How to Distinguish Between Locksmith Tools

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Locksmiths rely on a number of important tools to open locked cars, homes or safes. Some of the tools look almost identical to everyday tools while others are strange looking and difficult to use.

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Instructions

Difficulty: Moderate

Step1

Check out the range of locksmith wedges that create distance between the door and the lock to open a locked door. Basic wedges are compact metal pieces with a sharp bend in one end. Inflatable wedges are an example of more sophisticated wedges that locksmiths insert between a space close to the lock and inflate to create room to work with other tools.

Step2

Look at the various hooking and dipping tools such as the lasso, which is an older tool that locksmiths insert into a slightly open window to grab the locked door of an older car. The Japanese tool uses the same idea but works on thumb-push locks. The auto-buster is a slightly more complex tool that opens slide locks. The Z-tool and, of course, the Slim Jim also use the same idea of dipping into a car window to manually open the lock.

Step3

Take a look at regular lock picking tools like a pick set that contains a number of different shaped tools to insert and spring a look. You'll also find bump keys in this category, which are designed to open any lock of the same kind of mechanism and build.