How To Pick A Master Lock in 90 Seconds? It's easy.
Shockingly easy.
I own a couple of Master Lock lock boxes. I have occasionally used them to hold keys to my home.
Not anymore.
The other day, I realized that I could not remember the combination to one of my lock boxes. It had been awhile since I last used it, and for the life of me, I couldn't figure out what combination of four numbers would release the locking mechanism.
I contacted a local locksmith to see if he knew how to open the lock box, but he didn't. His reply? "Once you lock that box and forget the code, it's over. You can't open it again."
That was surprising to hear. I thought, "Surely there has to be a way to open this box!" After all, I could not have been the only person to forget the code to their lock box, could I?
So I Googled "lost my master lock code" to see if I could find any useful information.
And I did. Lots of it. Including YouTube videos showing exactly how to pick a Master Lock.
The process is simple: Use a locksmith's shim (such as a Weiser shim pick or a Peterson knife tool), slip the shim in-between the wheel and the lock's face plate, and while slowly turning the wheel, feel for the depression that indicates the wheel's code. Perform this process with all four wheels until you have the combination.
Using this process, I picked my Master Lock in about 90 seconds.
The locksmith shims range in price from about $2-$20 and can be purchased online. However, I didn't want to buy one and wait for it to be delivered, so I Googled "how to make a locksmith shim" and, once again, found plenty of sites explaining how to make one: using an aluminum soda can, scissors, and pliers. (My homemade shim is in the bottom of the photo. I happened to have had an aluminum soda can on hand.)
From start to finish, it took me about an hour to Google for tutorials and learn how to pick a Master Lock and how to make a locksmith's shim, to then build the homemade shim, and then to pick the lock in just 90 seconds.
So, as I mentioned at the beginning of my post, I own a couple of Master Lock lock boxes and I have occasionally used them to hold keys to my home. Not anymore.
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