画眉嘴国王的读后感:Picking Locks - The Beginners Guide To Lock Picking | Guns Lot

You never know where and when youmay need to pick a lock. You may just need to get into your house orcar, or you may be captured by insurgents in a foreign nation. Whateverthe case may be, this is the Beginners Guide To Lock Picking. Withpractice and time, your skills will improve.

Even if you know nothing about lock picking, if you follow the stepsoutlined here, you should be able to pick your first lock open lessthan an hour from now. You‘ll also learn the best places to get thetools you‘ll need (and how to make them if you don‘t want to buy them).

Lock Picking Instructions

Step 1: Purchase a practice lock

Now you‘re ready to purchase a practice lock. Odds are, you‘ll endup destroying this lock, so don‘t go for anything fancy, or anythingyou‘ll want to keep. Walk into any department store and buy a mediumpriced dead-bolt. A dead-bolt is the easiest lock to disassemble, sodon‘t stray away towards any other type. Also, the really cheap lockscan be hard to open even with the key, so trying to pick them is evenworse. The brands you want to look for are either generic names, orKwikset. Stay away from Schlage, it‘s more difficult to pick due to theshape of the ward. The lock you purchase should be a five pin tumbler(you would have a hard time finding a dead-bolt that isn‘t).

Step 2: Remove all but one pin from your lock

Attempting to pick a five pin tumbler is way too difficult forsomeone just starting out. So you‘ll want to make your job easier byremoving all but one pin from your lock. This will give you a feel forwhat it‘s like to pick a lock so you‘ll know it when it happens. Takingthe pins out of a lock without destroying it isn‘t intuitive, so I‘veput together a guide showing how to do it. You‘ll want to leave thefirst pin (the pin closest to the front of the lock) in. This willallow you to see what you‘re doing.

Step 3: Get a torque wrench and a pick

You probably don‘t own a lock pick set, so you‘re going to have tomake due with household items. Here is a list of a few items which willserve you well as a torque wrench:

* Allen Wrench. This is the best tool. If you havea grinder, pick one which is a size or two too big to enter thekey-way, then grind it‘s width down just enough to enter the key-way.If you don‘t have a grinder, use a file, or use a different item for atorque wrench. (Using one which fits exactly into the key-way will onlywork for a while, eventually you‘ll wear out the key-way).

* Screwdriver. Use a very small one, but not sosmall that it doesn‘t touch the wards. You‘ll want to make it aseffortless as possible to apply turning pressure.

* Paper Clip. Find a sturdy paper clip andstraighten it out. Then bend a loop just big enough to fit into thebottom of the key-way. Then bend the remaining wire about 80-90 degreesto the loop.

Here are some tools which may be used as a pick (most of these toolswill work well for picking the first pin, but you‘ll need to upgradeafter you‘ve added a pin or two):

* Allen Wrench. Pick the smallest one you can find.

* Screw Driver. Again, pick the smallest one you can find.

* Paper Clip. You‘ll need one strong enough to withstand the force of the springs.

* Straight Pin. File the point off so you don‘t stick yourself.

* Safety Pin. Again, file the point off.

* Staple. You‘ll need one strong enough towithstand the force of the springs. Straighten it out so it‘s flat,then turn it edgewise when picking.

Step 4: Pick the lock

And now the moment of truth; you‘re ready to pick your first lock.Basically, just do what you learned back in step1 and step 2. I find iteasiest when the lock is turned upside down. Then place your finger onthe torque wrench, and let gravity do the work (you may need to pressdown just a little bit). Then take your pick and lower the first pindown very slowly. Once you hit the the sheer line, you‘ll know it. Theplug will turn, and you‘ll be amazed as to how easy it was and howlittle time it took. Return the plug back to the locked position andrepeat until you‘re comfortable.

Step 5: Add some more pins and try again

Now that you know what it feels like, add another pin back in (addpin two, just behind pin one). Now when you get a pin picked, you won‘tknow for sure, not until you try to pick the second one. Practice,Practice, Practice. You‘ll want to become very proficient at pickingtwo pins before stepping up to three. If you try to advance tooquickly, you‘ll hinder your learning. So take your time. If youpractice casually, it will probably take you three to five days to workyour way up to five pins. Also, you‘ll need better tools to pick morethan three pins, so order your pick set and practice with two and threepins until your order arrives.

Step 6: Continue Learning with Recommended Readings

First Reading

My first recommendation is to read the MIT Guide to Lock picking byTheodore T. Tool. Although the document is rather old (1987), all ofthe information within it is still valid, and will apply to themajority of the locks you run into on a daily basis. It gives a verygood introduction on how to pick pin tumbler locks (the type used onthe door to your house). There is simply no better place to start.

Second Reading

After you‘ve read the MIT Guide, I encourage to you read the Secretsof Lock picking page. This page gives an overview of many differenttypes of locks and will help you identify the different types as youencounter them. This site doesn‘t give as much detail about each lockas the MIT Guide, so I recommend reading the MIT Guide first. For now,just concentrate on the wafer tumbler lock information at this site.The other lock types aren‘t very common, so come back and read thosesections after you‘ve picked some pin and wafer tumblers.