We used to have this amazing lock in early 1990s when I was in school. It took 30 years to understand how it exactly works. Thanks a lot for explaining :-)
Thanks to the internet. This has been a mystery for me for 35 years. My dad had one back in 1987 and I always wondered how it worked. Thanks for the Video 🙏
I had one of these magnetic padlocks some 40-odd years ago. It was advertised as unpickable. IIRC, the paperwork that came with it showed a number of small magnets placed with their N or S poles down. there were definitely more than 4 magnets arranged down the 'key' in a zigzag pattern and these would attract their opposite number inside the lock. I've not seen the like since until recently when I saw a woodworking plan for a bedside locker where the door was locked by virtue of a number of small magnets set into holes using gravity to keep the magnets in the door/top
Very nice explanation on a lock that has always seemed like pure witchcraft before! Definitely some fiddly designing going on there with those hexagons, and opposite sides and all that.
Does the lock open if you apply tension to the shackle and then place the key? Or does friction prevent the pins from moving? It seems like if it opens when in tension, there are a couple options. One would be to build a small device that rotates a small magnet around a shaft rapidly trying different positions.
Ah -- good question. I just tried it, and no: if you apply tension and then place the key, it absolutely won't open -- or at least I wasn't able to get it to do so. Makes sense, I think, as applying tension to the shackle also applies tension to the pins which need to be moved by the key. Still, I think your idea is interesting.
@@LockPickingCuber Bummer... I wonder if playing with varying tension levels might work. With "light-enough" tension the pins won't bind. But you might still be able to set them. Maybe you would end up getting some feedback in the shackle that you could practice noticing? Also, I would expect the pins to try to be pulled towards the magnet in a straight line. That means they will sometimes try to go through the position where they are orthogonal to the bar which is the position in which they are most likely to bind. If you had a magnet rotation around through various positions it might be possible to get the pin not to bind before it falls in the hole?
@@LockPickingCuber OK, I should just go get my own to play with. (I'm sure my partner won't mind me dipping into the house fund to get it shipped from the UK... God these things are pricey in the US!)
I always seem to see intresting videos you done weeks later. Dunno how I miss them. Never seen inside one of those before. Was real intresting. If I was gona have a crack at locksporting one of them open, I'd try some magnetic rakeing. Pull the shackle. Move a magnet round on the part the key goes against. Getting the right tension on the shackle and the right power magnet may take a bit of trial and error tho. I'd try light tension and rake with the wrong key. Then swap to a stronger magnet if that fails. I'd be real intrested to know if you got anywhere with any method of opening them👍 Thanks for the look inside that lock
Thanks for the comment, Deadlocks! Yeah, I've been trying since making the video but haven't managed to do better than "setting" one pin. You're probably right that the amount of tension and strength of magnets are important, so I'm going to keep trying! I've also got a completely different type of magnetic lock that I'm making a video on now which should be ready later this week...
I just saw a 7 year old video of these by a different company. Our local hardware chain still sells that brand 7 years later. They seem to have staying power for a lock that is more oddity than quality. I'll get one of each size just for my lock collection.
Nope... I should have shown that on the video but even with lots of magnets it wasn't possible to bypass it. The rods that prevent the opening of the shackle are very sensitive to exact positioning of the magnets. Good question!
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We used to have this amazing lock in early 1990s when I was in school. It took 30 years to understand how it exactly works. Thanks a lot for explaining :-)
Thanks to the internet. This has been a mystery for me for 35 years. My dad had one back in 1987 and I always wondered how it worked.
Thanks for the Video 🙏
You're welcome! Glad to have solved the mystery! :-)
Awesome analysis of the magnetic lock. Thank you for the video.
Bro my mind is blown away really unexpectd
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awesome video! great info!
Ahh! Thanks Dana! :-)
@@LockPickingCuber iv been looking at magnet locks lately and then you show up with this video!
I had one of these magnetic padlocks some 40-odd years ago. It was advertised as unpickable. IIRC, the paperwork that came with it showed a number of small magnets placed with their N or S poles down. there were definitely more than 4 magnets arranged down the 'key' in a zigzag pattern and these would attract their opposite number inside the lock. I've not seen the like since until recently when I saw a woodworking plan for a bedside locker where the door was locked by virtue of a number of small magnets set into holes using gravity to keep the magnets in the door/top
Very nice explanation on a lock that has always seemed like pure witchcraft before! Definitely some fiddly designing going on there with those hexagons, and opposite sides and all that.
Will it open if i attach a neodymium magnets to it apart from the orignal key?
Very clever!
Does the lock open if you apply tension to the shackle and then place the key? Or does friction prevent the pins from moving? It seems like if it opens when in tension, there are a couple options. One would be to build a small device that rotates a small magnet around a shaft rapidly trying different positions.
Ah -- good question. I just tried it, and no: if you apply tension and then place the key, it absolutely won't open -- or at least I wasn't able to get it to do so. Makes sense, I think, as applying tension to the shackle also applies tension to the pins which need to be moved by the key. Still, I think your idea is interesting.
@@LockPickingCuber Bummer... I wonder if playing with varying tension levels might work. With "light-enough" tension the pins won't bind. But you might still be able to set them. Maybe you would end up getting some feedback in the shackle that you could practice noticing?
Also, I would expect the pins to try to be pulled towards the magnet in a straight line. That means they will sometimes try to go through the position where they are orthogonal to the bar which is the position in which they are most likely to bind. If you had a magnet rotation around through various positions it might be possible to get the pin not to bind before it falls in the hole?
@@LockPickingCuber OK, I should just go get my own to play with. (I'm sure my partner won't mind me dipping into the house fund to get it shipped from the UK... God these things are pricey in the US!)
@@alexandrezani OK -- this is interesting. I'll keep trying!
Very nice, thank you for sharing
I always seem to see intresting videos you done weeks later. Dunno how I miss them.
Never seen inside one of those before. Was real intresting. If I was gona have a crack at locksporting one of them open, I'd try some magnetic rakeing.
Pull the shackle. Move a magnet round on the part the key goes against.
Getting the right tension on the shackle and the right power magnet may take a bit of trial and error tho.
I'd try light tension and rake with the wrong key. Then swap to a stronger magnet if that fails.
I'd be real intrested to know if you got anywhere with any method of opening them👍
Thanks for the look inside that lock
Thanks for the comment, Deadlocks! Yeah, I've been trying since making the video but haven't managed to do better than "setting" one pin. You're probably right that the amount of tension and strength of magnets are important, so I'm going to keep trying! I've also got a completely different type of magnetic lock that I'm making a video on now which should be ready later this week...
Not really ,I got it to open by turning magkey side face down and quick shake of the lock. Found one no key included.
I just saw a 7 year old video of these by a different company. Our local hardware chain still sells that brand 7 years later. They seem to have staying power for a lock that is more oddity than quality. I'll get one of each size just for my lock collection.
I have designed and built a magnetic lock. If you would like to try to figure out how to open it let me know.
Now that sounds like a fun challenge! You can email me at lockpickingcuber@gmail.com if you'd like to...
So picking these locks require moving a magnet around until each pin sets. Is it harde or easier?
I think it's harder now just because it's not well studied and there aren't specialist tools for it. If that changed, it might become easier...
That's an interesting design, but now I'm curious as to whether or not it can be bypassed by any low-skilled thief with a magnet strip?
Nope... I should have shown that on the video but even with lots of magnets it wasn't possible to bypass it. The rods that prevent the opening of the shackle are very sensitive to exact positioning of the magnets. Good question!
@@LockPickingCuber Ah okay, thanks for the clarification. ✌️
It is possible to bypass the lock with a strong magnet. I thought it was shown by bosnianbil and I also did it.
@@se032131 Oh, interesting! I wasn't able to do it -- did you just hold the magnet, still, up against the side, or did you have to move it around?
@@LockPickingCuber you will have to move the magnet around while putting a little tension on the shackle
How much
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The groove on the shackle is too shallow , I think you can simply force it open by pulling
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