Damaging Locks

by **Stalker360** » 27 Aug 2005 18:29

What methods of picking damages lock?

by **skold** » 27 Aug 2005 18:40

Excessive raking, excessive use of automatic picking devices such as:
a) Electric pick
b) Pistol pick/snap gun

Also I have noticed that you can break a cylinder casing while bumping a lock with:
a) A poor quality lock
b) Too much force.

Also a rotary pick leaves a nice hole in the cylinder
:twisted:

Skold

by **Mad Mick** » 27 Aug 2005 18:56

OMG, Thermite!!!

(Sorry db. :oops:

)

by **n2oah** » 27 Aug 2005 18:58

What is this nonsense, Mick? Thermite doesn't damage locks.

by **Stalker360** » 28 Aug 2005 12:56

Does regular picking mess up locks at all?

by **Minion** » 28 Aug 2005 13:17

It can, however, if you're gentle, it doesn't.

by **HeadHunterCEO** » 28 Aug 2005 15:08

have you ever taken a mason bit and set your drill to hammer and then proceed to blast a lock with it?

thats fun and it damages the lock (alot)

by **quickpicks** » 28 Aug 2005 20:46

I have never destroyed a lock on purpose but violently raking a masterkeyed lock such as BEST or schlage may knock some of the master pins out of place which would take a heck of a time to get out if they were stuck in there.

by **Chucklz** » 28 Aug 2005 23:08

You dont have to rake violently to upset a thin masterpin in a BEST lock. Ive done it and it really becomes a hassle. Sure its easy to get out of the core, but suddenly some of the keys no longer work.. like say my control key. But this was easy to fix of course, as I had the core out of the lock, just a touch of work on my control key fixed it right up.

by **digital_blue** » 28 Aug 2005 23:52

Mad Mick wrote:OMG, Thermite!!!

(Sorry db. )

<sigh>

Ok, for old time's sake....

Just for you big guy.

db

by **Chrispy** » 29 Aug 2005 5:44

by **Stalker360** » 29 Aug 2005 10:15

What's the chances of damaging a lock for someone that's new at this?

by **Chucklz** » 29 Aug 2005 11:46

Depends on the lock. But as you will only be picking locks you own and don't require for security, I don't think you will have much of a problem.

by **vector40** » 29 Aug 2005 20:04

Stalker360 wrote:What's the chances of damaging a lock for someone that's new at this?

Done properly, very minimal. Done improperly, still low, unless you manage to concoct some really outlandish way to do it wrong.

by **qwerty125** » 10 Sep 2005 19:47

Stalker360 wrote:What's the chances of damaging a lock for someone that's new at this?

LOL.. boy do I have stories..
I've never thought I'd break soo many locks in one day after going on a picking spree... It was in a professional setting and I needed to get into certain doors, but I got the ok to do it since I was confident I wouldn't damage anything.. boy was I wrong.. broke all the locks on the doors lol.. After that I learned my lesson... Being gentle w/ the lock and a lot of patience goes a long way..

The other day, my gf got locked out of her room which has a standard entrance lock. I had no tools to work with.. and couldn't find any house hold materials to open the lock.. with a sturdy knife and a wrench.. i tore out the middle of the knob and gutted out the whole entire lock lol.. and had to open the door that way.. Then i though.. wow.. if i was a robber.. why go through the trouble of picking it when I could just tore out the whole thing in 1 minute. I didn't feel safe getting that same lock as a replacement.

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