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I wanted to put together a few resources for those who want to learn to manipulate dial safe locks. I am sure that many other sites could be added, but here are the few that I have found very valuable. Perhaps other sites could be added in the comments? Many of the people responsible for these sites will be members here. My thanks to them – they have been an invaluable resource to myself.
All sites were current when this post was submitted.
Tutorial Series on Manipulation:
Spinning Dials
https://www.youtube.com/@spinningdials1548/videosHome page of “Spinning Dials”. A series of 20 videos detailing how to manipulate a Group-2 S&G lock. Great place to start.
Lock Manipulator
https://www.youtube.com/@lockmanipulator/videosHome page of the “Lock Manipulator”. There are 10+ videos, similar to Spinning dials. Again, great content, and well worth working through.
Michael Maynard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtT3jxE ... WK&index=2A series of eight videos.
Squelchtone has put up some videos and links in this lockpicking101 post:
viewtopic.php?f=36&t=66734Summary of Lock Groups by the Underwriters Laboratories. (Group 2, 2M, 1, 1R)
https://alphalocksmith.ca/mechanical-sa ... ll%20lever.
Some Types of Dial Locks:
Direct entry:
3-part Sentry direct entry safe
Part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLS3b0G ... uZ&index=5 (7m 51s)
Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLS3b0G ... uZ&index=5 (9m 4s)
Part 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foLNVE8 ... uZ&index=7 (3m 50s)
Construction of a 3-number, direct entry safe. (Two code wheels plus driver wheel)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENkOjMKj2OA (1m 55s)
A 4-number direct entry construction. (Three code wheels plus driver wheel)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpTaf1JR4oc (13m 58s)
Sargent and Greenleaf 6730, 6741Construction differences between S&G 6730 and 6741
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emp3KFZpdsU (7m 47s)
S&G 6730https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iTt2BYIyGY (20m 7s)
Basic operation of an S&G 6730https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC5I-NExNQQ (1m 59s)
Roller Nose manipulation (S&G 6651)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77Ussh1M4IU (3m 5s)
Friction Fencehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VUZfShtDLg (1m 6s) Operation with wheels installed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w3p7P9L1AI (1m 7s) Friction fence lock sounds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALCe_tpmoSo (9s) Operation of the friction fence lock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHnybMhGIak (6m 23s)Manipulating a Yale type lock
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZJkUrZ-EbjQ (Shorts) gear operation
Flipper Fence ???
Yale HE lockhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXY74TaTh20 (4m 37s) Shows insides of the lock
Operation of an S&G 8560 lockhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dpgo1hlZdlU&t=325s (9m 1s)
Major round floor safe:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iRvKUT8Uto (2m 31s)
Sparrows Vault (lots of other videos on this available)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz6SbR9jpfU (16m 53s)
Free pdf Booklets:
“Safe Cracking for Everyone”:
https://content.instructables.com/ORIG/ ... RIBMC5.pdf“The National Locksmith Guide to Manipulation”
https://cdn.preterhuman.net/texts/anarc ... lation.pdfSargent & Greenleaf Mechanical Safe Lock Guide - 6730, 6735, 6738, 6741 locks
http://manuals.chudov.com/Sargeant-and- ... -Guide.pdfSafecracking for the computer scientist - Matt Blaze
https://www.mattblaze.org/papers/safelocks.pdfSome interesting safe cracking people to follow. They are probably members here:
Rick Ammazzini:
https://www.youtube.com/@MBSAFCRKR/videosSafeCrackerBot
https://www.youtube.com/@safecrackerbot9742/videosJM Lockpicking
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RtKs4s ... T19S4e1ZuZUse of an AutodialerByte sized engineering
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoeBwb9 ... AQmJkYARpQ (21m 36s)
Startup Chuck
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcfdyP5HKWw (14m 40s)
LockPickingLawyer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkk-2QEUvuk (11m 21s)
And just for interest…
World champion safecracker in action – Jeff Sitar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw_4HQMS-pk (13m 55s)
