@@megadeathx Some fire codes restrict it to having a maximum of only two motions necessary to unlock any egress door latches from the inside and they cannot be more than 48 inches above the floor, nor less than 34 inches. E.g., NFPA 101 (2015): 7.2.1.5.10. So, if your door has a single lock mechanism that releases dead bolts on the top, bottom and sides with one or even two separate and sequential motions, then you're good to go. Having any additional and separate bolts at the top or bottom would not meet such fire code. Local codes and exceptions for "existing" latches may vary widely.
I’ve re-keyed locks before and have accidentally dumped the driver pins out. I can assure you, normal people take a LOOOT longer putting those back in than be does. His precision is just mind blowing
Never done it, but had the exact same thought while watching this. Took me a while to understand what he was doing and then it occurred to me there's no way it's that easy.
"Officer, I am locked out of my home because a thief picked all my doors. Well, I made them pick resistant. No, when someone tries it locks the door forever."
I like how he says he doesn’t want his locks to be picked by novices, there for implying he wants a challenger. An expert if you would. Someone to take him 1v1 in a legendary challenge of the gods
lol someone finally breaks into his house, finding several rooms and harder locks until you can't get any further. Then behind you the door shuts you just hear 'alright pin in room 27 has been set...this is LPL and today I'm showing you how to make a human lock....." *footsteps*
I don't think they'd ever be able to brake into his house, tbh I'm not even sure what that means, but if they wanted to break into his house, all they would need to do is break a window.
@@Eingefallen So do burglars but thats not the point. Most professional thieves that are going to break into your house are going to case it first in order to determine the best point and method of entry, and more importantly, the best time to break in, usually opting to choose a time where no one is home. In that case, it won't really matter how many guns he has. Plus, I think you're missing the point of what I said, I was commenting on the fact that the person who wrote the original comment evidently doesn't know the difference between the words brake and break. It was supposed to be a joke
This is a much better solution than paying 2000 dollars for a lock. Because a 2000 dollar lock is a huge red flag that you have something worth more than 2000 dollars worth stealing.
@TiggerLiveToo makes you stand out (if a would be thief knows a bit about locks). It's the same with camera's. If you have two otherwise similar houses, one has camera's all around it, which one do you think a thief/burglar would rather get it's contents?
@@Abby_Liu No, that's just what top-of-the-line hardware locks cost. Believe me, most people don't even have that. They buy a $30 Kwikset or Schlage, and sometimes they don't even lock their damn doors. I have those locks (the house came with), + Medeco locks, fortified doors and hinges, an alarm, and a gun. I have glass-break sensors, window stops, and and cameras. I also live in a safe neighborhood, so it's like Fort Knox here. Anyone's security can be beaten, but you'd have to really, really want to get into that house. Crooks will just see my cameras and Medeco locks and move on.
Plot twist: LPL doesn't have a front door, instead he has a labyrinth for a garden and you must surpass half a dozen of traps in order to get to a door that was sealed from the inside.
I once saw a TV show where the reporter kept saying he would interview a thieve that would show live and on the reporter's own car, how to get in, in less than a couple of seconds, using nothing more than a component anyone could purchase at autoparts stores. At every segment of the show, before and after commercial breaks, he'd keep saying that the interview was "coming up", etc, etc. When it was finally time to show how the gentleman would get into his car, the reporter cued up the drama, "now he's going to reveal his trick", etc, and the guy takes a spark plug out of his pocket. The reporter asks, "...But that... that's a spark plug, no?" The spark plug is smashed into the window breaking it into a million pieces. The guy unlocks the door from the inside and while opening it, he answers, "yes it is".
I remember older cards where the inside button to lock/unlock the door has this nice little head that you could grab with a wire hook and simply pull up through the rubber isolation between door and frame.
@@HappyBeezerStudios I used to have a 96' Jeep Cherokee with wind wings and could use hanger wire through the rubber insulation on the wing to loop around the door handle and pull it open if I ever locked my keys in the car.
@@toriless Yes they are tempered. They're not laminated like the front window, but are indeed tempered. Otherwise when broken, they'd be extremely dangerous, with large knife-like pieces ready to go deep into flesh.
When I start teaching computer security, a student will ask me if there is such a thing as a totally secure computing device. The channel author's comment about wood frame doors and ground level windows reminded me of the answer I give students.: "If you have a house with pick proof locks, have steel doors, and windows with bars and bullett proof glass.... all I need is a wooden wall and a chainsaw". If a criminal wants to get in they will. What you need to do is make the intrusion not worth their effort and risk.
@@toddmiller5322 I have left my cars looking very lived in for years, and they have not been bothered, before that, I had trouble with my car having things stolen out of it. Keep the good stuff hidden, like leaving your gym shoes on top of your watch. People look for things that catch their eye, if all they see doesn't amount to much, it's probably not worth their time. But the new Nikes and the fancy department store bags grab attention.
They just move on to the next house. Burglers are lazy and usually not that bright, and when confronted with a difficult place to rob, they just go elsewhere. Besides, most houses aren't worth robbing, so unless you are keeping cash/jewelry/precious metals/drugs loose in your house, nobody's going to want to go through the trouble to break in.
@Peter Evans You call the police so your neighboors dont call the police on you while you are breaking your own window, but I guess they can say the same to the new callers.
Thief: "I did it! I finally did it! After years of trying I finally cracked it and I'm in! Now I can get hold of all these precious locks..." LPL: "This is the Lock Picking Lawyer and today I'm going to be beating this intruders ass with the biggest padlock in my collection."
"This is the lock picking lawyer and today I'm going to see if this burglar is as durable as the Squire SS100CS, featured in videos 927 and 944. Following similar testing procedures, Starting with the 50 Cal. Lockpick."
@@onechippyboi unless the guy got off a silent shot first because he turned off the power and crept into his room while he slept... The only real safety that people have is the public trust. Which if destroyed or tarnished creates havok and malice.
Note that Kwikset locks are no longer made with holes for Construction Keying. I tried doing this with an older Schlage lock. It didn't work because the construction holes are 45 degrees away from the main holes, and by the time the key has rotated 45', the Entrance Lock is already unlocked. I also tried with Defiant locks, and found they do not have Construction holes, and so cannot be modified in this way.
When i moved to my new home the previous owners were hard pressed to find the house keys, they said they "misplaced them a couple months earlier". I told them not to worry about it, but after an hour of searching they did find them. After moving in and getting somewhat settled i realized i was unsure where the keys had gotten to. This was a dozen years ago and still haven't a clue what happened to them. It’s nice living in small town Canada, never having to lock our friends out if they need something and we're away.
@@walden6272 all the windows are impact resistant security mesh, and the doors are kick resistant. Have to get a concrete saw to cut through the wall to get in the house.
LPL: Hello police I'd like to report an attempted burglary. Officer: sure talk me through what happened LPL: Well I came home and found my key hole tilted 45 degrees. Officer:.....
Even after explaining the locks have been modified to be tamper-evident, they probably still won't care because they don't show obvious signs of damage. They want to get convictions and that's it. So if you got a license plate and a witness then they're all ears.
I think police officer would belíve him. I mean he just need to show this video. Also his voice is very calm and convincing. If I would try to tell the same to the police they would scrathing thier head.
Imagine trying to break into a house, and from a distance you hear a rapidly-approaching voice saying “This is the LockPickingLawyer, and today we will be showing a thief how to properly break into my house.”
Used to have the "mushroom" pins that would replace the regular ones that would always bind up when picking was tried but they went by the wayside some time ago. And your first defense is to make sure everything is locked when not at home. Once had a nutcase in LA that was using a chainsaw and cutting around apartment door locks and then running away leaving the door open. Locks can discourage armatures but brute force is another matter.
People thought it was odd that, as a 4 year old, I began a big fascination with locks and keys. Nearly 50 years later I am still just as interested. Some of the things LPL comes up with are things I am seeing for the first time!
>thief breaks into home >"This is the LockPickingLawyer, and today we're going to look at how to pick the lock on this Remmington 12 Gauge Shotgun in less than a second"
Did you ever hear the tragedy of the lock picking lawyer? I thought not. It’s not a story the locksmiths would tell you. It’s a thief legend. The lock picking lawyer was an ethical lock picker, so powerful and so wise he could open any lock and safe… He had such a knowledge of lockpicking that he could even open safes with orange juice bottles. Lockpicking is key to many opportunities some consider to be unethical. He became so powerful… the only thing he was afraid of was finding a lock he couldn't pick, which eventually, of course, he did. Unfortunately, he applied everything he knew, then created his own lock that even he couldn't pick. Ironic. He could pick everyone else's lock, but not his own.
I'd love to see some videos where you explain the terminology and the basics of locks and locksmithing for those of us who don't have a history with them. The videos you have made showing the insides of different locks and systems are very illuminating. Thanks, keep up the great work 👍
i saw a post about a guy who came home to a few guys who had broken into his apartment with absolutely NOTHING in it. they turned to him and went "man, you live like this? hold on a minute we'll be right back" and then they came back an hour later with furniture for him
I used to be a locksmith and never could be bothered with watching your videos lol (sorry, just being honest) and of course being a, stubborn locksmith who's pissed at the world I fit your stereotype perfectly for my opinion of your videos I'm sure lol. Though after just watching the first like minute of this video my perspective was changed and I respect THE HELL out of you for this. People used to come in all the time wanting medeco or Assa or Mul T Lok on their doors when they had full pane glass double doors and I'd tell them that it doesn't really make sense imo to do that (not talking out of a sale, but being a trustworthy professional I want to make sure they have facts) so seeing this intro warmed the crap out of my cold locksmith heart. Thank you, and keep doing you my man.
Amen! People need to have solid core entry doors or steel doors (pre-bored) for entry doors if they want the best security before putting medeco or any other high security lock on their doors. They also need some help not locking themselves out, which can be as simple as putting the medeco deadbolt (single cylinder) on with a hall or closet non-locking knob or lever meaning you have to use the key on the outside or thumbturn on the inside meaning you won't get locked out by accident.
Amazing that, for so few dollars worth of parts and without having to change the design of the lock, the amount of security it can offer has been so drastically improved.
It makes you wonder why given the simplicity of this modification, why hasn't Kwikset adopted this strategy as a commercially available option or part of their normal manufacturing process? And do you know if Shlage are susceptible to the same modification?
We use to do that to "Old Man Pat" in our town. When we saw his old truck parked behind the bar, we would lock the doors and break off toothpicks in the keyhole so he had to walk home instead of driving drunk. This was back in the early 80's when key fobs weren't a common thing.
Technicaly it wad picked open but whatevea To be truely resistant, the pin holes need to be exacttly aligned. Which is imposible. Evwn within 100 thousants its srull pickable but ye Aso sorry for shiry spellng on mobile
@@jugg1266 yeah, it exists and it mostly corrects the words you typed correctly into something else instead of correcting typos. besides, if they're watching on a PC, they probably don't have auto correct (i mean, there will be a red line under the incorrectly written words, but that's not the same). although if they were watching on a PC, it would be a lot easier to type correctly.
Fascinating. It's an example of how very simple design changes can vastly improve the functionality of something. It's also an example of good design, in the Kwikset included the "construction holes" in the casting of the cylinder so that a locksmith could implement these changes. I love good design!
Kwikset includes construction holes in the cylinder so the lock can be construction keyed. The technique in this video uses those holes for a different purpose.
While watching this I was thinking "if this makes it almost lock proof why don't they just manufacture it with these pins?"... then you got to the part about the lock seizing up lol
@@noble61483 Horrible example to use as garages are a huge weak point. It's a really thin very bendable (you can bend it by hand) piece of metal on a spring keeping it "locked" just force alone from a crowbar or anything fairly sturdy at the bottom of the door prying up will pop it right open then you have full access to the tools most people keep in the garage to access the house proper. Or just break a window. Thinking about it now locks have way better applications than houses.
5:55 You *fool*! Now I know one of the possibilities that your locks are not. Next, I just need to watch another several million of your videos and I'll know everything that you're locks are not, leaving only one remaining possibility!
Yes, this is possibly the first time I have seen him fail to open a lock. Perhaps in this example he picked it in a "standard" manner, as anyone might do if they did not know about his modification. With that knowledge, the approach might change.
I wonder if releasing the tension is what caused the failure? If he kept the tension on would it have opened or did he release tension because the pin dropped and the jig was up? If that's the case, why wouldn't this be a standard procedure on all locks from the manufacturer?
There is a tool he demonstrated at some point that tries to quickly throw the cylinder around before those pins can fall in a security system like this. It was a different lock I think, but it might work here too…
I expected him to get it open perfectly...but the point was to demonstrate (not on his Hines System lock, which is definitely a collector's item) how the trapping function works, by opening it as an ordinary picker would, nobody would expect a Kwikset to have that trap.
I'm reasonably certain he intentionally set off the trap at the end, since he has demonstrated being able to pick a Hines lock that was the inspiration for this design.
I'm a landlord and love your videos. This one really got me. Do you have a link to get the pins and wafers? I'd like to do this on the lock for a cabin I have in the mountains.
Took me forever to understand why the wafers wouldn't also pop down into construction holes, then realized they must be smaller than the normal pin holes. So the wafters wouldn't go down into them but the thinner T pins would.
@@paulvild The diameter of the construction holes is smaller than that of the wafers. So the wafers don't fit in the holes. The T-pins are smaller and they fit in the holes. When you use the key, all the wafers remain outside the core, thus blocking the T-pins to go into the construction holes. If you pick the lock, there is a great chance that some of the wafers remain in the core and such the T-pins will go into the holes and block the lock. I hope it's clear now.
@@avrumisolaimani8546 yep...that's how I ended up buying my first re-pinning kit. Pins are one thing, but although small and easy to lose, they are virtually indestructable, but springs are a totally different story. They fly away, and/or get mangled You can never have too many spare springs.
PSA: I just got my wafers and t-pins in the mail today and disassembled one of my locks to implement this modification, and discovered that this does NOT work for Defiant's KW-1 locks. The only holes in the lock core are the pin chambers themselves.
@@johnrehwinkel7241 As a guess, a home in a subdivision/development built by one builder {like Pulte or Toll Brothers} probably would have these, as they would be building multiple houses at once, and having construction keying in a situation is to be expected.
A carful scribed line a proper size Drill bit and you can have a line of holes in the cylinder wall too. Make sure that you don’t drill to deep. Use a Drill Stop or Electrical tape, more layers around the bit than half the hole diameter. Center punch before drilling. Secure the cylinder in a vice take your time. You only need about 1/8” of Depth. Good luck
Given the way the lock was put into the frame, I'd imagine it can be pulled out the same way if you took it apart from the inside direction, and possibly just replace the core? No idea
@@ryanfields3247 I’m more intrigued how you slide out the cylinder if the pins are locked into it. Normally he puts a key in to lift the pins to the break points to allow the cylinder to slide out but that wouldn’t be possible.
I think the drive pin Column has a little sheet metal cap that can be removed to allow the springs and t pins to be removed allowing the cylinder to rotate again. The other solution is that once the lock is out of the frame to just get rid of it
@@mormonboy25 this was my thought as well. I'll know soon enough when my practice kwiksets arrive. I mean LPL wouldn't be evil enough to show us how to do something that permanently disables the lock, right? 🤣
@@JeffLeiseth Burglars don't pick locks. They either smash a window or use a crowbar to the door (sadly learned from personal experience). It's not like a covert entry is important when stealing your shit is kind of a give away.
@@Cyclone001c That’s not true everywhere. There’s been a ton of farm robberies in my area where the robbers pick the padlocks, and then lock the lock behind them so you can’t easily tell they took anything without going into your sheds. A lot of farmers had to start buying pick proof locks when they found out insurance doesn’t cover robberies if there’s no proof of forceful entry
Imagine coming back from vacation and finding that someone has (unsuccessfully) attempted to pick all of your exterior locks and you're unable to get in
I am so glad I found this video, I was engaging in a little tomfoolery earlier and I was able to pick my door locks in under 30 seconds with a couple of screwdrivers. btw I have never picked locks before, I just happen to know how a lock works and the basics of lock picking. Edit: Where can I aquier these pins? I have looked all over the place but I cannot seem to find them anywhere.
A very interesting silent anti-intrusion solution. I think it could become even more viable if you machined the trap holes at an angle that would allow the core to rotate clockwise again. I imagine that even a professional locksmith would be confused by this (if they don't know your videos).
Would sort of defeat the "unpickable" part of the deal. If need be, an acute slope that when you try to turn clockwise, it isn't apparent that it CAN turn that way. Simple put, a steep and slightly rough slope that can be turned clockwise with enough effort and maybe some hits with a rubber mallet. You could make a little more safer to make slope start just ever so slightly higher that the "locking pit's" deepest point, so only when you hit it with a mallet and turn it clockwise at the same time will the pin reach the slope. The shock kicking the pins up, and the turn puts the pin on the slope. Bigger question is, do keys still work? Do the pieces still glide over? Not the mention the modification requires machine of sorts to cut it which throws away the "cheap, easy and under 5 mins" deal.
I think he could especially knowing exactly what he needs to do, he just knows it’s difficult and picked it like anyone else trying to pick a lock at first might do
he could open it up, all the trick is, before you start turning you have to "fix" those pins and prevent them from dropping down, struggle is, you cant know this at your first try (unless you dont know where LPL lives ofc XD)
I'd like to see him get hold of a multi-lock with interactive pins. I think they still offer a $10K reward if you can pick one..I still have a few, but I'm not sure if they still sell them. They were to notch, but so was the price tag.
Although I have no interest in picking locks…yet… Lol, being a tech and precision tool person myself, I have to say your videos are very compelling to watch. Well done. Subbed.
Did you start yet? It's pretty fun. I just have a practice lock I can re-pin easily, from covert instruments. I put in some pins at random, pick it, then swap out the pins and go again. I found it to be much easier than I expected, or maybe I'm just having beginner's luck. I goofed around a bit with very cheap locks as a kid so I'm not totally new to it, but this is the first time I'm taking it seriously and using proper theory and technique with "real" locks.
Advise from a retired real estate agent for an "insteresting" city: thick curtains. Overhang the edges, check visibility from outside. Also, be careful of "friends" who brag about stealing. Thieves value time as much as your stuff. If they don't know they can quickly get in & out, they will move to an easier hit ( unless you personally pissed someone off, then video cameras & hunting cams are your friend ).
Window blinds, semi-closed at all times (angled up to bounce sunlight off the ceiling). Plenty of people have curtains, but how many actually close them? Hell, some are just side strips that mimic curtains and can't be closed at all. I'm a delivery driver and I like to look at house lighting (frosted, shine up or down not out), addressing (large + high-contrast, ftw), and window coverings at night (I shouldn't be able to Netflix and chill with you while I'm driving by). Always nice to see Ring doorbells, or people turning their porch lights on before opening the door. And apartment dwellers who ask who you are before blindly buzzing you in.
@@PongoXBongo - Yeah, I can't stand those side strips that pretend to be curtains. When I moved in here, one of the first things I did was purchase blackout curtains for 90% of the windows in the home. I have nice blinds on a couple windows (Like the kitchen windows), but most of the windows have blackout curtains.
The "easier target" bit applies to bikes too - best security, besides locking up your bike with a good lock, is locking it up next to a similar or more valuable looking bike that is secured with a worse lock!
And if you got time and good feel - like when it’s not freezing outside - those master discs can be felt out. The lock will feel quite a bit different to an experienced picker.
@@VAULT-TEC_INC. Oxford defines lockpicking as "to open a lock with an instrument other than the proper key." I think when the overwhelming majority of people say a lock was "picked" they mean someone used tools other than the key to open the lock. So if it didnt open, it wasnt "picked", regardless of what happened with the pins.
The ONLY weapons I don't keep a round in the chamber are PUMP shotguns....... at night, in the dark, from SOMEWHERE comes THAT sound...... and the one without the shotgun needs a change of clothing.
@@Pokarot Why is that? Pump shotguns make a really nice deterrent sound when racking a round into the chamber. Anything else should be locked and loaded.
You can still manage this under $10, tiny fraction of security lock's cost. The only thing you really have to buy is t-pins and wafers. You could file-down the driver pins instead of buying wafers, but that's more effort than it's worth. Everything else is optional. Good tools make it a 2 minute project instead of a 20 minute one, but you can certainly do without. I've removed and re-inserted the cylinder with nothing but toothpicks and an AA battery.
Given the price per quantity he was mentioning, it'd be $1 or less /per lock/ to do more than one lock, even if you buy the wafers and pins. Based on what he said, something like $10 to $15 would buy enough parts do do dozens of locks.
A 3/16 drill bit at 3 and 9 o'clock will run the mounting screws out and the lock is defeated. No expertise just a cordless drill and a good drill bit. Less than a minute. Love your content !
If you're even slightly competent with a drill, you can drill those bolts out in such a way that the threads aren't even damaged. Remove the faceplate, drill the bolts out, replace the faceplate and the deadbolt can be reused. Drilling these deadbolts takes less than a minute.
This actually seems more secure than any of the fancy locks. Anyone can CZcams how to pick an arbitrary fancy lock, but this one is hidden, so anyone is going to accidentally seize it on the first try. I'd actually like to see a video on how to pick this though
@@tristanridley1601 i completely dont understand how exactly this works, can you explain please (I realise this sounds like sarcasm but i am serious, i lack the brainpower to imagine what exactly is happening)
@@amaizen4817 long explanation incoming. Lock picking works because you can feel when the pin is able to move and use pressure to hold the pin in that spot. Master wafers are designed to let more than one key open a door by making more than one spot move for the pin. Picking, you can't feel whether the spot you've found is the original or the new spot added by using a master wafer. If you're any good you find the first spot, which will be the one with the wafer still in the inner part of the lock that rotates. If you insert the key the wafer will be in the outer part instead. There are little holes drilled in the rotating part of the lock so that if the wafers are in that inner part, pins will pop into the holes and lock the whole thing up. If you used a key and the wafers are pushed out , the wafers are too wide to pop into the drilled holes so instead glide over and it unlocks.
Nice trick, as long as you use it on a LH inswing door. With a RH inswing door the cylinder plug rotates clockwise to draw the latch, thereby avoiding the construction key holes. Pretty sure you won't find the secondary holes on any brand other than Kwikset.
After someone attempted his house lock...."This is the lockpicking lawyer and today I'm going to show you how to open a Kitnerboy Redoubt safe using only this man's skull."
You could but that then just gives the attacker another chance to go after it using a different technique (shim or reverse pick or whatever). This trick is really only effective because they must get it right the first and only time..
@@daemn42 If you were designing it from the start, you could engineer a mechanism that operates from the inside and lifts the jammed T-pins out of the holes so the lock can be "reset" without disassembling it. That's way beyond a simple DIY modification though.
He has it connected to the phone so it automatically calls the cops with a recording of him saying "this is the Lockpicking Lawyer and some idiot just tried to break into my home"
@@ratataran a lot of discount stores around Boston I've seen sell four tubes of the generic no-name brand in the black and yellow tubes for a dollar. They're pretty much the same as the Loctite and Krazy Glue Brands. Basic cyanoacrylate is all the same.
If #1 is the pin all the way in the back I noticed that when you were emptying the springs from the lock only 4 were extracted. That pin was placed underneath the spring where your other pins were placed on top. Was waiting to see if that would be an issue while picking and it appears to my untrained eye that’s what caused the hang up on the final pin. Love your videos. I don’t know why because I’m not interested in locks but I love listening to your videos enough I say through one of your security conference talks. Keep doing what you do!
I've struggled with the idea of getting a highend 'more secure' locks on my house. I came the the realization that locks only keep the honest, honest. Great video!
If someone would like to make it reusable (possible to enter) it is also possible to drill through construction holes to the key chamber so it may be again picked if stuck in this position. Of course it will be less pick resistant but as LPL mentioned there are many more different vulnerabilities in common doors so I'm pretty sure that if someone after picking will stuck in such unexpected position he would give up rather than searching for holes on different than key plane angle. Moreover it will require really deep curved hook to reach T-pin without key pins and in that angle would be much less place to move the hook. WDYT?
I've recently took apart a lock that has rounded driver pins! A six year old could rake it within ten seconds... so yeah I'll definitely make some security pins for it.
A lot more novices than pros, surely a pro could easily pick a high end lock, and surely they could pick through this if skilled enough to get all of the master wafers up, but if you’re a pro and you see this lock, you’re probably not thinking he rigged the lock to self destruct if I pick it, and he’ll pick it not knowing, ruining his chances of getting in, and ruining his chance of ever wanting to hit your house again
If a pro wants to get in, they'll get in. You can have whatever fancy locks and strengthened doors you want but at the end of the day, if someone wants badly enough to get in, they'll find a way in.
After watching all your videos, I’ve become paranoid about my home security. I’m gonna do this to my whole house as well as 3 inch hinge and latch plate screws in the external doorframes. Eventually I’ll replace my windows with hurricane glass as well. I feel bad for the poor guy who tries to break in after I’m done.
@@johnnylightning1491 True enough - just like any other security. I of course use multiple layers (just like I did in the job I retired from - Network Security Analyst) - and not just of technology (be it locks, guns, or alarms).
most useful video from all ur videos on this channel seen so far.... i think i would be great if you could show such videos for other lock models also... or atlest concentrate on commercial locks like center lock for shops....
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"I should note this is not the actual lock I'm using on my front door"
Furiously crumples up all my notes and diagrams.
That's his plan. He says he doesn't use this, so nobody will try it and so they end up getting nowhere.
Back door!
*Must find his location*
Are we trying to make his home an escape room variant?
pick an exterior door, pick an interior door, pick a safe, and avoid the cops
He doesn't trust us??
>about to rob a house
>sees a very expensive high security lock
>steals the door with the lock on it
That's smart
Can't have shit in Detroit
@@torperator1555
Someone took the out of the lph bet. C n't h ve shit in detroit.
_D&D players be like:_
Bruh this comment thread has me dying
Imagine spending a few hundred dollars on a high end lock, only for someone to smash your window with a rock.
Imagine breaking a window on a door and turning the handle from the inside, only to be stopped by a deadbolt on the ceiling or floor (or both).
@@megadeathx Some fire codes restrict it to having a maximum of only two motions necessary to unlock any egress door latches from the inside and they cannot be more than 48 inches above the floor, nor less than 34 inches. E.g., NFPA 101 (2015): 7.2.1.5.10. So, if your door has a single lock mechanism that releases dead bolts on the top, bottom and sides with one or even two separate and sequential motions, then you're good to go. Having any additional and separate bolts at the top or bottom would not meet such fire code. Local codes and exceptions for "existing" latches may vary widely.
@@UpnorthHere truth.
You may have made an accidental rhyme
@@LuaTech depends on your accent.
Definitely has some poetic tones to it tho
I’ve re-keyed locks before and have accidentally dumped the driver pins out. I can assure you, normal people take a LOOOT longer putting those back in than be does. His precision is just mind blowing
Never done it, but had the exact same thought while watching this. Took me a while to understand what he was doing and then it occurred to me there's no way it's that easy.
I might've got 1 or 2 back in the lengt of this video🤣
Having the correct tools for the job makes a big difference too.
I rekey several locks every week. If I lose a driver pin or two I might try to fix it. If I lose five I'm grabbing a new lock.
@@dargyli5952 you are apparently a really bad locksmith Haha.
if someone were to break into my house to search for valuables i would first laugh then join him in searching
😂😂😂😂😂 same
If that happened to me, I'd tell the burglar "good luck sucker because even I can't find my own stuff sometimes!" 😂😂
I'd be like "if you can find my cast not thanks I lost it 3 months ago
hahaha
Split 50 50?
And then the thief decided to be a jerk and picks ALL the doors
"Officer, I am locked out of my home because a thief picked all my doors. Well, I made them pick resistant. No, when someone tries it locks the door forever."
Tristan Ridley HI Tristan,please read my comment about this subject..
I had the very same question
that's why you dont pick locks when you steal TVs you just drill them out with a hard hat and all, impersonating a construction worker.
Cosmosity ah yes, the classic construction worker walking out with my tv
Neighbor: Can I please borrow your drill?
LPL: Yes, it's in that bush over there in case someone picks my lock..
Haha yes, I keep my bolt cutters in the trunk of my car in case I ever lock myself out of my tool shed (which has a padlock)
Nah, he'd use a combination lock safe camouflaged as a bush.
I'm assuming LPL can either pick it all the same or has the keying written down and can easily get a replacement cut.
@@j10001 A key would take less space.
@@rnickel123 Yes, true. 🙂 But I only have two keys, and once they are lost, I’ll need the bolt cutters where I can access them!
I like how he says he doesn’t want his locks to be picked by novices, there for implying he wants a challenger. An expert if you would. Someone to take him 1v1 in a legendary challenge of the gods
therefore - one word, save the ink four later
@@Arthur172B for** your argument is now invalid 😐
@@masonpetersen4318 that's the joke.
Just sayin'
lol someone finally breaks into his house, finding several rooms and harder locks until you can't get any further. Then behind you the door shuts you just hear 'alright pin in room 27 has been set...this is LPL and today I'm showing you how to make a human lock....." *footsteps*
Its one thing to be robbed....but by a novice!?!?! Absolutely not
If someone tried to brake into this mans house he’d probably come outside and show them how to do it properly
If someone tried to break in they’d probably have to run a lock gauntlet
mc bad robot voice Break*
I don't think they'd ever be able to brake into his house, tbh I'm not even sure what that means, but if they wanted to break into his house, all they would need to do is break a window.
@@Eingefallen So do burglars but thats not the point. Most professional thieves that are going to break into your house are going to case it first in order to determine the best point and method of entry, and more importantly, the best time to break in, usually opting to choose a time where no one is home. In that case, it won't really matter how many guns he has. Plus, I think you're missing the point of what I said, I was commenting on the fact that the person who wrote the original comment evidently doesn't know the difference between the words brake and break. It was supposed to be a joke
joseph migliore thank you for your correction, now watch as I don’t fix it
This is a much better solution than paying 2000 dollars for a lock. Because a 2000 dollar lock is a huge red flag that you have something worth more than 2000 dollars worth stealing.
TiggerLiveToo yes
@TiggerLiveToo makes you stand out (if a would be thief knows a bit about locks). It's the same with camera's. If you have two otherwise similar houses, one has camera's all around it, which one do you think a thief/burglar would rather get it's contents?
locks don't cost $2000 each; he said for the whole house. I have medeco locks that cost about $200/pop and it adds up, but I sleep better at night.
@@gregmartin3425 sounds like someone's life is worth $200
@@Abby_Liu No, that's just what top-of-the-line hardware locks cost. Believe me, most people don't even have that. They buy a $30 Kwikset or Schlage, and sometimes they don't even lock their damn doors. I have those locks (the house came with), + Medeco locks, fortified doors and hinges, an alarm, and a gun. I have glass-break sensors, window stops, and and cameras. I also live in a safe neighborhood, so it's like Fort Knox here. Anyone's security can be beaten, but you'd have to really, really want to get into that house. Crooks will just see my cameras and Medeco locks and move on.
Plot twist: LPL doesn't have a front door, instead he has a labyrinth for a garden and you must surpass half a dozen of traps in order to get to a door that was sealed from the inside.
teleporter pad lol
On the upside, no Minotaur.
And the door doesn't have a lock to pick
It's just a labyrinth with tons of locks. Something he goes through while half asleep, but enough hassle for any burglar to turn back.
@@HappyBeezerStudios On April Fool's Day his wife replaces the locks with puzzles.
I once saw a TV show where the reporter kept saying he would interview a thieve that would show live and on the reporter's own car, how to get in, in less than a couple of seconds, using nothing more than a component anyone could purchase at autoparts stores.
At every segment of the show, before and after commercial breaks, he'd keep saying that the interview was "coming up", etc, etc.
When it was finally time to show how the gentleman would get into his car, the reporter cued up the drama, "now he's going to reveal his trick", etc, and the guy takes a spark plug out of his pocket. The reporter asks, "...But that... that's a spark plug, no?"
The spark plug is smashed into the window breaking it into a million pieces. The guy unlocks the door from the inside and while opening it, he answers, "yes it is".
I remember older cards where the inside button to lock/unlock the door has this nice little head that you could grab with a wire hook and simply pull up through the rubber isolation between door and frame.
@@HappyBeezerStudios Yep, "those were the good old days." lol
@@HappyBeezerStudios I used to have a 96' Jeep Cherokee with wind wings and could use hanger wire through the rubber insulation on the wing to loop around the door handle and pull it open if I ever locked my keys in the car.
Side windows are not tempered glass like the front and rear windows.
@@toriless Yes they are tempered. They're not laminated like the front window, but are indeed tempered. Otherwise when broken, they'd be extremely dangerous, with large knife-like pieces ready to go deep into flesh.
"I don't want a lock on my door that could easily be picked by a novice."
Only the most experienced pickers are allowed to pick LPL's door I see.
If they were so experienced they would do something less petty than burglary
You have to earn the right to steal his stuff
"To pick this lock, I'm going to use the felony that Bosnian Bill and I made"
Elevate your company
talk about elitism
When I start teaching computer security, a student will ask me if there is such a thing as a totally secure computing device. The channel author's comment about wood frame doors and ground level windows reminded me of the answer I give students.: "If you have a house with pick proof locks, have steel doors, and windows with bars and bullett proof glass.... all I need is a wooden wall and a chainsaw". If a criminal wants to get in they will. What you need to do is make the intrusion not worth their effort and risk.
But at least in a simple protocol you can analyze every possible interaction. That is a sense of security you don't get in the physical world.
I have a simple solution to this conundrum.
Always "look poor." If they don't think you have anything of value, they aren't going to try to break in.
Solution: automated gun turrets.
@@Tiniuc SENTRY, GOIN' UP!
@@toddmiller5322 I have left my cars looking very lived in for years, and they have not been bothered, before that, I had trouble with my car having things stolen out of it. Keep the good stuff hidden, like leaving your gym shoes on top of your watch. People look for things that catch their eye, if all they see doesn't amount to much, it's probably not worth their time. But the new Nikes and the fancy department store bags grab attention.
The way he said “novice” just made every picker shiver in fear from this beast of a man.
Can also decide to hear it as "no vice".
They just move on to the next house. Burglers are lazy and usually not that bright, and when confronted with a difficult place to rob, they just go elsewhere. Besides, most houses aren't worth robbing, so unless you are keeping cash/jewelry/precious metals/drugs loose in your house, nobody's going to want to go through the trouble to break in.
Expectation: "oh, your husband is a locksmith, that must be so handy for when you get locked out!"
Reality: *loses key* no one can save me now
I memorized the key code so if I have that problem I could make a new key.
I also took a picture of my key
Ladies Love Lock Pickers
LPL takes more than 5 seconds to pick a lock: "not sure what's holding me up here"
Legend.
Only with a lock of his creation
You gotta win more. Legend.
That same demeanor that makes a good diver: stay calm, whatever the problem is.
@Peter Evans You call the police so your neighboors dont call the police on you while you are breaking your own window, but I guess they can say the same to the new callers.
@Peter Evans Yeah, thats what I said.
Thief: "I did it! I finally did it! After years of trying I finally cracked it and I'm in! Now I can get hold of all these precious locks..."
LPL: "This is the Lock Picking Lawyer and today I'm going to be beating this intruders ass with the biggest padlock in my collection."
this comment is underrated
The Squire 100cs Stronghold padlock. If we look at it next to this Master Lock Number 3, you can see it's absolutely dwarfed
"This is the lock picking lawyer and today I'm going to see if this burglar is as durable as the Squire SS100CS, featured in videos 927 and 944. Following similar testing procedures, Starting with the 50 Cal. Lockpick."
@@onechippyboi he would give him a challenge, steal all his stuff while he picks the lock to his gun safe
@@onechippyboi unless the guy got off a silent shot first because he turned off the power and crept into his room while he slept...
The only real safety that people have is the public trust.
Which if destroyed or tarnished creates havok and malice.
Note that Kwikset locks are no longer made with holes for Construction Keying. I tried doing this with an older Schlage lock. It didn't work because the construction holes are 45 degrees away from the main holes, and by the time the key has rotated 45', the Entrance Lock is already unlocked. I also tried with Defiant locks, and found they do not have Construction holes, and so cannot be modified in this way.
drill you own holes
When i moved to my new home the previous owners were hard pressed to find the house keys, they said they "misplaced them a couple months earlier". I told them not to worry about it, but after an hour of searching they did find them. After moving in and getting somewhat settled i realized i was unsure where the keys had gotten to. This was a dozen years ago and still haven't a clue what happened to them. It’s nice living in small town Canada, never having to lock our friends out if they need something and we're away.
Let's get some tension around here
**starts talking about politics at Thansgiving**
Dolphinboi 😂😁👍 Lol
*exists*
trans btw
Hey... let's changed the subject... Dave, how are things with Stacy?
"She's been real distant ever since the abortion."
...Fuck.
John Doe Oh, shut the fuck up.
@@coyotedomino r/woooosh
NOVICE you say? Sir, I've been lockpicking master locks in Skyrim since 2011...
*laughs in skeleton key*
@@carlosmarques8380 As an Initiated Nightingale, I will need to seize that in the name of her eminence Nocturnal.....
Fallout
Exactly! Have you *seen* this channel? We all know that Master Lock products are terrible /s
stop.
LPL: upgrades all of his locks
Annoyed Thief: picks *all of his locks*
And does a youtube tutorial on said locks
LPL Brother: Good job. Here's your reward *Loads rifle*
Great prank idea: deliberately make all his locks seize, forcing him to go in through the window
All the windows are also locked. So have to break one of them LOL
@@walden6272 all the windows are impact resistant security mesh, and the doors are kick resistant. Have to get a concrete saw to cut through the wall to get in the house.
He can pick that improved lock any time, even if he weren´t the one who has improved it, and didn´t already knew how it looks inside...
@@klausbrinck2137 Not if it’s already been tripped.
.....while ringing the police as a neighbour saying a guys breaking in hahaha 🤣
Lockpickinglawyer: o no I forgot my key inside. Good thing I’m a master lock picker, o wait.
Pretty sure he has another trick in his sleeve.
@@falahnur5871 I think, that if you knew about this lock in advance, you'd probably be able to come up with a way to get through.
@@heroslippy6666 Yeah, pick each pin to its highest set, thus getting past the trap.
I mean, he knows, that he must also set the master wavers. That's all. Then he can pick it normally.
You still can pick a "trapped" lock... I know how to do it, so must be PL too ;)
LPL: Hello police I'd like to report an attempted burglary.
Officer: sure talk me through what happened
LPL: Well I came home and found my key hole tilted 45 degrees.
Officer:.....
MAN! 🤣🤣🤣
I was thinking the EXACT thing. It would go over the head of most cops.
Even after explaining the locks have been modified to be tamper-evident, they probably still won't care because they don't show obvious signs of damage. They want to get convictions and that's it. So if you got a license plate and a witness then they're all ears.
@@Poop-nu1so waht about a nice video? he has to have cameras...
I think police officer would belíve him. I mean he just need to show this video.
Also his voice is very calm and convincing.
If I would try to tell the same to the police they would scrathing thier head.
Imagine trying to break into a house, and from a distance you hear a rapidly-approaching voice saying “This is the LockPickingLawyer, and today we will be showing a thief how to properly break into my house.”
Used to have the "mushroom" pins that would replace the regular ones that would always bind up when picking was tried but they went by the wayside some time ago. And your first defense is to make sure everything is locked when not at home. Once had a nutcase in LA that was using a chainsaw and cutting around apartment door locks and then running away leaving the door open. Locks can discourage armatures but brute force is another matter.
*amateurs
Was it a Stealth Chainsaw? It seems that the noise of a chainsaw would destroy the clandestine nature of a break in.
@@dalewalker4614 Police response times are abysmal. It's why you should always carry a gun.
Be a good time to have a bit of a charge for that scenario. Lol. ZAP.
Don't take this the wrong way. But if your house was ever broken into I sincerely hope they picked your locks. If only for the sheer irony.
A professional courtesy really.
"Sheer" I see what you did there.
@@Malaphor Came here just for this, was not disappointed
haha I get it.... shear lol
And the sheer line of puns.
This man probably walks up to locked doors and sees the Skyrim pick difficulty
Honestly, it wouldn't make a difference. They all say novice to him
@@sudeshnabryonnayakmeredith8649 he has the skeleton key
@@JS-rv3et
Nah.. LockPickingLawyer IS the skeleton key
@@sudeshnabryonnayakmeredith8649 correction they might as well say “open”
@@ShadowVI unless it's Bowley. Then he says "even I ain't good enough for that"
People thought it was odd that, as a 4 year old, I began a big fascination with locks and keys. Nearly 50 years later I am still just as interested. Some of the things LPL comes up with are things I am seeing for the first time!
I really appreciate how informative all of the videos seem to be
>thief breaks into home
>"This is the LockPickingLawyer, and today we're going to look at how to pick the lock on this Remmington 12 Gauge Shotgun in less than a second"
“Welcome back to Demo Ranch today we are seeing if a burglar will stop a 50 cal”
(latest vid)
"Nothing on one ... nothing on two ... splat on three, and he's out. And as always, have a nice day!"
don't forget he DOES have high-powered rifles as seen in his videos
"This is the LockPickingLawyer, and today we're going to test the resistance of the human skull against the ramset"
@@SeanSkyhawk Well, I wouldn’t exactly consider an AR-15 “High-power.”
Did you ever hear the tragedy of the lock picking lawyer? I thought not. It’s not a story the locksmiths would tell you. It’s a thief legend. The lock picking lawyer was an ethical lock picker, so powerful and so wise he could open any lock and safe… He had such a knowledge of lockpicking that he could even open safes with orange juice bottles. Lockpicking is key to many opportunities some consider to be unethical. He became so powerful… the only thing he was afraid of was finding a lock he couldn't pick, which eventually, of course, he did. Unfortunately, he applied everything he knew, then created his own lock that even he couldn't pick. Ironic. He could pick everyone else's lock, but not his own.
And then was once locked out of his house after a novice attempted to pick both his front AND back doors.
10/10 Darth Plagueis would be proud
bet that guy also hates sand
@@yuzzo92 Who doesn't? It's coarse and rough and gets everywhere!
Aaron J. Atherton. Best youtube comment ever!!!
I'd love to see some videos where you explain the terminology and the basics of locks and locksmithing for those of us who don't have a history with them.
The videos you have made showing the insides of different locks and systems are very illuminating.
Thanks, keep up the great work 👍
Anyone picking my locks is wasting their time, there's nothing worth locking up in my house and frankly I could use the company.
i saw a post about a guy who came home to a few guys who had broken into his apartment with absolutely NOTHING in it. they turned to him and went "man, you live like this? hold on a minute we'll be right back" and then they came back an hour later with furniture for him
I used to be a locksmith and never could be bothered with watching your videos lol (sorry, just being honest) and of course being a, stubborn locksmith who's pissed at the world I fit your stereotype perfectly for my opinion of your videos I'm sure lol. Though after just watching the first like minute of this video my perspective was changed and I respect THE HELL out of you for this. People used to come in all the time wanting medeco or Assa or Mul T Lok on their doors when they had full pane glass double doors and I'd tell them that it doesn't really make sense imo to do that (not talking out of a sale, but being a trustworthy professional I want to make sure they have facts) so seeing this intro warmed the crap out of my cold locksmith heart. Thank you, and keep doing you my man.
Amen! People need to have solid core entry doors or steel doors (pre-bored) for entry doors if they want the best security before putting medeco or any other high security lock on their doors. They also need some help not locking
themselves out, which can be as simple as putting the medeco deadbolt (single cylinder) on with a hall or closet non-locking knob or lever meaning you have to use the key on the outside or thumbturn on the inside meaning you won't get locked out by accident.
I guess you can say he picked the lock to your heart?
@@ALLCAPS
Stop picking on him.
@@wiredcoati Now you're just being picky.
@Jean Du Preez you've got something in your teeth. I bet you could ask LPL for a tooth pick.
The Lock Picking Lawyer is the Bob Ross of locks. 🔒 🎨
Just more insulting lol
That's a very striking observation actually, his videos do evoke Bob Ross explaining what he's painting!
Happy little click on 1....no happy accidents on 2 and 3....
Totally! I thought the same thing.
"We'll add this spool pin next to the serrated one. Everyone needs a friend."
Amazing that, for so few dollars worth of parts and without having to change the design of the lock, the amount of security it can offer has been so drastically improved.
It makes you wonder why given the simplicity of this modification, why hasn't Kwikset adopted this strategy as a commercially available option or part of their normal manufacturing process? And do you know if Shlage are susceptible to the same modification?
"I'm bored."
"I know! Let's go lock Old Man out of his house again!"
"But he hasn't a Hines lock!" "Nah, a toothpick jammed would do the trick anyways, lel" * yawn
We use to do that to "Old Man Pat" in our town. When we saw his old truck parked behind the bar, we would lock the doors and break off toothpicks in the keyhole so he had to walk home instead of driving drunk. This was back in the early 80's when key fobs weren't a common thing.
That's exactly what I'm thinking
Absolutely devilish, Seymore
@@82ndAbnVet Hooligans for a good cause.
The only lock that could resist picking from LPL was one he crafted himself
Technicaly it wad picked open but whatevea
To be truely resistant, the pin holes need to be exacttly aligned. Which is imposible. Evwn within 100 thousants its srull pickable but ye
Aso sorry for shiry spellng on mobile
djay4487 deved auto correct exists
Imagine relying on auto-correct to do your spelling
Arman Zakwan imaging unable to differentiate the difference between typos and spelling
@@jugg1266 yeah, it exists and it mostly corrects the words you typed correctly into something else instead of correcting typos.
besides, if they're watching on a PC, they probably don't have auto correct (i mean, there will be a red line under the incorrectly written words, but that's not the same). although if they were watching on a PC, it would be a lot easier to type correctly.
Fascinating. It's an example of how very simple design changes can vastly improve the functionality of something.
It's also an example of good design, in the Kwikset included the "construction holes" in the casting of the cylinder so that a locksmith could implement these changes.
I love good design!
Kwikset includes construction holes in the cylinder so the lock can be construction keyed. The technique in this video uses those holes for a different purpose.
While watching this I was thinking "if this makes it almost lock proof why don't they just manufacture it with these pins?"... then you got to the part about the lock seizing up lol
Theif: Picks front lock and fails
Goes to the back door to try again
"If I can't get in, neither should the owner!"
Has a August smartlock auto opens with his phone as he walks up. O someone picked my locks.
Owner then uses garage door opener to get in door through the garage...
@@noble61483 Thief could use a toy to open the garage door. czcams.com/video/CNodxp9Jy4A/video.html
@@noble61483 Horrible example to use as garages are a huge weak point. It's a really thin very bendable (you can bend it by hand) piece of metal on a spring keeping it "locked" just force alone from a crowbar or anything fairly sturdy at the bottom of the door prying up will pop it right open then you have full access to the tools most people keep in the garage to access the house proper. Or just break a window. Thinking about it now locks have way better applications than houses.
Yet every house has a garage and windows... what can you say people like convenience and natural lighting for thier open concept designs nowadays
5:55 You *fool*! Now I know one of the possibilities that your locks are not. Next, I just need to watch another several million of your videos and I'll know everything that you're locks are not, leaving only one remaining possibility!
But what if he moves and changes to new locks halfway through?
You'd have to start all over again.
What if he was lying and just uses this lock?
@assassinlexx You do mean "Wesson", right?
lmao
@assassinlexx I thought it was two in the knees and one in the groin, and they wished they were dead?
I can’t be the only person to still expect him to get the lock open perfectly at the end....
Yes, this is possibly the first time I have seen him fail to open a lock. Perhaps in this example he picked it in a "standard" manner, as anyone might do if they did not know about his modification. With that knowledge, the approach might change.
I wonder if releasing the tension is what caused the failure? If he kept the tension on would it have opened or did he release tension because the pin dropped and the jig was up? If that's the case, why wouldn't this be a standard procedure on all locks from the manufacturer?
There is a tool he demonstrated at some point that tries to quickly throw the cylinder around before those pins can fall in a security system like this. It was a different lock I think, but it might work here too…
I expected him to get it open perfectly...but the point was to demonstrate (not on his Hines System lock, which is definitely a collector's item) how the trapping function works, by opening it as an ordinary picker would, nobody would expect a Kwikset to have that trap.
I'm reasonably certain he intentionally set off the trap at the end, since he has demonstrated being able to pick a Hines lock that was the inspiration for this design.
I'm a landlord and love your videos. This one really got me. Do you have a link to get the pins and wafers? I'd like to do this on the lock for a cabin I have in the mountains.
Took me forever to understand why the wafers wouldn't also pop down into construction holes, then realized they must be smaller than the normal pin holes. So the wafters wouldn't go down into them but the thinner T pins would.
Thanks for the explanation, that was confusing me too
The cunstruction holes are for ball bearings.
I still don't get it. 😕
bruh
@@paulvild The diameter of the construction holes is smaller than that of the wafers. So the wafers don't fit in the holes. The T-pins are smaller and they fit in the holes. When you use the key, all the wafers remain outside the core, thus blocking the T-pins to go into the construction holes. If you pick the lock, there is a great chance that some of the wafers remain in the core and such the T-pins will go into the holes and block the lock. I hope it's clear now.
I took a lock apart once and all the tiny parts went flying everywhere.
Finally a relatable comment
That's how I learned how to re-pin.
me too although i found all the pieces except one spring
@@avrumisolaimani8546 yep...that's how I ended up buying my first re-pinning kit. Pins are one thing, but although small and easy to lose, they are virtually indestructable, but springs are a totally different story. They fly away, and/or get mangled
You can never have too many spare springs.
@@avrumisolaimani8546 Walk barefooted through the room and the spring will find you.
PSA: I just got my wafers and t-pins in the mail today and disassembled one of my locks to implement this modification, and discovered that this does NOT work for Defiant's KW-1 locks. The only holes in the lock core are the pin chambers themselves.
I was wondering which locks had the construction key holes like that.
@@johnrehwinkel7241 As a guess, a home in a subdivision/development built by one builder {like Pulte or Toll Brothers} probably would have these, as they would be building multiple houses at once, and having construction keying in a situation is to be expected.
A carful scribed line a proper size Drill bit and you can have a line of holes in the cylinder wall too. Make sure that you don’t drill to deep. Use a Drill Stop or Electrical tape, more layers around the bit than half the hole diameter. Center punch before drilling. Secure the cylinder in a vice take your time. You only need about 1/8” of Depth.
Good luck
@@andrewostrelczuk406 PRobably better off buying a different lock lol
Once those pins have locked in I’m intrigued how you’d even be able to disassemble the lock again - follow-on video?
Given the way the lock was put into the frame, I'd imagine it can be pulled out the same way if you took it apart from the inside direction, and possibly just replace the core? No idea
@@ryanfields3247 I’m more intrigued how you slide out the cylinder if the pins are locked into it. Normally he puts a key in to lift the pins to the break points to allow the cylinder to slide out but that wouldn’t be possible.
I think the drive pin Column has a little sheet metal cap that can be removed to allow the springs and t pins to be removed allowing the cylinder to rotate again.
The other solution is that once the lock is out of the frame to just get rid of it
@@mormonboy25 this was my thought as well. I'll know soon enough when my practice kwiksets arrive. I mean LPL wouldn't be evil enough to show us how to do something that permanently disables the lock, right? 🤣
@@edub6205 any updates from you?
LPL: Someone tried picking my front door lock. I'll have to go in the other door.
LPL looks at every other door: Aww, crap.
Hope he keeps a charged cordless drill in his vehicle for just such an occasion.
Worst case scenario you make a trip to the hardware store. It’s still better than them gaining access.
@@JeffLeiseth Burglars don't pick locks. They either smash a window or use a crowbar to the door (sadly learned from personal experience). It's not like a covert entry is important when stealing your shit is kind of a give away.
@@Cyclone001c That’s not true everywhere. There’s been a ton of farm robberies in my area where the robbers pick the padlocks, and then lock the lock behind them so you can’t easily tell they took anything without going into your sheds. A lot of farmers had to start buying pick proof locks when they found out insurance doesn’t cover robberies if there’s no proof of forceful entry
@@nerdsunscripted624 Fair enough - I'm a city person - I can only speak for my experiences.
Imagine coming back from vacation and finding that someone has (unsuccessfully) attempted to pick all of your exterior locks and you're unable to get in
you can enter by removing the lock actually, it'll be a hell, but it's possible
thats when you go to the tool hire place and hire a battery drill.
For this reason have one good lock that is much harder to break.
Can't exactly call a locksmith in this situation...
If they tried to pick all your exterior locks, they will keep going til they breech.
I am so glad I found this video, I was engaging in a little tomfoolery earlier and I was able to pick my door locks in under 30 seconds with a couple of screwdrivers. btw I have never picked locks before, I just happen to know how a lock works and the basics of lock picking.
Edit: Where can I aquier these pins? I have looked all over the place but I cannot seem to find them anywhere.
A very interesting silent anti-intrusion solution. I think it could become even more viable if you machined the trap holes at an angle that would allow the core to rotate clockwise again. I imagine that even a professional locksmith would be confused by this (if they don't know your videos).
But that would give them more chance and decrease security
Would sort of defeat the "unpickable" part of the deal.
If need be, an acute slope that when you try to turn clockwise, it isn't apparent that it CAN turn that way.
Simple put, a steep and slightly rough slope that can be turned clockwise with enough effort and maybe some hits with a rubber mallet.
You could make a little more safer to make slope start just ever so slightly higher that the "locking pit's" deepest point, so only when you hit it with a mallet and turn it clockwise at the same time will the pin reach the slope. The shock kicking the pins up, and the turn puts the pin on the slope.
Bigger question is, do keys still work? Do the pieces still glide over?
Not the mention the modification requires machine of sorts to cut it which throws away the "cheap, easy and under 5 mins" deal.
@@dumbleking5172requires a machine of sorts?
I'd personally want to know if someone tried picking my front door
"Someone claims to of made pickproof lock" "LPL picks in 10 seconds" "LPL makes pickproof lock" "LPL failed to pick his lock open...." "Success!"
I think he could especially knowing exactly what he needs to do, he just knows it’s difficult and picked it like anyone else trying to pick a lock at first might do
@@overlordghs1081 not like he'd get a second chance, going in blind.
he could open it up, all the trick is, before you start turning you have to "fix" those pins and prevent them from dropping down, struggle is, you cant know this at your first try (unless you dont know where LPL lives ofc XD)
@@shawarden alpha six going dark
I'd like to see him get hold of a multi-lock with interactive pins. I think they still offer a $10K reward if you can pick one..I still have a few, but I'm not sure if they still sell them. They were to notch, but so was the price tag.
"No Officer, I said I make locking picking videos..."
And thats why he's a lawyer
Locking. Picking. Videos. Grow up kid
@@mcthuggin9803 Grow up kid
@@dane7961 grow up, kid
@@mcthuggin9803 oh no! They made a grammar mistake! Call the president!
I love the idea of some locksmith picking LPLs locks every night and jamming them up so every day he has to change his locks again
Although I have no interest in picking locks…yet… Lol, being a tech and precision tool person myself, I have to say your videos are very compelling to watch. Well done. Subbed.
Just bought my first set last night on eBay for $15. Not a bad price to start a hobby
@@Daddykins303 I’ll probably do the same. Looks like fun. Got a link?
Did you start yet? It's pretty fun. I just have a practice lock I can re-pin easily, from covert instruments. I put in some pins at random, pick it, then swap out the pins and go again. I found it to be much easier than I expected, or maybe I'm just having beginner's luck. I goofed around a bit with very cheap locks as a kid so I'm not totally new to it, but this is the first time I'm taking it seriously and using proper theory and technique with "real" locks.
"Heinz key system"
I thought they only made ketchup
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You fool, they only make ketchup? Haven't you heard? Beanz meanz Heinz
Heinz? Heinz Doofenshmirtz?
i like your username
Hines.
Advise from a retired real estate agent for an "insteresting" city: thick curtains. Overhang the edges, check visibility from outside. Also, be careful of "friends" who brag about stealing.
Thieves value time as much as your stuff. If they don't know they can quickly get in & out, they will move to an easier hit ( unless you personally pissed someone off, then video cameras & hunting cams are your friend ).
Window blinds, semi-closed at all times (angled up to bounce sunlight off the ceiling). Plenty of people have curtains, but how many actually close them? Hell, some are just side strips that mimic curtains and can't be closed at all.
I'm a delivery driver and I like to look at house lighting (frosted, shine up or down not out), addressing (large + high-contrast, ftw), and window coverings at night (I shouldn't be able to Netflix and chill with you while I'm driving by). Always nice to see Ring doorbells, or people turning their porch lights on before opening the door. And apartment dwellers who ask who you are before blindly buzzing you in.
Advice*
@@PongoXBongo - Yeah, I can't stand those side strips that pretend to be curtains. When I moved in here, one of the first things I did was purchase blackout curtains for 90% of the windows in the home. I have nice blinds on a couple windows (Like the kitchen windows), but most of the windows have blackout curtains.
The "easier target" bit applies to bikes too - best security, besides locking up your bike with a good lock, is locking it up next to a similar or more valuable looking bike that is secured with a worse lock!
@@zuthalsoraniz6764 Applies to bears too. Always go hiking with a friend that can't climb trees or is a slow runner!
Thank you!! I've rekeyed all my locks using t-pins and master wafers. Works great.
Where did you get the locks?
Its a rather interesting paradox that the only lock that could not be picked was set up by the man who can pick any lock.
The lock could still be picked. It just couldn’t be opened once it was picked. It was like springing a trap. Now it’s seized up.
It can open if you set all the pins to the second sheer line tho
And if you got time and good feel - like when it’s not freezing outside - those master discs can be felt out. The lock will feel quite a bit different to an experienced picker.
Takes one to know one
@@VAULT-TEC_INC. Oxford defines lockpicking as "to open a lock with an instrument other than the proper key." I think when the overwhelming majority of people say a lock was "picked" they mean someone used tools other than the key to open the lock. So if it didnt open, it wasnt "picked", regardless of what happened with the pins.
Imagine managing in some way to get inside LPL's house to hear *click* "Nice click when the gun is loaded, the bullet is set."
The ONLY weapons I don't keep a round in the chamber are PUMP shotguns....... at night, in the dark, from SOMEWHERE comes THAT sound...... and the one without the shotgun needs a change of clothing.
@@hamskoolie9706 "The ONLY weapons I don't keep a round in the chamber are PUMP shotguns"
Maybe you shouldn't own guns then...
@@Pokarot Why is that? Pump shotguns make a really nice deterrent sound when racking a round into the chamber. Anything else should be locked and loaded.
@@hamskoolie9706
"Why is that?"
"Anything else should be locked and loaded."
That's why.
@@Pokarot So what, they should be disassembled and locked in a safe or something?
ALL weapons should be kept LOADED.....and close at hand.
$1 If you already have t-pins, wafers, and tools.
You can still manage this under $10, tiny fraction of security lock's cost. The only thing you really have to buy is t-pins and wafers. You could file-down the driver pins instead of buying wafers, but that's more effort than it's worth. Everything else is optional. Good tools make it a 2 minute project instead of a 20 minute one, but you can certainly do without. I've removed and re-inserted the cylinder with nothing but toothpicks and an AA battery.
AA Battery as a follow through, smart, I may try that if I get into disassembling locks before I get myself a tray and tools.
I used a tin can. All you do is cut a rectangle out and curve it to a circle. Reforms itself perfectly to the cylinder
Given the price per quantity he was mentioning, it'd be $1 or less /per lock/ to do more than one lock, even if you buy the wafers and pins. Based on what he said, something like $10 to $15 would buy enough parts do do dozens of locks.
You could use many tools for this set up. And it would be more accurate to say 1$ WORTH of Tpins and wafers
A 3/16 drill bit at 3 and 9 o'clock will run the mounting screws out and the lock is defeated. No expertise just a cordless drill and a good drill bit.
Less than a minute.
Love your content !
If you're even slightly competent with a drill, you can drill those bolts out in such a way that the threads aren't even damaged. Remove the faceplate, drill the bolts out, replace the faceplate and the deadbolt can be reused. Drilling these deadbolts takes less than a minute.
Love the practicality of this
This actually seems more secure than any of the fancy locks. Anyone can CZcams how to pick an arbitrary fancy lock, but this one is hidden, so anyone is going to accidentally seize it on the first try. I'd actually like to see a video on how to pick this though
You'd do what LPL did, then hold the pins up while you turned it.
@@awkwardcultism I think you misunderstand where the anti-picking mechanism is in this system.
@@tristanridley1601 i completely dont understand how exactly this works, can you explain please
(I realise this sounds like sarcasm but i am serious, i lack the brainpower to imagine what exactly is happening)
@@amaizen4817 long explanation incoming.
Lock picking works because you can feel when the pin is able to move and use pressure to hold the pin in that spot. Master wafers are designed to let more than one key open a door by making more than one spot move for the pin. Picking, you can't feel whether the spot you've found is the original or the new spot added by using a master wafer. If you're any good you find the first spot, which will be the one with the wafer still in the inner part of the lock that rotates. If you insert the key the wafer will be in the outer part instead.
There are little holes drilled in the rotating part of the lock so that if the wafers are in that inner part, pins will pop into the holes and lock the whole thing up. If you used a key and the wafers are pushed out , the wafers are too wide to pop into the drilled holes so instead glide over and it unlocks.
@@tristanridley1601 oh damn i see, thank you so much
Some of the best instructional videos I've seen. You are a natural teacher, and the camera work is super pragmatic and clear.
Nice trick, as long as you use it on a LH inswing door. With a RH inswing door the cylinder plug rotates clockwise to draw the latch, thereby avoiding the construction key holes. Pretty sure you won't find the secondary holes on any brand other than Kwikset.
Of course you could drill the holes yourself...
"you're as strong as your weakest link"
What's the point of getting super locks when they're installed on a glass door?
After someone attempted his house lock...."This is the lockpicking lawyer and today I'm going to show you how to open a Kitnerboy Redoubt safe using only this man's skull."
You can always grind slopes in the holes, so that they can move back to LOCKED position, but not the other way.
You could but that then just gives the attacker another chance to go after it using a different technique (shim or reverse pick or whatever). This trick is really only effective because they must get it right the first and only time..
+daemn42 good point. It also allows the removal of the visual indication that the attempt has been made.
Heh, kinda like a Mercedes one start attempt per key turn...
@@BigDish101 More than one German manufacturer does/did that. My assumption is that it is/was really to keep the owner from destroying the starter.
@@daemn42 If you were designing it from the start, you could engineer a mechanism that operates from the inside and lifts the jammed T-pins out of the holes so the lock can be "reset" without disassembling it. That's way beyond a simple DIY modification though.
Very nice, simple technique to improve your existing locks. I'd be interested in seeing how you correct the cylinder now that it's jammed.
Yes, I’ve been wanting to know this, too!
Yes, we're all waiting for part deux!
You pull the lock apart.
Thanks. Gonna do this because I was just thinking about how easy it is to pick my locks.
If you try to pick one of his house locks a little flag with LOL pops out.
You mean LPL, right?
@@NavyMonk89 No! No I don't.
He has it connected to the phone so it automatically calls the cops with a recording of him saying "this is the Lockpicking Lawyer and some idiot just tried to break into my home"
@@brookslewis5220 This is the lockpicking lawyer and today I have for you, a burglar. :D
It stands for “lord of locks”
Tube of super glue: $0.25
Unpickable lock: Priceless
I'd be hard pressed to find a tube of super glue for a quarter.
@@ratataran a lot of discount stores around Boston I've seen sell four tubes of the generic no-name brand in the black and yellow tubes for a dollar. They're pretty much the same as the Loctite and Krazy Glue Brands. Basic cyanoacrylate is all the same.
@@ratataran 4 for $1 at Dollar Tree
@@ratataran Dollar Tree
@@DLTESLA But not a single tube for a quarter right?
If #1 is the pin all the way in the back I noticed that when you were emptying the springs from the lock only 4 were extracted. That pin was placed underneath the spring where your other pins were placed on top.
Was waiting to see if that would be an issue while picking and it appears to my untrained eye that’s what caused the hang up on the final pin. Love your videos. I don’t know why because I’m not interested in locks but I love listening to your videos enough I say through one of your security conference talks. Keep doing what you do!
LPL's wife be wondering how he's so good at foreplay before she even knows he's a master lock picker.
👀
I've struggled with the idea of getting a highend 'more secure' locks on my house. I came the the realization that locks only keep the honest, honest.
Great video!
LPL: You just activated my trap card!
If someone would like to make it reusable (possible to enter) it is also possible to drill through construction holes to the key chamber so it may be again picked if stuck in this position. Of course it will be less pick resistant but as LPL mentioned there are many more different vulnerabilities in common doors so I'm pretty sure that if someone after picking will stuck in such unexpected position he would give up rather than searching for holes on different than key plane angle. Moreover it will require really deep curved hook to reach T-pin without key pins and in that angle would be much less place to move the hook. WDYT?
please do more of these LPL!!!!!!!
“Pick proof your lock, you say“
I was waiting for you to tell us to fill the key channel with glue
I honestly was expecting that too at the beginning. That this was gonna be some type of prank video by him
Glue? Just weld it solid and nobody can get in.
I'm amazed at this channel I can't stop watching
I've recently took apart a lock that has rounded driver pins! A six year old could rake it within ten seconds... so yeah I'll definitely make some security pins for it.
This is forking brilliant!!!
6:46 you sound like a dentist checking my teeth.
You must have very bad teeth if 4 are loose and another clicks.
Mom said delete this comment
"I'm noticing some unusual wear on the gumline of #2. Have you been flossing regularly?"
#4 is grinding tightly...
Now thats funny, thx for the laugh :)
It's so relaxing and hypnotic to watch your videos and listen to your voice explaining what you are doing.
Great idea I love your videos especially the ones where people challenge with a cash reward.
"I dont want my door picked by a novice" 😂Flawless logic I only want pros to get in
He would like to meet the pro’s, and maybe trade tricks and tips
A lot more novices than pros, surely a pro could easily pick a high end lock, and surely they could pick through this if skilled enough to get all of the master wafers up, but if you’re a pro and you see this lock, you’re probably not thinking he rigged the lock to self destruct if I pick it, and he’ll pick it not knowing, ruining his chances of getting in, and ruining his chance of ever wanting to hit your house again
Locks are just to keep the honest people honest. The dishonest people are already inside...or lawyers...or in this case, both.
If a pro wants to get in, they'll get in. You can have whatever fancy locks and strengthened doors you want but at the end of the day, if someone wants badly enough to get in, they'll find a way in.
@Wet Johnny r/woosh
THANK YOU FOR YOUR EASY TO UNDERSTAND TEACHING ABILITIES; GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY;
After watching all your videos, I’ve become paranoid about my home security. I’m gonna do this to my whole house as well as 3 inch hinge and latch plate screws in the external doorframes. Eventually I’ll replace my windows with hurricane glass as well. I feel bad for the poor guy who tries to break in after I’m done.
just security film and use structural adhesive around the edges to glue it to the frame
@@jacoblicavoli7073 What's that? Tell me more about it, please.
Great content as always bro love homie
I was going to ask if you ever show a lock going back together. This was great to see the construction of the lock.
"You'd think I have a lot of high security locks.... but I rely on my guns instead"
Guns are only good if you're home. If fact, guns are one of the things that thieves value most, the value is high and the selling is easy.
@@johnnylightning1491 True enough - just like any other security.
I of course use multiple layers (just like I did in the job I retired from - Network Security Analyst) - and not just of technology (be it locks, guns, or alarms).
@@johnnylightning1491 Gun safes are your friend. Good ones, hopefully, not the stuff that LPL posts usually.
Or do the old boating accident.
most useful video from all ur videos on this channel seen so far....
i think i would be great if you could show such videos for other lock models also... or atlest concentrate on commercial locks like center lock for shops....
This is awesome! Thank you.
Love these videos....... I've been a locksmith for over 40 years....