Lockpicking

Jotun · 20 Jan 2007 at 21:50

Defcon5 said:
Do your windows have locks? they will be the easiest.

Yeah they do, although I've also got a safe and a few small things with locks on, which I was planning on trying first. Might give the windows a shot though.

Gaygle · 20 Jan 2007 at 21:54

Jotun said:
I've also got a safe

Ok, i'm just getting started with this whole lockpicking thing, but i'm guessing that a safe is possibly one of the hardest things to crack......ever.

J1234 · 20 Jan 2007 at 21:59

You could have a look in the The Anarchist Cookbook, get a .pdf download of it from somewhere?

Jotun · 20 Jan 2007 at 22:03

Gaygle said:
Ok, i'm just getting started with this whole lockpicking thing, but i'm guessing that a safe is possibly one of the hardest things to crack......ever.

It isn't a high quality one, and it came with a key, and the key looks fairly simple. So I don't think it's anything like the ones in banks or anything, so not too tricky I should think

sarutobi · 20 Jan 2007 at 22:04

play splinter cell
thats how i learned

just goes to show that video games can make you a criminal

Jotun · 20 Jan 2007 at 22:12

theDave said:
play splinter cell
thats how i learned

just goes to show that video games can make you a criminal

Knowing how to lockpick doesn't make you a criminal. It's how you choose to apply the skill that determines whether it is illegal or not.

Off topic: You have the best sig ever

Defcon5 · 20 Jan 2007 at 22:43

Justin said:
You could have a look in the The Anarchist Cookbook, get a .pdf download of it from somewhere?

its on textfiles

Chabsy · 21 Jan 2007 at 00:26

You just cant pick all locks, a good mortise will be very hard these have to be drilled in the correct postions, euro barrels are easy though they just snap

benneh · 21 Jan 2007 at 03:04

Bumpkeys scare the hell out of me. It took me about 45 minutes to file a bumpkey that could open my own front door, my mothers front door and 2 other locks around her house. Just be responsible really. Personally I would love to be able to pick locks, and I have the right type of interest and intricate skill, but for one reason and another (being lazy and spending too much time posting on forums etcetera) I have never put the time in. A nice skill to learn.

Shifter_Hull · 21 Jan 2007 at 03:28

The Anarchist Cookbook was a good info guide on how to also did have videos guide to it all too sadly all now long gone

Jet · 21 Jan 2007 at 04:26

Bobbler said:
Thats easy mate.
We just got back from Florida this week and experienced some oddity in the hire car we had which locked the doors with our 16 month old daughter inside.
Luckily a guy with a phone helped us out with a company called pop-a-lock that he had seen on TV.

Guy turned up. Two rubber wedges in the door frame. A ruler with a looped bit of string on it through the gap.
Literally 5 seconds from start to finish. I was shocked how easy it was TBH and left not a mark on the car.

The RAC in England do that man

Except on mine he took about 20 minutes to hook the door pin. I think he had Parkinson's or something

He had to bend my door back slightly as well to get it to shut true.

snowdog · 6 Sep 2015 at 22:29

Big thread bump, but anyone else who does this for fun ?

I just ordered a lock picking set and a clear see through padlock to practice. Anyone know any good tutorial websites/video's

?

deuse · 7 Sep 2015 at 06:57

https://www.fasttech.com/search?lock picking

Cosimo · 7 Sep 2015 at 06:59

snowdog said:
Big thread bump, but anyone else who does this for fun ?

I just ordered a lock picking set and a clear see through padlock to practice. Anyone know any good tutorial websites/video's ?

Just get a cell with the right people and your new career will take off.

OhEsEcks · 7 Sep 2015 at 07:37

snowdog said:
Big thread bump, but anyone else who does this for fun ?

I just ordered a lock picking set and a clear see through padlock to practice. Anyone know any good tutorial websites/video's ?

If you're near any hacker spaces, they usually have lock picking nights.

TOG in Dublin have an active lock pickers community. Belfast's Farset Labs doesn't seem interested in it, so I'm not driving all the way down to Dublin for it.

Look here for a list of hackerspaces: https://wiki.hackerspaces.org/List_of_Hacker_Spaces, find one near you and then check their site to see if they hold any workshops.

russell664 · 7 Sep 2015 at 08:25

It would be something I would like to try out, just for fun really, to see if I can open the locks in my house.

tcfreer · 7 Sep 2015 at 08:34

One of my friends is a locksmith by trade - makes a tidy profit from it very easily and run's his own company with very very good contarcts from council, police etc

Something I'm thinking of having a look into - purely from the business side it's very lucrative and is a dieing trade

masterk · 7 Sep 2015 at 08:48

See if you can find a copy of "Tumblers Today". Very good read.

Josh · 7 Sep 2015 at 08:51

I once had to call out a locksmith as I'd lost my car keys, chap came out in a brand spanking Merc van with all the kit and tools, charged me £350 for around 5 mins work.

Was very impressed, his call out fee alone was more than my weekly wage back then.

Suppose if it is a dying trade the money must still be there for people to earn a living?

tcfreer · 7 Sep 2015 at 08:54

Sorry I'll re word Josh - I meant as in a lot of people aren't getting into it from a legitamate side. The skill base is reducing all the time - Heck the last person my mate employed was from Germany, he couldn't find anyone in the UK who wasn't already doing the role. And it looks like apprenticships are often un filled for it aswell.