LOCK PICKING
The Complete Guide for Beginners to Master the Art of Lock Picking Skills and Avoid Beginner Mistakes
Joseph
McKnight
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Contents
INTRODUCTION
This approach simply indicates that you can highlight the disadvantages of a physical security system if you clearly comprehend lock manipulation. This will simply be of assistance in safeguarding the vulnerabilities that exist and maintaining the troubleshooting professionals and professionalism of locksmiths.
Due to this, we made an available introduction of different techniques of lock picking to customers. In other words, these interested locksmiths and customers will clearly comprehend the basics and techniques of lock picking.
Before we go into details, always keep in mind that the already bought and used lock picking tools are legal in many countries, as long as you only use it on locks that you are in possession of, or with the explicit permission of the lock owner. This also simply indicates that one is committing a crime if he or she does not follow any of the two steps mentioned above to open locks.
CHAPTER ONE
Operation of a standard Lock
The most common locks
The flat key locks and the paracentric pinned locks are the most common locks. This is not strictly discussing about the total number of locks, since the lock is a term which can be defined as an entire mechanism dedicated to the opening and closure of the door or other mechanism.
As a result of the fact that we are just focusing on the methods of non-destructive opening in this presentation, we are fascinated only about the lock cylinder and not the lock case or the complete lock.
Nonetheless, if you want to be more comprehensible and avoid repetitions, we will concentrate more on the terms, locks or cylinders.
Distinct forms of cylinders
The different forms of cylinders include the following;
Round cylinders. These types of cylinders are usually mounted on dead bolts.
And the European kind cylinders. These types of cylinders are often fitted with lock case being established inside the door.
For your notice, the two different forms of cylinders, that is, the round cylinders and European kind cylinders have identical operation. Besides, the needs of both cylinders must be thoroughly comprehended before you learn how to pick them.
CHAPTER TWO
Types of Locks
Knowing the kinds or types of locks to pick is very important. Before you pick a lock, you clearly need to understand the different types of locks.
Before we go into details, let us turn our focus on the different kinds of locks, then we can know what they offer. As we all know that there many kinds of locks out there, it is better we concentrate on the most popular and the kind of locks you are likely to experience in the world today. As a matter of fact, one of these locks we will mention might be the first lock you will pick.
You might discover that things may get complex since we need to clearly explain whether it is the lock mechanism or lock housing we are talking about. Let us take for example, padlock is clearly the housing of a lock mechanism, although you can make use of various different locking mechanisms with the padlock. In this chapter, we will be concentrating on the locking mechanism, how the locks functions especially inside, and the kind of picks you need considering the internal mechanism.
Even though there are various kinds of specialist lock mechanisms, there are only five primary kinds of locks you need to learn, since these are the ones you may experience in your life on a daily basis. The five kinds of locks are the pin cylinder locks, the lever locks, the wafer locks, the warded locks, and the disc detainer locks.
Pin Cylinder Locks
The most ancient locking mechanism is the pin cylinder locking mechanism. The wooden locks found at the pyramids of ancient Egypt almost looks like the pin cylinder locks. Nonetheless, Linus Yale popularized it and also patented this specific lock in 1851. As a result of the success of his locks, a lot of individuals currently refer to these specific locks as Yale locks. If you must know, the pin cylinder locks are mostly used today.
In terms of the principle, it is quite simple. There is a plug or central core that must rotate before the lock can be opened. A series of pins usually prevents the plug from turning which simply indicates that the plug is obstructed. When you insert the correct key, the pairs of driver pins and key pins lines splits up along the top side of the plug where it comes in contact with the housing of the lock. This is otherwise known as the shear line. The plug will be able to turn and the lock open once this has occurred. If you are lock picker, you must ensure that the pin pairs splits along the shear line in order to enable the plug rotate or turn and the lock open.
Lever Locks
Lock pickers usually see the lever locks as the next progression. The reason is that it is popular and also offer a certain challenge. The lever locks are the second most used locks in the universe. Robert Barron, who was an English man attributed and designed the lever locks in 1778.
In terms of the principle, the lever locks possesses a cut-aways or gates which must be lifted to distinctive heights to let the bolt stump to move and also make the door open. When the key is inserted and also turned, all the levers will be lifted to the correct height.
The bolt thrower is the last one on one of the cuts on the key. Also, when you turn the key, you will notice that the levers are raised and the bolt is moved by the bolt thrower.
Keep in mind that you can find the lever lock mechanisms in padlocks or even domestic front doors. You can also use two pieces of wire to pick simple lever locks. One of the wires is used to apply pressure on the bolt, while the other wire is used to life the levers. When you use a tension wrench to apply tension to the bolt, you are directly creating a small ledge. When you must have created the ledge, that is, a fraction of a millimeter, you are directly lifting the levers till they are placed on the ledge.
In summary, assuming you intend to know how to pick this specific type of locks, it is either you find yourself lucky with an easy mechanism or a few bent wires and also a makeshift tension wrench. Nonetheless, try to be watchful when you make use of any objects such as the bobby pin, knife, or even the credit card to pick or wrench, since you may cause damage to the lock or the object.
