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How would I learn how to pick a lock?

Posted on 7/14/15 at 1:07 pm
Posted by Broke
AKA Buttercup
Member since Sep 2006
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Posted on 7/14/15 at 1:07 pm
I want to learn locksmith skills. There is no formal training that I'm aware of.
Posted by Walt OReilly
Poplarville, MS
Member since Oct 2005
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Posted on 7/14/15 at 1:07 pm to
YouTube videos
Posted by Ingeniero
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2013
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Posted on 7/14/15 at 1:07 pm to
"Locksmith skills"
Posted by tgrbaitn08
Member since Dec 2007
146214 posts
Posted on 7/14/15 at 1:08 pm to
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The easiest way to pick a lock is to use the fast and dirty method: scrubbing.
Insert Tension Wrench into the Bottom of Key Hole and Apply Slight Pressure. ...
Insert Pick at Top of Lock. ...
While Applying Slight Torque to Your Wrench, Scrub Your Pick Back and Forth in the Key Hole. ...
Repeat Until All the Pins Set.


LINK
Posted by SEClint
New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR
Member since Nov 2006
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Posted on 7/14/15 at 1:08 pm to
Resident evil
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
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Posted on 7/14/15 at 1:08 pm to
Lockpick kit on Amazon. YouTube.
Posted by northshorebamaman
Cochise County AZ
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Posted on 7/14/15 at 1:08 pm to
You can order books online.
Posted by Green Chili Tiger
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Posted by SidewalkDawg
Chair
Member since Nov 2012
9820 posts
Posted on 7/14/15 at 1:10 pm to
Just continue to break picks until you skill up. Once you get around 100 or so they don't break so easily.
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
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Posted on 7/14/15 at 1:11 pm to
quote:

I want to learn locksmith skills.


Posted by Sellecks Moustache
NC
Member since Jun 2014
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Posted on 7/14/15 at 1:12 pm to
Credit card.

Has shite changed since I was 16?
Posted by arcalades
USA
Member since Feb 2014
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Posted on 7/14/15 at 1:13 pm to
The World Wide Web. but not message boads.
Posted by Shexter
Prairieville
Member since Feb 2014
13881 posts
Posted on 7/14/15 at 1:13 pm to
Get a part time job at Pop-A-Lock. Get paid to learn.....
Posted by BigPerm30
Member since Aug 2011
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Posted on 7/14/15 at 1:15 pm to
It's like being a River Boat Pilot you're just born into it.
Posted by stout
Smoking Crack with Hunter Biden
Member since Sep 2006
167258 posts
Posted on 7/14/15 at 1:21 pm to
I break into houses all the time and get paid for it.

It's obviously not as easy as movies show it to be but you can learn watching videos and reading instructions.

I have a set of lock picks, a set of bump keys, and a lock pick gun.

The bump keys work on cheaper locks, the lock pick gun is a PoS and waste of money, and picking locks can be tricky on higher priced newer locks because they have special tumbler pins in them to prevent it.

The easiest way is to use a rake pick while holding tension on the lock with a tension wrench.

When all else fails, drill that shite out.

I order from these places

LINK

LINK

Also, if you live in a spec house with cheap builder grade Kwikset style locks I can be in your house in 30 seconds tops with my bump keys.

Posted by Broke
AKA Buttercup
Member since Sep 2006
65044 posts
Posted on 7/14/15 at 1:26 pm to
quote:

Also, if you live in a spec house with cheap builder grade Kwikset style locks


You know I don't live in no spec house.
Posted by Huey Lewis
BR
Member since Oct 2013
4653 posts
Posted on 7/14/15 at 1:27 pm to
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Also, if you live in a spec house with cheap builder grade Kwikset style locks I can be in your house in 30 seconds tops with my bump keys.



If a door frame isn't reinforced, I can be in a house in under two seconds with my boot.
Posted by stout
Smoking Crack with Hunter Biden
Member since Sep 2006
167258 posts
Posted on 7/14/15 at 1:29 pm to
quote:

I can be in a house in under two seconds with my boot.



I fix a lot of frames people kick in to break into vacant houses. It doesn't seem as easy as me using a bump key and sneaking in quietly.
Posted by stout
Smoking Crack with Hunter Biden
Member since Sep 2006
167258 posts
Posted on 7/14/15 at 1:32 pm to
I didn't mean you specifically, dummy.

Also, not all higher priced locks are what they are cracked up to be. Some are still pretty easy to get into. I wouldn't put Kwikset anything on my house as they are the easiest IMO. Schlage makes some nice locks that can be a PITA to get into.
Posted by Broke
AKA Buttercup
Member since Sep 2006
65044 posts
Posted on 7/14/15 at 1:36 pm to
quote:

Also, not all higher priced locks are what they are cracked up to be. Some are still pretty easy to get into. I wouldn't put Kwikset anything on my house as they are the easiest IMO. Schlage makes some nice locks that can be a PITA to get into.



That's why we got Schlage. And after all, if someone wants in, they are going to get in. Alarm system does the trick.
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