Was wondering if any of you guys had any old padlocks lying around and not used. I pick locks as a hobby and was bored today and re-picked most I have left around the house.
I like mostly old locks I find at yard sales and such with no keys. I do however like new locks that have security pins, just so I can thump my chest when I beat them.
If any of you have any they want to get rid of send me a PM and I will give you an address to send them and Paypal you the shipping. Please no combination padlocks they take 20 seconds to open so no challenge there and No rusted completely locks.
Here is a picture of my most used picks but with 4 of these I can pick most any padlock.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/Plumbrich/FnF/picks.jpg)
The V shaped spring steel is for padlocks and mostly combo locks.
The bump keys are for common padlocks and common door locks.
The pick set is for almost all pin type locks.
edited to add picture.
What a hobby :yoyo:
I have a couple around here I got in some junk boxes at auctions I am guessing they are older then you or i now where did I put them
Yeah I will probably find them in a year or 2 :laf:
Quote from: CCP on June 12, 2011, 01:46:11 PM
I pick locks as a hobby.
Do you take along a mask and bag when you practice your "hobby"? :shock2:
Jerry
QuoteDo you take along a mask and bag when you practice your "hobby"?
Nope just do it at the house for fun..
Now on the ski mask jobs I just take a small sledge and a small pair of bolt cutters much faster that way.. :innocentwhistle:
Quote from: CCP on June 12, 2011, 02:59:24 PM
QuoteDo you take along a mask and bag when you practice your "hobby"?
Nope just do it at the house for fun..
Now on the ski mask jobs I just take a small sledge and a small pair of bolt cutters much faster that way.. :innocentwhistle:
It is things like this that keeps me here. I am always learning.
Jerry
Strange but interesting :confused:
How are combination locks the easiest to pick?
QuoteHow are combination locks the easiest to pick?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRC3oOr2hjQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRC3oOr2hjQ)
I use to make these out of soda cans in school and switch peoples locks in the gym. :laf: For the past 20 years I just buy and keep the spring steel ones on hand. There are ways to get the combo but takes me 30 or so minutes to do it.
BTW you can use the shims on most keyed padlocks also but some takes two one on each side.
You can buy them HERE (http://www.lockpicks.com/padlock-shims-sps-20.aspx)
Richard, that's certainly a very interesting hobby. :innocentwhistle:
If I happen to run upon any chasity belts old locks I'll keep you in mind. :biggrin:
Chastity belts Chet?
If it lasts more then four hours your suppose to call your doctor. :laf:
You can actually jam a shim into any combination padlock and do that?
Even a Master® ?
:confused: It's almost like....Why bother?
Thats proof that locks are made to keep an honest man honest.
I haven't found a padlock yet that my lock pick can't defeat.
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p28/aggiecat/General/721150264_photobucket_42357_.jpg)
Quote from: FinsnFur on June 12, 2011, 09:49:34 PM
Chastity belts Chet?
If it lasts more then four hours your suppose to call your doctor. :laf:
If it lasts more then four hours.... I'm calling everybody I know. :hahaha: :sick2:
Semp, that's a serious lock pick. :thumb2:
Quote from: coyotehunter_1 on June 13, 2011, 06:34:08 PM
If it lasts more then four hours.... I'm calling everybody I know. :hahaha: :sick2:
:alscalls: :biggrin: :nono: Good stuff right there1
It's depressing to see how easy this is. I;d be better off tying a rope to secure my tree stands, so at least the guy has to have a knife.
CCP, are there any locks that are close to unpickable?
I was thinking the same thing Dave. It's like why even bother locking anything up anymore. :doh2:
Try ABUS locks. Like this one.
http://www.abuslocks.com/item.asp?CID=1863
I use one of these on my motorcycle.
http://www.abuslocks.com/item.asp?CID=2112
Here is an illustration of how the ABUS Plus cylinder locking mechanism works.
http://abus.de/us/main.asp?ScreenLang=us&select=0203h
What the sam hill is a memory clip?
Quote from: FinsnFur on June 15, 2011, 09:34:43 PM
What the sam hill is a memory clip?
:laf: That lock is a rotor lock for a motorcycle. The memory clip goes on the handle bar to remind you to REMOVE the lock before departing. Otherwise you will come to a very abrupt and sudden stop very soon. :biggrin:
:doh2: wow
So in other words the would-be crook could trash your bike trying to steal it.
When I first started riding a friend of mine had a lock on like that and forgot to take it off one day. Messed up his rotor and his caliper. It tweaked his forks and he broke his wrist dropping the bike after the sudden stop. He dont forget them now. But they are a good locking system
I always shut my bike down with the ignition switch. But there is a kill switch on the handlebar too. I always leave it in the "run" position. *Except* when I install the rotor lock.
After I put the rotor lock on my bike, I flip the kill switch to "off". So when I get ready to ride again, I go through my normal routine and turn the ignition switch on to start the bike but it won't start with the kill switch off. That reminds me to take the dayum rotor lock off the bike!
That little trick works for me anyways. :eyebrownod:
I use a reminder clip. Bright orange cord that is hooked to my rotor lock. I gust clip it to my ignition and I am good to go.
MasterLock has a bike lock that looks like an over sized pair of hand cuffs. It uses a round key and is supposed to be dang near impossible to pick.
I have thought about getting one of these instead of the rotor lock. But its up there in price and I already have the rotor lock.
Lock picking is mostly for fun and companies continue to put out locks that are harder to pick and that makes it fun for the the guy doing it as a hobby.
As far as locks to keep professional thieves out don't waste your money.
Professional thieves DON'T pick locks. If I was going to steal your bikes it wouldn't matter if they are hard to pick or not. I would just bring my cordless drill and a cylinder eater, yep about 45 seconds or less and it's toast. :laf:
Just buy a normal lock to keep the average Joe honest and keep your bike in plain site of the public is your best bet. Bikes hidden from plain site (garage, out back) give thieves time to drill your cylinder on the tire lock and the ignition. If a lock company tells you there lock cylinder cant be drilled then go by the local machine shop and ask for some of that special steel that cant be drilled and see what they say. :alscalls: If the lock company claims there lock wont open when the cylinder is drilled their lying.... :rolleye:
Quote from: coyotehunter_1 on June 13, 2011, 06:34:08 PMIf it lasts more then four hours.... I'm calling everybody I know. :hahaha: :sick2:
Like Congressman Weiner did? :shrug:
:laugh2: :laugh2: :laugh2:
Quote from: CCP on June 16, 2011, 05:05:34 PM
I would just bring my cordless drill and a cylinder eater, yep about 45 seconds or less and it's toast. :laf:
But your not going to bring that under budget, disposable, made in Sri Lanka, childs toy Makita are you?
Your going to need something industrial strength, like...oh say a DeWalt :innocentwhistle:
No locks in the mail yet. :sad: :sad:
Would a 3 or 5 dollar reward help?? :wo:
Ahhh! I think I just figured out why I have a few things missing from my cabin during the LBL hunt :wo: :wo:
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:alscalls: kleptomaniac