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Another lock- picking tutorial
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[+] WRITTEN BY: DARC DEATHE [+]
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This tutorial will demonstrate how to "pick" a pin tumbler lock. Use of
this material is for locksmiths only, any use of this information for
illegal purposes is forbidden and against the law. (as long as we are at
it, do you want to buy some land in Florida?)
In order to pick a pin tumbler lock, you will require four items: a lock,
you, a pick, and a tension wrench. you can ussually get these at a
locksmith store, if you can not find one near you there will be an address
at the end of the article that you can order them from. Here is an
illustration of a pick and a tension wrench:
________/ !________
pick tension wrench
Most people know of the need for the pick, but have no idea what the
wrench is for. It is very important and with- out it it would be
impossible to pick a lock.
In order to pick a lock, we must count upon the imperfection of the lock.
Before we look at how to actually pick the lock, we will look at the parts
of it and how the imperfection part fits in. Here is a dissassembled lock:
/ / / /
\ \ \ \
springs -> / / / /
\ \ \ \
_ _ _ _
! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
drivers ->! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
!_! !_! !_! !_!
_ _
! ! _ ! !
bottom pins ->! ! ! ! _ ! !
! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
\_/ \_/ \_/ \_/
_____________________
! : : : : : : : : !
housing ->! : : : : : : : : !
! : : : : : : : : !
!___: :_: :_: :_: :___!
! : : : : : : : : !
plug ->! : : : : : : : : !
!______________________!
! !
! !
! !
!_____________________!
___
/ \
! !__ _ _
! \__ / \_/ \__
! \/ \
\__/------------------- <- key
When you insert a key into a lock, the bottem pins are pushed up, and if
it is the proper key, the tops of the bottom pins will match with the spot
where the plug and housing meet, thus allowing you to turn the plug, and
open the door, etc.. When you inser the key, the bottom pins go into the
valleys of the key, thus meaning that the key must have the right height
valleys to make the lock open. Pretty elementry, right? Well now we can
move on to how to pick a lock.
In order to pick a lock we (as i said before) depend on the inaccuracy of
the manufacturing process. The first thing to do is to insert the tension
wrench into the lock and apply a slight pressure to the left (or right if
you wish) so that if you could look inside the lock at where the plug and
the housing would meet, it would look like this:
! !*! !
housing ! !*! !
! !*! !
__________! !*! !___________
__________ !*! ____________
! !*!!
plug ! !_!!
! _ !
! !*!!
! \_/!
Now a slight presure is on the pins. Because the pins can not be produced
exactly the same, there is one pin which is the widest and there fore has
more tension on it, and one which is the thinnest and has almost no
pressure on it. We now use the pick to >gently< push each pin up (and try
to feel it when you let it down) until we find which is the tightest on
and which is loosest. Getting the feel for this is the hardest part of
lock picking. Now that you have found the loosest one, gently press it
upward until you feel a slight reduction in tension on the tension wrench.
This will happen when the top of the bottom pin becomes even with the
junction of the plug and the housing. DO NOT RELEASE ANY TENSION FROM THE
WRENCH NOW! The driver will now be trapped in the housing as illustrated
here: (don't I draw pretty)
! !*! !
housing ! !*! !
! !*! !
___________! !_! !___________
_______________ ___________
! !*! !
plug ! !*! !
! \_/ !
! !
Now you continue this process with each of the pins until you work your
way up to the one that is widest. With some practice you can get fairly
fast at this. I suggest practicing on a four pin tumbler lock that is
bought from a hardware store, the cheaper the better.
I would like to discuss a paticular configuration of the pins now that may
present a particularly hard job to pick. This is graphicly shown here by
the two middle pins:
!*! !*! !*! !*!
!*! !*! !_! !*!
!*! !*! _ !*!
!_! !*! !*! !_!
_ !*! !*! _
!*! !*! !*! !*!
!*! !_! !*! !*!
!*! _ !*! !*!
!*! !*! !*! !*!
\_/ \_/ \_/ \_/
\_______________
When you try to push the 2nd pin from the left up, you will unavoidably be
pushing the one in front of it up be- cause of it's long bottom pin. the
only solution for this is to get a special pick that looks like this:
\
\ _______________
\_/
The major problem with this is that it is hard to initially detect. The
reason that it makes it harder if it is not immedietly apperant is that
you un- avoidably push the 3rd pin from the left up into the housing,
getting it jammed:
! !*! !
housing ! !_! !
! _ !
! !*! !
__________! !*! !________
___________ !*! ________
!!*!!
plug !!*!!
!\_/!
I would also like to address a technique called raking. it uses a tool
like this:
\/\/\/\___________
Basicly you "rake" it back and forth across the pins, hoping that combined
with the tension it will give you the right combination. This way has been
known to work fast sometimes, but is not very reliable, and I would
suggest learning to actually "pick" the lock.
Earlier I promised an address to order locksmithing materials from, so
here it is:
GARRISON PROTECTIVE ELECTRONICS
BOX 128
KEW GARDENS, NEW YORK, 11415
sources: personal practice and many excellent books from mentor press, if
you would like their catalog, send a SASE to:
THE INTELLIGENCE LIBRARY
MENTOR PULICATIONS
135-53 NORTHERN BLVD.
FLUSHING, NY 11354
and ask for any information available on THE INTELLIGENCE LIBRARY.
This concludes our extraordinairely graphic article on lock picking. if
you have any questions, leave e-mail for DARC DEATHE on most national
BBS's