Over at the 23B hackerspace in Fullerton, CA, [Dano] had an interesting idea. He took a zip tie, and trimmed it to have the same profile of a lock pick. It worked. Not well, mind you, but it worked… ...

3D-Printed ‘Bump Key’ Can Open Almost Any Lock John Biggs 1:48 PM PDT · August 27, 2014 ...

In this video, Holler demonstrates a 3D-printed and filed bump key for an Ikon SK6, a key that uses restricted, carefully contorted blanks that can't even be created by many key-milling machines.

However, Ford seems to have upped the ante when it comes to wheel lock security. The latest iteration uses the soundwaves from an owner's voice to create a unique 3D printable pattern.

To bring the Stealth Key to market, Dr Ojeda teamed up with Felix Reinert, an expert on 3D-printing metal, to found a firm called UrbanAlps. Jiri Holda, a lock designer, joined them to help devise ...

Three 3D-printed Schlage Primus keys. When lock maker Schlage imprinted the words "do not duplicate" across the top of the keys for their high-security Primus locks, they meant to create another ...

In an era when digital tools allow anyone to make practically anything, inscribing the words "do not duplicate" on a key only invites ambitious lock pickers to do exactly that. Now one group of ...

Regardless, 3D printing and assembling your own combination lock is a great way to learn about how they work. It’s a fun project that is also much easier than sourcing and disassembling the real ...