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[Handy Andy]

And if you think that's bad, many homes are not always "double braced" at their doors.

If you remember Nicolas Cage in National Treasure, they used a jack to pry the door past the boltaction.

There are several "wanderers" in our area that know how to get into garages without having to even pick a lock - they just "jamb" the wrist to the knob and use the shoulder and forearm to widen the gap - pop - they're in. Silent too.

We have to use slide bolts because of these characters.

They're easy enough to spot, various disguises, Meter Reader (with no reader) onto look like Lawn Care workers, but wear GLOVES all the time - hides fingerprints.

They're out there...

 

[Shadetree Mechanic]

On my garage I use a "C" clamp on the track inside just above a wheel.

 

[Tallman]

I use Vice grips.

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

Well honk my hooter. That easy to pick a Master lock huh? SOB.

Is it that easy or is it that he’s that experienced? I guess you’re just lifting the tumblers and keeping pressure on them by trying to turn it until you finally have them all lifted, right?

Master locks generally have NO security pins which are shaped differently than the normal little cylinder shaped pins. They make it harder to set the pins in the proper position along the shear line of the cylinder thus making it harder to pick. Using the right pick it can take only a few seconds to open a standard Master lock by just rocking the pick up and down while applying light tension to rotate the cylinder.

 

[TheRealPorkchop]

Master locks generally have NO security pins which are shaped differently than the normal little cylinder shaped pins. They make it harder to set the pins in the proper position along the shear line of the cylinder thus making it harder to pick. Using the right pick it can take only a few seconds to open a standard Master lock by just rocking the pick up and down while applying light tension to rotate the cylinder.

Wow. Just wow. And all this time I thought it was pick-proof.

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

Wow. Just wow. And all this time I thought it was pick-proof.

Most locks can be picked. It is just a matter of how long it takes. I have to laugh however at how easy they make it look and the techniques they show on television. You wont pick even a Master lock with a pocket knife. LOL

 

[TheRealPorkchop]

No I kinda doubt that too. You’re right, TV makes a lot of things look ridiculous.

I guess yet again, locks are for honest people. Or maybe really lazy thieves.

 

[Handy Andy]

If they spent the time showing us how to pick locks on TV - they be outta' business and no time for commercials.

 

[Tallman]

Well as I said a lock will stop a honest man, the biggest flaw in the whole setup is the chain. One heavy pair of cutters and the chain is down, but you leave proof of forced entry.

 

[Shadetree Mechanic]

In ancient China, the royalty coated the valuables with the oil from the poison ivy plant so the theives would be caught "red handed".

 

[Rwb]

When im home thats my locks.when im gone a badazz red austrailian sheppard awaits anybody who wants in

 

[S&W357]

A good guard dog comes in handy at times.

 

[Tallman]

A good guard dog comes in handy at times.

I understand guard dog, but a Gargoyle?

 

[Shadetree Mechanic]

How about one of these?

 

[S&W357]

Yeh, that would work