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unusual facts about Combination lock


Combination lock

Early combination padlocks made by Master Lock could be cracked by pulling on the shackle of the lock and turning the dial until it stopped; each numeral in the combination could be revealed in this manner.


Thermal lance

In the movie The Score Nick Wells (played by Robert De Niro) uses a thermal lance to cut a hole in the top of a safe, to avoid the safe's glass relocker device.


see also

Cryptex

Wordlock, a combination lock using letters instead of numerals