🔒 Lockmithing and Lockpicking Discussions

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Tool problem

I have recently purchased a 7 pin tubular lockpick. I have succesfully picked several tubular locks and have recieved t...
3 comments posted 23yrs
posted by hillrunner2003
3 comments posted 23yrs posted by hillrunner2003

Schlage lock knob hard to turn

I just installed 2 Schlage keyed entry sets on my home, Geo knobs. My wife who has minimal handstrength has a lot of tr...
8 comments posted 23yrs
posted by mrbill5
8 comments posted 23yrs posted by mrbill5

POLL: You're drill, likes and dislikes

What type of drill (cordless and non) do you use, what are your likes and dislikes? What improvements would you like to...
9 comments posted 23yrs
posted by totallc
9 comments posted 23yrs posted by totallc

Electronic locks and Crypto/Hardening?

no, I am not going ask "how to pick X lock". but what I would like to ask is, for the people here with both physical se...
16 comments posted 23yrs
posted by robrpm2222
16 comments posted 23yrs posted by robrpm2222

Amusing safe crack story in Milwaukee

If these kids had spent more time reading this newsgroup instead of watching TV, they might have succeeded! Brookfield...
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posted by news
7 comments posted 23yrs posted by news

more on computerized voting

"Safeguarding the Vote" by Doug Pibel is an article in the summer edition of "yes" magazine. It is on the web at http:/...
28 comments posted 23yrs
posted by hes
28 comments posted 23yrs posted by hes

Picking handcuffs for a novel

I'm 22 chapters into a book i'm writing and need my character to get out of handcuffs using a thick needle. Basically,...
9 comments posted 23yrs
posted by bfett25
9 comments posted 23yrs posted by bfett25

Kwikset Lock Boring Jig

Herlo again. I was looking at getting a cylindrical lockset jig, and I took a look at the porter cable one. I wasn't to...
22 comments posted 23yrs
posted by eckels
22 comments posted 23yrs posted by eckels

Gainsborough Crystal passage set

I dont sell, and have never seen gainsborough hardware before, but today a customer had asked me about a handleset that...
1 comments posted 23yrs
posted by eckels
1 comments posted 23yrs posted by eckels

need help with a Tann time delay deposit box

I have a safe box, with no keys. it has a Schlage cylinder and a 5 min time delay, I dont know how long it has been sit...
4 comments posted 23yrs
posted by bozo
4 comments posted 23yrs posted by bozo

Lockpicking tools shop

Anyone knows a good / cheap webshop where they sell lock picking tools (not usa) Kind regards, Kristof
0 comments posted 23yrs
posted by kristof
0 comments posted 23yrs posted by kristof

Weslock replacement

Hello, This is my first post, so I would like to introduce myself. My name is Tim. I work in the hardware and tools of...
20 comments posted 23yrs
posted by notvalid
20 comments posted 23yrs posted by notvalid

Schlage drops to a new low.

Today I saw a cheap Chinese lock marketed as a Dexter made by Schlage. Looks like it was made in the Defiant factory. Bl...
1 comments posted 23yrs
posted by shoaf
1 comments posted 23yrs posted by shoaf

Free space & depths for over 5,000 code series

The free CodeMaster demo at www.treskat.com gives locksmiths an easy to use program showing the spaces and depths for m...
7 comments posted 23yrs
posted by NoSpam
7 comments posted 23yrs posted by NoSpam

Home Security Surveys

Does anyone have a good checklist for doing home security surveys that they'd care to share? --Absinthe
8 comments posted 23yrs
posted by bradley_small
8 comments posted 23yrs posted by bradley_small