Paper clips

[crescendo]

Is it possible to pick locks with paper clips? If so could anybody explain it?

[marshallsnwbrdr]

u need something stronger like bycicle spokes

[Brian]

you can pick poorly made locks such as the ones on cheap desks with paper clips, but i would suggest going with a real lock pick set.

[jippythefrog]

I dont have any money or a grinder so could you tell me how to make lockpicks out of paper clips

[Luke]

ok but i had no real success doing it with paper clips so i brought a pick set, and since i live in Australia it turned out quit expensive, but now my dollar is strengthining so im gonna buy some more picks, just seperatly. but ne way

Get a paper clip and stretch it out, get some pliers and bend the end on it, u just made a very uneffective hook pick. Now get a screw drive and bend the end too a 90 degree angle. there u go

[skeleton_keys]

Yeah, paper clips are best for picking weaker locks like filing cabinets and so forth, but that doesn't mean they can't be used for deadbolts and stronger locks. I've done it many times when trying to teach people how to pick, but I don't happen to have my regular picks on me.

Get two paper clips of a good size. Not the jumbo ones, because they'll be too big to fit in the lock or not give you enough room to pick properly. You just want to make sure they're not so thin and tiny that they'll bend too easily. Take the first paper clip, this will become your pick. Bend back the outermost arm of the clip so it makes a straight line, like this:
________________________
/ _________
\___________)

You use the still-bent end as a grip, and the straightened end as your pick.

Now to turn the other clip into your tension wrench. Once again, bend the outermost arm until it's straight, like you did with the pick. But then bend it back halfway, bringing it down against itself, like this:

____________
____________) <-- Should be as flat as possible
/ ________
\___________)

Text graphics aren't too good to show this, but that loop you just made should be squished as flat as possible, because it has to fit into the bottom of the keyway and give you as much room to pick as you can get. Squash it with pliers if you have to. Now, bend out the lower part of the clip, leaving the whole thing shaped like a 90 degree angle.

========== <-- Pretend it's a squished loop. :)
/
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\/

Insert the flattened loop into the keyway, and use the bottom part as the handle. Apply gentle pressure like you would to a normal tension wrench, and insert your pick. Use the long end of the pick to rake the pins, and with luck you should be able to get it. The picking becomes slightly trickier, because you have less pick to hold on to, but it's still very possible with practice.

I hope this helps, and if you have any other questions, feel free to e-mail or IM me! Happy picking!

[skeleton_keys]

Okay, for some reason it's dragging all my text graphics to the left. They looked really good in the original text, but no matter how much I space them out it's not changing in the actual post, so I hope this is still clear enough to understand.

[Camo]

using code tags will allow your text pictures, or ACII turn out right

[beginner picker]

Does anyone know a good place in michigan in lansing to buy lock picks directly from the seller cause my mom dont want me to have any help?

[beginner picker]

once u get the paper clip all ready how do u pick with it i almost can-help ?

[beginner picker]

forget that last reply iv figured it out and can do it within 5 seconds i did it my first time in less than 30 :D

[lockpickroy]

try useing a diaper pin for the pick it will work better then a paper clip :0)

[beginner picker]

thanx :)

[lockpickroy]

your welcome by the way http://www.lockpicks.com/store.asp they are the only site i have found that will deliver picks cod with money order.

[beginner picker]

thanx ill probably get my next set of picks from there