How to Pick Any Padlock or Combination Lock

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Forgot the key – or combination – to your lock again? No worries; we're going to help you pick that padlock without breaking it.

Warning
Working with sharp objects and cut aluminum is dangerous. Use extreme caution.

Step 1: Cut off the ends
Using a straight-edge razor, carefully cut the top and bottom off an aluminum soda can.

Step 2: Slice from top to bottom
Cut the can from top to bottom using the scissors, and then fold the aluminum down so you have a flat sheet. Trim the edges so they are straight.

Step 3: Mark rectangles
Using a marker, draw rectangles on the silver side of the aluminum sheet that are 1 ½ by 2 ½ inches, and cut one of them out.

Step 4: Quarter one strip
Take one of the strips, draw a vertical centerline across the middle, and mark the strip horizontally into four equal sections.

Step 5: Draw an "M"
Draw an "M" whose top reaches the halfway point of the middle line and whose sides are about a quarter of the way in on each side. But instead of the center of the "M" looking like a "V," round the bottom so it looks like a "U."

Step 6: Cut out the triangles
Using scissors, cut out the M with the rounded middle tip that you drew. Fold the top quarter down to the middle of the rectangle, and the two legs of the "M" up from the bottom so that they cover the piece of metal you've just folded down.

Step 7: Roll the center
Find something the approximate circumference of your padlock shackle, like a pen or marker, and wrap the shim (the "U" shape) around it, shaping it to fit into the narrow space between the shackle and the lock. Fold back the wings.

Step 8: Pick the lock
Using the wings as handles, wrap the cylinder part of the lock pick around the shackle and insert the curved part in the space between the lock and shackle. Maneuver it around until the lock pops.

Did You Know?
There are lock-picking clubs all over the world devoted to the hobby of picking locks for sport.

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How to Pick Any Padlock or Combination Lock.
Forgot the key – or combination – to your
lock again? No worries; we're going to help
you pick that padlock without breaking it.
You will need A razor or box cutter An aluminum
can A marker Scissors and a cylindrical object
the size of your padlock shackle. Working
with sharp objects and cut aluminum is dangerous.
Use extreme caution. Step 1. Using a straight-edge
razor, _carefully_ cut the top and bottom
off an aluminum soda can. Step 2. Cut the
can from top to bottom using the scissors,
and then fold the aluminum down so you have
a flat sheet. Trim the edges so they are straight.
Step 3. Using a marker, draw rectangles on
the silver side of the aluminum sheet that
are 1 ½ by 2 ½ inches, and cut one of them
out. Step 4. Take one of the strips, draw
a vertical centerline across the middle, and
mark the strip horizontally into four equal
sections. Step 5. Draw an "M" whose top reaches
the halfway point of the middle line and whose
sides are about a quarter of the way in on
each side. But instead of the center of the
"M" looking like a "V," round the bottom so
it looks like a "U." Step 6. Using scissors,
cut out the M with the rounded middle tip
that you drew. Fold the top quarter down to
the middle of the rectangle, and the two legs
of the "M" up from the bottom so that they
cover the piece of metal you've just folded
down. Step 7. Find something the approximate
circumference of your padlock shackle, like
a pen or marker, and wrap the shim (the "U"
shape) around it, shaping it to fit into the
narrow space between the shackle and the lock.
Fold back the wings. Step 8. Using the wings
as handles, wrap the cylinder part of the
lock pick around the shackle and insert the
curved part in the space between the lock
and shackle. Maneuver it around until the
lock pops. Did you know There are lock-picking
clubs all over the world devoted to the hobby
of picking locks for sport.