| Author | Message | ||
     Anonymous Posted From: 203.144.160.243 |
I need help in picking a lock without the use of blank keys and/or picks. I really need everybody's help. I've found some info but they don't easily work. Thanks for all the help! | ||
| Arcygenical Unregistered guest Posted From: 24.141.253.124 |
Use a heavy duty hairpin as your tension wrench and a big clothes-pin (maybe a Kilt or a Skirt Pin actually). They work really well, and cost, at most 25c. | ||
| Anonymous Posted From: 203.144.160.245 |
Thanks, but I just want to learn how to pick a lock with just a screwdriver, no other stuff. I just want to pick it with just one tool which is the screwdriver. Any advice out there? Well, thanks a lot. | ||
| Arcygenical Unregistered guest Posted From: 24.141.253.124 |
That's almost physically impossible. The way a lock works is that it has several tumblers which, if pushed past a certain threshold... Snap. Really, theres no other word for it, you'll hear a distinctive *SNAP* sound for each of the tumbler pins (usually 4-6 depending on the type of lock). You also need a tension wrench (like a hair pin) to physically move the entire lock chamber (if there is no tension on the chamber the pins can fall back past their threshold). Lock picking for the most part REQUIRES 2 tools. The pick pushes the pins and the Tension Wrench moves the lock barrel to the right (usually) to keep the pins past their threshold. It's hard  . For you're information... There are 4 main type of locks in use today are: 1 - Standard pin-tumbler locks. To identify this sort of lock, look into the barrel (through the crack) and check what shape of the metal pin, it should be rounded at the bottom end. (about 50% of locks used these days) 2 - Wafer locks. These locks are similar to pin tumblers but they have square pins, they're harder to pick and require more force pushing on the pins. (About 20% of locks used today) 3 - Warded locks. The barrel of these look like a big W. You can pick these with a screwdriver easily, but these are so uncommon that it's hard to find one to practice on. (Invented A LONG time ago and are almost useless, they make up like 2% of locks today) 4 - Circle barrel locks (Dunno their real name). The ones usually on laptop locks. A circular key with several notches is used to move various parts of the lock at the same time. You need to pick this lock 8 times before it will open, turning it 45 degrees each time you pick it. Almost impossible to pick. (These make up the rest, along with some other uncommon types of locks, like the magnetic card locks) Note that each of the above types can have a double locking mechanism, for example Wafers and Pin tumblers can have pins on both the upside and the bottom side, means you need to pick 2 things before it'll open. So, a Tension wrench AND a pick is required to do anything. Sorry, it's not as easy as in the movies, I've been picking locks for close to 6 years now, my uncle works as a locksmith. Hope that helps even a little bit . (BTW, check Howstuffworks.com for a good article on how to do this) | ||
| Anonymous Posted From: 61.19.46.38 |
Thanks a lot for your information. I've tried to pick locks with 2 tools but they won't work. I opened one but I guess I broke it first and then it opened. Anyway, thanks for the advice and Arcygenical, could you please ask your uncle about padlock shims and how to make them. Thanks a lot. | ||
| E-Man Unregistered guest Posted From: 209.216.187.48 |
you know what is a really good pick for pin tumbler locks, are those dental picks, yeah it's almost unbeatable compared to any other non-lockpicking intended deviceish thing. and yeah, a flatheaded screwdriver can be bad on your lock, i tried it and it kept tearing up the hole, so i am about to get a hair pin and try that as a tension wrench, i have been trying to find something for a while now. | ||
| Anonymous Posted From: 144.139.175.164 |
Find and allen key, 2 or 3 sizes larger to fit in the keyway and sand it down to size. As for picks, buy some hacksaw blades, if you have a bench grinder or dremel,grinde them down to shape and there you go. | ||
| Adrian (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted From: 203.144.160.245 |
They're so complicated, got anything simple? Thanks!!! | ||
| MadScientist (Madscientist) Advanced Member Username: Madscientist Post Number: 89 Registered: 4-2005 |
Look, If lock picking was meant to be simple and easy, there would be no point in having a lock installed in the first place now would there? You have to keep in mind what a lock is designed to do! Keeping unauthorized personnel (this would be you, the lock picker) from accessing something that is intended to be protected. To think otherwise is simply foolish, it is *SUPPOSED* to be difficult to open a lock without the proper key. Elementary, my dear Watson. | ||
| Alessandro (Alessandro) Intermediate Member Username: Alessandro Post Number: 38 Registered: 2-2005 |
Lock picking is not AS hard as it is made out to be. Infact a complete novice could easily learn to pick the average tumbler lock in 1 or 2 weeks, given the correct tools and guidance. | ||
| Adrian (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted From: 58.10.183.222 |
Thanks, I need lots of guidance because I live in a place where lockpicking is very rare and there are small numbers of lockpicking instructors. Any kind of simple instruction guide would be very helpful!!! | ||
| Casey Smith (Caseyjordan88) New member Username: Caseyjordan88 Post Number: 1 Registered: 10-2006 |
What about the credit card thing? Regular locks let you use those without any fuss. Deadbolts and more complicated locks don't, though. | ||
| scott (Ichyc) Senior Member Username: Ichyc Post Number: 121 Registered: 6-2006 |
This thread was about portable locks not locks on a door. | ||
| Grant (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted From: 4.245.10.126 |
i got a 5 pc. southord lock pick set at my local flee market for about 20$. I could have easily made a set but southord is a pretty good brand so i just bought them. It also came with a handy little book called easy pickings, if you can find that book it would help you greatly, i didnt know about locks or picking them until i got that book and now i can pick standard locks pretty well. your not going to pick locks with just a skrew driver. but you said you didnt want to use picks so the credit card approach would be the best for you, you should know how to do that. | ||
| lebron (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted From: 71.183.230.27 |
yo i gotta question i locked my my phone and my friends phone in a draw it has a small lock on it now i don't kno how 2 pick it im trying 2 use paper clips but im not good can anyone give me explain these steps with house hold items | ||
| jake banman (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted From: 206.253.49.156 |
yo can anyone post a picture or a little video of lock picking with house hold items not picks o and some instructions telling were to put wich hairpin or clothe pin were thanks | ||
| N/A (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted From: 82.33.121.3 |
hi um im 13 and i just craked a safe at home and i can pick locks pretty well so if any 1 needs guidence just reply | ||
| Dustin (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted From: 64.136.27.228 |
i need to know how too. anyone that could help, e-mail me at minidre1@yahoo.com. thanks for the help. and for the subject, don't put lockpicking 'cuz i have people that check my e-mails so that i don't get those kinds of e-mails. just put the subject as answere or advice or something like that. make it a little obvious though 'cuz i get a lot of spam and such so i might just delete it if it looks like it is. thanks for the help. | ||
| a1469 (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted From: 71.194.49.147 |
any one no how to pick a gas meter lock | ||
| teddydevil3 (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted From: 210.24.109.248 |
What do you mean by the credit card thing? how does that work? and what is the usual size for padlock shims? i heard you can make 1 with a coke bottle's metal. how do they work? and could you elaborate on how to make a tension wrench with an allen key? someone reply to all these please. i don't know the basic concept for the padlock shim ( someone teach). also if I cant get hacksaw blades what else can be used? | ||
| Corrupt (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted From: 98.162.183.5 |
Picking a gas meter lock is fairly easy. I just used the barrel from a Sharpie marker taken apart and shoved in the open end. All that needs to be done to pop these locks is to spread apart the 4 prongs that clamp around the shaft of the other piece. |
