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- * SHIMMING DOORS *
- *-------------------------------------*
- * (Or Don't bother picking that lock) *
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- ******** By => The Inspectre <= *******
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-
- The whole technique of shimming doors is a little known fast way to open most
- of the 'lock in knob' type of doors without even looking at the lock. The
- theory is the same as the old tried and true credit card, but from the other
- side of the door.
-
- This technique only works on doors with a latch looking like this (top view):
-
-
- ---------------------------------------
-
- ----!
- !
- !-\
- this is the ! \ <- this is the latch
- door !---+
- !
- ----!
-
- (you are here)
-
- ---------------------------------------
- Once you have found a door like this, then you need the tool to do it (or you
- want one for a 'B&E kit')
-
- To make one, take some sheet metal about 22ga (about 1/3 of the thickness of a
- floppy disk for you non-metalworking types) (really any thin, strong metal will
- do) in a strip about 1/2 inch wide and 7 1/2 inches long, take this and fold it
- over on itself between the 4 1/2 and 5 inch mark like this:
- ---------------------------------------
-
- -------------------------------
- ! metal (before) !
- -------------------------------
-
- ^
- fold here
-
- ---
- ! !
- ! !
- ! !
- \ +-------------------
- \! metal (after) !
- \-------------------
-
- (This is all flat)
-
-
- ---------------------------------------
-
- Now hit the fold with a hemmer a couple of times to thin it down and flatten
- it out. You should now have a 'L' shaped thin piece of metal (you need to do
- the folding of the corner for strength, just a 'L' shaped piece of metal won't
- work very well and will tear at the corner).
-
-
- Now what you've all been waiting for...
-
- How to use it:
-
- Take your 'L' down to the door you want to use it on, and push it in the crack
- between the door and the doorframe just below the latch, lift it and pull back
- while pulling on the door, the 'L' will slide the latch back into the door and
- the door will open. Here it is in pictures:
-
- ---------------------------------------
-
- 1) Where to put it:
-
- ----+ +---
- door ! ! doorframe
- ! !
- knob -> O !*! <- the latch
- ! !
- insert -> ! !X!
- ----/ !X!
- ! !
-
- (fromt view except 'L')
-
- --------------------------------------
-
- 2) How to do it:
-
-
- a) in ! door !
- ! ! !
- ! !*)! ! <- latch
- shim -> ---------/ !
- ! !
-
-
- I. ^^ move up from here
- II. pull back when in position a)
- III. ^ while pulling knob
- IV. Open door, walk in
-
- It takes some practice, try it on an open door of this type to see what
- happens.
-
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-
- If it will not fit, or the latch is extra stiff, put a screwdriver in the
- crack over the latch and pry it open If the latch has a small flat space before
- the slant, you will have to pry the crack open, and use another (small)
- screwdriver to inch the latch back into the door a bit).
-
- With one of these tools, I can open almost all of the doors in my school, and
- most of them faster than the people with the key can. (put in + pull up (3
- secs), pull back on knob and 'L' (3 secs), walk in.
-
- Have fun with it, and don't let the secret out to the lock manufacturers!
-
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