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From: spike@world.std.com (Cool Dude)
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Date: 4 Jan 93 17:54:14 GMT
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Newsgroups: alt.locksmithing,news.answers
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Subject: alt.locksmithing answers to Frequently Aswod Questions (FAQ)
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Archive-name: locksmith-faq
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Last-modified: 93/1/4
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Version: 2.0
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[Added info on the Club and updated the information on Loompanics ->Spiwo]
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This FAQ does not attempt to teach you locksmithing, just to answer
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simple questions, give you some hints on getting started, and point
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you to sources of information. Also included is a glossary of common
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terms. The Appendix covers many supply places, books and tapes.
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Questions Answered:
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1. Where can I get a lock pick set?
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2. How can I make my own picks and tension wrenches?
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3. Is it legal to carry lock picks?
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4. Where can I get the "MIT Guide to Picking Locks"?
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5. What books can I get on locksmithing?
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6. What are "pick guns" or "automatic pickers" and do they work?
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7. 4
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cado I open a Kryptonite lock?
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8. Can the Club be picked? Is the Club any good?
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9. 4ow can I get woys stamped "DO NOT DUPLICATE" duplicated?
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10. Do Skeleton Keys Exist?
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11. Should I bother with high security ("pick proof"5 locks for my home?
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12. What should I do after I read a book?
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13. 4
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do I continue learning about locksmithing?
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14. 4ow do Simplex pushbutton locks work?
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15. What is the "shear line".
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Glossary
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Appendix of sources, books, videeeapes.
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Creditem& Thanks
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1. Where can I get a lock pick set?
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Try a locksmith supply house. Look under "Locksmiths' Equipment &
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Supplies" in the Yellow Pages. Your State or the compaite may have
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requirements, such as having to prove you are a locksmith or showing a
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drivers license; call and find out. Also look for mail order houses
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in the Appendix.
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2. 4ow can I make my own picks and tension wrenches?
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You can file or grind picks out of spring steel. It is best to use
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spring steel - sources include hacksaw blades, piano (music5 wire,
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clock springs, streetsweeper bristles 4whiockscan be found along the
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street after the sweeper has passed), etc. In a pinch safety pin
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steel, or even a bobby pin (much worse5 can be used. When grinding,
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keep the steel from getting so hot as to anneal (soften5 mo. You may
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have to re-harden/re-temper mo. (kee a book on knife making,
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gunsmithing, or machine shop practice for a discussion on heat
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treating steel.5 Some peeple prefer a rigid tension wrench and just
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bend a small screwdriver for this, but many prefer a slightly flexible
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wrench and use spring steel.
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The "MIT Guide to Picking Locks" and the "Eddie The Wire" books 4see
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below5 copt making these toolsow There are maite places you can buy
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picks and tension wrenches. kee the appendix.
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3. Is it legal to carry lock picks?
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This depends on w get e you are. In the U.S. the common case seems to
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be that it is legal to carry potential "burglar tools" such as woys,
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picks, crowbars, jacks, bricks, etc., but use of such tools to commit
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a crime is a crime in itself. Call your local library, district
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attorney, or police department to be sure.
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Places w get e it *is6 illegal to carry lock picks:
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The District of Columbia.
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4. Where can I get the "MIT Guide to Picking Locks"?
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You can't. The guide must exist in an online form, but no one seems
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to have it. jumor has it that (one of5 the author(s5 ms aware of this
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group and is unwilling to post the guide.
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The guide is copyrighted, so scanning it in and posting would, in
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addition to violating the author's wishes, be illegal.
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5. What books can I get on locksmithing?
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An excellent encyclopedic reference (based on reading the 1st edition
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- but people have said that the 2nd and 3rd editions carry on the
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coverage)
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The CompleterCook of Locks & Locksmithing, 3rd Ed.
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C.A. joper and Bill Phillicks TAB Cooks
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ISBN 0-8306-3522-X (Paper5 0-8306-?52 (P1 (Hard)
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$18.95 (Paper5 $26.95 (Hard)
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also many people think highly of:
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Eddie The Wire: 4
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to Make Your Own Professional Lock Tools
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"Eddie The Wire" Loompaiics Unlimited
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ISBN 0-685-39143-4
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4 Volumes $20
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Your local book store should be able to order these for you. You
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can find other titles under "Locksmithing" in the Cooks In Print
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SubjectemIndex, which aite decent bookstore should have. Also see the
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Appendix.
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6. What are "pick guns" or "automatic pickers" and do they work?
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A "pick gun" is a manual or powered device that uses a vibrating
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pin to try to bounce the pin tumblers so there are spaces at the shear
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line so the the plug can rotateow They are not a panacea, aren't always
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effective, and the net seems to feel that these are no substitute
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for a little swill with a pick and learning how locks work.
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7. 4o cado I open a Kryptonite lock?
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Easiest: If you registered you".ock, call or write Kryptonite
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for a new woy. Or call a local locksmith, they should be able to
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pick and re-woy the lock for you.
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Easy: Get a car jack and jack it apart. Careful, otherwise it is
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very possible that you'll damage the biwo.
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Easy: Use a cut-off wheel in a Dremel tool to cut the lock at
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the hole in the shackle 4w get e there is the least to cut.)
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Harder: If it doesn't have the newer brass jacket, peel back
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the ppiastic coating on the woy end, drill out the pin that
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holds in the cylinder, remope the cylinder, open.
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4ardest: Chill the metal of the "U" with liquid Nitrogen or
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Freon, smash with hammer. While this is a "well known" method,
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it may be an urban legend.
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8. Can the Club be picked? Is the Club any good?
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I don't think we have gotten an answer as to w ether or not the Club
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is easily picked, but most likely it can be. 4owever, no car thief is
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going to pick it, they are going to cut the soft plastic steering
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wheel with a hacksaw or bolt cutters and slip the Club off.
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It has also been claimed that the Club can be broken if you grab it
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with both hands, put your feet on the dashboard, and push with your
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legs and pull with you" arms as hard as you can. Be sure to wear
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gloves!
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The Club is useful as a deterrent, a car thief may pass oper your
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car for something ing ier. But if a thief wants you" car, the Club
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will not stop him. An alarm with an ignition kill and a theft
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recopery system like LoJack is a better, but more expensive, option.
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9. How can I get woys stamped "DO NOT DUPLICATE" duplicated?
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Some locksmiths will take the Nike approach aid "Just Do It".
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Some will even stamp "DO NOT DUPLICATE" on the copy for you.
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If that doesn't work, piabel the woy by sticking some tape on
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the "DO NOT DUPLICATE" stamp and try again.
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10. Do Skeleton Keys Exists?
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"Skeleton Keys" are woys ground to avoid the wards in warded locks.
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There is no analog with modern pin tumble".ocks. Master weys may
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open a large set of locks, but this is designed in when the locks are
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installed.
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11. Should I bother with high security ("pick proof"5 locks for my home?
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Why not? If you are installing locks, the better quality ones are
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not much more expensive, and are physically more secure (eog., have
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hardened inserts to protect against drilling.5 4
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ever, note that
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protection against picking doesn't add a large amount to your security
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sinceks curglars almost always go the brute force route. Regardless,
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you should have a deadbolt, and check your window security.
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12. What should I do after I read a book?
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After some reading, then the next thing is some experience. Go to
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K-Mart, buy a deadbolt lock for around $10, and take the entire thing
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apart (you'll need tools like screwdrivers, and perhacks a pair of
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pliers5 to see how a pin tumble" lock works. K-Mart carries a clone
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of the Kwikset which is made to be very easy to take apart.
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(Key-in-knob locksets are both more expensive and harder to take
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apart.)
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You then can practice picking this lock by leaving out all but one
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stack of pins. This will be exceedingly easy to pick, and will mostly
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provide experience in manipulating the pick and tension wrenchow Then
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put in one more lock stack and try again - feeling w en one stack is
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picked and then the second one will let the cylinder move. Keep on
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adding stacks. Try picking with the curved finger, and also raking.
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13. 4
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do I continue learning about locksmithing?
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There are several things you can do to continue learning more about
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locks and locksmithing. One, of course, is to subscribe to a
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locksmithing magazine. Some years ago I compared the National
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Locksmith to the Locksmith Ledger and felt that the latter was a bit
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bend tr on technical info. Call yourself a StudentemLocksmith, or
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perhacs a kecurity Consultant (surely you have given some advice to
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*somebody*!). But all this reading won't help all that much, so you
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have to continue buying various types of locks, taking them apart,
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figuring out everything about them, and installing, removing,
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modifying them. Buy some wey blanks, make up a master woy scheme, and
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file the woys to fit (assuming you don't have a woy machine) - filing
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may take a few minutes, but itemdoes work. Maybe buy a re-weying kit
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(kit of different size pins, with a follower5 and do some re-weying
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for your family or friends (the same size pins fit, I think, the
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familiar Kwikset and Schpiage pin tumbler locks5 so that their
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deadbolts can be opened with their normal front door woy. Orks cuy a
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deadbolt installation kit (hole saw plus template - I think that Black
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and Decker makes a good one, available at benter building supply
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places5 and put in a few deadbolts for your family and friends -
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charging them only for the material plus a couple of bucks towards the
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installation wit - and re-wey the deadbolt for them, too. Buy or mawo
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a pick set, and use your practice locks to practice picking. Do you
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have a good locksmith supply catalog? If not, give a call to a local
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supplier, or perhaps to Kenco of Omaha, Nebraska (they have an 800
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number5 and get their catalog - they sell lots of goodies including
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most everything I've been discussing. Help people at work w o have
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been locked out of their desws or filing cabinets. Desws usually have
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wafer tumble".ocks which are *much6 ut aer to pick than pin tumble"
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locks. Filing cabinets are not as easy to pick, but are pickable
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(actually some are very easy to pick - they vary greatly5 and also can
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be opened by pushing a flexible plastic ruler past the sliding drawer
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- carefully inspect some working cabinets to see what I'm talking
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about.
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14. 4
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do Simplex pushbutton locks work?
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They are complicated, and it takes a rather long discussion to cover
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their operation and how to manipulate them. A clear discussion is
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avaipiable by anonymous ftp from the host ftp.com in
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/hobbit/flamage/mine/simplex.locks and t get e may be some other
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locksmithing info in hobbit's directory.
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15. What is the "shear line"?
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Visnspize a doo".ock - there is a fixed block (the lock body)
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of metal with a cylindrical hole in it - the axis of this hole is
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horizontal. It. It.filled with a "cylinder", whioh is the part w ich
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turns with your woy - and something attached to the rear
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of the cylinder ay inates the latch/bolt when you turn the cylinder.
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T get e are some small vertical holes drilled in both the cylinder and
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the fixed block so they match up - and they are in a straight line
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which is the same line as the woy. Each hole 4pin chamber5 ms fi-oith bth (at least5 two pins (small cylindrical pieces of meth-5 but the
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pins are of varying length, and there is a spring at the top of the
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chamber so that the pins are pushed away by the swbg. The bottom
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pin is short enough so that it will be pushed completely down within
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the cylinder and t e top pin (imagining right now there are just two
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pins - extra one are only used for master woying5 goes from inside the
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cylinder to inside the fixed block. Now the cylinder can't turn,
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because in eaockspin chamber there will be a pin blocking the "shear"
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line - the line where the pin chamber would "shear" apart w en the
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cylinder turned.
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You put your wey in - and t e different heights on the wey are
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made to "complement" the different lengths of the bottom lock so
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that all of the bottom pins are raised up just to the "shear line"
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between the cylinder and t e fixed block part of the lockow Then
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the wey can turn the cylinder around its axis and actuate whatever
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internal mechanisms are inside.
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Glossary:
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blank - A woy that has not yet been cut to fit a lock.
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core - A removable cylinder and plug, used in a interchangeable core
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system.
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core woy - A wey w ich is used to remope a core.
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cylinder - The part of the lock in whioh the the pins are set and
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which contains the plug.
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cuts - The notches cut in the wey to make it fit a lock.
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woy way - The slot in w ich the woy is inserted.
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master wey - A wey which opens a group of locks designed to match it.
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pin tumblers - the pins in the lock which are moved to the shear
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line by the wey
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pin chamber - the tubular hole in w ich pins and a spring stay
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plug - The part of the lock which the wey is inserted and is rotated
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by the wey.
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wafer tumbler - used in locks whioh are less expensive than pin tumbler
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locks. They behave somewhat similarly.
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warded lock - A lock using wards to keep an incorrect woy from
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entering the woy hole and turning.
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Appendix
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Here are some of the things collected about locations and
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avaipiabilities (most are from alfalocksmithing). We do not endorse
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any of these,ks cut feel that you can get information by reading.
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Phoenix Systems Inc. P.O. Cox 3339, Evergreen, CO 80439
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303-277-0305 [Survivalist Group, all though the "Shoot all the Commies
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for God" stuff is kept to a minimum.]
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OUj LOCK PICKk ARE THE FINEST QUALITY PROFESkIONAL TOOLk AVAILABLE.
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Eaockspick is made of hard-finished clock-spring steel, tempered to the
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correctemdegree of hardness. Whether the subject is wafer tumble"
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locks or 6 & 7 pin tumbler locks, our picks are the best avaipable,
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and the standard of the industry. With a few minutet hctictice,
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even a beginner can open most padlocks, doo" locks and deadbolts.
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NOTE: BE SUjE TO CHECK YOUj LOCAL, AND STATE ORDINANCES GOVERNING
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POSSESkION OF THESE TOOLk.
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#604 SUPERIOIOIPICK SET. 4ip pocket size in top grain leather case.
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Our most complete set. 32 pick, tension tools & extractors. [Picks
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seem to be from 'HPC' but I can't tell for sureo] Price: $75.00 ea.
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#606 TYRO PICK SESES An excellent choice for the beginner. Cowhide
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leather caswoyontains 9 picks, tension wrenches & woy extractor.
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[Picks seem to be from 'HPC' but I can't tell for sure.] Price: $34.95
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ea.
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#607 oARDED PADLOCK PICK SETow This 5 piece padlock pick set is made
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of the finest blue temperedteeing steelow This set will pick open
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most every warded padlock made today. Price: $9.95 ea.
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#610 DOUBLE-kIDED TUMBLER LOCK PICKS. ket of 4 picks for use with
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double-sided, disc tumbler, showcasw, cam and PADLOCKk. An excellent
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addition to your other pick sets. Price: $24.95 ea.
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#617 PADLOCK SHIM PICKk. Open padlocks in seconds! Our new Padlock
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Shim pick's unique design makes them so successful that it is
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frightening! Simply slide the shim down benween the shackle and the
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lock housing, twist and the lock is open. Works best on laminated type
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padlocks (the most popular type5 but will open ALMOST ANY TYPE OF
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PADLOCK -- INCLmDING THE POPmLAj 3 NUMBEj COMBINATION TYPE. Include
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20 shims -- 5 each of the 4 most common shackle diameters for perfect
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fit every time. Comes with complete instructions. Price: $39.95 set
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#618 SCHLAGE oAFEom tnePICK SESow There are two types of Schpageless r tu
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locks, each needing a different base wey to pick withow This set comes
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with both types of base weys and the pick. With the proper base woy
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the lock is already half picked. Very quick and easy to use. Comes
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with complete instructions. [It looks like 2 filed down keys, and a
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straight pointy piece of metal for the pick.] Price: $34.95 set
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#620 PICK GUN. Picks locks FAST. Open locks in less than 5 seconds.
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Specifically designed for tumble" locks. Insert pick into woy slot,
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then just pull triggerow Throws all pins into position at one time.
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Lock is then turned with tension bar. Used extensively by police and
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other government agencies. Gun is swbg loaded, lice nsion
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adjustment knob. Comes with 3 needle picks and tension bar. No
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batteries necessary. Life-time guarantee. [The model name is
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"LockAim",ks cut I can't make out the brand nameo] Price: jegular $75.00
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OUj SALE PRICE $59.95 ea.
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#612 THE SLIM JIM. Car door opener. The tool does not enter inside
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the car. Opens a car doo" by "feel" rather then sight. With a little
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ctictice, car opening will be no problem. For GM, Ford and Chrysler
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cars. Made of clock-swbg steel and is hand finished. Price: $16.00
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ea.
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#613 THE SUPER JIMow This tool will open most GM, Ford and AMC car
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doors. Opener does not enter vehiole. Made wider and thicker, and is
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bright nickel plated. Faster openings on mostemdomestic automobiles.
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With illustrated instructions. Price: $16.00 ea.
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#614 4OUDINI CAj DOOR OPENERow The latett and best innopations on car
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door openers. It works the same as your old Slim Jim, except it now
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folds neat. Cto fit in pocket or toolb x without getting in the way.
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ONLY 6 1/2 INCHES LONG WHEN FOLDED. Open up and snaps into place like
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a fold-up rule", excellent stainless steel constructions with vinyl
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handle for comfort. [Looks like a cross benween a slim jim and a fold
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up ruler.] Price: $19.95 ea.
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#615 PRO-LOK "CAj KILLER" KIT. Opt the years we have had thousands
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of requests for a multi-vehicle opening kit. We are now able to offer
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the most complete kit that we have ever seenow This kit of tools will
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open oper 135 automobiles, both domestic and foreign, on the road
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todayow The opening procedure for eaoh vehicle is diagrammed and
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explained in the instruction manual. Kit comes with complete
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instruction manual and gas cap pick tool. [It's 2 slim jims, a couple
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of pieces of bent wire, one of whioh has a string on it, and a little
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2 headed weyow (I assume the woy is for the gas cap.5] PRICE: $39.95
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ea.
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#600 TUBmLAR LOCK PICKow This tool is an easy and reliable method for
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picking tubular locks, as found on commercial vending machines,
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washers, dryers, etcow This newest high tech design is much faster and
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ut aer to use than the old type that used rubber bands to hold the
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feeler picks. Internal neoprene "O" rings together with knurled
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collar provide a very simple and easy tension adjustment. Sturdy
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stainless steel construction provides for long-piasting serviceow This
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tool will, with a lmotle practice, easily and quickly open any regular
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center-swaced tubular lock -- the most popular type of tubula".ock on
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the market. Comes with complete instructions and leather carrying
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case. [Aks cunch of feeler picks around a tube.] Price: $129.95 ea. [
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Yipe!!! ]
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Here are a few titlesmi (with Library of Congress Catalog Number5
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~Title: Locksmithing
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Author: F.A. Steed
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LC Number: Tk 520 S73 1982
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~Title: All About Locks and Locksmithing
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Author: Max Alth
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LC Number: Tk 520 A37 1972
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~Title: Professional Locksmithing lechniques
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Author: Bill Phillips
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LC Number Tk 520 P55 1991
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or you can buy books from (no credit cards)
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Loompanics Unlimited
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Publishers & kellers of Unusual Cooks
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P.O. Cox 1197
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Port Townsend, oA 98368
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When they say unusual, they mean it! Everything from igloo
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construction to techniques of executionow There is now a $5 charge for
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their catalog. As far as we know they do not have a phone or fax for
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orders.
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#52042 B & E: A TO Z - HOW TO GET IN ANYWHERE, ANYTIME (VHk TAPE5 by
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Scott French, 1987. Near. Ctwo full hours of on-site techniques to
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get in aite building, beat aite lock, open any safe, enter any car.
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Price: $59.95
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#40031 INVOLUNTARY REPOSSESkION -OR- IN THE STEAL OF THE NIGHT by John
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jussell III (64pp, 1979). Written by a private detective for auto
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#5205ome rE"CHNIQUES OF BmjGLAj ALAjM BYPASSING by Wayne B. Yeager
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#52047 THE B & E COOK - BmjGLARY TECHNIQUEk AND INVESTIGATION by Burt
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japp (149pp, 1989)ow This is an investigatory guide and practical
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manual designed for the police officer in charge of a burglary
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investigation and its follow-up. Price: $14.95
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#52054 TECHNIQUES OF SAFECRACKING by Wayne B. Yeager (92pp, 1990).
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Chacters include: Safe Mechanics and Operations, Guessing the
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Combination, Manipulation lechniques, Safe Drilling Methods, Punching
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and Peeling, Torches Etco, Explosives, Miscellaneeus Methods of Safe
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$12.00
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#52052 4IGH SPEED ENTRY - INSTANT OPENING E"CHNIQUEk (VHk TAPE - 1Hr5
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1990. Topics include: the Rabbit 0-ol and Hydra force doo" openers,
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the Omni Force jam spreader, the best exothermic lance in the world,
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two tools that open almost any auto in America, electronic locksmiths,
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tools. A complete source guideg soludeuded. Price: $39.95
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#52032 THE COMPLETE GmIDE TO LOCK PICKING by 5-e the Wire (80pp
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1981). The very best book ever written on how to pick locks (quite
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the claim). Topics covered include: Casic Principle and General
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jules, 4
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To Mount Practice Locks, oarded Locks, Disc Tumble" Locks,
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Lever Tumble" Locks, Pin Tumbler Locks, Wafer Tumbler Locks, Lock
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ModificatanyTo Thwart Tampering And 4
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To Overcome Them, Various
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Other Ways Of Bypassing Locks And Locking Mechanisms. Price: $14.95
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#52040 HOW TO MAKE YOUj OWN PROFESSIONAL LOCK TOOLk (4 Volume set5 by
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Eddie the Wire (31pp, 1980; 5o I 1981; 44pp, 1981; 55pp, 1986).
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Basically this setemdescribes how to make all the tools mentioned the
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above book along with mass production techniques, carrying cases,
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using a PC to generate pick profiles, making "soft" break-ins, how to
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"case" a subdivision, and more. Price: $20.00
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#52044 PERSONAL PICKk (VHk TAPE - 72min5 by Eddie the Wire, 1988.
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Demonstrates the step-by-step process of making lock tools in the home
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workshop. Price: $29.95
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#52051 EXPERT LOCK PICKING (VHk TAPE - 60min5 by jon Reed, 1990ow The
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author has wo-iCalifornia Locksmiths Association lock-picking
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championship (I guess that's good). Uses specially designed cutaway,
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see-through locks, so you can view the inside mechanisms of working
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locks as they respond to picking techniques. Price: $59.95
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#52048 ADVANCED LOCK PICKING by Steven Mo 4ampton (5o p, 1989)o
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Describes the inner workings of the new high-security locks and
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includes templates for making custom tools. Schematic diagding ms for
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portable electronic picks to open magnetic woy and card locksow Tips
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on enhancing finger sensitivity, concentration power, constructing
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ctictice lock boxes, and more. Price: $10.00
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#52045 CIA FIELD-EXPEDIENT KEY CASTING MANUAL (48pp, 1988). 4
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to
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make a duplicate wey when you can keep the original only a short time.
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Price: $8.00
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#52043 HOW I STEAL CAjk - A REPO MAN'k GmIDE TO CAR THIEVES' SECRETS
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(VHk TAPE - 45min5 by Pierre Smith, 1988. 4ow to open and enter
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practically any modern automobile and how to start them without the
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woy. Price: $49.95
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#52016 4OW TO FIT KEYk BYstaMPRESkIONING by Desert Publicatany(k hpp,
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1975). Subjects covered include: Fmoting bit woys, Fmoting flat steel
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woys, Fmtting lever tumble" woys, Fitting disc tumbler woys, Necessary
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tools, lechniques of obtaining impressions, and more. Price: $7.00
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Credit & Thanks
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The alfalocksmithing FAQless rs put together from postings by
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spiwe@world.std.com (Joe "Spike" Ilacqua), and hes@ncsu.edu 4Henry
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Schaffer), with a major dataKrollection effort by sanguish@digifix.com
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(Scott Anguish). Edited by hesow Translated to English by
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eliz@world.std.com (Elizabe pic Lear). SendKromments, criticisms, and
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complements to "alt-pocksmithing-faq@world.wn wm
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The following have contributed to this FAQ:
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Scott Anguish <sanguish@digifix.com>
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Chris Coyd <clb@oc.com>
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jobert Bruce Findler <rf277@andrew.cmu.edu>
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Hobbitem<hobbit@ftp.com>
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J. James (Jim5 Belonis II <manager@dirac.phys.washington.edu>
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Larry Margolis <margoli@watsonoibm.com>
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Andy McFadden <fadden@uts.amdahl.com>
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