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Lock Picking and Lock Boxes

Safety boxes, padlocks and other storages that can safeguard important documents, jewelries and money are on the rise today.

Lock boxes are one of the most recommended choices for securing valuable items. There are a number of types available in the market that can save your item from fire and water and has an electronic keypad.

Most of the home owners need lock boxes to take care of registration papers, passports, marriage and insurance certificates and valuable items. These boxes are widely available in a variety of sizes. You can even find them on stands and food stalls if no cash register is maintained. They are even used as donation boxes with a small opening at the top to protect it from being stolen.

The lock boxes can also be utilized to keep ammunitions and guns as in this way it can be saved from unwanted people and children. These boxes are even seen in prisons to keep the belongings of criminals. These lock boxes are kept upgraded for adding new features to increase the level of security.

There are times when you have lost the keys to the door or sometimes you even tend to forget the code that you have to type to unlock the house. At such times, you have to unlock the door by bypassing the security features. This bypassing activity can only be carried by a Azusa CA locksmith with a process known as lock picking.

Lock picking is an art for some people as it involves opening the locked door without damaging the lock and creating a new key after the door is open. However, some people think it as a criminal act.

There are different tools that are required to unlock a variety of locks. Everything depends on the lock type. Hence, it is necessary to always work towards customizing the tools.

You can buy these tools online as there a number of merchants who can sell it to you in reasonable price. Some include a complete set which even consists of pick gun whereas some include only the basic tools.

Torsion wrench is one of the most recommended and often used tools. It uses an ‘L’ shaped tool that helps in picking the lock. It teases the pin of the cylinder to unlock the door. You can even make use of other pins to shift the locking device after inserting them in the hole.

Another type that is used to move the pins in upward direction from the position where it gets locked to unlock the door is hook pick.

The other popular tool for lock picking is pick gun which is operated electronically or manually. It produces a certain type of vibration to the pins. These guns are made from aluminum or hard steel.

Only the locksmiths can make use of this activity legally otherwise it is basically used by criminals.

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