[1295] Unbreakable, Unpickable, & Bulletproof? (TED Tooling’s Unusual Lock)

this is the lockpicking lawyer and i recently received a package from ted tooling a company in nevada which sells this 400 hidden shackle padlock this is the key to it and it's billed as unbreakable unpickable and even bulletproof those are all pretty bold claims but this is also a really unusual lock as for the claims regarding physical toughness while nothing is truly unbreakable i'm convinced it would take an act of extraordinary violence to break it's almost certainly tougher than whatever you are locking as for the pickproof claim it's not something easy to discuss without showing you how it works the first step of opening this is to remove this plunger and that's done with a magnet on the back of the key it's just friction held in place with these two o-rings we can then see an unusual looking bolt in the bottom of that hole that is locked onto by the other side of the key there we go that is now locked on and what we do is we turn it clockwise to open that's opposite of the direction you would normally turn a bolt once we do that the shroud will come off that reveals the shackle carrier and we can just pull the shackle out so essentially all that holds this shut is a really unusual bolt that requires an equally unusual wrench my first thought was to use a bolt extractor which will easily grab onto the round bolt head but this doesn't work on left hand threaded bolts only right hand in fact i'm not even sure these are made for left-handed bolts i would probably make one if i encountered these locks with any frequency and i suspect it would be very effective but in my attempt to avoid the work i came up with a less elegant solution but one that still seems to work i'm going to grab the bolt head with these long duckbill pliers after first lining the jaws with a piece of sandpaper i'm then going to turn those pliers with another set of pliers like i said not very elegant but it does work so let's put all this back together and we'll give that a try okay we need to tighten that down pretty well to make sure this is a fair test and put the plunger back in okay first step is to remove the plunger i'm just going to do that with a regular old magnet then going to put a piece of sandpaper in such that it will be between the pliers and the bolt then grab onto the bolt and grab onto the pliers with another pair of pliers and hopefully this will work okay we got it loose and i can just turn it out it's loose enough we don't need that sandpaper anymore okay folks i think the takeaway here is that if someone is prepared to encounter one of these locks and tools up appropriately they are probably going to get in there are lots of methods anything from bolt extractors to even impressioning this bolt with a five minute epoxy however if i wasn't expecting this lock didn't know what was inside and wasn't specifically prepared for it i probably wouldn't get in in any case that's all i have for you today if you do have any questions or comments about this please put them below if you like this video and would like to see more like it please subscribe and as always have a nice day thank you

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Length: 4min 26sec (266 seconds)

Published: Mon May 24 2021

Reddit Comments

[u/Popocuffs]

Looks like an example of security through obscurity.

[u/Dunksterp]

The Lock Picking Layer is one of the best youtube video producers out there. His videos are always short, to the point and informative. Always watch them, even though I have hardly any interest in lock picking or locks.

[u/GISP]

To be fair.
If you are not prepaired, youll properly go for a destructive entry.
The locks job is to make it difficult to get in, its the doors job to keep people out.
So i would count this as a win for the lock. The unusual design and the measures needed to open it will force people to take other methods in use to gain entry.

[u/trevdak2]

Has he picked the lock by Stuff Made Here yet?

[u/radiantwave]

The interesting take away is that they could have made this way harder to pick.

1. Make the bolt round and go All the way to the wall of the chamber.

2. Make the key magnetic on the key end

3 extend the random hole keypins just a bit.

The end result is that the random key pins would be the points of torque, the magnetic hey would hold them into the lock holes tight and the chamber would provide key stability.

You would need to essentially build another key to get a good torque in the lock.

[u/Golden-Fox]

Whenever he cracks a lock that's said to be "bullet proof" he should send it to Matt from Demolition Ranch to test how bullet proof it actually is. Or make Matt buy his own.

[u/crojohnson]

I was expecting the pins on the key to be matched up with some kind tumblers on the bolt that held it in place, like an actual lock.

But.... no.

[u/zen_tm]

Until I saw his videos, I had no idea I was into lockpicking. This guy is great.

[u/IceFire2050]

Just because a lock can be bypassed, doesn't mean it's a bad lock.

A lot of people seem to think he's shitting on these locks, and while that is the case for some of them, ultimately a lock is a means to keep out low level attacks, and delay more skilled individuals to the point where it's not worth the risk of getting caught.

He is able to study these locks in detail to know exactly how they function, and open them in a home setting where he either always has the right tool for the job, or is able to custom make a tool for the video.

This lock, for example, in order for it to open, you would have to first know that it's a lock, the shroud on it kind of obscures that, or makes it look like it might be a biometric or card scanner. Even if they assume it's a lock, then they have to know there's a metal drum that can be pulled out with a magnet, and they have to have a strong enough magnet to do it. Then they need to have the pliers necessary and the sandpaper for the grip on hand. Then they have to know the lock spins clockwise and not just assume they're doing something wrong.

Same with a lot of other locks and safes he shows on there. Yes he's able to open them fairly easily, but for what they're made for, they're serving their purpose.