this video will show how a standard pin tumbler lock
can be picked with hairpins just like it's been done in nearly every spy movie
ever made
the first thing we need to learn is how these locks work
in a pin tumbler lock like this which is the most common table clock in use today
Series appearance could different links prevent the bear little action
turning in less each pin is pressed up to the exact rate height
the group cut into the key or unique match
lifting each pin just enough for a split in their center to align with the edge
of the locks beryl allowing it to turn
to open this like without the key
I need to make two simple tools the actual pic
the dow used to manipulate the pins and also a small lever to allow me to apply
rotational pressure to the barrel
to begin with the pic a hairpin is bent open until the ends are about 90 degrees
apart
the bitter rubber on the street said in needs to be removed
which is pretty easily done with your keys if there are no tools present the
end of the pic
now needs a slight bend which can be done by pushing it into the lock itself
in applying pressure like so the last improvement they can be made
is to bend the other half of the hairpin into a better handle
which will make the pick a lot easier to control now making the lever that will
turn the lock is extremely simple
in just involves bending a pin is shown so we can be inserted into the keyhole
causing pressure on the arm to translate into rotational force on the lock
now ready to actually begin picking
and/or lever is inserted into the lower side to the keyhole leaving enough room
for the pic to be inserted above
the first step is to put tension on the lever with one hand
so that the bear little lock is under pressure to turn it of course can not
turn
because the pins are in the way in cause the barrel the Seas but is precisely
this friction between the pins in the barrel that I'll be taking advantage of
keeping tension on the barrel the pic is inserted and the first thing to notice
is that even though the lock is under pressure
summer the pin still move up and down freely because I've been here
imperfections in all locks only one or two pins will ever by and against the
barrel at the same time
for now the pins that usually reason for can be ignored
in our focus should be on finding one that is currently sees
seized pins can be identified by one in the time feeling
each pin with the end of the pic pressing them up slightly and letting
them fall again
when we find deceased pin it will behave differently
being much harder to push up than the rest assuming you're keeping constant
pressure on the lever this whole time
once the first seized pin is found which just happens to be the third pin in this
lock
it is very slowly and carefully forced upwards
eventually the split in this East pinwheel line with the edge in the
barrel
and there should be in audible click the clickers the sound of the barrel
suddenly being allowed to rotate forward
very slightly before hitting in seizing on one of the other pins
since the barrel has been allowed to slightly rotate
it prevents the pain we just work done from falling and at the same time
a new seized in has been created which can be identified and treated the same
as the first
is each seized 10
successively identified by feeling it with the end of the pic
in the tension and it is released by aligning its gap with the edge of the
barrel
because as one of the remaining pins then become seized
until every pin has finally been aligned and the lock
opens if once you believe every pin has been dealt with
you find that the lack still does not open there's a good chance that one in
the pins was pressed too high
in its gap is above the edges the locks payroll if this happens
there's a chance that reducing the tension and I'll ever will cause the
offending pinned fall into alignment
and allow the lock to open but it may also allow other pens to fall
which could require starting over
in this video I used to transparent practice locks you could see what I'm
doing on camera
and there are a number of other practice locks like this they can be purchased
online
for this skill to be a any use in a real situation though
it's important to be able to identify and adjusts East pins by feel and sound
alone
Israel locks don't usually come with transparent sides
both for the tools that I made in this video could also potentially be formed
at a single hairpin by breaking it in half
but doing so would not leave enough extra to bend a handle for the pic
would also result in a lever only half as long
because if these things using an individual pin for each tool has a
demonstrated here
is far easier than trying to use just one but it is possible with enough
practice
this project was made in part is a collaboration with all time numbers
who's made their own video to go along with this one
all-time numbers is a brand new channel from all-time tents with quite a few
great videos out already
you can check em out by clicking on the icon on screen now or through the link
in the video description below
if you'd like to see more of my own videos you can find them on my YouTube
channel Nighthawk in light
thanks for watching