Lock Picking

[Timmy35]

Something I picked up from another thread, does anyone on here actually do this as a hobby / passtime? Oddly enough I can see the attraction, sort of, it also taeches you a useful skill.

[LeeME3]

Presumably so as you can steal heads and bodies for your other pastime?

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[Mazda Baiter]

I'll watch this with interest.

[Elskeggso]

Mazda Baiter said:

I'll watch this with interest.

Me too, I've just been having a browse here:

http://www.devonlocks.com/

[Tin Hat]

I have a black belt in losing keys - Not too great when you are regularly given other people's keys for access to their houses.

Having trained as a Carpenter, I know how most types of lock work and I am pretty good at getting through the greater number of domestic locks without obvious damage.Special 'tools' are required for deadlocks.

With cars though, I believe that the AA (used to?) have a special book/database that indicated the weak point on nearly every car, so that their patrols could assist in cases when keys were locked in a car?

[soad]

Timmy35 said:

Something I picked up from another thread, does anyone on here actually do this as a hobby / passtime?

Not me. Sorry to disappoint.

[Original Poster]

I couldn't think of anything more fun than picking locks....honestly!

[Justayellowbadge]

Original Poster said:

I couldn't think of anything more fun than picking locks....honestly!

That doesn't surprise me.

[Timmy35]

Justayellowbadge said:

Original Poster said:

I couldn't think of anything more fun than picking locks....honestly!

That doesn't surprise me.

I mean real locks, not PH topic ones.

[bigTee]

In before the lock.

[TonyHetherington]

Pick this

[TonyHetherington]

Just kidding

[Spartan luke]

I made a bump key once an tryed it on my mates front door to let myself in which was funny when he was half way through his misses at the time and i appered. Look it up on youtube it shows how to make one

[Timmy35]

Spartan luke said:

I made a bump key once an tryed it on my mates front door to let myself in which was funny when he was half way through his misses at the time and i appered. Look it up on youtube it shows how to make one

There are various shops on the internet selling lock picking kits and sets of locks to try and pick. It doesn't seem that there's anything illegal about it, so long as your picking your own locks of course.

[Cas_P]

There's a lock picking society at my Uni

[GingerWizard]

Cas_P said:

There's a lock picking society at my Uni

Typical bloody students!!! (in the voice of Al Murry!)

[freecar]

Cas_P said:

There's a lock picking society at my Uni

Competetive lock picking is growing in popularity. I know how, just not bought any picks yet to play!

[Original Poster]

GingerWizard said:

Cas_P said:

There's a lock picking society at my Uni

Typical bloody students!!! (in the voice of Al Murry!)

I hate that tt...

[Jasandjules]

Timmy35 said:

Something I picked up from another thread, does anyone on here actually do this as a hobby / passtime? Oddly enough I can see the attraction, sort of, it also taeches you a useful skill.

So you are asking who is a burglar?

[Timmy35]

Jasandjules said:

Timmy35 said:

Something I picked up from another thread, does anyone on here actually do this as a hobby / passtime? Oddly enough I can see the attraction, sort of, it also taeches you a useful skill.

So you are asking who is a burglar?

No just if anyone indulges in this particular niche hobby.