by Squelchtone » 27 Oct 2011 6:27
If you've never picked or bumped, and you need to get into a lock because of real world reasons, not because you're interested in a fun new hobby, then bumping and picking is probably going to be a waste of your time, money, and effort. I could tell you to go buy a pickset for $20 and spend 4 weeks learning how to pick that Yale, and in a month it will be open, but by then, you might as well pay a locksmith $50-$75 to come open it.
If this is something fun and you like playing James Bond and want to see what's behind that door, and this is your house/office/warehouse/building, then you can fiddle with that lock all you want, and we can give you tips, but if it is your landlord's utility room, or someone else's storage room, it wouldn't be nice to pick that just to see what's in the room, and we try to teach good picking manners here.
As to answer your question, the best way to open it is with the actual key that belongs to that old lock. If that key is lost and not available, and nobody else you know has a copy of it, bumping would be last on my list of ways to open it. Bumping hit the internet a few years ago and it's the equivilant of what hackers refer to as script kiddies. Any 13 year old with a youtube account can bump locks and post some cell phone camera video of it being done, but honestly, bumping is so passe, nobody even cares about it any more. Using real lockpicks and using skill and talent, that's a much cooler way of opening a lock. But like I said in the beginning, if this is just to open this one lock for one time in your life, buying picks and learning is a waste of time.
We'll wait for your pics. Take pic of the whole door, and a close up of the lock, and try to make them in good light and in focus. Thanks.
Squelchtone
