To prevent a home invasion, locking your doors with deadbolts should be the first line of defense. Learn about other ways to prevent a home invasion.
Break-ins are easy to prevent. Criminals tale the path of least resistance. Learn how you can keep criminals at bay and prevent break-ins.
A fascinating look inside a combination lock!
Safecracking is a matter of the right tools, the right skills and lots of patience. Learn the ins and outs of safecracking, from lock manipulation to exploding safes.
This set of articles includes explanations of lockpicking and safecracking, as well as the mechanical workings of many of the most common types of locks.
Lock picking allows people to open locks with only a few tools. Learn how to pick a lock, about types of keys and locks and about locksmith tools.
Most of us are entirely dependent on electricity, so a power outage can become seriously annoying. Learn about the generators and inverters that can put an end to home power failures.
The super of our apartment building is always going into everyone’s apartment when something needs to be fixed. There must be a hundred apartments, but he only carries one key around with him. How does he get into all those apartments with the same key?
Combination locks use wheel packs to set the combination inside the lock. Learn about combination locks and see pictures of the inside of a combination lock.
The purpose of panic rooms is to provide a safe place for someone to go should an emergency arise. Find out more about the purpose of panic rooms.
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