JIMMY PROOF LOCKS

[drcalvin]

Lost my key. Can jimmy proof locks be picked? If so, how?

[Squelchtone]

Lost my key. Can jimmy proof locks be picked? If so, how?

If you are locked out, please call a locksmith.

Jimmy Proof locks are what is typically known as the Segal Jimmy Proof lock which these days is made by a half dozen companies from US Lock to Franklin, to Medeco to Segal.

Even the lock body could say Segal, but the cylinder could be Yale or [insert one of a hundred different brands of rim cylinder here]

A photo of the lock and the keyway would help a lot, can you post one on photobucket or someplace?

Does your lock look like this?


Good luck
Squelchtone

[Solomon]

Hey guys I just crashed my car, it's an automatic. Can it be fixed? If so can you tell me exactly how to do it with the limited information I've given you please, because I'm too lazy to do any research on my own and even though there are tutorials right here on the site I don't know if it applies to my car because it has airbags. I don't wanna take it to a garage because people on the internet who have been fixing cars for years make it look easy.

This is not the place for you, go call a locksmith.

[calvinism]

Once again another first time poster wanting to know how to pick a specific lock. .i smell a rat

[Chronos]

Definitely...it can be done quite easily with one paperclip...

[EmCee]

A first time poster asking how to open a specific lock and without doing any research even to the extent of knowing what sort of information would need to be provided in order for anyone to help.

Just because something can be seen to be done easily - or apparently easily - on a YouTube video does not mean that anyone can do it easily or without long hours of practice.

This is the 'grey' area between hobbyist/professional attitudes. There are pros who don't like hobbyists. I've never understood that attitude myself, but there has to come a point where 'enough is enough'. Helping and sharing knowledge with fellow hobbyists and pro locksmiths is one thing - both have plenty to learn from each other. Assisting people who want to save the expense of a locksmith (arguable in any case since they'd have to buy and/or make some tools which would cost time and money followed by more time trying to actually open the lock) is another thing altogether.

In this case the only answer to this first time poster is: call a locksmith.

Cheers...