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Raised in lock-picking threads as a related attempt at an unpickable lock, and for novel anti-picking mechanisms.
Stuff Made Here designs and builds an "unpickable" lock, then calls in a locksmith to see if it can be defeated. It covers the mechanical design effort and the attempt to pick it.
“Together they give a whole new understanding of lock design and picking methods.” (HN, 2022)
On the topic of "novel, non-pin-tumbler mechanisms": I can recommend the videos by Stuff Made Here [1][2], where he designs two novel anti-picking lock mechanisms, and the related video [3] where LockPickingLawyer tries to pick and bypass them. Together they give a whole new understanding of lock design and picking methods. [1] [this video] [2] [link] [3] [link]
Novel anti-picking mechanisms that teach lock design and picking methods.
What am I missing? This looks like a re-encode: $ yt-dlp -x --sponskrub --sponskrub-cut [this video] [youtube] [this video] Downloading webpage [youtube] [this video] Downloading android player API JSON [info] [this video] Downloading 1 format(s): 251 [download] Destination: Making an unpickable lock. Calling locksmiths [this video] [download] 100% of 12.72MiB in 00:00 [ExtractAudio] Destination: Making an unpickable lock. Calling locksmiths [this video] Deleting original file Making an unpickable lock. Calling locksmiths [this video] (pass -k to keep) [SponSkrub] Trying to remove sponsor sections WARNING: Cutting out sponsor segments will cause the subtitles to go out of sync. [libopus @ 0x5462c20] No bit rate set. Defaulting to 96000 bps. size= 3515kB time=00:04:33.53 bitrate= 105.3kbits/s speed= 26x Without the audio only option, it's more clear it's re-encoding: [SponSkrub] Trying to remove sponsor sections WARNING: Cutting out sponsor segments will cause the subtitles to go out of sync. [libopus @ 0x5575420] No bit rate set. Defaulting to 96000 bps. frame= 51 fps=8.5 q=0.0 size= 1kB time=00:00:01.95 bitrate= 3.5kbits/s speed=0.326x
are you perhaps talking about the forever lock? [link] while difficult, it can be undone ----- making a one-off "unpickable" lock is possible, here is some to-and fro between two youtube channels about such locks: Stuff Made Here: [this video] [link] Lock Picking Lawyer: [link] But things from installation issues, to making sure tolerances are maintained while making the locks on a production line, mean that there are always some gaps left in a mass produced and installed lock.
Part of back-and-forth between channels about attempts at unpickable locks.
Interesting design. I made a lock a couple years ago that is quite similar in principle (though this design is different and has a couple nice improvements). [this video] One of my main goals is to be an inspiration, though if it was based by my design I wish they’d credit it. Especially since they’re patenting it.
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