Learn Lock Picking: EVERYTHING you Need to Know!

hello again it's Locke noob and it's very possible that you've been bought a lockpick set or maybe a practice lock as part of a Christmas gift maybe a birthday present a gift to yourself or maybe just a surprise gift by a significant other it's also possible that you might not know exactly what all of the kit does or even how to use it and that is exactly what I hope this video will help you with I want to explore in this video very quickly how locks work what's in a basic lock pick set like this how to use all the tools what sort of locks to move on to after we've exhausted the possibilities with practice laws like this what resources are available for you to learn from after watching this video and what other lockpick sets that you might want to move onto after you have matured your skills over time now I just want to caveat that whilst your lockpick set might not be exactly the same as this set the principles are going to cover cover nearly all starter lockpick sets like this one before we start picking a lock we need to understand the very basics about how locks work to begin with let's take a look at this cutaway lock that I made a while back and see how a lock works so inside the lock you can see two rows of pins we have the key pins at the bottom and the driver pins at the top you can see that the driver pins sit between the top of the lock and what we call the plug or the core and that is what stops the lock from turning when you don't have the key inside here is the key and you see that there are cuts on the key we call that the bitung when you insert the key into the lock the cuts on the lock lift all the pins to a specific height and that pushes the driver pins out of the way allowing the call or plug to turn you can see that more clearly in a scaled up version of this lock where we are just looking at the first pin although is the same for every single pin this lock whereby when the key is inserted the key pin is lifted to a specific height allowing the driver pin to be pushed out of the way and the plug or call to turn and that is how you will open your lock if you have one of these plastic practice padlocks and if you don't I do suggest you spend a couple of pounds to get one you can see the same thing happen although you won't be able to see the key pins quite as well but you'll see the driver pins being lifted up to the shear line and then that allows the plug or cork to turn when we're picking a lock without a key of course we need to replicate the two actions the key provides we need to be able to turn the lock with a turning tool but we also need to lift the pins with a pin lifting tool and that brings us onto what are all those things inside that lock pick kit so what's in a typical lock pick set and don't worry if yours doesn't look exactly the same as this it's the top it's here the pick tips that will be pretty much the same in most of these beginner kits and what we have are hooks so called because they are hook shapes half diamonds because they look like the little triangle or a half diamond on the end rakes which are normally any profile with all these up and down wiggles and jiggles ball rakes so-called because they are a rake and they look like they've got little balls on the end this is known quite cutely as a snowman but you might have one which is in half like that there's a half snowman you might also have just a single ball on the end there's a range of ball rates that you can find in these sorts of kits you may also find something like this a harpoon if you like and these are broken key extractors broken key extractors are the type of a lockpick they do exactly what you think they do which is where you have a broken key in a lock the harpoon is able to grab hold of the broken key and extract it from the lock saving the lock itself lockpick sets will also come with a range of different tools which are known as tension tools or turning tools and these provide a turning force or torque in the lock in the absence of a key providing the same that's what allow us to pick the lock so now we know how a lock works and what's in a basic lock pick kit let's actually start to look at how we pick a lock and we'll begin with the rakes so just a recap what we need to do to pick a lock is replicate the action of the key we need to lift all the pins to the correct height all these driver pins now you also need to provide a turning force without lifting the pins to the correct height we can just apply a turning force on its own and you'll see that of course the pluck or the core does not turn past a certain point I'll be using this clear practice padlock throughout the demonstration so you can see what happens these driver pins as we insert the tools when we apply tension or turning falls or indeed talk to the lock we only want to turn it until it naturally stops about there we don't want to add extra attention to it to bend the tool just enough that's all you need it doesn't really matter what tension until you use here's the other one in this kit for this type of lock and you can see that we can insert that one in and provide tension just the same as we do with the other tool as long as it fits in the key way and doesn't block the entire key way that's all you're looking for let's start with the city rate this is the rate which will try to act on all the pins at the same time I apply it a small amount attention to the lock I insert this and what I'm going to do is just gently really come down until we get open like this and there we go we have an open all I was doing was applying swarm at attention moving this back and forth in the lock until all six of these driver pins reached their shear line and the lock opened so with any of the rakes that can't act of all the pins at once you're going to have to move it gently in and out of the key way maybe even angling the tool up and down maybe lifting it higher in the key way lower in the key way random movements remember you can't normally see inside these locks so you want to just provide a very small amount of tension just enough to hold that plug against the driver pins which are blocking the key way insert your talk and then just gently right back and forth maybe angle it up and down a bit and you'll see that once all of those pins are I'm going to move the pick a little higher in the lock and there we go got and open and that is the same for any of these rake tools it doesn't matter which one or what the profile is that is the action you need to take the final type of rake looks a little bit like this and this does take a little bit of skill not so much on these clear plastic locks which are designed for easy opening but this you would insert all the way back into back of the lock you would apply small amount of tension push up and then pull it out and you'll see you get an open so that's called the zipping and it does take a lot of practice and timing so we put it in push up the pins and pull out rapidly while under tension and we can zip the locks like I said that's made a lot easier by these practice plastic padlocks which are designed to open up very easily those are the rakes and those are usually the easiest ones to start with they're usually a lot of fun and especially these locks like this they'll get you into some really fun openings but now let's look at hooks hooks are so called because they are well they're a hook shape and as you can imagine they're designed to pick one pin at the time in the lock so all we need to do is apply tension and then what we're doing so we're relying on the manufacturing tolerances and imperfections in the lock that means that some of these pins will actually be stuck binding in the lock first and we need to find the ones which actually feel like they're sticking and push those up under tension then this is called single pin picking it takes a while to get used to knowing how these pins bind but they go we now have an open and that is how these hooks work they are just designed to push up on one pin at a time they may need to be picked in all sorts of different orders but it's a lot of fun learning how to single pin pick now let's quickly look at diamond picks and these are all half diamonds and you should have a large and small and they are what I like to call hybrid picks what that means is of course you can do two types of picking with this you can use it as a rake by moving it back and forth in the lock they go or we can be more subtle and we can apply small math attention again and we can go along the pins and actually lift the pins with the tip of the picking tool the tip of that half diamond and what I'm doing is I'm just going along and I'm finding which pin is feel sticky and then lift it and then there we go we have an open so these tools can be incredibly versatile being used both as a rake and a single pin picking tool lastly ought to cover ball rates which can be used in those pin tumbler locks which we have just seen but are actually more likely to be used in wafer locks like this why they call wafer locks well they don't have pins in top and bottom like normal locks they just have these little wafers which was sprung and they are pushed either up or down in the key way by the key and once the key is inserted and it's a correct key you'll see all this wafers move out of the way and allows the quarter turn which brings me onto this little tool which you may or may not having your kits which is also designed for wafer locks in fact what it does is it just applies tension by their go pushing against the top and the bottom of the key way in these locks let's use this double ball or snowman rake inside this lock and hopefully if we use some very light tension and just scroll up and down there we go we are already opening this wafer lock and you should be able to see those wafers pop back up when it goes back to their lock position there we go so now we've seen how a lock works and what you get in a basic lockpick set we've also seen how we use these tools in such a plastic practice padlock and that is a lot of fun learning about lock picking learning about how the pins bind in the lock how the DIMM tools work it's great but eventually you'll want to move on to a bigger and better challenge and that is to use some real locks my recommendation is that every picker should grab one of these must unlock threes to start with it has only four pins inside but it's a reliable lock and it's not too complicated has a nice open key way and can be picked with even the most basic of pickets when picking a lock like this I use exactly the same principles as we learned before I apply a small amount of tension to the lock and all I'm going to do is put my tool in and feel for those pins that are binding and push up on them and then he go until I get an open unlock and there we go and it's the same when raking swarm at attention to Lin and gently rock until all those pins are set there we go once you master the master look three you might want to move on to a mass lock Excel or Magnum and then maybe for an extra challenge you might want to find some door locks like this and these have not just four pins but five on even six pins in them and those can be a lot more challenging just a word of warning don't pick locks that are in use or ones which you rely on if you snap off one of your pick tools inside one of these locks or otherwise damage the lock you'll be in real trouble if it's something which is being used or a lock which you need so just pick locks that you own hurts and not in use trust me on this so once you've learnt to pick a lock you've exhausted all the possibilities of your plastic a practice padlock you've picked some real locks like this must lock three and maybe even got moved up to locks like this higher security door lock you might be thinking to yourself I really like this hobby I ought to get more into it where do I get some resources to help me along my lock picking journey well where to begin there are clearly lock picking tunnels like mine which are designed to help and advise and guide and educate blocks Porter's and lock Pickers in the amazing and really really really fun hobby that says lock picking and I'll leave some links in the description below for other channels which I think you might find useful there are also books out there one of the better ones is this one called practical lock picking by deviant allem and this book is an absolute gem it takes you through all different types of lock opening tricks the theory behind lock picking all the types of lock picks everything you could ever think of this book is a fantastic starter guide and of course there are online communities there are forums and groups on Reddit and Facebook and Beyond and those communities are a fantastic way to meet like-minded individuals get into trading and exchanging glocks learning about different types of lock just chatting to fellow pickers and maybe even meeting up with people across the world most likely when you've been picking for a while you'll have outgrown a really keep a set like this and you'll be looking for something a little bit more refined a little bit more well made and Kitsap give you options of buying single tools in profiles that you like which provides already replacements for those which are damaged or lost in the future now you don't have to move straight on to super expensive top-end kits like some of the ones I have I've been picking for a number of years and you know I will treat myself to some kits for a hobby that I absolutely love when you're first starting out you probably want to upgrade your keeper pick set relatively soon to some affordable but comprehensive starter sets here are two my favorite starter sets we have a South Lord C 1500 pick set and a Sparrow's tuxedo but frankly as long as you're going for some of the more well-known lock pick brands out there you really can't go wrong in fact I do have a video all about this subject which I again will leave a link to below a good starter kits will likely have maybe even less tools than your cheap kits but these tools will be made really really beautifully they'll be well rounded they will be made of the finest materials and they will last you a lot longer and feel much more intuitive inside of a lock these kits will also come with a multitude of tension tools of all different thicknesses and sizes and as you get more into lock-picking having a larger amount of tension tools greatly important to being able to pick more and more locks which will have different size key ways another thing you might want to consider is buying a cutaway lock like this and these are sold by a number of different manufacturers and they're designed to help you learn how to pick a lock by allowing you to repin a lock like this but also have the chambers open so you can see where you might be going wrong if you're struggling to pick it a lot of these types of locks also come with bags of driver pins which have all sorts of different security features as you see they're all different shapes and that makes a huge difference when you learn to pick a lot because they all feel different when you're learning to pick them so there we are hopefully you now know a little bit more about your lock pick sets and how to use it and I hope you found this video fun and entertaining because I certainly had a lot of fun making this video for you now you know how to use your lock pick set and know where to go on - from that I just hope you have a really fun hobby um I personally love lock picking I find it challenging and interesting and really rewarding and I hope you do too please don't forget to Like and subscribe to this video for more content and more about lock picking and more about my old lock picking adventures I'll see you all next time

Channel: Lock Noob

Views: 1,281,335

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Length: 19min 18sec (1158 seconds)

Published: Sat Dec 28 2019