Guide to Lock Picking

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Chapter 1
 

Guide to Lock Picking

  Ted the Tool

  September 1, 1991

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  Copyright 1987, 1991 Theodore T. Tool. All rights reserved.

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  August 1991 revision.

 Contents

• 1 It's Easy

• 2 How a Key Opens a Lock

• 3 The Flatland Model

• 4 Basic Picking & The Binding Defect

• 5 The Pin Column Model

• 6 Basic Scrubbing

• 7 Advanced Lock Picking
  • 7.1 Mechanical Skills
  • 7.2 Zen and the Art of Lock Picking
  • 7.3 Analytic Thinking

• 8 Exercises
  • 8.1 Exercise 1: Bouncing the pick
  • 8.2 Exercise 2: Picking pressure
  • 8.3 Exercise 3: Picking Torque
  • 8.4 Exercise 4: Identifying Set Pins
  • 8.5 Exercise 5: Projection

• 9 Recognizing and Exploiting Personality Traits
  • 9.1 Which Way To Turn
  • 9.2 How Far to Turn
  • 9.3 Gravity
  • 9.4 Pins Not Setting
  • 9.5 Elastic Deformation
  • 9.6 Loose Plug
  • 9.7 Pin Diameter
  • 9.8 Beveled Holes and Rounded pins
  • 9.9 Mushroom Driver Pins
  • 9.10 Master Keys
  • 9.11 Driver or Spacer Enters Keyway
  • 9.12 Vibration Picking
  • 9.13 Disk Tumblers

• 10 Final Remarks

• A Tools
  • A.1 Pick Shapes
  • A.2 Street cleaner bristles
  • A.3 Bicycle spokes
  • A.4 BricK Strap

• B Legal Issues

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