Articles : How to Pick a Lock : Table of Contents
How to Pick a Lock
Table of Contents
- It's Easy
- How a Key Opens a Lock
- The Flatland Model
- Basic Picking & The Binding Defect
- The Pin Column Model
- Basic Scrubbing
- Advanced Lock Picking
- Mechanical Skills
- Zen and the Art of Lock Pickin
- Analytic Thinking
- Exercises
- Exercise 1: Bouncing the pick
- Exercise 2: Picking pressure
- Exercise 3: Picking Torque
- Exercise 4: Identifying Set Pins
- Exercise 5: Projection
- Recognizing and Exploiting Personality Traits
- Which Way To Turn
- How Far to Turn
- Gravity
- Pins Not Setting
- Elastic Deformation
- Loose Plug
- Pin Diameter
- Beveled Holes and Rounded pins
- Mushroom Driver Pins
- Master Keys
- Driver or Spacer Enters Keyway
- Vibration Picking
- Disk Tumblers
- Final Remarks
- Tools
- Pick Shapes
- Street cleaner bristles
- Bicycle spokes
- Brick Strap
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