SAFES • 57
Broken glass!
We took a break for a
lunch of hot pork rolls with
homemade stuffing and apple
sauce or a vegetable lasagna
option.
After lunch we let the chaps
from Hull front drill their safe,
break the glass and overcome
the rel-ocker. Remarkably,
when the glass broke, it
remained intact enough to still
hold the re-locker in position
without it firing! It is unlikely,
however, that such luck would
occur on a live opening!
After another quick walk
around, Colin from London
had set to drilling a hole in
the top of a Dudley Dudley,
coming down the back of the
lock to scope and decode the
locks combination through
the change key hole!
Another interesting opening
was by Darren on a Dudley
Euro grade 2 with a broken
lock and broken boltwork
spindle. He drilled through
the side of the safe, through
the deflector plate and
took out the wedge in the
Colin from London
drilling a hole in the top
of a Dudley Dudley
Darren on a Dudley Euro grade 2
lock allowing the bolt to be
retracted; however, the bolt
driver inside the lock had
been sheared so another
hole had to be dropped in
the top and a wire was used
physically to pull the bolt.
He then used his original
side hole to push the boltwork
back.
Many other openings
took place throughout the
afternoon and we decided to
call it a day at around 1800
and head back to the hotel for
some evening refreshments
and further “training” in the
bar.
On Sunday morning the
group met at the unit and
were greeted with tea,
coffee and pastries, before
we demonstrated various
methods of overcoming issues
with faulty electronic keypads
- and a new technique for
bypassing electronic locks
was developed using a very
unsuspecting household
item.
The method was tested
on Insyss/Witkopp locks,
M-locks and the full range
of La Gard electronic locks
and seemed to be very
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successful. This method is
still being developed and has
the potential to be a game
changer when opening this
kind of lock.
Throughout the day
impromptu master classes
took place covering picking,
decoding, manufacture of
tools, bypass techniques and
drill sharpening.
There were many more
openings through the
weekend (far too many to
include here) and we believe
it was a complete success for
everyone. One member of the
party had never worked on or
even seen inside a safe and
by the end of the weekend
had opened five safes
including a grade 2.
As a result of the success
of this event, we have
decided to host more similar
weekends, for novices plus
a high security weekend that
we’re sure will appeal to other
safe engineers.
Other shorter master class
courses will be tailored and
released at the forthcoming
Nottingham lock show with
discounts available to those
who book on the day!