How do keys work? Explained in one Gif
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How do keys work? Explained in one Gif
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Re: How do keys work? Explained in one Gif
#2Seen a similar image a while back. Locks suddenly made a lot of sense then.
Perhaps make another one about how walker keys work with locks like these? If I remember correctly, they were keys with filed down teeth. You had to put the key all but one tooth into the lock and then nudge it all the way in while turning, which would knock the top half of the metal rods up, allowing the lock to open.
Re: How do keys work? Explained in one Gif
#3I wonder how did people come up with a structure like that...back in the days people were smarter.
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#4I'd like to see a version of the gif done with lock picks.
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#5That's a great way to explain it.
However, can anyone explain how lock picking works, that GIF makes it seem like it would be very difficult. On TV at least they do it in a matter of moments.
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#6This design is a good visual for why lock bumping is fairly easy on most residential locks.
Re: How do keys work? Explained in one Gif
#7Seen a similar image a while back. Locks suddenly made a lot of sense then. Perhaps make another one about how walker keys work with locks like these? If I remember correctly, they were keys with filed down teeth. You had to put the key all but one tooth into the lock and then nudge it all the way in while turning, which would knock the top half of the metal rods up, allowing the lock to open.
Same thing as a bump key? Basically you cut down all the notches to the lowest setting (ie the deepest cut for that model of key), and then exactly as you described you put the key in up to the penultimate notch, at which point you apply rotational pressure on the key and knock the key in with some force (aka "bump" it in). The force of the insert bumps all the pins up, and the torque applied to the key catches the top half of the pin in the "open" position as the mechanism falls. If you catch all the top halves, the lock is breached.
Re: How do keys work? Explained in one Gif
#8It makes me wonder how strong the cylinders are. They look quite small, so it seems like with a tool shaped like a "T" with a wide top you'd be able to force a lock open.
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#9I'd like to see a version of the gif done with lock picks.
That's what I was thinking. That would be quite nice.
Re: How do keys work? Explained in one Gif
#10I'd like to see a version of the gif done with lock picks.
http://i.imgur.com/kaOa0G3.gif
Here's a version I found on reddit a while back.