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by **BigDaddyRepo** » 28 Sep 2004 22:29

I just joined the Site today. I own a repossession agency and I do a good deal of automotive lock picking. I am most interested in learning new tips and tricks that will help me on the job. I know quite a few tips and tricks myself to share. In time im sure i will stumble in to the right areas of the site for that.. Until then, its nice to meet everyone.

by **Gr8beyond** » 29 Sep 2004 20:35

Hello everyone!
My name is Todd and i have never picked a lock in my life but am very egar to start. I'd apreciate any advice as to what i need to get started.

by **kipick** » 29 Sep 2004 23:20

Todd

Here is what helped me.

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and above all this

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by **Half a hole out** » 30 Sep 2004 15:04

Hi Great Site!!

I'm an apprentice in London and have found this site most useful cheers

by **sevenply** » 30 Sep 2004 19:47

I signed up to the site recently. I'm a computer consultant. Locks are something we run into on the job and often times slow us down. Such as when doing a wiring job at a clients site and they can't find keys to wiring closets. Locks are also important to us for physical security. Right now I'm just looking to get an idea of the advantages and disadvantages of different types of locks. That way if I make a recomendation for a high security lock to be put on a server room door I can have comfort that I got one. From what I have picked up so far I know if I see a kwikset installed I didn't get what I asked for. I am also contemplating taking a locksmith course so I can get a locksmith license in NY.

Today I got my copy of steel bolt hacking. Much smaller than I expected so I dont think it will take me long. I have also been looking at the book Locks, Safes, and Security but it has a heft price tag of $220.00. Is it worth it?

by **Romstar** » 30 Sep 2004 20:01

Sevenply,

To many people the LSS is the bible of lock picking. If you are going to go pro, it would be a highly recomended book to have.

It's not the end all, but it is perhaps one of the best on the market.

A cheaper book that you might wish to start with is " The Complete Book Of Locks and Locksmithing".

Romstar

by **WhiteHat** » 30 Sep 2004 20:26

[quote="sevenply"]I signed up to the site recently. I'm a computer consultant. Locks are something we run into on the job and often times slow us down. Such as when doing a wiring job at a clients site and they can't find keys to wiring closets. Locks are also important to us for physical security. Right now I'm just looking to get an idea of the advantages and disadvantages of different types of locks. That way if I make a recomendation for a high security lock to be put on a server room door I can have comfort that I got one. [quote]

I work in a government department and all our switch/router rooms have abloy protec's on them, but the server room itself merely has a swipe card. mind you - you can closely monitor the server room, whereas everything else is distributed througout the building...

by **dlabout** » 1 Oct 2004 15:49

Hi all, I was a poor boy...raised in the small town of Golden where I grew up loving all things mechanical. Ok...I wasn't all that poor but I did grow up in Golden

I love to pick locks for fun and enjoyment. I also dabble in safe locks. I just love a good challenge and I find a lock to be one hell of a puzzle.

Glad to see so many of you out here.
It is like a big lock pickers support group.
"Hi my name is Doug....and I'm a lock picker"
"HI DOUG!"

by **Varjeal** » 1 Oct 2004 19:07

Hi all!

by **Murph** » 2 Oct 2004 20:22

BigDaddyRepo wrote:I just joined the Site today. I own a repossession agency and I do a good deal of automotive lock picking. I am most interested in learning new tips and tricks that will help me on the job. I know quite a few tips and tricks myself to share. In time im sure i will stumble in to the right areas of the site for that.. Until then, its nice to meet everyone.

Hey B.D.R. ! Welcome to the forum. One time the Discovery Channel had their camera crew with a recovery company. You guys have an awesome, but dangerous job! You guys have a lot of guts man! You rock!

by **hung82000** » 4 Oct 2004 8:45

My official title at work is Security, but I'm kind of a jack of all trades at my building, a decent share of my job deals with locksmithing. As has been mentioned above, a big hinderance can be boxes and file cabinets that have no known keys. I learned picking a few years back when we installed a new access control system and had to access the control module boxes for our old card access system. Since then I have played with many locks. We use Medeco locks for all of the doors in our buildings, with a different keyway and series for each building. We use mostly Schlage levers with the occasional Yale when we can't find anything else.
I can't tell you the number of times knowing how to pick has helped me in my job. I have not successfully picked a Medeco. Thanks for the nicely designed site!

by **sweetbutt** » 6 Oct 2004 2:14

Guess what?

I'm just arrived

absolute newbie

I'm glad I've found this site..
I'm typing from italy and it's pretty tough to find infos and guides about lockpicking down here (not to mention picking tools :roll:

)

I suddenly found myself completely stunned by the science of lockpicking..

last wed I was chatting with a friend of mine about spending a nite inside an old punic tower. But the problem was that, the tower has been forgotten by ev'body here (it's very fascinating, right in front of the sea etc)...there is a lock but the guardian (who's a friend of mine) lost both keys and doesn't seem to be interested enough to destroy and change the lock just cuz the tower is empty and theorically doesn't represent any interest for people, tourists ect

as I said..it has been forgotten

so I thought..."what if I learn how to pick that lock?"

and suddenly

" hey...hang on....this is marvellous!...there is a science out there! "

and this was more or less how I've discovered myself very interested in lockpicking

now I'll check the faq's for some answers I'm looking for

In case I'll post them here

thanx for the support

mimo

by **deepblue** » 6 Oct 2004 11:37

woo!
hi there everyone. i'm vic, and i've picked silly little locks before that required almost no effort. i'm trying to learn how to do this like a pro now. just bought 'steel bolt hacking' after seeing it on slashdot. found this site from there. hopefully, i'll learn quite a bit

by **SFGOON** » 6 Oct 2004 12:13

Hello everyone, I thought I'd finally get around to introducing myself. I'm an Army Officer living in Washington State, right now attending school. Lockpicking is something I've been interested in since Junior high and I've invested a lot of time and effort coming up with my own unique ideas and techniques. Some of them work OK, most of them have flopped, but that's to be expected. I'm pretty deft with most pin tumblers, wafers frustrate me, and warded lever locks p*ss me off (because I have no idea what to do with them.) I look forward to learning and giving out scant advice where I can.

by **Varjeal** » 6 Oct 2004 12:18

Greetings and welcome to all, as well as a warning:

If it isn't your lock and you don't have explicit written permission, DON'T TOUCH IT!

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