Picking Padlocks

by **Supra_RZ** » 6 May 2006 16:28

I have a padlock thats on my gate for my backyard. and i have lost the key. So what tools can i use to pick it ( tools that can be found in a normal house hold).

From my work place i have taken some old Wiper Blade incerts.

by **Shrub** » 6 May 2006 16:41

Have a look Here

Read the MIT guide.

by **pinhopper** » 9 May 2006 7:29

Read all of the popular FAQ's, begginers guides etc. Take the time to digest the information. And remember posting in an existing thread or using the search function is always better than making a new one.

First you need to determine what type of lock it is, and then onto making tools, read the appropriate FAQ's for that.

Good Luck

by **LockNewbie21** » 13 May 2006 0:29

On top of that a nice picture of the lock would be good.

Andy

by **grim** » 14 May 2006 22:44

i've been working on a padlock off and on now for about a month. granted, the last couple of weekends i've not even picked it up, but still...

i've probably put about 6 hours into this lock and still it eludes me. of all things, it's an Abus 83/45. i'm at the point where if i need to open a lock at the shop, it's faster and easier to reach for my picks than to find the key for it. i've opened padlocks of all varieties, all sorts of door hardware and some locks that aren't even easily classified. but this padlock is killing me.

i guess the point of this post is this:

A) no matter how good you think you are, there's a lock that's better.

B) no matter how simple the lock should be, it might be a rough one.

anyhow, i'm going to spend a little quality time with the locks... err, i mean kids.

by **LockNewbie21** » 15 May 2006 0:02

Well your logics are correct, trust me i have been made a fool of by more locks then people hands down. But with knowledge this phase wears out, soon you learn about diffrent locks who they work how to pick them and soon you learnt o walk up to diffrent locks with diffrent mind states. For example its like a 10 year lockie walking up to a mater lock #3, vs. Him getting a call to open and rekey a medeco, diffrent locks.. diffrent mindstates. Unless you james bond or Nicholas cage.. then it doesnt matter becuase you can pick anything

Andy

by **Mr. Lock Pick** » 3 Jun 2006 14:55

make picks and a tensi0on wrench, depending on what kind of pad lock it is it should be fairly easy.

by **horsefeathers** » 3 Jun 2006 16:45

I know it goes against the grain here - and we are all for picking locks etc.

But if he owns the lock and it is obviously in place on his gate, then picking it open will still leave him a padlock without a key. So that said, he probably will go to the hardware store and get another one. Which means he might as well have cut/cropped the padlock in the first place. Unless of course it is a hugely expensive one.

Dont get me wrong, I am all for him taking his wiper inserts, grinding them down, reading the MIT guide etc etc and if he does all that and manages to pick the lock I will be the first to heartily congratulate him. Remember, it is harder to pick a padlock that is in situ and attached to something, than it is one held in your hand sat in front of the TV on the sofa. Especially for someone with no practise in pin picking (assuming a pin tumbler padlock and not a lever).

I know the advice given is well intentioned and I really do hope that he goes away and makes picks and practises like mad, opens his padlock and joins 'our club'.

But if he wants to learn picking, then make some tools, cut off his padlock, and then sit and practise picking it until his hands turn numb. Once he can repeatedly pick it then maybe he will get 'the bug' and we have a new hobbyist among us!

regards

by **Shrub** » 3 Jun 2006 19:10

Thats all fine and dandy if he had asked that but he didnt, he asked how to pick it so he got the relevant advice i think even the simplest of souls know that you can cut things to break them and so i think it afe to assume he would have asked whats the best grinding disc to use or bolt croppers.

by **horsefeathers** » 4 Jun 2006 15:24

He did ask to pick it I agree.......but since he posted that Q a month ago and hasnt returned since, then I think we can assume that he isnt really interested in learning the skill behind picking locks. I think he simply wanted an easy answer like "bend the insert into small L shape, push in lock, twist and it will open", something like that.

Alot of single posters come on here hoping for a quick technique to get them out of a pickle.....then disappear. Fair enough to ask the questions I suppose and direct them at 'the experts'. Too many of them have seen the movies and seen how Tom Cruise et al pop locks in seconds...

regards

by **Shrub** » 4 Jun 2006 19:07

Thats for sure lol

by **blake1803** » 19 Jun 2006 18:42

If the goal is simply to open it, have you tried shims?

by **grim** » 11 Jul 2006 17:52

grim wrote:i've been working on a padlock off and on now for about a month. granted, the last couple of weekends i've not even picked it up, but still...

<SNIP>

anyhow, i'm going to spend a little quality time with the locks... err, i mean kids.

as a followup on the "killer 83/45". i have them by the short-and-curlies now. once i got the first one and got a feel for what was happening inside and how it was acting/reacting, i can usually bust one of these in about 5 to 10 minutes. i realize that this is not world-record material, but now i'll always take bets that i could open one.

by **VashTSPD** » 11 Jul 2006 22:07

if you have the time you can make your own lock picks out of hack saw blades, that's what a lot of the people here did

http://youtube.com/watch?v=uB_tYW9pCMY

and most used that video too :wink:

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