welcome to corporals corner today we're
gonna shim a padlock so stick around
in a previous video we talked about
agate home back in urban environment and
we mentioned that a 10 mile trek home
could easily become 20 to 30 miles
depending on the amount of obstacles
that you encountered along your way so I
thought why not talk about how to
negotiate or get around one of those
obstacles that you're guaranteed to come
across in an urban setting and match
your common ordinary household padlock
now this lock right here is actually a
double locking padlock on the shackle
we've got two indentations right here
and I'll show you that in a minute what
happens when you lock it there's a
locking mechanism inside it actually
engages inside both those indentations
so today what we're gonna do is we're
gonna go ahead and grab an ordinary
aluminum can and create two shims we're
to slide those shims down that shackle
we're gonna rotate it into that locking
mechanism causing the shackle to be
disengaged and pop over so grabbing the
aluminum can what we're gonna do is
we're gonna go ahead and cut the ends
off right here and here and they were
gonna cut it right down the middle and
from here all you want to do is you want
to go ahead and cut off some strips
about an inch and half to two inches in
width now we have our blank right here
what I want to do is I want to go ahead
and I want to cut an M shape in this so
do that and look for the flattest spot
and then go to the center
go up about halfway you want to try and
cut it a little bit rounded then do some
diagonal cuts and there's our M
from here I'm going to fold the top down
then it's bottom piece over the top
so it should resemble something like
this now what I do the lock in question
I'll go ahead and just bend it around so
I know it's got this general shape you
can also use a ballpoint pen or a pencil
and there's your first shim do this one
more time so you have a pair
there's the indentation on the shackle I
talked to you about and you can see the
other one right there that makes it a
double locking padlock and inside you
can see that small tab right there you
got one on this side as well and they're
spring-loaded that's the locking
mechanism so what happens
take your shim place it around the
shackle and you rotate it towards that
little tab right there for your locking
mechanism and once it becomes wedged it
will actually bypass that locking
mechanism and open your lock gonna start
off by taking our shim where I place the
face of the shim the outside of my
shackle
- the same thing to the opposite side
I'm going to slide it down by twisting
now what you want to do at this point is
you want to rotate that shim around -
the face is on the inside try and
dislodge that locking mechanism
he's actually think to the opposite side
and what you can do at this point
securing your Leatherman you can
actually grab onto the piece and
continue rotating it towards the inside
there you go
welcome back that was good to go
now I wanna make one thing abundantly
clear there's no ulterior motive at all
I have no criminal intent whatsoever for
filming this video if anything this
video can serve as an educational tool
to those who get a false sense of
security from trusting this piece of
crap right here now with that said just
like in the field when you practice
leaving no trace we don't want the same
mentality an urban setting
probably tenfold you want to get in get
out or get to where you need to be you
want to do that undetected they keep
your comments view support thanks for
watching be down the field have some fun
I'll catch you next time
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