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| Sep 21, 2019 at 16:58 | comment | added | Damon | @jberryman: That'll work, but it will make an awful lot of noise. The classic gear-puller (or the lockbreaking-optimized form, which is basically the same) has the immense advantage of making no noise, except for one click/snap sound when the bolt breaks. Other than that it's just a screw being turned, which is very quiet. | |
| Sep 21, 2019 at 0:25 | comment | added | jberryman | Attacking a lock with a slide-hammer (attached by a screw threaded into the keyway) seems to be the most common way to do this. | |
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| Sep 6, 2019 at 15:07 | history | answered | Damon | CC BY-SA 4.0 |