Well this certainly is somewhat of a new one. our pal machiavel here decided he'd just go ahead and dissassemble a hard drive, a (3-button mind you) mouse, and hook it up with some other stuff and a power supply to create: a lockpicking gun…made from a hard drive and mouse and other misc. junk laying around. i like this, it shows how deep someone had to really think about something before they came up with such a different finished product. check the link, it's got a decent video for the non-believers. now this is quite the double hack. so thanks [machiavel]
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(Page 1)2. I think this could be modified pretty easily to be less cumbersum as well as automating the tension wrench. I think the whole idea was to be able to make it easily purely from computer parts.
Posted at 3:26PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by loup
3. cool compilation, but looks heavy from the video handling (too heavy to be practical in the field). Also it would have been nicer to have had the tension wrench be automated and not just the rake.
Posted at 3:26PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by israel torres
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Posted at 3:26PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by al Hasa Musa
5. Heh, its kinda funny, you could make it from anything. But this is odd. I like the style though, shake the lock until all the pins fall into place.
Posted at 3:26PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by Matt
6. I have the motor, from a harrdrive, but there a 4 pins. wich one should have current??
Posted at 3:26PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by flex runess
7. This works with some cell phones set to vibrate. Just tape a screwdriver to the side, and call yourself repeatedly. Works best with the hulking motorola cell phones - those thing could knock your heart out of rhythm if kept in a shirt pocket.
Posted at 3:26PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by themuffinking
8. can we get an automatic denial on all comments that amount to "i saw this long ago because i'm so cool, and this is the crappy version of it anyways", PLEASE?
Posted at 3:26PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by Bong Bong Gad
9. Like I said before, locksmith industry believes in Security thru Obscurity. Basicly, if noone knows about it, its safe. Basic idea behind stuff like the hide-a-key rock and placing the key in a plant pot. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_through_obscurity Reveling any obscure secret or pointing out a overlooked inherit design flaw leads to being ostracized. http://www.crypto.com/papers/kiss.html http://www.crypto.com/papers/flattery.html //i hope this thread doesn't lead to a rash of break-ins. i'd rather hear about a boom in the locksmith industry leading to better security overall.// Only way to make them enhance products is thru a breaking-in boom. There's no other incentive to make better common locks, since the current one's seem so secure. Unfortunate, but that's reality.
Posted at 3:26PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by cde
10. Not amazing if you ask me. The better tool is the 110v powered engraver with a pick attached. Not to mention the lock that he is using (model 700) can be 'picked' with a paper clip if you know where to twist. Nice project though.
Posted at 3:26PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by Jib Jab
11. here's a decent article about it http://www.i-hacked.com/content/view/138/48/ i hope this thread doesn't lead to a rash of break-ins. i'd rather hear about a boom in the locksmith industry leading to better security overall.
Posted at 3:26PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by Bong Bong Gad
12. considering the action that has to happen inside, the more vigorous the vibration the more likely it will work. you have two tiny pieces of metal butted up against each other held in place by a spring. you have to hit the bottom piece hard enough to throw the top piece up far enough to clear the shear line. i don't have any experience picking locks so i'm not entirely sure how well "binding" individual pins works, so to make this work simple constant torsion on the barrel might not be enough. you might have to keep jiggling the entire lock until ALL the upper pins move out of the way. could take a while. i'm guessing these things can take a few minutes to use, and probably make a lot of noise. not exactly Sam Fisher gear, but he picks locks manually. :)
Posted at 3:26PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by Bong Bong Gad
13. Has anyone tried those vibrtating razor handles for this? I don't know if they provide enough vibration, but they do run off a AAA battery and are compact and could probaly be disguised as a pen.
Posted at 3:26PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by sammy
14. Well, since the lockpicking community believes in security thru obscurity, I have no doubt of why someone might have seen this a while ago. And using a electric toothbrush wouldnt be a bad idea, but you need to buy the 10 dollar and up ones. The Dollar store ones are crap. All they are good for is a cheap source of standard hobbyist 12v motors, the same kind they sell at ratshack.
Posted at 3:26PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by cde
15. WOW THIS IS NOT MY HACK!!! YOu putted my copyrights on it but THIS IS NOT mine... Anyways, I am currently trying this one out but remember all credits goes to this community ... not me so don,t send me emails saying I am a lammer, I just wanted to sho this one to you... not steal the credits...
Posted at 3:26PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by Machiavel
16. pretty cool, but could use some heavy modification to make it more useful. Lockpick guns work on the principal that they are knocking into the bottom pins, causing the pins on the top and the bottom to strike and reflect away from one another, thus widening the shear line and allowing access without a key. So in all reality, all you need is an object that vibrates a LOT, and a thin peice of metal to attach to the object. Insert your torque wrench, apply slight presure, turn on the gun. Bam, lock is open. My advice, overclocked toothbrush with the head replaced with that of a tiny screwdriver. I've never tried it, but the vibrations should be strong enough to knock the pins all over the place... And cheap!
Posted at 3:26PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by slimfrinky
17. Posted Apr 29, 2005, 8:10 PM ET by beany This is old news in the lockpicking community. I read about this about a year ago... sorry we aren't the lockpicking community, why didn't you create a site and link it? or maybe invent this hack and claim credit how about you invented this, and everyone else is just copying you...
Posted at 3:26PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by el man
18. Posted Apr 29, 2005, 8:10 PM ET by beany This is old news in the lockpicking community. I read about this about a year ago... sorry we aren't the lockpicking community, why didn't you create a site and link it? or maybe invent this hack and claim credit how about you invented this, and everyone else is just copying you...
Posted at 3:26PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by el man
19. why not just tape a screwdriver head to a battery powered "massaging" vibrator?
Posted at 3:26PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by dopefish
20. oh, and you can probably use an array of batteries to power the hd, need a 5v source and a 12v source, just use the power supply connector and cut the wire and sotter the wire to the battery array, not too practicle for the field but still a neat project to do with your old comp supplies and spare time.
Posted at 3:26PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by ending
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1. Are you sure he didn't steal this idea from afrotechmods?
Posted at 3:26PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by brk