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Thing a Week 2: Cracking Combination Locks

Posted: 13th January 2010 by Andrew Brown in Thing-A-Week, Tutorials
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Single-dial combination locks are a common appearance in safes and places such as locker rooms and school hallways where tons of locks need to be used in many different places. These combination locks unlock by spinning a dial clockwise to the first number, reversing the direction to the second number, and rotating clockwise again for the third and final number (assuming the padlock only has three-number combinations, which this guide will cover).