LOCK PICKING EQUIPMENT FOR BEGINNERS
The Best Guide on How to Pick Locks Using the Most Efficient Methods, Tools and Kits
CHARLES RUSNAK
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Lock kng allows people t n locks wth only a fw tools.
Mt people rr five t 10 keys wth thm whnvr they go ut. On ur key ring u mght have vrl k fr th hu, n r tw more fr th car nd a fw fr th ff r a frnd' hu. Your k ring a lr demonstration f jut hw ubutu lk thnlg : You rbbl ntrt wth lk dzn f tm every wk.
Th mn rn w u locks vrwhr tht th rvd u wth a n of urt. But n mv and n television, , dttv and burglr n n a lk vr easily, mtm ung only a couple f r clips. Th a brng thught, to say th lt: I t rll bl for someone to open a lk l?
In this book, w'll lk at th very rl rt f lk kng, xlrng th fntng technology f lk nd k n the r.
CHAPTER 1
Lock Picking
Lkmth dfn lk-kng th mnultn f a lk' components t open a lock wthut a k. To undrtnd lk-kng, thn, you frt have to know hw locks nd k work.
Ready t lrn hw t k a lk?
Is tht a ?
Gd bu th bgnnr' guide to lock kng h hld thund lrn th art of lk kng nd t wll hl u too!
Lk picking is not rkt science and f you tk th tm to read this lk kng book fully, u'll lrn hw to k a lock vr ukl. Tht I rm.
As you wll m t , locks r xtrml tud rtur tht put up lttl dfn against anyone trying t b thmwth that, lt us gt started.
Intrdutn t Lock Pkng
S wht xtl lock kng? Simply put, lock kng a non-destructive way to open a lk wthut ung th rgnl k.
This n b done thrugh a variety f dffrnt w, but all hv th same gl n mndt mm the k b ung something other than th k.
But n order t mm a key, w mut undrtnd hw a k wrk n a lock. Th dn by first understanding how a lk tlf works.
Thr are mn dffrnt types f locks utlzd td, but ll r bd n frl ml ntrmmbr, lk are stupid rtur.
Fr the ur of th book, w wll b focusing n th mt basic and mmnl ud lk, th n tumbler lock.
Th pin tumblr lk makes u about 90% f locks ud td and wht u wll fnd n about every ddblt, dr lk, and dlk. Th r xtrml ml in their dgn nd ntll 6,000-r-ld thnlg.
It also ftn thought tht lrnng hw to k a lk requires m Zen-like fu. Tht u mut t utl in some ndllt room fr hours upon hur to fnd n u at the rft f lk picking.
But it , in ft, quite th opposite. The b concepts nd thnu of lock kng n b lrnd nd applied easily wthn mnut.
Th Simplest Lk
Imgn fr a mmnt tht u have two f r, n ttng n t f th thr.
Nw wth vr lttl ffrt, you could take tht top nd ld t lng th top f th bttm piece nd t wuld move freely wth vr lttl resistance.
However, f u tk a nl and tuk t through both pieces f r, th wuld become bund t h thr nd wuld no lngr be bl to move independently f one another. Entll, th wuld become "lkd" t h other.
Th little r mdl, explained bv, the mlt example f how mt lk funtn.
But lt' dv a lttl deeper and take a lr look t what truly urrng. Obvul, th tw f r r bound t h thr because thr a pencil crammed thrugh bth f them.
Hwvr, wht also tru, and mr mrtnt t note, tht w hv l obstructed th btwn thmtht the ln tht rt th two of r. Th ln what we rfr t th shear line nd is the blut foundation of how all lk wrk nd, as we wll n , th k t dftng thm!
Th mmnt tht w rmv that obstructionthe nlfrm the shear ln, th tw of paper wll once gn b able to mv freely.
But locks aren't flt and th sure hll rn't md frm r nd nl, let's hng a fw thng nd dd a fw more components t th ml lock nd wht we gt.
The Pin Tumbler Lk
There are a ton f dffrnt types f lk rmng th world tdfrm th tubulr lk tht you fnd n vndng machines t mbntn locks urng safes. But f all th different t f lk, nl one kng, the n tumbler lk!
Th pin tumbler lk is an xtrml simple dgn that mk up vr 90% of the lk used throughout th world.
Addtnll, f you can lrn to pick a pin tumblr lk, u n essentially transfer that kll to any other type of lk in n w or nthr!
Th tw rn ln mk th n tumbler th bt t of lk t bgn ur lk picking journey! Wth tht, lt' dive a little dr nt how th n tumblr lock wrk!
These locks r made u f 6 rmr mnnt tht we fft while kng. Lt' quickly go over h f thm!
Prt f a Lk
1. Th Clndr
Th lndr f th lock is nothing more thn a little ntnr tht houses the rest f the components. Th rt tll what ld nt a dr r padlock. If you jump back t ur simple paper lk bv, th lndr of th n tumblr lock is th top piece of r f it wr wrd around the rt of th lk. Th cylinder creates th ur limit f th hr ln and can l be referred t th hll, hung, or body of the lock.
2. The Plug
Th lug is th bttm piece f paper frm our simple lk. Hwvr, rthr thn hrng r a flt urf lk n our ml lk, th plug a lndr tht rtt frl wthn th hung, rtng a rttnl hr ln. The frnt f th lug is l where th k inserted and n th bk thr a m r tailpiece whh rtrt the lth and n the lk whn rotated. The plug rt th bttm lmt of the hr ln!
3. The Shear Ln
The shear line is nthng mr than th g btwn the hung and th lug. Just lk n the ml lock bv, t th ntul line n which th plug rtt n th housing. If th line obstructed n any way, the lug nd housing wll become lkd t each other thus, th plug wll nt turn. Onl whn th hr ln h been cleared f any obstructions wll th lug n again b able to rotate freely. Th hr ln is one f the most mrtnt nt t understand whn t m to lk kng!
4. K Pn
In th n tumbler lk, thr are tll tw t f pins. Th key n r the lower t nd hv th tk f rdng th ut f th k. Th dn by ung a variety of different lngth n nd thn uttng a k that matches th n lngth. If you lk at any key, u wll notice that thr r high t nd lw t. Th t r wht we ll ut, and in a mmnt, we will the rl they l n hw th lk wrk!
5. Drvr Pn
The drvr pins are th upper set f n whose jb t btrut th shear ln.
Th r bll the pencil from ur ml lock bv! Unlike th k n, th drvr pins are usually ll th m lngth.
6. Th Srng
Lt u is the rng and th hv tw jb. Thr frt jb is t fr vrthng dwn nt th lug nd k th drvr n at th hr ln when thr n key n th lock. Thr nd jb to uh th k n against th key, whh helps rd the ut.
Wthut the springs, the n could gt stuck anywhere in th n hmbr, whh uld mk ung a k mbl.
Alrght, nw tht you undrtnd the r components f th n tumblr, lets tk a look at how vrthng wrk tgthr t mk a full functioning lk!
The fllwng nmtn illustrates th n tumblr lock in tn!
A u n , whn th key shoved nt the plug, t pushes upward n th k n. Bu th btng f th k nd th lengths f the k n have been cut t mth, the key n wll r fluh with the hr line ung th driver n t xt th plug full.
