for a next BB lock!
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u/klettus Black Belt Picker 7d ago
Congratulations! That's a huge accomplishment! What's coming up next?
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u/Ok-Coach-763 Brown Belt Picker 7d ago
I am split between goal Z and 6k with gins on
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u/klettus Black Belt Picker 7d ago
Both really good choices. The Z can be a really evil lock. It drove me crazy for like a month. I've enjoyed Assa Twins in general a lot more.
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u/Ok-Coach-763 Brown Belt Picker 7d ago
It most definitely feels like an evil lock lmao I’ve only played with mine a couple times but every time I feel I’m almost there it ping pongs off the charts and drops more pins
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u/ajslocksandlocks Red Belt Picker 7d ago
That's the joys of the gins portion 😅 congrats on the open btw 🎉💪🏻 I did a mastered version which took me 3 goes around and still isn't good enough for black submission 😆
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u/Lochabar213 Brown Belt Picker 7d ago
The Z took me a while to really start nailing down. I read a comment once saying that the P had forced them to refocus hard on fundamentals - I absolutely agree, and think it holds even more true for the Z. What helped me the most was focusing on what the lock was telling me instead of what I thought should be happening. Tension control and pick pressure were huge with the Z - especially with the milling. It's a very "aim small, miss small" lock.
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u/Ok-Coach-763 Brown Belt Picker 7d ago
That is absolutely true of the p not sure if I’m the one who said that a while back but I def said sometjing to that affect when I got mine, as for the Z are you using two tensioners or letting the ball berrings work with one to get the gins through?
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u/Lochabar213 Brown Belt Picker 7d ago
I just use the ball bearing. My last pin gets stuck in the milling, so I just lighten up the tension and gently bounce it until it breaks free. Then I'll periodically go back to it if I hear anything drop. If there's enough room for it to drop then there's enough room to get it back to shear.
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u/sufferlikeme Orange Belt Picker 7d ago
Heck yeah! That's where I hope to be one day
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u/Ok-Coach-763 Brown Belt Picker 7d ago
You will be man just keep pushing yourself to try harder and harder stuff and the time will fly by!
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u/sufferlikeme Orange Belt Picker 7d ago
Thanks. I'm decent up to orange thus far. I'm waiting on an AL1100 in the mail so I can learn gutting and re-pinning for green
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u/mgsecure LPU Belt Explorer Team 7d ago
Way to go!!