Lock Picking without a set

[kayc23]

yeah.. the forum name speaks for itself. any way how to make lock picks with things around your house? i locked something in somwhere by accidnet, and lost the key.. help plz..

[DoctorZoidberg]

shotgun works nice, prefurably slug

[Whodododoman18]

well depends what did you lock it in?

[Buddha]

Just ask the owner of the lock to give you the key.

[itismesaj]

Bolt cutters or a sledge hammer/axe for a MasterLock.

Drill with a wide bit for a door.

Saw with a grit blade for a safe.

A brick for most anything else.

[Dak]

I can help with a non destructive entry if I know what kind of lock it is

[DoctorZoidberg]

ahhhhh, go to the local art store and get some quick trying clay puddy , put in the hole and make a nice end tha tyou can hold onto when it drys and pull it out when its dry it should have formed a key, if you cant find puddy i think but im not posidive but quick steal may work

[Dak]

puddy wont work. in fact it will more then like make it harder to open.

[Ghostis]

hell no it leaves you with an impression of the digits in the open state. what the hell has he been watching road runner and coyote?

[Dak]

either way i reccomend you read the MIT guide to lockpicking so you at least understand how picking a lock works.

[Veddek]

ahhhhh, go to the local art store and get some quick trying clay puddy , put in the hole and make a nice end tha tyou can hold onto when it drys and pull it out when its dry it should have formed a key, if you cant find puddy i think but im not posidive but quick steal may work

Seriously, that is one of the dumbest ideas I've ever heard. (No offence)

Basically a tubular lock is full of 'pins' (little metal cylinders) which must be pushed up a certain amount to spin the plug (unlocking the door).
A key achieves this. A hunk of clay would not. (in fact, it would probably make the lock extre***y difficult to pick/use.)

As for a way to make some picks out of household items, I've seen some paperclip picks, but they are difficult to make and use.

I've also seen pics of someone who heated up the end of some wire, hammered the end flat, and then grinded it into a pick shape.

I'd recommend getting a template and grinding a set out of carbon steel hacksaw blades. You probably won't have much luck with anything else.

Cheers

[Shanghai]

you can look on youtube to get demonstrations on how to pick most basic padlocks with pieces of wire (eg. paper clips) , thats how i learnt, but it depends on what kinda lock u got.. i have only ever been able to open padlocks. but it depends how good you are and weather you know what you are doing

[Xon]

Freon... and a hammer and punch.

[oros]

some lock for example the one most schools have on the lockers you can just hit or kick open. Once when i was bathing i forgot the key in my pocket inside my locker so i turned it upside down so it stayed there and then punched with the lower part of my palm on it so it broke. most looks are very easy to break because the iron not so tough. just do this method on small lock so you don't hurt your hand XD

[cstrikehero]

ahhhhh, go to the local art store and get some quick trying clay puddy , put in the hole and make a nice end tha tyou can hold onto when it drys and pull it out when its dry it should have formed a key, if you cant find puddy i think but im not posidive but quick steal may work

what the hell?

ok.. go to "the local art store" buy some clay.. try what you just said. then come beck and tell everyone if it worked or not..

even if u did get the clay in.. the pins would hold it there and it would break trying to yank it out..

[sneakyman2]

i doubt paper clips will work unless you have something good to use as a tension bar

probably a screwdriver?


oh and the puddy thing sounds dumb. im new here and even i know that:]

[mg_370]

blow the fuck out of it!

[mg_370]

get some 10-20 fertilizer and some gun powder anda fuse of course put the together in some tin foil run the fuse to the foil stick the bomb to the door light the fuse and gtfo might work either way that works to blow buildings up so be very careful

[sneakyman2]

get some 10-20 fertilizer and some gun powder anda fuse of course put the together in some tin foil run the fuse to the foil stick the bomb to the door light the fuse and gtfo might work either way that works to blow buildings up so be very careful

haha what? if the dude doesnt want to get a lockpicking set, i would doubt that he would want to blow something up.

[mg_370]

every body likes big kablam though

[revelationx29a]

I live by the old saying: whatever works. Given that there have been times when I didn't have a set or the ability to fashion a pick, I've used everything from paper clips and bobby pins to wire and broken screws. I've even used allen/hex wrenches for tension wrenches. Then again, that was due to the necessity to improvise, not by choice. Adapt, improvise, and overcome, right?

Like many before have said, it's quite easy to make your own picks and if you take the time to do a good job, you can produce a set just as good if not better than the top manufacturers out there. It's not a complicated process at all and it really doesn't require much mechanical skills, just a lot of attention to detail.

Dak and Veddek have made some excellent points and I suggest the OP re-read their posts. Carbon/Spring steel is what HPC, Southord, etc. use to make their picks (with a few exceptions such as HPC's Stainless Steel Set) and you can find carbon/spring steel strips at hobby/hardware stores or use common household items that are made from the exact same material, like hacksaw blades.

[Knyfeboy]

get a key blank to the lock and depending on the type of lock...you can impression a key. or you can create a "bump key" look "bump key" up on youtube.

[jmw1lson]

aluminium can cut a piece then wrap it around u part jam it in side the open side (usually left) them pull rite open

[illmatic]

Not really someting around the house, but the best items I've found are DENTISTS TOOLS. I swiped a couple picks of various sizes once at my dentist, and after re-shaping them they are the bomb for lockpicking....

[daniel_decode]

okay. this might not work so well, but try it.
jump starter fluid, available at hardware stores and the like.
seal off the lock and spray in there,
and kaboom.
i was thinking like, clay on the top, poke through with a straw and spray it?
don't flame me, because it was just something i'd try.

[TheRedBucket]

yea guys i need to know how to make a lockpick that is fast and it dostn mater if its a piece of shite but i need an easy way to break into shit locks.

[katt]

You know what would be a lot easier than swiping dentist's tools, buying clay, and ***ting paperclips?

Just go buy a lock pick set.

[retlix]

I've picked the kinds of shit locks they put on office furniture - like filing cabinets - with just a couple paper clips.

Straighten them out. Bend the end of one so it has a small loop at the end and angle it up slightly so you can rake it in an out without cgetting caught on the key hole. Do the same thing with the other and then bend it at a 90 degree angle about 1/3 from the end. Use this as the torsion wrench.

You'll want to use normal paper clips - probably 14-16 gauge I would guess. Bigger paper clips willl be too fat to slide easily into the key way.

[TheRedBucket]

thanks guys ill try but i dont have much experience. thx for the help :)

[spangecore]

well if you can tell me what kind of lock if is i might be able to help by telling you the number of pins and if it is a combo lock thats even easier. but seing as you havent been on in two weeks it's kinda pointless to even post this. hmmm.

[ravenscar]

You know what would be a lot easier than swiping dentist's tools, buying clay, and ***ting paperclips?

Just go buy a lock pick set.

i know this is late but, the point of this is about improvising

[MonsterInside]

Hacksaw blades make nice pick tools. A grinder or file and another hacksaw is all you need to shape them, they're cheap, they're durable.

[katt]

i know this is late but, the point of this is about improvising

But...you could just be prepared. And not have to improvise.

[MonsterInside]

You should also be prepared to improvise.

[Sionyx]

But...you could just be prepared. And not have to improvise.

You do realize that lock pick sets are prohibited in other parts of the world or you need a special licence to have a lock pick set (like where I live). I got a friend to pick me up a set while he went to the states and ended up getting them seized by a cop when my friend got pulled over.

[SIG]

I know this is late but...if it's a padlock

Buy a few cans of dust-off (the pressuraized air in a can that you use to clean computers and stuff), turn them upside down, spray them on the lock until you can physically see that the metal is frozen, take sledgehammer and smash lock. It will shatter the metal, and it will be open.

[SIG]

I know this is late but...if it's a padlock

Buy a few cans of dust-off (the pressuraized air in a can that you use to clean computers and stuff), turn them upside down, spray them on the lock until you can physically see that the metal is frozen, take sledgehammer and smash lock. It will shatter the metal, and it will be open.

[drsteeze]

okay, what you can do is get hacksaw blades to make picks. that is if you know how.
But im sure you don't, and you probably also don't know how to properly pick locks.

so im sure your inexperienced and don't know where to begin.

My advice is to hit your local knife shop. a few years ago i got my first pick set from a knife shop for $20 and it came with a little book i skimmed through. and then i just kinda started picking and through experience learned. that's EASY

it that's not possible. depending on the lock use bolt cutters. what kid of lock is it?

[Sionyx]

it that's not possible. depending on the lock use bolt cutters. what kid of lock is it?

You expect someone who hasn't been on in almost a year to reply?

spray them on the lock until you can physically see that the metal is frozen

If the metal on the lock was not in a solid state it would not be a problem. In all reality, this will not get the lock anywhere near cold enough... unless dust-off uses liquid nitrogen.

[BuckCherry15]

Umm i locked a few of my things in a money safe that was the size of a suit case all i did was grabbed a wedge or somthing slim and small and put the wedge inbetween the lock and the case and used my hammer to pry it off it might break your safe but you will get it out..maby

[templarknight2]

either way i reccomend you read the MIT guide to lockpicking so you at least understand how picking a lock works.

where exactly is this MIT thread, can't seem to find it.