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<b>Chapter 1</b> <a href="http://www.lockpickshop.com/Lockpicking-Guide/lock-picking_ch1.htm"><img src="http://www.lockpickshop.com/images/products/right.jpg"></a>
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<H1> Guide to Lock Picking</H1>
Ted the Tool
<p> September 1, 1991
<H2> Distribution</H2>
Copyright 1987, 1991 Theodore T. Tool. All rights reserved.
<p> Permission to reproduce this document on a non-profit basis is granted
provided that this copyright and distribution notice is included in full.
The information in this booklet is provided for educational purposes only.
<p> August 1991 revision.
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<h3> Contents</h3>
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<li><b><a href="http://www.lockpickshop.com/Lockpicking-Guide/lock-picking_ch1.htm">1 It's Easy</a></b>
<p><li><b><a href="http://www.lockpickshop.com/Lockpicking-Guide/lock-picking_ch2.htm">2 How a Key Opens a Lock</a></b>
<p><li><b><a href="http://www.lockpickshop.com/Lockpicking-Guide/lock-picking_ch3.htm">3 The Flatland Model</a></b>
<p><li><b><a href="http://www.lockpickshop.com/Lockpicking-Guide/lock-picking_ch4.htm">4 Basic Picking & The Binding Defect</a></b>
<p><li><b><a href="http://www.lockpickshop.com/Lockpicking-Guide/lock-picking_ch5.htm">5 The Pin Column Model</a></b>
<p><li><b><a href="http://www.lockpickshop.com/Lockpicking-Guide/lock-picking_ch6.htm">6 Basic Scrubbing</a></b>
<p><li><b><a href="http://www.lockpickshop.com/Lockpicking-Guide/lock-picking_ch7.htm">7 Advanced Lock Picking</a></b>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.lockpickshop.com/Lockpicking-Guide/lock-picking_ch7.htm#1">7.1 Mechanical Skills</a>
<li><a href="http://www.lockpickshop.com/Lockpicking-Guide/lock-picking_ch7.htm#2">7.2 Zen and the Art of Lock Picking</a>
<li><a href="http://www.lockpickshop.com/Lockpicking-Guide/lock-picking_ch7.htm#3">7.3 Analytic Thinking</a>
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<p><li><b><a href="http://www.lockpickshop.com/Lockpicking-Guide/lock-picking_ch8.htm">8 Exercises</a></b>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.lockpickshop.com/Lockpicking-Guide/lock-picking_ch8.htm#1">8.1 Exercise 1: Bouncing the pick</a>
<li><a href="http://www.lockpickshop.com/Lockpicking-Guide/lock-picking_ch8.htm#2">8.2 Exercise 2: Picking pressure</a>
<li><a href="http://www.lockpickshop.com/Lockpicking-Guide/lock-picking_ch8.htm#3">8.3 Exercise 3: Picking Torque</a>
<li><a href="http://www.lockpickshop.com/Lockpicking-Guide/lock-picking_ch8.htm#4">8.4 Exercise 4: Identifying Set Pins</a>
<li><a href="http://www.lockpickshop.com/Lockpicking-Guide/lock-picking_ch8.htm#5">8.5 Exercise 5: Projection</a>
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<p><li><b><a href="http://www.lockpickshop.com/Lockpicking-Guide/lock-picking_ch9.htm">9 Recognizing and Exploiting Personality
Traits</a></b>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.lockpickshop.com/Lockpicking-Guide/lock-picking_ch9.htm#1">9.1 Which Way To Turn</a>
<li><a href="http://www.lockpickshop.com/Lockpicking-Guide/lock-picking_ch9.htm#2">9.2 How Far to Turn</a>
<li><a href="http://www.lockpickshop.com/Lockpicking-Guide/lock-picking_ch9.htm#3">9.3 Gravity</a>
<li><a href="http://www.lockpickshop.com/Lockpicking-Guide/lock-picking_ch9.htm#4">9.4 Pins Not Setting</a>
<li><a href="http://www.lockpickshop.com/Lockpicking-Guide/lock-picking_ch9.htm#5">9.5 Elastic Deformation</a>
<li><a href="http://www.lockpickshop.com/Lockpicking-Guide/lock-picking_ch9.htm#6">9.6 Loose Plug</a>
<li><a href="http://www.lockpickshop.com/Lockpicking-Guide/lock-picking_ch9.htm#7">9.7 Pin Diameter</a>
<li><a href="http://www.lockpickshop.com/Lockpicking-Guide/lock-picking_ch9.htm#8">9.8 Beveled Holes and Rounded pins</a>
<li><a href="http://www.lockpickshop.com/Lockpicking-Guide/lock-picking_ch9.htm#9">9.9 Mushroom Driver Pins</a>
<li><a href="http://www.lockpickshop.com/Lockpicking-Guide/lock-picking_ch9.htm#10">9.10 Master Keys</a>
<li><a href="http://www.lockpickshop.com/Lockpicking-Guide/lock-picking_ch9.htm#11">9.11 Driver or Spacer Enters Keyway</a>
<li><a href="http://www.lockpickshop.com/Lockpicking-Guide/lock-picking_ch9.htm#12">9.12 Vibration Picking</a>
<li><a href="http://www.lockpickshop.com/Lockpicking-Guide/lock-picking_ch9.htm#13">9.13 Disk Tumblers</a>
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<p><li><b><a href="http://www.lockpickshop.com/Lockpicking-Guide/lock-picking_ch10.htm">10 Final Remarks</a></b>
<p><li><b><a href="http://www.lockpickshop.com/Lockpicking-Guide/appendixA.htm">A Tools</a></b>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.lockpickshop.com/Lockpicking-Guide/appendixA.htm#1">A.1 Pick Shapes</a>
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<li><a href="http://www.lockpickshop.com/Lockpicking-Guide/appendixA.htm#4">A.4 BricK Strap</a>
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<p><li><b><a href="http://www.lockpickshop.com/Lockpicking-Guide/appendixB.htm">B Legal Issues</a></b>
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