Picking cheap padlocks in a second

[NewBee :)]

Leart this tric from a friend, even if its easy its pritty impressing.
This tric wont work on other locks than cheap padlocks, like those fount on postboxes, etc.

This might be well known, but who knows? maybe someone who doesn`t know it

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It seems like the locking bolt has a hole in the middle(havent a clue why it`s there),and if you stick a pick in it and give it a little jerk it`ll pop open



Ill try to get a video out, someone who knows about a host ?

[NewBee :)]

Added: you dont nedd to jerk it, its enough just to lift it up

[devnill]

is that a warded or pin tumbler lock?

[NewBee :)]

Its a pin tumbler, sorry about the bad drawing aint easy to paint in paint, but I see I could have made it better.

[GarythePick]

NewBee
That's a nice tip and good illustration. I found that technique to work on occasion also. I should probably try it more often. I deal with a lot of cheap locks. Again, nice tip......Gary

[baddboy1]

cool trick tried it on my shed lock needless to say have changed lock today lol

[vector40]

Nice eye. This is a known bypass, but it's cool that found it yourself.

What I would be curious is a list of padlocks (or filing cabinets or anything else this works on) that people have tested this on and found it to work.

[linty]

what kind of pick is that in the photo?

[Dartan]

I found on the wafer locks in my office that if you lift the very last wafer the entire core will pop out and you can then turn it with a screwdriver. I'm not sure what brand office furniture it is, but it definately looks like it's from the 70's.

Dave

[NewBee :)]

what kind of pick is that in the photo?

One i made myself, should have mentioned that,
I made it from a hacksaw.

[raimundo]

many filing cabinet locks will open with this tool also, however the direction of pull on the locking dog is opposite on the fileing cabinet to what you show in the illustration of the padlock

[TOWCH]

I found on the wafer locks in my office that if you lift the very last wafer the entire core will pop out and you can then turn it with a screwdriver. I'm not sure what brand office furniture it is, but it definately looks like it's from the 70's.

Dave

The first time I did that I just figured I was a picking god. Then I looked at the core...

[jordyh]

what kind of pick is that in the photo?

One i made myself, should have mentioned that,
I made it from a hacksaw.

You're full of surprises, you're gonna love the guides in the toolmaking section.

[GarythePick]

Nice eye. This is a known bypass, but it's cool that found it yourself.

What I would be curious is a list of padlocks (or filing cabinets or anything else this works on) that people have tested this on and found it to work.

These two small 1 inch locks open easily using that bypass method. A RUGER and US LOCK.

[horsefeathers]

I took apart an old Buffalo lock (never heard of the brand before - just one I had kicking about) and they have inserted a pin of some sort diagonally right at the end virtually blocking any access for this tool, or at least any movement of the tool once in place.

Anyone else know of any brands in the UK that may allow this technique?

regards

wayne