How To Pick an Unpickable Lock
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Published 2024-04-23
[1] Locksmith Ledger. (2010, March 2). Master lock meets new astm lock bumping standard. Locksmith Ledger. www.locksmithledger.com/locks/article/10228402/mas…
[2] YouTube. (2021, May 31). [1299] unpickable locks from stuff made here. YouTube. • [1299] Unpickable Locks From Stuff Ma...
All Comments (21)
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If you care about security and would be interested to see this lock further developed and brought to market. Like this comment.
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I just watched all three of your videos, very entertaining and I'm really impressed at how simple your design is. I'm looking forward to see more updates!
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You're probably doing this already, but there should be a guard in place to protect the watchdog pin. Without that someone can shove a shim with a detachable tip all the way into the back and jam the watchdog permanently open, then glue together the two parts of the core and pick as normal. This is technically a bit destructive, but since it preserves all the locking/unlocking functionality of the lock and only damages its pick resistance it's still stealthy.
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Great design. Would love to see TLPL take a shot at it once it is refined.
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you could add a dead pin that does not get hit by the key, similar to the watchdog pin. this pin is set to the correct height by default, so hammering the lock would bounce it out of position and bind the core, making it unable to open
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These lock design innovation videos are some of the most interesting engineering videos on YouTube
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A common defense for kinetic attacks and bumping are to just vary the springs on the pins. You might give that a try. A cerated or spooled pin might also possibly bind more reliable during such an attack.
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Hi, I'm in a locksport and found your videos. I'm very interested in what you are doing and think it is worth while to continue. Thanks for expending the effort! 😁
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Please keep this project going, I'm sure that there are a lot of people interested in your work that would be willing to actually use it if it achieves total picking protection.
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Lock companies are listening. To their shareholders. They say " make the cheapest locks you can get away with".
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Wow! That's brilliant! It's so simple and effective at the same time! I'm looking forward to seeing your lock on the LockPickingLawyer's table. StuffMadeHere and WorksByDesign locks are extremely complex, but your design uses almost stock parts with only small complications. So exited to see more .
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highlighting the reasons for why other attacks are preferable are a very interesting point!
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i like that you try to make it as simple as possible so manufacturing would be posibble and its funny seeing how you deal with commenters
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Well this is all super cool, and I'm real impressed by the degree of professional engineering chops on display here - Most projects like this are presented from a way less technical perspective. For my two cents, I immediately suspect a second form of kinetic attack might be possible: By taking the opposite approach and setting all pins to the minimum height, a kinetic impact could potentially bounce the whole wafer stack around until it bound in the normal keyed position.
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Just binged all 3 videos on this lock and was mindblown to see that they’re your first videos. Without having looked I’d be certain this was a channel with subscribers in the millions. Fantastic in both presentation and demonstration!
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I am very impressed with your understanding of locks and hacking techniques. Most people are unable to think in a complex way that is not based on their beliefs. Very nice.
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I'm a security nerd and engineer for a living and love your approach to this. From a pinning perspective, locksmiths like easy to follow instructions - A chart of valid pinnings is not going to be easy to follow. Not sure of another solution to the problem, just thinking this solution isn't it. Maybe go with a random variety of spring strengths?
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Watched all of your 3 videos. Your way to explain things with simple cardbord cutouts is incredible! Also i am impressed about the genius way to improve the lock. Instead of adding a New part i would rather use different driver pin length.
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You’re an amazing educator mate, the diagrams, props and the like you made for explaining the mechanisms were super helpful to understand it all better
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If you do succeed in foiling bumping, raking, and kinetic attacks, don't forget to try magnets. That seems to be a common way to defeat locks that resist mechanical attacks, and is often how electronic locks are defeated. I subscribed and am looking forward to your next video in this series! 🙂
