what's going on guys I'm bill and
welcome to Bill's how-to today I'm going
to show you guys how to pick a lock
using a paper clip let's do this so what
we've got here is a standard padlock
seven pin padlock the only difference is
obviously this one here is clear so this
one here is a good padlock to be able to
see exactly what's going on inside to
help you develop your skills so you can
get days online they're pretty cheap
only a few dollars online so the aim of
the game is as a whole row of pins up on
top that you guys can see ok these pins
are all cut at different heights so what
that does is that locks that Barrel in
place and doesn't allow it to turn so
what you have to do is simply bump up
all these pins in line in order to be
able to turn that barrel so if we turn
this around you'll be able to see once
these focus so that a top little gold
section on the inside ok you can see
there that pin is the first pin in line
so what we're going to do is we're going
to use these paper clips so to standard
paper clips we're going to turn these
into two little tools so we can pick
this lock I've seen a lot of people do
some fancy things online turn them into
rakes and individual picks and things
like that so what I'm going to do I'm
not gonna do that just very very easy
okay all we're gonna do is simply bend
this one here down like that on a 45
degree angle and okay and I'll show you
guys what we do that in the second with
the other one we're just going to bend
it out straight all the way
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or as straight as you can get it doesn't
have to be precise so Bend that out
straight once we've got a straight we're
gonna Bend the two to meet each other
and just fold that down so what you want
to do in this case is this loop up the
top you want to get it squashed as much
as possible so if you put a bit of
pressure on that it should fold down so
once you're done that's what it looks
like okay so it's pretty simple we
haven't done anything special or
difficult yet next thing you want to do
is you want to put that loop down the
bottom section of your padlock
okay just at the start so we only want
to get it in say about half a centimeter
five mils or so just enough to be able
to get it in there and get a bit of grip
so right there on the bottom position
that all right down the bottom like that
and then once you've done that you just
want to simply bend that across so get
that in position bend that all the way
across and now you've got your
tensioning tool so once you've got your
tension already all you do is slot it in
the bottom of the lock just like that so
you can see that's starting to actually
turn the lock a little bit there'll be a
little bit of play in there before we
actually pick it so what you want to do
is slot it in that bottom section using
your finger we're gonna hold it in place
and we're gonna keep tension on there
one of the biggest mistakes people make
is putting too much tension okay so we
don't want to actually force it we just
want to put enough to be able to turn it
so just a little bit of tension just
like that is enough to actually open up
that lock so the reason why I bend it on
a 45 degree angle is so that you can use
it as both a rake and as an individual
pin peak so what we do if we slot that
in from this side okay you can see
that's where we're aiming to hit those
little pins up on the top that's what we
do is we keep that up on the top section
slot it all the way through and as I
pull that up you can see that I'm
actually moving the pins out of the way
so what we need to do you can choose you
can either sit there and pick it
individual each pin as you go or you can
rake it so by raking it it means you
just slot your pin all the way through
and then you simply pull back on all the
pins that will give you the raking
action
moving all the pins as you go along so
now we'll get started so put the tension
it down at the bottom put a bit of
tension on there like we discussed
before once you've got your tensioner in
place then you can slot in your pick
okay and what we're going to do is we're
going to work these individually so now
that we've done that we're ready to get
started so put the tensioner down at the
bottom put a little bit of tension on
there and what we're going to use a peak
so you've got two options we can either
rake or we can individual picks I'll
show you guys both methods so
individually picking each pin as you go
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the upside about the clear lock is that
you can actually see the pins so it
makes a huge difference when you're
learning how to pick
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so once we feel that click now you have
to remember that your tensioner is
actually pretty weight because we're
using a paper clip now I felt that move
so if we have a look you can say there
it's on a bit of an angle now obviously
if I pull this out of the way paperclips
gonna start to bend okay we can actually
do it for argument's sake and that will
actually pop
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now we'll do it once again with the
raking action tension on and then just
keep breaking it you just continue keep
raking those pins until you feel it give
way
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once that's done bang nice and easy
if you find that the pins are actually
really stiff or you've been working at
it for a while what you do is just let
go of that tensioner that'll reset the
pins and the pins will all line up once
again and then you can start again what
after you put the tension back on so
I'll just show you guys what I mean by
resetting the pins so let's say for
argument's sake we've got the tension on
okay we've pushed all our pins up once
you put that tension on you'll find that
the pins actually stay in position so
that's the whole purpose of the tension
as you pop up the pins individually
they'll actually line up and I'll hold
in place so long as you have tension on
there they'll hold in place so let's say
for argument's sake I've been working at
this for a few minutes not getting
anywhere I can feel that the pins are a
bit solid in there they're not free so
what I do is I simply release the
tension and you can say those pins start
to drop back down into place so that's
the whole point so then we put the
tension back on and we can get straight
back into doing that so there you have
it causes an easy way to pick blocks
we're using paper clips no fancy or
expensive tools needed very very easy
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