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Greg Miller's Guide to Lock Picking for Beginners. MIT Guide to Lockpicking. The Open Organisation Of Lockpickers :: Meetings. This is a repository of the most up-to-date versions of Deviant's lock diagrams and animations. Seen in all of the TOOOL educational materials and slide decks, these files are all released under the Creative Commons license. You are free to use any of them for non-commercial purposes, as long as they are properly attributed and the same freedom for others is maintained in all derivative works.

Please note that these diagrams have evolved and developed over time. While Deviant is still proud of the older versions of his images, if you still have copies of legacy material they should all be replaced with the latest versions available here. Lock Basics and Mechanical Operation How pin tumblers are arranged and how locks operate (or fail to) with conventional keys Introduction to Lockpicking Overview of why lock picking is possible and the use of basic pick tools Manipulation-Resistant Locks Spool pins, mushroom pins, and other ways of increasing security Diagrams of Bumping Attacks. Pick a combination lock. How to Pick a Lock Using a Paperclip: 8 Steps. Edit Article Edited by Zzzmmm1, Flickety, Glutted, BR and 31 others Have you ever lost a key and been in a desperate need to get in?

Well as long as you can find yourself a paperclip, you can MacGyver your way in. It may not be pretty, but it sure gets the job done. Ad Steps a Lock Using a Paperclip Step 1 Version 2.360p.mp4 00:00 00:09 00:09 spaceplay / pauseescstopffullscreenshift + ←→slower / faster (latest Chrome and Safari)←→seek . seek to previous 12…6 seek to 10%, 20%, …60% Pick a Lock Using a Paperclip Step 1 Version 2.jpg1Unfold your first jumbo paperclip into your lock pick. Warnings.