Books : How To Open Locks With Improvised Tools: Practical, Non-Destructive Ways Of Getting Back Into Just About Everything When You Lose Your Keys (formerly published as Lock Bypass Methods)
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by: Hans Conkel
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 643
EAN: 9780966608717
ISBN: 0966608712
Label: Level Four Pubns
Manufacturer: Level Four Pubns
Number Of Pages: 130
Publication Date: October 28, 2001
Publisher: Level Four Pubns
Sales Rank: 26677
Studio: Level Four Pubns
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Product Description:
Practical, real-world solutions to lockouts. Learn to open doorknobs, deadbolts, car doors, padlocks, handcuffs, et cetera. This book sold out as 'Lock Bypass Methods,' and has proven to be the best manual on keyless entry available. Since your resources are usually on the other side of the door when you're locked out, it shows how to improvise tools from garbage and common, everday items. Multiple entrance options are provided in case of stubborn doors or limited materials. Thousands of people have successfully opened doors using techniques they learned in 'Lock Bypass Methods.' This expanded edition has more illustrations and new techniques.
This book will not waste your time trying to explain how to pick sidebar locks, or activate magnetic-stripe readers without a key card. It DOES explain how to open doors protected by these locks, simply and without damage, through bypass techniques. A latch holds something shut, and a lock is a gateway to that latch. This book teaches ways to climb over the fence and ignore the gate. You will learn how to pick locks, a skill that works 60-70% of the time. More importantly, you will learn methods to trip actuators, move linkage rods, take advantage of mechanical design flaws, exploit tolerances in a lock's setting, and other practical means of entry.
The book's focus is on problem solving, not presenting methods that are too difficult to accomplish. Many other books in this field suffer from too much theory and too little delivery. If it doesn't work, it isn't in here. This book is designed to give the reader skills that open locks without keys or damage. It is not a whitewashed or glossed-over set of instructions that leave a reader feeling as if failure is his fault and he just hasn't developed some special esoteric talent. Difficulties encountered in opening methods are identified, explained, and solutions are given to cope with them. The book is clearly written and illustrated, and covers problem solving, how locks work, picking, bypassing, and tool making. If you are interested in opening locks without keys, you should have this book.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Somewhat interesting, Amateur Drawings
Pretty basic book, most of this stuff could be easily figured out if you were truly in a bind.
Biggest take away is there is usually some way to get around the lock or obstruction in your way. When you don't have keys, you need to be creative and every situation is going to be different.
The book just gives some "what-if" scenarios, but the likely hood of using their techniques exactly is somewhat unlikely. Rather just shows you how to think creatively to find the solution ... Read More
Rating:  - Don't waste your money
Very elementary information on lock picking. Drawings are not detailed nor professional. I wasted twenty dollars on this book.
Rating:  - Good +
Well written. A good cover-all book. Some of the improvised tools shown will require items not readily found on your workbench. Good explanations of lock function. Some good drawings, some not-so-good drawings; a particular issue I have with the book is that measurements of tools and the items to make entry tools are lacking...(trial and error will be required for success). Author should have used better illustrations with measurements when describing the improvised tools.
Rating:  - something you need to know about this book
hi i bought this book expecting a lot but when i was reading this book i found that it had more than i thought. so to any one who is thinking about buying this book you will not be dissapointed it is unbelievable
Rating: - Good ideas
Helped me understand various lock systems better. I appreciated the innovative ideas the author presented, many of which actually may have a hope of working in the real world. Definitely has a MacGyver-esque quality to it, without being hokey and completely unfeasible.
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