How to pick a Master Lock #175 with a paper clip…

by Thomas Mitchell on October 19, 2009


Even though I am not the best locksmith in the world, the four-digit #175 model Master Lock is so easy to pick that all the hardened steel in the world isn’t going to protect your belongings. In honor of this video’s upcoming 500000 view (at this rate probably in a month or two), I’ve filmed my favorite hack of all time: making a perfect copy of any key with a digital camera, ruler, Adobe Photoshop, permanent marker, and a dremel. This is a very cool trick for making backup copies of your …

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How to Pick Locks – Your Complete Guide on Lock Picking

by Thomas Mitchell on November 4, 2009

Picking locks is a crime for all concerned. That’s definitely so when you are not the owner. There are several tricks on how to pick locks This is a skill mastered by hackers and thieves. You just need paper clips, flat screw drivers, or even hair pins. If it’s a round doorknob-lock, you’ll consider yourself fortunate. Just pressurize the space between lock and frame with flat pins and it’ll buckle out.

If it’s a swiping lock with buttons and all, you may do the job with electronic cards ; say licenses or ID cards. Just making a polite intrusion into the hole with blunt knives might also open the lock for you. Open sesame! Simply hammering on the locks may weaken its integrity, but then it will be rendered meaningless. One should try and open a lock to leave space for re-use.

Safes typically have coded locks with three-figure permutations. Arithmetically, it’d be highly laborious to decode them. However, if you know the last number, that would make the mixture target at roughly one hundred tries. You have to know that. For complicated hacking, shims are used right in the middle of the lock to avoid any breaking. Just a few mental thrusts at the locks get it open. However, in case of smart master locks, it is kind of most unlikely to open thru any process ( if you do not have the key or the code, that is ). Same is the case for customized locks. You will check applicable online sites and videos to get stylized info on lock picking.

In some safes, any incorrect combination bolsters a reaction where a fuel running within reaches ignition point and explodes. Quality of safes should be gauzed before making any attempt. Any smartness may lead you in lock-up.

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How to Pick Locks – The Secrets of Lockpicking

November 12, 2009

What is lock picking? Well, it is the capability, or activity of picking a lock w/out the key. In fact, Egyptians on the early were the original to come with a difficult security device. This is the pin tumbler lock. We utilize the same protection principle today on thousands of applications. A little knowledge on [...]

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A Simple Guide to Locksmith Tools for Lock Picking

November 12, 2009

As with any other trade, locksmithing has its own set of unique tools. Looking at them piece by piece should be puzzling, if you do not have a background on locksmith service at all. Special tools are used for special purposes just like a carpenter’s hammer is used only for pounding nails into place. Locksmiths [...]

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Complete Guide to LockPicking

March 1, 2010

Product DescriptionA complete guide to the art and science of Non-Destructive Entry, AKA Lock-Picking. For Professionals and Hobbyists alike…. More >> Complete Guide to LockPicking

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August 10, 2010

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