Getting started with levers and wires
![Image](https://www.dropbox.com/s/4381f9ovt7sciuy/DSC02321.jpg?raw=1)
...I can pick this lock pretty easily. The levers set one-at-a-time and stay in the gate once they're put there.
However if I set the springs into their normal position:
![Image](https://www.dropbox.com/s/keq8ifd2yn8ho8r/DSC02322.jpg?raw=1)
...there is much more tension on the levers, and the levers won't stay set. The binding lever won't stay in the gate, it slips down a small amount so the fence(?) is against the side of the lever above the gate and it holds there, and the other levers won't bind. I haven't figured out a way to progress...
How would you deal with a situation like this? Heavy tension didn't fix it... the only thing I can think of is to make a wider pick wire that can lift multiple levers at once, but that would only lift two that are right next to each other so might not help.
Here's a pic of the wires I made, based on what I've seen on other posts...
![Image](https://www.dropbox.com/s/spb2uhipynkcyna/DSC02323.jpg?raw=1)
would love to hear critiques and tips. My tension wire is .092", and the pick wires are .063". The bent one is for getting around the side warding. If I use the straighter one, I can get the bottom two levers easy but is hard to reach the top one around the warding. If I use the bent one I can get the top two levers easy but can't quite reach the bottom one because of the bend... I may make another one that's somewhere between the two, but I'd like to hear your thoughts first...
Thanks!