Peterson Pro-1 Tubular Pick - 3 Tips

Peterson Pro-1 Tubular Pick - 3 Tips

The Peterson Pro-1 Tubular Lock Pick is the most universal tubular lock pick we have found. The revolutionary design represents the only new advancement in tubular lock picking in many years. Because of the interchangeable tip design, the pick can be converted to manipulate a number of cylinder diameters and configurations. The special tip design also allows the tool to enter and manipulate shrouded bicycle lock cylinders.

The Pro-1 Tubular Lock Pick operates from the "full locked" position of the pins, to find and decode the "blocking pins" in whatever order they must be picked. This psychology bypasses the traps, reduced diameter pins, spool and mushroom pins that cause other picks to fail. The pick finger adjusting thimbles neutralize the problems encountered with locks that have strong and light driver springs mixed in the same cylinder.

The Pro-1 product comes with two keytips (7-pin and 8-pin) with the choice of a free 3rd keytip of your choice (Small Kryptonite or American Padlock ) mailed to you upon our receipt of your registration card. Additional keytips or other spares can be purchased for either product at a later date. 

How the Pro-1 works: While applying bias to the cylinder, tap each of the pick element control buttons individually, with the tip of your finger. You are feeling each to find the primary locking pin. One or more of the pins will resist being pushed down. The rest will be bouncy, because of the action of the cylinder springs. While holding the pick vertical to the lock cylinder and biasing the pick to maintain the pressure on the primary locking pin, slowly turn the pick element thimble down. This will cause the pick element to extend, pushing the combination pin downward. When the pin reaches the shear line, you will hear / feel a click.  The pin is picked to a shear line. It may be a false or true shear line, we cannot tell. It makes no difference at this point. The pin is picked. Relax the turning tension and then re-bias the pick in the opening direction. Test the control buttons again, to find the next primary locking pin or pins. Perform the screw down operation to find the shear line for each position, and release the turning tension. Continue testing to find the binding pins. As each pin is picked, another will bind. Continue this operation until the cylinder turns. (Robert Seiveking 2001)