I
haven't had very good luck with paper clips. A better tool is a used
dental pick, because this is tempered and holds up when you put stress on
Or just buy a set of lock picks. They're not expensive. I think I
paid under $15 for a reasonably nice set.
Depending on where you are, owning a lock pick set may be illegal if you
do not have a reason to own one.
Does wanting to open classic computers without damage and/or operate the
front panel lockswitch count as a 'reason to own lockpicks'?
Is this one of those laws where if you're caught in the middle of the
night on a stranger's doorstip with a set of lockpicks then you're
comitting a crime (which IMHO is quite reaosnable) but if you happen to
be at a friend's house repairing a PDP11/o5 then you do have a legal
reason to have said lockpicks?
Last I knew, lock pick sets were illegal to own in NJ unless you are
someone that has a "legal" use for one. Of course, since legal use isn't
really defined, it leaves it pretty wide open. (It is also illegal to
have a police scanner in your car, as well as carry a center punch...
Presumably becuase the automatic centre punch can be used to break car
windows for the purposes of robbery.
again, unless you have "legal" reasons for
the above... of course, being
Does wanting to drill holes in the right place count as a legal rason for
having a centre punch? Because that's what I use mine for (and rarely, if
ever, drill a hole without centre-punching it first).
-tony