Australian Lock Co. Bilock Picked and Gutted

Hey #locksport friends!

We're here today with a Bilock! This is ranked as a Black Belt 2 on the LPU website. It has two rows of 6 pins, each row has its own sidebar with 'teeth'. The pins behave very much like a sprung slider and the engagement with the sidebar teeth is like a medeco cam. The lock isolates well (that means you can pick one side and then the other) like a 3KS and ICS will. One thing you need to be mindful of is applying tension on the nose. You'll see at the end of the pick I swap tension sides. You need to be careful applying tension in the way I did because the nose will break easily.

I've had this lock for about 24 hours. I think I unboxed it the day before right around the time I got the open. So maybe a few hours tops.

It was a lot of fun, and very talkative. The feedback was easy to understand. Pay attention to how I do my "clicky"/"wiggle" test. I scrub the pick in and out on the tip of the keypin to feel its state. If its mushy or stiff, its not in a true gate and needs to be moved. If it's clicky and doesn't move much vertically then it's in a true gate. If it moves a lot its not binding and should be left alone.

I wish I had realized my microphone was off during the pick! I hope you can enjoy some tunes while the picking happens. Then we'll talk about the lock.

The bible cover drew blood on me... this was my first gutting of the lock as well.


Tunes:
Paradise (Feat. Jem Cooke):    • Paradise (Feat. Jem Cooke)  
You’re So High (10 Years On):    • Eli & Fur - You're So High (10 Years On) (...  



00:00 Begin
00:18 Picking Begins
03:45 Right Sidebar Done
04:42 Swap tension side (be careful doing this)
06:52 Open!
07:10 Oh no! I realize mic was muted
07:27 Get the mic working and let's talk about the lock a bit, then get to gutting!
09:18 I was totally not prepared to gut a lock today
09:53 BILOCK STRIKES BACK! (Pray 4 Fingie)
14:15 Plug features
14:36 Sidebar and Bearing Groves
15:00 Keypins w/ False Gates and no mastering