(180) How to Impression a Lock - Yale 5 Pin Rim Cylinder
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
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I've had a go at Impressioning and to be honest, it's much harder to do successfully than I thought it was going to be. So excellent work 😀
Tipene Nga Puhi thanks :-) for me the key was not to rush it
For me the key was lost....
Good job! My first try at impressioning worked very easily and I've been struggling ever since.
Ah, the old beginners luck! :-)
This skill takes real patience. Great video as always.
m95673 thank you:-)
Not something I think I’ll be in a massive rush to try but it’s nice to know the process. Well done 👍
Thank you :-)
It takes time....
Great demonstration! My very first time trying to impression a key I was doing so on a small 4 pin master lock and the key blanks I had acquired were very cheap and I ended up breaking 3 of them. So quality keys are stronger and lend them selves to impressioning, lol.
LockTest yes, I agree, those keys take a lot of punishment!
nice to see something other than same ol spp..as a beginner i still identifying what keyway is what.great vid bro
Better then the others ,straight with the right information 👌.
M father sometimes impressioned his own keys, but he always used a candle flame or cigarette lighter to blacken the surface of the key. Any scratches show up immediately, and the method also works for lever, slider and warded locks.
Yes, it’s a good technique, but better for lever locks, generally 👍
I would say that was brilliant impressioning, well done, 👍👍👍👍👌👌👌👌😊
Thanks 🙏
very nice tutorial, one of the guys who comes to locksport is going to teach us how to impression!
Very cool video,
There is a trick to help with seeing the marks on the key. For those of you who are having a bit of a hard time impressioning... Take a file to the blank before you start and not to nock the sanding method at all. But take the file and file the blank into an edge like a knife so that the pins can mark the key better.
But that is just a tried and true method I know helps.
Good Luck to all who try.
Cheers!!
Whether or not a person decides to try the blade technique, the effort taken to ensure that the bitting surface is clean and smooth is an essential step. The reason for it is so that you don't have to try and tell the difference between marks made by the pins and marks made by the file. In other words, with less noise the signal is easier to discern.
Steel Pinnings good tip. I have only ever heard that tip before for lever lock impressioning where you would file the back of the key to a sleight point to make allow the levers to deform the metal more easily :-) never tried impressioning a lever lock though... one day!
Good job. Doing this is not as easy as it looks. Naturally it gets easier the more you have a go at it, but it can be a seemingly wild and uncertain ride at first. Diederichsen's fine book, "Impressioning," is a worthwhile investment for those interested and willing to buy a good book on the subject. The book features plenty of good tips together with numerous good quality photographs that can be used to "fine tune" the senses and better understand the whole process.
Noctis Motus I would definitely recommend people give this a try. I find it great fun even if there is no real need behind it for me (maybe one day for a padlock with no key?). Good book recommendation :-)
Agreed. A good and fun challenge. It takes a little time to learn what to trust, but it is certainly time well spent. It is an extremely useful skill when you want keys for locks with non-removable cores, lever locks, etc. And yes, the book is excellent! :)
Very interesting, I have only seen this done previously by dismantling the lock and checking the lift of each pin against a set of special keys. Either way you really have to have a good reason for doing it; in the case of this lock it would be cheaper to drill it out and buy a new cylinder for under £4. Thanks for posting.
Thanks for watching and commenting :-)
Nice video. If I ever try impressioning this will be perfect. Thanks
Randy Perkins give it a go! Yale blanks in particular are cheap and it's great fun :-)
GREAT REVIEW. it is a art .i have watch professional do this .
thay have some unique tools to do this.you did great job explaining. THANKS FOR SHOWING. 😎😎😎😎😎
Thanks for another great video for us beginners.
great to watch buddy very nice work👍👍😊😊
Leon's lockpad thank you :-)
Great video as always. 👍👍
Pete 1 thank you :-)
great job I tried one time broke the key in the lock and didn't take the peaks down as I went like to have never got the key out of the lock
cool, great work bud! I have only done this once. I think i should give it a go again and maybe ill make a video aswell
Cool video Ash :). I have tried once to impression an Abus 85, but I did only get steel keys and did break half a douzen with no success... ;D. But somewhere I have an Aluminum key for an Abus Euro lock, so maybe I will give it one more try another time on a different lock ;).
redcatimaging do it :-) I think steel keys might be a little hard to easily impression... aluminium might be too soft... Brass seems to be just about right... saying that I've only impressioned 3 locks, so I'm clearly not an expert :-)
If you don't break any blanks when starting out, then you are not doing it right, as Jos Weyers might say. :)
Then I'm doing it very right haha ;D. Yeah, know the master from videos ;).
I haven't found a video anywhere that shows you how to impression a key from a lock in situ that you have already picked open so the barrel is in the rotated position. Clearly the pin heights would be in the shape of the desired key, but as they can't move until you re-lock the door you couldn't get a blank in. How would you read the bitting to cut an exact key?
There are tools (developed by the Stasi I believe) that can measure pin heights in a picked lock for certain locks, but clearly that’s not really practical. Since we only pick locks that are not in use, I’d just recommend impressioning on the bench like t(is
hey great video. I will be giving this a go soon on a few locks I have without keys. BTW You should only file in one direction, so you don't blunten your files. I'm sure there are some videos on here explaining the advantages of doing so. I have now subscribed so looking forward to some more videos from you.
Dominic Chilvers great tip with the file, thanks. And thanks for subscribing :-)
It also clogs the file with fine brass dust packing into the teeth making it cut poorly.
If you need to put the original key next to the blank you might as well use that as a template!
well done Lock Noob
Iggy Mac thanks :-)
I've been trying this without success. How can there be a binding pin(s) at the very start while the key has no cuts at all?
Good job.
Thanks!
Great video
Thank you!
A great video - you are quite a multi-talented guy :-) Great work on that key. Did you check the marks with your lens in-between? Impressioning is an awesome method - thank you for sharing your experience.
Potti314 I actually find I don't need the lens, but it's OK for having around for comfort checking. If the cuts are polished with fine wet and dry paper, the impressions show up nicely :-) have you tried impressioning?
No I haven't but I will someday. It's an amazing method.
Where can we buy blanc keys for impressioning? What kind of material are they? Thanks.
Is there a good source online for key blanks? How do you identify the keys to order them?
ebay sometimes
as a beginner enjoy the educational vids still:)
Is there a reason why you don't use engineers blue on the key to see the marks better? Or even marker pen on the key anything to rub off and be easier to see ,will it mess up the pins or something like that?
No, not really, it’s just another step. Also, with locks with strong springs, you end up scratching the pen/blue off as you pull it in and out. This technique works well in lever locks though :-)
Round those shard edges off top of bidding key will slide in and out easier.
For sure :-)
Bravo buddy 👍👍👍😎😎😎😎🎉🎉🔓😍😍😘
Something this slow has limited practicality for either legal or illegal activities. All the legal applications I can think of involve something you own being locked up, either due to you accidentally locking yourself out, or something coming into your possession pre-locked, such as inheritance or storage-unit auctions, and you not having any access to they key, but you don't want to break the lock, but in fact want to continue using it with your makeshift key. In all cases, picking the lock open, taking it apart, and properly measuring the bitting to make a better key, or rekeying it to a key you already have, seems to be much more practical if you are this slow at it.
catlover10192 impressioning can be the only way to work out a key for some locks where the cylinders are press fitted. Also, impressionig is a legitimate privilege escalation technique that pen testers use. Look up 'Deviant Olam elevator' for some great background :-)
You can't rekey or repin Many locks, Great for keeping an old lock in service. Picking and Bolt Cutters, ok, but take less skill or Craftsmanship. It is an Art, few can do well. How about narrowing the edge of the key to make more of an Impression with less force?
That was a good effort, noob. I'm hardly an expert but the key here is take your time. Remove a small amount of material then check the key, cause you can't put the stuff back.