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>It also wouldn't take an Eli Whitney to turn it into an automated gadget that works as a universal key for the most common locks. These have existed for a whi
by Arainach 6y ago
>It also wouldn't take an Eli Whitney to turn it into an automated gadget that works as a universal key for the most common locks.
These have existed for a while. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKZ_vJDMJ9A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKZ_vJDMJ9A
The mechanism isn't quite the same, but that's because for most common locks, if you're building a machine you don't need pin-by-pin picking.
- ineedasername 6y agoCorrect, lishi picks are great for single pin picking, and I suspect it might allow dealing with security pins much easier than a pick gun. Such guns are somewhat similar to raking techniques, which are not great with security pins.
- SavantIdiot 6y agoI first read about these in a book called "How to get Anything on Anybody" that I bought from the Paladin Press in 1983. They're from the 50's, I believe, and haven't changed much.