I play around with lock picking because it amuses me and I often need something to keep my hands busy (I can be a fidgeter). Busy master lock is just awful for security. I love the note on the back of the package about pin tumblers for better resistance to lock picking. 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️. Video in the next post of this thread showing it opening with JUST the turning tool, no picking necessary. Any flathead screw driver could open this lock 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
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@Beanc what does that emoji mean?
@Kurtroedeger that im so sad to see that i dunno haha
@Beanc My magical wave of a tool makes you sad, or that the locks are so poorly done?
@Beanc yeah, first reaction was just "well....fuck" But now it's a game to me. I just don't count on them really securing anything. I just count on them slowing someone down a bit.
@Kurtroedeger for 2 seconds? 😝
@Kurtroedeger Hi Kurt, during COVID lockdown I discovered lots of lock picking YouTubze and became fascinated with the techniques and variety of locks out there!
One thing for sure - I will NEVER again buy a Master lock! Complete waste of money.
Like you mentioned, they can be opened so easily that IMO it's not even fair to call it "picking". Hitting a Master with an old shoe would probably work!
Some of the fancy European locks that guys like Lock Picking Lawyer tackle are mind-boggling!
@Sam_B_RF_Dude yeah, I don't feel like I'm picking them so much, but it does resolve the fidgeting for me to just sit there and play. I want to get to one of those bridges couples leave locks on though and have fun, but I don't know of any near me.
I also have a storebrand Ace hardware lock I haven't cracked yet.
@Kurtroedeger Cool! My neighbor has some Ace locks on his animal enclosures, they look just like Master locks. For fun, I took my home-made pick set (from a wiper blade) and had NO luck with it! It seems the Ace locks are much more secure, at least to my infant-level skillz.
@Kurtroedeger To be clear, I take care of neighbor's aminals from time to time and wondered if I could get in if I accidentally locked the key inside! I'm not in the habit of "testing" the neighborhood padlocks w/o permission! :)
@Sam_B_RF_Dude yeah, it looks the same, but I'm guessing it has serrated or other security type lines on the inside. I'm still in the infant stage,, maybe Im using the wrong pick for it too. But master lock, those are already useless to me.
My neighbor's probably wouldn't appreciate my testing, so that's why I want to find a bridge where people leave locks.
@Sam_B_RF_Dude pics of your homemade picks? I think I have a junk wiper blade and I could use a deeper setting one
@Kurtroedeger I'll see what I can do for pics. They're nothing special, I just stripped the metal stiffener out of the rubber wiper. "Cut" it by filing a notch in one flat and bending it to break it.
Just bent one into an "L" shape for a tension bar, took another straight piece and filed it to shape - it's crude but gives me something to play with.
The metal is hard, but not brittle, it can be filed without having to anneal it IIRC
@Sam_B_RF_Dude McNally is hilarious to watch him violate some of those locks.
Just wave the lock pick over it and it opens 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️