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Need some help to choose the correct tools

Having read the FAQ's you are still unfulfilled and seek more enlightenment, so post your general lock picking questions here.
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Need some help to choose the correct tools

Postby guro » 16 Dec 2007 13:50

Hi, there
I'm interested to pick a 909 key lock Image Image and a cisa key lock Image Image.Can you help to choose the right tools?
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Postby ilmr » 16 Dec 2007 14:04

I have a hard time getting an idea if those keyways use a traditional or dimpled key, because the images are pretty blurry. You will have some success with traditional picks with dimpled locks, and success with basic picks with traditional locks. I also have no idea what an 909 key is, I do know what a 999 key is tho :D To pick a lock you should identify it and learn the operating principles of the lock to pick it succesfully

The other lock seems to be mounted to a door. You shouldn't pick a lock that's in use. (And you really really should'nt pick a lock that is not yours)
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Postby MacGyver101 » 16 Dec 2007 15:07

I'm also having some trouble with the blurry photos -- but the H-shaped keyway looks something like a right-handed version of a Codem cylinder (French manufacturer). Unlike a usual "dimple" key, the Codem keys have ridges that extend above the surface of the key, in order to raise the pins. You'll likely find five regular pins, protruding up from the bottom-right side of the keyway, and no profile control pins. If that's the case, then you'll need small picks to navigate the reduced area in the keyway -- but it shouldn't require any unfamiliar tools or techniques.

Having said all that, please do not pick this lock if it is in use. :!: I cannot be sure, from the pictures alone, what type of lock this is... and several dimple-style locks have a habit of dumping their drivers and/or springs into the keyway if they're picked and rotated without a key in place.
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Postby RangerF150 » 16 Dec 2007 17:04

MacGyver101 wrote: and several dimple-style locks have a habit of dumping their drivers and/or springs into the keyway if they're picked and rotated without a key in place.


I knew that !
Well after the event :-)
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Postby Eyes_Only » 16 Dec 2007 19:41

I'm sure I can beat that record and do it two or three times.
If a lock is a puzzle, then its key is the complete picture
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Postby Afisch » 18 Dec 2007 7:08

If he does not mean a bump key (999) maybe 909 is refering to a lock beyond macs?
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