pickin locks
 

does anyone know of any sites that explain how to pick locks using simple shit....safety pin mcgyver shit

it's no where as easy as you think it is to actually do it, but it's not that difficult a concept, read it and you should be able to get it with some work, but if u have the tools its much easier

http://www.lysator.liu.se/mit-guide/mit-guide.html

I had fun researching this not long ago, but please note, that this can get you in a lot of trouble if you actually do it. Also, just owning lock pics is illegal in some municipalities if you are not a locksmith.

http://www.lockpicksonline.com/tutorials/

http://home.howstuffworks.com/lock-picking.htm

I was apprenticed to a locksmith for awhile before moving back into computers. Picking isn't hard at all to learn, but it's 90% feel so it takes lots of practice. Some locks are easier than others, and some are made to be difficult or impossible to pick.

Once you learn what's involved, you're going to laugh whenever you seem some actor "pick" a lock in a movie or on tv. Annoys the hell out of my wife.:D

Those are good sites! From what I was told, they qualify as "burglary tools" and as such, are illegal for you to have in your car unless you can prove you're a locksmith. Same goes for slim jims. This is in ILL. anyway. They aren't actually illegal to own, you just can't have them on you outside the house I guess.

Same here. The great state of Oklahoma tought me how to pick locks when I worked in the maintenance department of one of the state agencies.

I see these guys on TV walk up to a door, turn around and with one slide of the rake, they're in. Bullshit. But my wife just goes, "well if you're good you can do that". Whatever.

Any of you all use one of the lock pick guns? What a male torture device those would make, eh?

Thanks for alll of the great links. I always wondered how you get started. One of the sites explains how to remove the tumblers from a deadbolt. You start with one and then reinsert them as you get better. Very cool.

Just wait till the first time you accidentally pull the cylinder plug out without a folower to keep the top pins and springs where they belong.

And the 2nd time...

And without using a turning tool too! :lol:

Reminds of when I did something similar though. I had a customer walk in to my store with one of those large round American brand locks. They look like they'd resist an anti-tank round. His key wasn't working to well and he wanted to know what to do. Without a boring lecture lets just say that the lock mech. is actually really simple to defeat in spite of how it looks.

I told him the key was probably worn, but lets see if the lock is working in the first place. I took a pick and in/out/click! That fast.
doesn't always work that way, but this time it did.

He started sputtering and said "but then what is the use of having a lock":lol: I sold him a better one instead. Not what I had intended, but it worked out well.:D

Called "rapping". Works for some other locks too.

I saw a show called "Repossesors" a couple days ago. They were repo'ing a Porche. One guy was lookout and the other picked the door lock and then the ignition. They kept going to a close up of the lock picking, then back to the lookout saying "hurry up" over and over. What was interesting was that the closeups clearly showed him just rattling the tools in the lock and not doing anything at all. It took awhile.

Then when the guy finally has the car started and is pulling out of the public garage, he tells the camera "two locks in under a minute. That's pretty good I think". Sooo, the producer was trying to heighten the drama by having him pretend to be struggling for a while. This is reality tv huh?

mtsgsd: lol they have to make it seem like its hard to the public so everyone wont just go do it.