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- ajwillys, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3"real men do it with what they find in their pockets"
Keys? - databyss, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4for future reference:
your = a possession. (i.e. your house, your car, your DIY lock-picking set.)
you're = you are. (i.e. you're not cool, you're not smart, you're retarded.) - compu486, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Well I thought this was pure bull *****. I just finished making my very own. I have to say that the thing really works. Although I used a rake for my pick. It takes me from 5 - 30 seconds. So yah I am sure that he chose a faster one for the clip, and as he is paying for his bandwidth more power to him.
Now on the note of it was unlocked before he started I call bull ***** guys. Watch the video closely. The tumbler snaps open when he picks it and then he turns it the rest of the way to release the lock. No real tumbler style lock will just spin freely with the tension wrench.
I realize there are a lot of amateurs here when it comes to lock picking. But this guy seems to know his stuff, so take a lesson all. - iSEPIC, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2It is people like you who I hope never make it to Congress, or other high-end governmental postures. Just because you need to pick a lock, does not mean you intend to commit a crime. Get another 1/2 a brain to see more than one viewpoint of something.
- Genius16, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1anyone who is at least 10% decent at lockpicking, would know, the vibrating part of this device isnt doing any picking. simply using a feeler pick rake in cheap master locks and litterly raking the pins opens it in about 5 seconds anyway. these locks are easy to pick.
id like to see this device in a real lock. it would never work. simply vibrating doesnt do anything. you need a lickpick gun that bumps it up and down quite a bit to get an effect. - Misanthrope, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1With this I could be the MASTER of UNLOCKING. Take THAT Jill!!
- compu486, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1yah i did! it worked suprisingly well!
- dunstdunst, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1http://fixings.us
- strangerzero, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Hey Rubes,
This is a fake. Notice how he holds the lock in the video so that you can't see if was locked or not. So the lock pick vibrates when it is hooked to an electric toothbrush BFD. You could easily do this without the 9 volt battery. - edrift101, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Checked out the site and there's a lot of cool DIY stuff in there. Good post.
- jlawson1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1i was wondering about if the lock was actually locked or not, you never really see if it was from the angle of the video
- vandykee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1just get some HSS twist drill bits and drill out the entire tumbler.
- Kitsune818, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1What the hell is with the internet and skepticism? It seems to me the same people who will nit-pick the slightest things on one video will be the same to forward their friends with another "Dude, this guy totally fits an entire antelope up his arse!" - Vibratory lock picks are very real devices. Yeah, it is a crappy video, but you people are watching this thing like it's the JFK headshot. Regardless of the video, vibratory lock picking does in fact work in certain situations.. not very good in others.
- JackCampbell, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Just like macgyver
- Viperjr1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I think the lock was already open. I have been a locksmith for the past 10 years and Master padlocks are a pain to pick sometimes but he picked it in less than a second. If a tool like that can open it that quickly I'm sure it would be in every locksmiths arsenal. Lock-picking is 90%-Luck 10%-Skill. Ask any locksmith.
- iSEPIC, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@Sorry, I accidentally duped your post bonlebon. I've undugg my own entry and directed peeps here...
A decent Digg citizen! +++ to you! (and I'm not being sarcastic, Digg needs more people like you). - RyeBrye, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1A year or so ago, I went through a spell where I didn't have keys to my duplex. I always carried my trusty lock-picking set in my car (still where I keep it - it keeps it nearby when I might need it). For about three months, whenever I would come home and none of my roommates were there - I would need to pick the deadbolt in order to get in.
On average it would take me three minutes - but that is with a big standard deviation. Once, it took me just one stroke of the pick and I was in. Like the locksmith said - 90% luck, 10% skill... although I'm sure locksmiths are way more skilled than I am.
That being said - I can see how this would work if you are not trying to finesse a lock. The first thing I (an amature) always try is to bounce my pick fast and let luck set the pins for me. For the first few seconds I will just torque it while bouncing, then untorque... etc (every time you release tension the pins reset - so if some were stuck high, they would reset...)
This video may just show him getting lucky one time.
@solidotuspe The locks that you have to "pull on" to open are not the keyed ones - those are the combination locks. The ones that use keys will spring the arm open when you turn the key. - compu486, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Those of you looking to post that "Remember to READ the previous posts before commenting" reference, GeneHACKman beat you to the punch so don't bother. Remember to READ the previous posts before commenting
- Archangel621, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Some people have too much time on their hands but it IS pretty cool.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Just crazy. Make sure you watch the video of the pick in action. Wonder if you can get these flossers in Australia, or if there's an equivalent?
- CoffeeCup, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0kewl... dugg
- p3lEr, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0does it really works ?
- hakz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0what rake did you get? Because from the site he mentions, it seems there are a few rakes available.
- adml_shake, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I digg it, love this homebrew stuff!!!
- DJPandemonium, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"Regarding the video....since when do you not have to pull out the hook on a lock?"
You don't on any of the padlocks I own...? - apotropaic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0$.50 for a 9v??
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0A real lock picking kit isn't much more money and is far more convenient. Or, if you're lazy and don't care about possible damage, you could buy a zip-gun lock pick. Seems kind of lame.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0@gregd
Never mind if you dupe I've been duped too and here we are, don't worry be happy. - DJPandemonium, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0@ majikpig:
Well said.
@ fiend.lord:
How on earth is a dirt-cheap electric lockpick that works fairly decently useless? - webcrumb, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0You know, a true lockpicker can pick a lock with a safety pin and any old thing used as a torsion wrench. I have both a large safety pin and small penknife on my keyring; gets me into most places I need to be when some idiot locks the door. There's not much more satisfying than feeling the pins click into place.
Oh, and push-button mechanical combination locks are even easier to "pick." You should find a tutorial on that... there used to be a Swedish site with this all on; I found it a few years ago, but haven't been able to find it again. - Chompy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Well you have to allow for the fact that A. he's using an electric set which make things absurdly easy and B. he could have tried 20 times and just chosen the video of the fastest attempt.
- CoffeeCup, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Ya I was wondering about that too... it could have been unlocked the whole time
- 6stringsamurai, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0All I've ever needed to pick locks is a couple pieces of metal off a broken umbrella... anything can be a tension wrench, and the pick itself isn't that hard to shape.
- Tsukari, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"Regarding the video....since when do you not have to pull out the hook on a lock?"
Well, since its upside down, and most locks spring the clip out a little bit when unlocked(from what I've seen) gravity could easily explain that. - stenspect, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0So blogged about this! Nice post.
- dimatt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0this'll come in handy
- DJPandemonium, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"I think the lock was already open. I have been a locksmith for the past 10 years and Master padlocks are a pain to pick sometimes but he picked it in less than a second. If a tool like that can open it that quickly I'm sure it would be in every locksmiths arsenal. Lock-picking is 90%-Luck 10%-Skill. Ask any locksmith."
I call BS, and I'm sure all the regulars on toool.nl, lockpicking101.com, and a half dozen other lock picker sites would agree with me. Lockpicking is 90% skill, 10% tools, and luck is only a factor that affects how long it will take you to open the lock if you don't have the proper skillset for that lock yet.
And, masterlocks and nearly never a pain to open. In fact, they are usually the easiest, most straight-forward beginner locks that are recommended for anyone brand new to to lockpicking. Unless you move into their high-end "contractor" series, they never have any sort of security pins, they have a low pin count (the ubiquitous series 1, 3, and 5 are all three or four pins, if I'm not mistaken), their tolerances and keyways sizes are very conducive to picking, and the key can be turned in either direction to open the lock. The only thing that could make these a pain in any way, would be a really difficult key combination, but that would only increase the difficulty maginally, and would really only be a significant factor with raking, and not with picking, bumping, or jiggling.
I own about a dozen different masterlocks, and all of them I can rake open extremely consistenly in under 20 seconds with a half diamond or a snake, usually with three or less passes of the rake, and I can pick them open with a feeler pick very consistently in under 30 seconds. With a high-speed jiggler like pictured, it's extremely probably that the lock could be opened very consistently in under 10 seconds, and I'm sure he picked one of the videos that was a bit quicker.
Contrast this with a true high-security lock, something possibly biaxial and/or with security pins like a Medeco or similar, which does take a bit of time to pick, even with the proper skillset, and probably couldn't be picked effectively with this tool. - Shark500, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0i recently made one and it disappointed me. the vibration has almost no effect on the lock.. if you want something that will work better, I would suggest you Superglue a lock pick to a hard plastic dildo. (not that i have any experience with dildos) but i would figure that it would have more power than .. lets say a vibrating flosser...
Over all it's a good concept but needs work. - Tweekster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0mgreenwald and jmccorn:
both of you: SWING and a miss - fiend.lord, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This is a worthless device in reality -- and yes, I know what I'm talking about.
- MajikPiG, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0He could be like me: I'm an amateur lockpicker and I keep around a padlock that's super easy to pick just to be a show-off sometimes. Sometimes I get it on one or two passes with a rake. It's just like the one in the video, 4 pins, and it the bar pops out when you unlock it. (Yes, a sign of a weak lock, considering there's a device you can slide in there and instantly pop it open.) If I were making this video, I'd choose my fastest-to-pick lock and film several takes, choosing the fastest one. That's all he did. You can be sure he unlocked it because the tumbler turns.
- ceejay2005, on 04/15/2009, -0/+0My jaw locks, and alot of the time is hard to open to do simple things like brush my teeth or eat,(cont)?
and when i do get my jaw opened it makes a loud sound, when i go c the tmj specailist, do i get treated that day and get whatever type of device that day or do i have 2 come back to get it? also i thought it was some type od minor surgeory that could be done (not breaking my jaw) but some other type of surgery. - ccanni1028, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0hakz - None. Their store site is buggy and will just send multiple of one type of pick. Take a locksmith's advice and get quality pieces. www.lockpicks.com is pretty good and sells individual pieces, kits, and autoguns.
- hakz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0so has anybody tried this?
- StuGazzO, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Who filmed this, Abraham Zapruder? It looks like ass.
- Arnott, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"Oral-B Pick locks like a dentist"
- ccanni1028, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0If you are really cheap, you can try using the cheap plastic "floss picks" that come with it if you have a larger lock.
REMINDER: picking locks you don't own (especially houses and vehicles) is illegal unless you are a licenced locksmith (I'm guessing few others here are) with authorization from the owner of the lock. But of course, who cares about the law if you own a lockpick set? - hakz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0which pick should i get from that shop?
- gijoe411, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0A $9 toothbrush!? I just bought one for $2.25, I should start selling them on Ebay.
- bobitchq, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I am not so concerned about the fact he didn't pull the hook, but the fact he didn't even turn the thing to open this lock (i mean,you have to turn the key to open the lock and he did't make a turn). Maybe I am wrong, because I never picked any lock.
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