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EZ Rekey 6-Pin Practice Locks
Rychard
3
Nov 26, 2017
Why would anybody sell a kit that helps people to practise picking locks?? Bizarre in the extreme.
Any authorities that "need" to would have the resources anyway. Never seen this before.
Can only be of interest to aspiring criminals..
Pyro_hedgehog
63
Nov 26, 2017
RychardLock sport has been called the new chess by many. Lock picking is also a good way to think about life. As well as all of this, how the bloody hell do you think locksmiths train to go from civilian to locksmith? So shut the fuck up or act like you actually know what you’re talking about
Rychard
3
Nov 29, 2017
Pyro_hedgehogI asked a couple of simple questions. Clearly touched a nerve ... or what ever passes for that in your head, for you to respond to an anonymous person with such poor, crude manners. Perhaps you are aware that some people have ulterior motives ..
Pyro_hedgehog
63
Nov 29, 2017
RychardYes, some people do, but alternative motives doesn’t mean you take the dumbest way possible to acheave a goal. I’m a self trained locksmith, so let me tell you, if you think this is the dangerous part, you have been blissed with ignorance. There are tens of bipasses for most locks, all bipasses are faster than picking. The only way bipasses get reported the manufacturer is it people like us find it, the people who do this as a hobby, and not the people who do this illegally.
Rychard
3
Nov 30, 2017
Pyro_hedgehogThank You for that reasonable, nuanced explanation. I appreciate it and the info provided to me.
Best to you.
inspector_gidget
12
Dec 27, 2018
RychardI'm just a ruthless criminal who likes breaking into houses. Sleep tight "Rychard"
SDante
109
Dec 27, 2018
RychardIf YOU can pick your front door, so can a criminal.
If you repin your door with enough picking deterrents, a criminal will likely move to an easier lock.
Cheapest/easiest trick; replace the deepest spring (pin 1) with a cigarette lighter spring and cut the key so that pin one is a 6 or a 9.
Also, cut position 6 pin to a 1 or 0. Very hard to pick.
Rub graphite powder on your keys too.
izHuNu
0
Feb 27, 2019
SDanteCould you make a video demonstrating? Or plug to a visual medium?
SDante
109
Feb 27, 2019
izHuNuWith the spring or the cuts?
izHuNu
0
Feb 28, 2019
SDanteI'll Be honest, I'm a noob. I Taught myself to pick a lock during downtime as a lifeguard. But what you said sounded like another language. A YouTube video titled, "Deter any lock pick with this cheap easy trick." Would br GREAT.
To answer your question, I have no idea what, " cut position 6 pin to a 1 or 0" means.
I decided every man should own a proper lock picking set and was considering the
, "Southord pocket pen pick set". But I recommendations from the masters always valued!!!
SDante
109
Feb 28, 2019
izHuNuA key has several cuts, one for each pin. Most of the time there are 6 different depths possible for each cut and every cut allows the pins to lift to the correct position.
There are usually between 5 and 7 pins, unless it's a disc lock, which takes extra skill.
You number the pins, 12345 from the head, then number the depth of the cuts, so maybe go 13542, 1=1 2=3 3=5 4=5, you have the key mapped.
The best picks are made, not bought. Street sweeper bristles are excellent and often lay in the gutter, they're spring steel and are easily shaped.
Piano wire or guitar strings work too, especially on safes and disc locks.
I don't have a video link sorry, but you should look at a technique called impressioning. It will give you a key, not simply unlock the lock. Get yourself a copy of Greg Miller's book if you can find it.
You also have bilocks, medeco locks, dimple locks, disc locks, lever locks, warded locks, Brink's function locks,...
A simple pin and tumbler can be jiggled open most of the time. Just keep practising and use whatever tool works best for you.
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