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- From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
- Newsgroups: alt.locksmithing
- Subject: Re: HELP WITH MY LOCKER PLEASE!
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.012133.22590@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 01:21:33 GMT
- References: <C1C26s.I76@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
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- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
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- ec49726@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Manny DeSoto) writes:
- :
- : A couple of years ago, a friend of mine told me a way of opening a master lock
- : (combo or key, Im unsure) with a hammer and some pantyhose. From what I
- : understand, you tie the U end of the lock to the pantyhose and let it dangle
- : and tie the other end to something solid. When you strike the lock with the
- : hammer, the elasticity of the pantyhose is supposed to have the right frequency
- : (something like a spring constant, I guess) to open the lock.
-
- The technique is called "rapping", and can be used on some models of
- combination locks. The usual instructions say to use a piece of leather.
- The pantyhose will not gain you anything - but probably will not hurt
- either.
-
- Bill
-