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How To: Gut & reassemble American locks
Here is a short tutorial on how to gut and reassemble an American 1105 series lock. This isn't for beginners. You should have some experience in gutting and reassembling locks.
How To: Unlock a Door with a Credit Card
Uh, oh. You’re at your front door without a key. If you’ve got a credit card, see if you can get it to open the door before you use it to pay for a locksmith. Learn how to unlock a door with a credit card. The lock needs to be the right kind of lock & you need to have patience. Learn how to unlock a door with a credit card next time you are locked out!
How To: Hack an elevator to go directly to your floor
Going up? This video will teach you how to hack an elevator, making it go directly to the desired floor without stopping. If you're ever in a hurry or, heaven forbid, a genuine emergency and need to get to the bottom or top floor quickly, you'll be very happy you watched this how-to video. Learn how to enable the "express mode" in most any modern elevator with this great pushbutton hack!
How To: Hack an elevator so it goes directly to your floor
This video shows you how to make an elevator go directly to your floor while skipping all other floors.
How To: Pick a Fortress 40mm lock
This video shows you how to pick a Fortress 40mm lock. You have to actually pick the lock because you can't bypass it.
How To: Pass a drug test with the urinator & fake urine
This video shows you how to use the urinator to pass a drug test. You also need to make fake urine to put in the fake bladder of the urinator.
How To: Pick a car club
If you can't join the club, beat the club. Here's how to pick the club lock on a car with a jiggler set of lockpicks.
How To: Pick a lock in a flash
Learn to Pick a lock in less than 5 minutes with this how-to video! You will need a half-diamond pick, a rake pick, a tension wrench and a pin tumbler lock. A lack of morals doesn't hurt either, unless you're just trying to break into your own lock that you've lost the key for. Watch this video tutorial and learn how to pick a lock.
How To: Hack a Candy Machine with a Paper Coin
Craving candy but have no change? Then listen closely to this hack. This con how-to video shows you how to hack a candy machine by creating fake quarters. This hack trick should also work on parking meters. Never pay for candy or meters again. Watch this video tutorial on YouTube and learn how to hack a candy machine with a paper coin or cardboard.
How To: Cheat on a Test with an Eraser
There are a few ways to successfully cheat on a test without getting caught, Here's one of them! Like most, office and school supplies will be needed. For this one though all you pretty much need is an eraser. By the time you're done with this hack, you'll be getting straight As for sure.
How To: Cheat to Pass Any Test!
You've seen many videos out there that teach you how to successfully cheat to pass an exam. Well here is one more and like the others, it requires the use of a pen. Check out the instructional video for further details.
How To: Make a Super Secret Wall Safe for Less Than $3
Sometimes the best place to hide something is where people least expect it, so in this project, we're making a super secret safe that only you'll know about.
How To: Cheat on Any Test
Easy way to pass your test,for this project you will need old watch and printed paper with your stuff.
How To: Magically Link Paper Clips?!
This is a simple yet effective trick with you can impress people and make them laugh. They will never know how is this possible, maybe even you after watching this video and trying it yourself.
How To: Make 6+5=9?!
Want to make people laugh and amaze them also, then this is video for you. Step 1:
How To: Redeem Gift Card Balances for Cash
I've never understood gift cards. Aside from being severely restricted as to where you can use them, they're also a strange gift, especially if you don't shop at that particular store. Some even have expiration dates and service fees.
How To: This DIY Secret Entrance Door Is So Invisible You'll Probably Even Forget Where It's At
Want to secure your home? There are plenty of ways to go about it. You can make your doorbell send you a text if someone rings it while you're not home, or build a motion-triggered security camera. Even better, you can beat potential crooks at their own game by installing a door they can't even find.
How To: Get a Free Drink from a Nesquik Vending Machine
In a 10 button Nesquik vending machine or other 10 button vending machines, you can hack to get credited for free drinks.
U-Lock Gets Hammered: Is Compressed Air a Bike Thief's New Best Friend?
We've seen compressed air power a homemade rocket, shoot erasers across the room, and even remove dents from a vehicle, but how about breaking a bike lock?
How To: Save Money on Booze at Shows with This Reusable "Vodka Stash" Bottle
If you go to a lot of concerts and shows, you know that it can be easy to spend more on drinks than you spent on the ticket for the event itself. With this "vodka stash water bottle" you'll never have to pay for alcohol at a show again—assuming you like clear liquor, that is.
How To: Break into a Digital Safe
This tutorial shows you how to break into a digital safe. The technique uses a design floor in the safes often found in hotels or homes.
How To: Pick a 700 series American Lock
Grab a thin tension wrench and a thicker tension wrench, combine them with your favorite pick, and you'll be ready to unlock that 700 series American Lock that you, or someone you know has lost the key to.
How To: Make a secret compartment in a book so you can hide valuable items
Have something expensive or personal to hide? Something you don't want anybody else to find? A secret book compartment is perfect for concealing your valuables in plain sight. And this video will show you how to make your own hidden recess for your very own book safe. Just grab your desired book, a razor knife and some other materials, like water, glue, a paintbrush, container, pencil, and straightedge (ruler).
How To: Cheat on a Test with a Coke Bottle Label
If you find yourself desperate and need a way to sneak a peek at the answers while you are taking your next big test, this video offers a very clever solution, using the label of a Coke bottle. But don't work too hard on cheating when you could just study!
How To: MoMA Pisses Off Internet Artists (Here's How to Get Back at Them)
Aram Bartholl over at F.A.T. is pretty pissed because MoMA is discriminating against internet artists. As most New York-based working artists know, MoMA offers annual membership for only $35 (compared to the standard rate of $75) to artists who can provide "credentials" that prove legitimacy. Though the offer isn't publicized on the MoMA site, word on the street is "credentials" equates to "a letter from the gallery or an announcement for one of the artist's shows within the past two years" (...
How To: Get Unlimited (Almost Free) Video Game Rentals from GameStop
Get Money First you need to find a way to get 60 dollars or less, depending on what game you are going to choose to rent.
How To: Hack an American Lock combination
You've seen plenty of videos about hacking Master Lock combinations. But what about those American Locks? They always seem to be forgotten, since Master Lock is the biggest combination lock producer out there.
How To: Tell Whether a Credit Card Number Is Valid Just by Looking at It
Think credit card numbers are just a meaningless jumble of digits? A sort of number soup? Think again! Your credit card number isn't even number at all but rather a composite of four separate numbers, each of which plays an important, fixed role.
How To: Hot Wheels! Workshop Teaches Kids How to Steal Cars
It may look like a modern take on Oliver Twist but, we assure you, this is for real. Before you get too alarmed, however, you should note that the headline reads "how to steal cars" and not simply "to steal cars." We are, after all, dealing with the fine people at Machine Project, a Los Angeles-based non-profit community space organized around the investigation of "art, technology, natural history, science, music, literature, and food."
How To: Freeze the lock off a toolbox with compressed air
Whether it's moles or locks, there are all sorts of unpleasant things that can be removed by freezing them. This video will teach you how to freeze the lock off of a toolbox using plain old compressed air and a hammer.
How To: Use printouts and elastic wristbands to cleverly cheat on a test
Ace every test with this clever cheat. It's an unpredictable way to cheat on a test… unless… you have never worn elastic wristbands in your entire life. Maybe, before you try out this test-cheating method, you should don some fancy wristbands to get people warmed up to the idea of you wearing them, so when it comes time to cheat on your exam, no one will be wise to it.
How To: Pass (um… cheat) on any exam using a custom-made T-shirt
Depending on how well your T-shirt design is, you may never get caught cheating on your exams! The more words you throw on your shirt, the less likely any one would notice they're not just any ol' words! Learn the clever way to cheat on your test with a custom-made tee!
HowTo: Cheat Your Way Through College
A man going by the pseudonym of Ed Dante has written an illuminating account on his life as a career cheater. His clients include ESL students, hopeless dummies, and spoiled, lazy rich kids:
How To: Perform a simple mind trick with cups
This is a video tutorial in the Pranks and Cons category where you are going to learn how to perform a simple mind trick with cups. For this you will need three cups or any similar articles under which another object can be hidden. You then ask one of your spectators to hide an object under one of the cups while your back is turned towards the cups. Then you turn around and point out the cup under which the object is hidden. The trick is to put an indiscernible mark on one of the cups that on...
How To: Perform the coin through a handkerchief trick
In this video from ViralVideoJunkies we learn the magic trick where you pass a coin through a handkerchief. Take the coin and place it underneath the scarf. Hold it by the coin and pinch it so you have a bit of material in between the coin and your other finger. When you make the move to put the coin back in the scarf you are actually not just covering the quarter back up, but you are taking both sides of the scarf and flipping it. Now you have a firm grip with your thumb and finger on the co...
How To: Use a bump key attack on a Shlage Primus lock and prevent bump attacks
The bump attack is one of the most effective means that professionals use to open locked doors, but the Schalge Primus lock has been long thought to be immune to these attacks. No longer. Watch this video to find out how to bump attack a Primus and also prevent a bump attack on your own locks using anti-bump pins.
How To: Find cheap ways to get shop tools, workspace, and good picks for lockpicking
Lockpicking might not be the most well-respected discipline in the world, but it's very useful for crime, survival, and all sorts of other disciplines. This video is of a presentation from a lockpicking conference that focuses on economical lockpicking. Topics include getting cheap tools and space as well as using heat treating to turn cheap lockpicks into more durable effective ones.
How To: Open combo locks by turning the the opposite direction using different numbers
Most combinations locks like the one you have / had on your locker need to be turned right, left, then right again to enter the combination and open the lock. Or so you thought! Watch this video to learn how you can unlock a lock with turns in the opposite direction by using a different combination.
How To: Cheat on a school test ten different ways
In this video, we learn how to cheat on a school test ten different ways. The first way you can do this is to write on a water bottle. Or, you can write on the bottom of your shoe. You can also write on your arm and wear a long sleeve shirt. You can also stretch and turn and look at other people's tests while you're doing this. Writing on an eraser is also another great way to cheat. Use your notes by placing the paper underneath your test or put them on the floor and look at the answers. Pas...