Two years ago we highlighted how to crack a Master combination padlock for those of you who may have lost the combination to your bulletproof lock; now designer Mark Campos has turned the tried-and-true instructions into an easier-to-follow visual guide.


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(Click the image above or visit the source for a closer look.)

The instructions are pretty self-explanatory, and while there's no secret sauce that'll instantly crack the combination for you without a little bit of tedious trial and error, this method will crack that 64,000-possible-combinations lock in 100 tries or less.


Having gone back over the comments of our original post on the subject, it also seems worth pointing out reader fryck's suggestion, the beer can shim, which apparently also does the trick nicely. (See the video below.)

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Update: Here's another video demonstrating the technique with fun music via Hack a Day:

Master Lock [MarkEdwardCampos via Hack a Day]