Lock Picking presentation

[Lucky1406]

So, I'm going to do a PowerPoint report on Lock Picking for my college class. I've been trying to find clear videos of how a lock works. I've found a few, but I cant seem to be able to copy them off of the page. Does anyone have any clear videos of the insides of a working lock? The page that i found a great video from that I can't get is : http://home.howstuffworks.com/lock-picking1.htm
If anyone can get the video off of there, that would be a big help. Though I don’t want to break any copyright policies. I would post where I got it from and everything. But any picks that explain how locks work would be great. Let me know if anyone has anything that could help. Thanks.

And on that note, should I do a presentation on how to pick locks, or just about how it’s becoming a sport/hobby and how it can be a lot of fun. What I'm saying is, do I need to go into details of picking, or should I just kind of talk a little about it? Let me know what y'all think, Thanks,
Nick

[digital_blue]

Depends. What's the intention of the presentation. Why are you doing it? What do you hope to get across? And... how long do you have?

If you've got time, you might teach the basic concepts of lock picking as well as covering the hobby side.

db

[Lucky1406]

We have 9 min to do a presentation on what ever we want. The Proff wants us to do it over something that we enjoy and or have enthusiasm towards. The presentation is an Informative presentation. I hope to maybe excite people about learning the excitement of picking, so that maybe they can understand why I have become so hooked on it. The first part of the presentation will be over why picking isn't economical for criminals, since it takes to long. I will talk about how it’s not illegal to pick locks (that you own), and how it’s like working a rubrics cube blindfolded. I hope that this presentation will open the minds of some, and maybe let them find excitement in a new hobby.
Nick

[UWSDWF]

I would take caution on doing this many people belive that this 'hobby' is for locksmiths and criminals only and will conclude as such no matter what you say

[digital_blue]

I respectfully disagree with UWSDWF wholeheartedly. When you have a stage to inform people about your motivations and values toward lock picking, I think you should take it.

Some will go into it thinking that it's a nefarious act and you may just sway them. For those you don't, there's really no loss. You didn't change their mind, but it was made up before you started and nothing is worse for having told them your side.

Since the exercise is to talk about something you have enthusiasm toward, and it's only 9 minutes, you may want to just shelve the idea of teaching picking concepts. There's really not enough time to get into it even if you devoted the whole 9 minutes. As well, it may make your presentation a bit disjointed. I'd just stick with the talking about the hobby, why you do it, what you get from it, and the ethics of the community at large. Sounds like a great topic for a presentation to me.

Cheers,

db

[globallockytoo]

I tend to agree with DB's last post here. Base your presentation on teaching about the history of locks, perhaps the modern day pin tumbler principle and how it relates to the old Egyptian pin tumbler principle.

Drawings and diagrams are freely available to help you with Audio visual presentations.

You can talk about the various designs of locks and why there is a greater interest today then in previous years with the transference of knowledge through the internet of lock picking and opening techniques.

You can sum up by stating your opinion on whether people should look to improve their own security devices.

But to actually give a step by step guide to picking....whilst being informative ...it could also be incredibly boring to some.

Just my opinion....thanks for asking.

[UWSDWF]

ok i think i was misunderstood I didn't say "don't do it" I placed a caution, warning if you will that what others may think, do have fun with it, don't go into detail about picking ( i can't tell you how many of my friends tell me to shut up about picking) as some find it a little dry.

I'm afraid to say this but I think I may agree with global....did you hear that?...... it's the sound of the dead dancing

[btierney]

Sounds like a great presentation to me. I would certainly show the inner workings of a basic pin tumbler lock. Perhaps you could even pick one as part of your presentation. (I probably wouldn't select a medeco for that - maybe even cheat and only put like 3 pins in it!) Usually in a class like that, (Public Speeking 101?) the professor will prefer that you narrow your focus and present your information very clearly. I wouldn't try to cover too much information. Just cover your key points very well.

Hope that helps. It probably doesn't.

-Brian

[digital_blue]

I tend to agree with DB's last post here

I'm afraid to say this but I think I may agree with global....did you hear that?...... it's the sound of the dead dancing

What in the bazaaro world is going on here? S'cuse me a moment. There's a curling match in he11 going on right now that I'd really like to attend....



db

[zeke79]

Hahahahaha .

It's like those two just finished up a bar fight and now they are drinking a beer together .

[VashTSPD]

as for material to show, deviating.net has a lot of good and simple GIFs to show people, just keep clicking the 'next' button, there are a lot of images, and they cover everything from pin tumbler locks and their univarsal (wrong spelling) flaw, to warded locks, to dimple locks, to bumpkeys and lubricants.

[scorpiac]

Lucky, I don't know about copyrights and whatnot but if you want to save that animation to you r hard drive... here is how you do it. first open up internet explorer, then under the tools tab click internet options, then click delete files button on the general tab, this just makes it easier to find the file you will be looking for in a minute. Now load the page with the animation on it, go back into tools on the general tab but this time click the settings button, then click the view files button, now scroll down til you find the "lock-picking-diagram3.swf" file right click file, click copy, then paste the file into any folder you want on your harddrive. to use the file just right click and tell it to open with what ever your favorite browser is... Hope this helps.

Phil.

[d_goldsmith]

You might even be able to find a program to convert the flash to animated gif or to a video format. Almost all computers have flash nowdays though, especially at a college, so you can probably run that file from a browser like scorpiac said.

The way I did it was load the how stuff works page that has the flash animation you want, view source, ctrl+f and search for "swf" without the "", and click through all the SWF's until you find one with a "." before it.
i.e.
<embed src=\"http://static.howstuffworks.com/flash/lock-picking-diagram3.swf\" quality=\"high\" pluginspage=\"http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_ Version=ShockwaveFlash\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"405\" height=\"300\"> </embed>

Then you go into your temp int files, like scorpiac said, sort alphabetically and find that file.

Here are the two for showing how locks work, opposed to how picking works.
lock-picking-diagram1.swf
lock-picking-diagram2.swf

If you delete all your temp int files and then click these three links, you can go back into your temp int files and you will have the three flash files from how stuff works.
http://static.howstuffworks.com/flash/lock-picking-diagram1.swf
http://static.howstuffworks.com/flash/lock-picking-diagram2.swf
http://static.howstuffworks.com/flash/lock-picking-diagram3.swf

[CVScam]

I found this presentation from a computer security conference located in Pasadena, California called LayerOne. It was very well done it should give you a lot of ideas for yours. It looks like it was a LOT longer then 9 mins.

http://www.layerone.info/2006/presentations/

[Lucky1406]

Well, I did the presentation, Got an A+ on it. The teacher really liked it. I talked about how most of americas locks are very cheap, and how for just a few cents more per lock, they could prevent bumping and other safety concerns. Thanks for all the help guys,
Nick