Padlock Shimmy from a Beer Can!



Turns out you can shimmy open a combination padlock using a piece of metal cut from a regular beer can! Link (via Make)

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Posted on September 29, 2005 at 4:24 pm by Alex
Category: 1 Other Neat Things



3 comments to "Padlock Shimmy from a Beer Can!"

  • martin
    October 2nd, 2005 at 2:59 am

    I have been working in prisons for a number of years and this is standard practice for one inmate to rip off another inmates locker of his goodies

  • Administrator
    October 2nd, 2005 at 8:34 pm

    Inmates have lockers??? I guess that’s something - to be imprisoned and then burglarized!

  • Wheels within Wheels » Blog Archive » In the “I was more comfortable not knowing this” files …
    December 1st, 2006 at 3:01 pm

    [...] Wizbang Tech reports that nearly every lock you have is now worthless. This is for pin/cylinder locks, which is every lock I have on an outside door in my house. The geometry of my house isn’t appropriate for me to add 2×4s to bar the doors (at which point, I assume burglars would go through the windows rather than locate a battering ram) I don’t need to worry about this bicycle lock problem, because this handy-dandy little device will take care of the bicycle lock I use. I suppose I could ride a bicycle that would be harder to steal, but that’s somewhat counterproductive. [...]


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