by Jaredjdr » 20 Apr 2016 14:36
Hello, I have a short story and a thanks to the knowledgeable members here!
My front door knob recently broke. As I was looking at a new, although cheap doorknob/deadbolt set, the thought popped into my head that it would be easier to break in.
So I instead spent some time researching the different picking and bumping techniques. Being amazed at how easy everyone said it is, I had to try .y own bump key. Using it on my backdoor, it surprised .e greatly that it only took one try on the key and a few for the actual technique.
After the fact, I registered on this four. And learned that attempting to bump on in use doors is kind kg the biggest "no no" out there. Well.... At least I know now.
Long story short, I originally came here to ask a question.
Before I was made aware, the bump key i made worked perfect on the door knob lock, but only with some difficulty on the deadbolt.
I womb be trying again (on any lock in use), but what could cause this?
I stumbled upon a post suggesting that the valleys may be at an angle and cause the pins to bind. What exactly does this mean - should the sides of the teeth be a straight "drop" into the valley (in other words a straight line)? Or does it simply mean that they were at 'too much' of an angle?
I hope to become more educated on such things, and hopefully will be obtaining a few practice locks soon.
Thanks (for making sure I don't destroy the locks on my house, and for the info)!
