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[zeke79]

Sorry bud, safe discussion is for the advanced forums only .

[jabial]

Anyway it's very obvious why people wouldn't want to help somebody they don't know to open a safe. If you try to open it yourself and trigger additional locking mechanisms, then it'll be really expensive to open. If you own it call a safe technician. He'll open it for you very quickly. If you are a thief, you won't get help here anyway.

[UWSDWF]

Welcome everybody,
For all thoes new to the site and lockpicking, LP101 is a great place to start.
Take a look at the new users section, first and don't be afraid to ask any questions just remember to try a search before posting.

If you're looking for locks to pick, buy some but, DO NOT PICK LOCKS YOU RELY ON
I repeat DO NOT PICK LOCKS YOU RELY ON, they can and will break, then your house/car/safe/chasity belt is vulnerable or unable to be opened (think: emergency situation).

Cheers,
UWSDWF

[human_contraband]

hello

[DoAndDie]

Hey. My name is Jeff. I'm devoted (some would say obsessed) with becoming a Marine when I graduate high school. Looking to get into lock picking; I believe I'll be getting a set (of picks) for my birthday (which is soon). I also enjoy practicing martial arts.

Umm... that's it for my introduction, I guess.

[markslanina]

New here. Just starting out with a locksmith company too.

[kartbrown]

Hello. I have been interested in becoming a locksmith for sometime. My uncle is a locksmith and has been very helpful. I ordered a course and it is sitting at the post office waiting for me to pick it up on Wednesday.

I have received a lot of great information from this site. The very experienced people out there have been a great help. I have even made a pick from some of the templates. It is not too bad for my first one. Thanks to all of you out there for supplying a wealth of information! This site has been very helpful with its detailed explanations.

[Sublime]

Hey everyone I'm Dave from Ontario, Canada. I stumbled upon this site in my search for a new trade. I'm a welder by trade but currently Unemployed.
I love the idea of being a locksmith and I would like to pursue a career in locksmithing. The site looks fantastic and I've already learned quite a bit whilst lurking

[ks_sci_guy]

Hello, I'm Jim, from Kansas. I'm a very amateur hobbyist, and while I probably picked my first lock at a young age (no doubt a set of toy' handcuffs, or a kid's "safe") I've never progressed much beyond the "probe with a makeshift pick and see what the lock does" stage.

A friend of mine pointed out LP101 at some point, and I started browsing. For me, lock picking feels like codebreaking or puzzle solving--simply competing with an opponent who has tried to design something clever enough to fool you. Unlike most puzzles and codebreaking, there is a psychomotor component that uses different parts of the brain. So, in short, it's an intellectually stimulating hobby.

Another aspect that hooked me was the use of modulo mathematics to reduce the solution set for Master locks. That was fascinating, and really drew me in.

So, there you go.

[ben.bun]

Hi,

Firstly let me congratulate you on the forum, I feel myself being drawn in deeper to what I only wanted to be a means to an end. I am now intrigued about the complexity of the different locks & the methods used to exploit their weaknesses.

Let me introduce myself. I am a UK fire-fighter & myself & a few other fire-fighters have found that the ability to be able to pick (or more often rake) a lock has enabled us to reduce the damage caused to properties that we have been called to. As I am sure you are aware fire-fighters can generally gain entry to most properties, it is merely the amount of damage that differs. It was because of this that I wanted to explore other methods.

Clearly when a fire is raging & a person or persons are at risk we do not go down the lockpicking road, but the bulk of our work consists of smaller fires extinguished early, but producing large volumes of damaging smoke. It is these situations I have found my picks (SouthOrd MPXS-14) to be invaluable because I can now pick the window locks & ventilate the property, thus reducing smoke damage & the damage we would have caused before by breaking or forcing the windows. It also allows me to secure the property afterwards.

I want to hone my skills further so that I can easily gain entry to buildings where an automatic fire alarm has operated & no keyholder has responded. The problem that I have been experiencing lately is that I have been able to pick the lock (pin tumbler type) but then when I rotate the plug it will merely rotate through 360 degrees & not have opened the lock. These locks appear to have deadlocks (I think) & the only success I have had with them is after I have hit the shear line & started the rotation is to insert something to hold the pins in place inside the plug while I rotate the plug. This hasn't work for pin keyings that have large differentials.

What is the answer? I have searched the forum & to date have not been able to find the answer.

Ben

[acidjam]

Looks like a nice site, I'm looking forward to learning more

[Wrenchman]

Welcome

human_contraband

DoAndDie

markslanina

kartbrown

Sublime

ks_sci_guy

ben.bun

acidjam



Wrenchman

[Brl1214]

WELCOME ALL vnm just testing ava

[lucidshadow]

wats up everyone, just wanted to say hey and i cant wait to learn some trix. looks like a phat site.

[greencm]

I just joined the site and thought I would introduce myself... I am 21 and form Huntsville, AL. I love motorcycles, the outdoors and anything involved with sports...

Recently I had my keys locked in my car and was unable to use the coat hanger trick to open it up (even though it was a '91 Crown Vic)... I called a locksmith and watched him pick the lock (OK, he just raked it)... in any case, I was overly impressed, and as I have always been interested in lock picking as a convenient skill to have as well as just a hobbyists interest, I decided to buy a cheap set of picks and get into it to see if I liked it...

So that's my story... after looking at the site's input on the matter, I decided to get the cheapest in price ~5 piece pick set from SouthOrd.com just to see if I wanted to go further in the future... hope to learn a lot from the site and from ya'lls experience!