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Disassembling locks

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Disassembling locks

Postby CanadianGuy » 22 Aug 2006 23:33

I've seen a lot of threads about how to take apart locks and then put them back together but I don't get why you need to know how to do this. Is it mostly so that you can understand what's going on inside the lock while you are picking it? And how important is it to learn how to do this?
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Re: Disassembling locks

Postby unbreakable » 22 Aug 2006 23:43

CanadianGuy wrote:I've seen a lot of threads about how to take apart locks and then put them back together but I don't get why you need to know how to do this. Is it mostly so that you can understand what's going on inside the lock while you are picking it? And how important is it to learn how to do this?


Well, heres a few reasons,
1. So you can remove pin stacks. This is mostly done for beginners learning how to pick, as detailed in DB's exercises.

2.So you can change the pinning of a lock, or add or remove security pins. This is done either to make the lock easier or harder to pick.

3.As you said, this is a good way to find out how locks work, and what youre actually dealing with (physically holding a pin as opposed to reading about them and never seeing them, or to find out if a lock has security pins, etc).

4.If you take apart a lock, you can re-pin it to work with any key that fits the lock, so you can have multiple locks work with one key.


This is something you will probabley want to learn at one time or another, but its not absolutley necessary. I would personally learn how to disassemble the locks you own.

If youre trainging to become a locksmith, learning this skill is a must.


Hope this helps.
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Postby Lucky1406 » 23 Aug 2006 3:00

Also so that when you've picked all of your locks, and they have become boring, you can then repin them to have a whole new set of locks to play with. Happy picking!
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Postby Krypos » 23 Aug 2006 3:43

get a lock. take it apart. play with it. mess with all the parts. panic because you think you just broke $15 worth of lock. post a question in a mad rush. figure out how to fix it. fix it. pick it. post reply saying you fixed it, yay!. take it apart again and mess with it.

this is the process of learning. i gaurentee that if you do this, you will learn more in 30min, than you will in 2 days of nonstop reading on the forum.

really. go do it now. (dont use a lock you need) and just follow the steps as layed out (note, some lucky users get to skip the part where they panic about it being broken, but not many)

if anyone disagrees, please say so. (except you unbreakable. i know you will disagree just because i said something. :wink: )
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Postby VashTSPD » 23 Aug 2006 4:17

One way to get a quick jumpstart is by watching videos. they aren't as good as hands-on, but they are easier to visualize then reading. And faster.

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Postby CanadianGuy » 23 Aug 2006 23:13

VashTSPD wrote:One way to get a quick jumpstart is by watching videos. they aren't as good as hands-on, but they are easier to visualize then reading. And faster.

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I've tried videos, but I have dial-up on my computer and can't load anything like that, so I'm going to skip that and just get some hands on escercises to try.
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