3: What is Locksport

About this Episode

Episode 3: What is Locksport

http://thelocksportscast.com

 

In this week’s episode:

More news of criminals with picks.

What is locksport and activities does it encompass?

A couple interesting projects by the lockpicking subreddit members.

 

Please help me make this podcast a resource for the community by sending me any news or information you would like to share.

 

Contact Information

Email: charles@charlesbuildscrap.com

Reddit: currentc57 on r/locksport

Discord:  Lockpickers United as Current, Extraordinary League of Pickers as Current,  CBC as Current 

 

The locksport rules:  

     Rule 1: never pick a lock that you don’t own or do not have permission to pick.  

     Rule 2: do not pick locks that you rely on or that are in use

 

State of the podcast

Thank you to everyone that contributed to this episode. And to everyone that has shared this podcast with others.  It really helps.  However , contributions were a bit thin this week. 

Please send me anything you have that is locksport related, even if you don’t think it’s important.  It might just be the bit of info I needed.  If not, no harm done.  

Remember this podcast needs your support.  

If you support the show in some way, like providing information that I use in the podcast, I will give you a shoutout.  So when you send in your information,  if you have a YouTube channel, blog or anything like that, be sure to let me know.

 

I’m changing the day the podcast is released to Monday, to better fit my schedule.  That will give me the weekend to plan, record, edit and upload the show.

 

I want to say a special thank you to HelpfulLockPicker on YouTube for sharing this podcast, and my YouTube channel.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCloseNEb6epWL36Ap_zZmow

 

News:

 

Women facing breaking and entering, theft charges

https://www.kait8.com/2020/06/10/women-facing-breaking-entering-theft-charges/

 

What is “locksport”?

Picking locks just for the fun of it

Lock picking competitions

Disassembling and repinning locks

Challenge lock making and picking

Making cutaway locks

Decoding combination locks

Safe cracking

Tool making

Non destructive bypass methods

Destructive bypass methods

Designing and making new types of locks

Key impressioning 

Researching lock history 

Collecting locks

 

For decoding combination locks, check out Potti314 on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSCUS_rVVks_NKookFW9m4A

For beautiful cutaway locks, check out Supallama on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmBrQYJLqkxLGhYSX0LRyUQ

 

Interesting projects from the lockpicking Reddit:

 

LethalogicaX - made a 3D printed lock

Reddit Post 

https://www.reddit.com/r/lockpicking/comments/h9ayrb/i_designed_a_new_3d_printed_lock/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

YouTube channel

https://youtu.be/npht68N1uzs

 

Grain ORice - Safe lock manipulation and picking 

YouTube channel

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEVjx1wx19nFC9_VmvahtGw

Reddit Post

https://www.reddit.com/r/lockpicking/comments/h9l0y1/sg_8560_nondestructive_entry_idea/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

 

Giveaways:

 

RoonPicker on YouTube 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0uDsWpm4sISpzKlB0XVFDw

 

Starrylock on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/user/DrSteveSick

 

Charles Builds Crap

https://www.youtube.com/user/MrCharlesCurrent

 

Content for this episode provided by:

Starrylock on YouTube

LethalogicaX on YouTube

Flashingflamez on Reddit

Logos_Lock on Reddit

 

Special Thanks to:

HelpfulLockPicker

 

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Please keep sending in your news, links and giveaways.