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>> JASON: What? What is this?
>> BRIAN: What? We're just hands.
>> JASON: Why are we hands?
>> BRIAN: We do a hand channel now. It's easier.
Production takes less time. This will be great.
>> JASON: But your hand is all gross and scarred.
>> BRIAN: Okay, yes and...
but, we have a very special guest
who's also just a pair of hands!
>> JASON: [gasp] The lockpicking [laughs]
>> BRIAN: Ha ha! Your fake beard fell off. You suck.
[static]
[electronic buzz]
>> BRIAN: Dude, I'm so excited!
We're back again with the lock picking lawyer!
>> LPL: Hey there, folks.
>> JASON: Ah, he's going to show us some more wizardry!
>> LPL: I've got some crazy stuff out here.
>> BRIAN: Yeah, so we're going to learn how to
duplicate a key.
Now, previously, we learned how to 3D print one
by taking a photograph of it.
But this seems a lot more low tech.
>> JASON: Yeah, you don't need the 3D printer
or to know any sort of CAD, right?
>> BRIAN: Cadmium.
No. No. There is a little bit of that.
>> LPL: We'll talk about that.
First, you need to prepare your key impressioning device.
And we have a couple of different options here.
This is a commercially made one.
You need to fill it up with some sort of soft substance
that you can impression a key into.
Or, if you don't want to actually have to buy one,
this is a 3D printed one.
So, maybe you need a 3D printer
[all three laugh]
I spoke too soon.
>> BRIAN: In this case, it looks like we're using
Sculpey, I assume, like even modeling clay
would work for this kind of thing?
>> LPL: I think so. I think so.
Sculpey works really, really well.
All we need to do is...
Why don't you fill up one side of that.
>> BRIAN: You got it.
>> LPL: Make sure it's all in the nooks and crannies.
We actually forgot an important step.
>> BRIAN: That doesn't sound like our show at all.
>> LPL: It's, it's an optional step.
>> BRIAN: Oh!
[LPL] But I usually like to put
>> BRIAN: For easy removal.
>> LPL: Release agent.
>> JASON: Yeah, all right, all right. That's a good idea.
So it's like PAM that you spray in your...
>> LPL: It's exactly what it's like.
>> BRIAN: It's criminal PAM.
>> LPL: Okay, so we're going to put that in there.
[aerosol can spraying]
We're in good shape now.
Now you can put the Sculpey in there.
And be generous with it.
In fact, fill it a little past the top.
>> BRIAN: Okay.
>> LPL: I want some extra in there.
>> BRIAN: So when we squeeze it, it should be
coming out the sides, like a peanut butter sandwich.
>> LPL: Well, I'm going to show you what we're going to do.
We're definitely going to need more
on the other side there.
>> JASON: It's like a Playdoh mold,
like when you were a kid and you just
mash it together and,
"Oh look. It's Luke Skywalker."
[Brian laughs]
>> JASON: It's exactly like that.
Shut up!
>> BRIAN: Oh, you're right, though.
>> LPL: This is a trick taught to me
by Deviant Ollam, who actually taught me
a lot of this key casting stuff.
>> BRIAN: For the uninitiated, who is Deviant?
>> LPL: A penetration tester, a speaker at
a lot of conferences.
>> JASON: A legend in his own time.
>> LPL: He's the kind of person that
you don't want to be trying to get into your building,
because he will probably get in.
So he taught me a lot of these key casting techniques.
What I'm doing is just using a small rod here.
And we're going to just get the excess off.
But what it also does is gives us
a little bit of extra Sculpey at the top here.
>> BRIAN: Uh, huh.
>> LPL: And we're going to use that to create
a little bit of a funnel at the very end.
>> BRIAN: Got it. Got it.
>> LPL: So we've got something to hold onto
while we're using this key.
>> BRIAN: I assume at some point we're going to be
pouring molten liquid metal in there, right?
>> LPL: That's exactly what we're going to do.
>> JASON: Okay.
>> LPL: So I'm going to get a little bit
of this extra up here.
Now here, again it's an optional step,
but if you're going to prepare
and you want this to go smoothly,
I recommend using a little bit
of baby powder.
>> BRIAN: Okay, so the first one,
the criminal PAM that we used,
is so that the Sculpey comes out easily.
This is so that the key comes out easily.
>> LPL: The key comes out easily
and so the two Sculpey sides don't stick
to each other when we close this up.
>> BRIAN: Got it.
>> LPL: Because that's going to be a problem
if it happens.
>> BRIAN: I just realized.
We're doing this indoors at the warehouse.
I would think that some kind of smelting
or forge type of thing would not be good
for an indoor activity.
>> LPL: Okay, a word about the metal we're using.
So this is Wood's metal.
It's an alloy that melts at a very low temperature.
It has a little bit of cadmium in it.
Which, if we heat it up too much,
can create hazardous fumes.
There's another option.
It's far more expensive called Field's metal.
It does not create any hazardous fumes.
However, most of the time when you buy
Field's metal online, they send you
Wood's metal, anyway.
It's an issue.
So I generally use this and don't heat it up enough
to create any hazardous fumes.
>> JASON: So how hot do we need to get it?
Do we, like, microwave it?
Do we put it in the oven?
>> LPL: No, we're just going to use a lighter
and this little ladle.
Let's assume we need to get an impression
of this key.
We can leave it on the key chain.
It doesn't matter.
>> JASON: Oh, really?
>> LPL: First, let's make sure this is totally ready.
Got to squeeze it out.
And I think we're ready to go now.
So you can keep this in your pocket
until you are ready to capture this key.
And you get access to this key
for just a couple of moments.
We put it into the mold.
>> BRIAN: You know, it might be something like,
I need to borrow the keys for a post office box.
But what you really want is the main office
door key or something.
>> LPL: Yep.
>> JASON: Or, let's say you're a valet with ill intent
and you just swipe the keys and do that.
So...
>> LPL: Yeah.
>> JASON: Be careful with your keys?
>> BRIAN: Use a key sheet.
>> LPL: So we put it in there.
I'm going to
push that down as much as I can.
And at the same time I'm going to create
a little funnel around the bow of the key here
so we can fill that up with the excess metal.
>> BRIAN: I just realized that, like if you
pick up your car from the valet,
there's evidence that could be on it.
I guess keep an eye out for those kinds of
suspicious things.
>> LPL: Could be, but if you did your job right,
there won't be.
So here we have everything we need to create
one of those keys.
So I'm going to keep this closed.
>> JASON: Oh! I would have thought that
would have ruined all of the work you just did.
>> BRIAN: Oh, closing it up?
>> JASON: Yeah. >> BRIAN: Uh, wait, uh, yeah
>> LPL: You want to see it again?
>> BRIAN: Yeah yeah yeah. Yeah.
That does not look like it's precise enough.
I would not...
Huh.
>> LPL: Okay, now that we have this impression made,
we're going to close it up.
We don't need to open it again
until we have a key inside.
I'm going to put this little clamp here,
mostly just to hold it upright.
>> JASON: Okay.
>> BRIAN: Everything about this seems too easy.
>> LPL: It's super low tech.
Now, these little cubes of metal
are the perfect amount to create one key.
I created them
using this.
It's nothing but a silicone ice cube tray.
>> JASON: So you got your Wood's metal, heated it up...
>> LPL: A nice big ingot. >> JASON: Yeah.
>> LPL: I heat it up in a metal ladle,
poured it into here.
Then I had a bunch of little cubes ready for casting.
>> JASON: That's brilliant.
Each one is a key in the making.
>> LPL: It's another trick from Deviant Ollam.
>> JASON: No, that's great.
>> LPL: We're going to melt this metal.
Now to make sure we don't get this too hot,
what I'm going to do is heat up the ladle,
and all the heat that's in the ladle
is actually what's going to melt that.
>> BRIAN: Well, what does too hot look like?
>> LPL: When fumes start coming off.
>> BRIAN: Ewww, yeah.
Right, here, you just wan, want
Here, I can play stove for ya.
>> LPL: Okay. Here ya go.
>> BRIAN: Uh oh.
Uh oh! [laughing]
Welcome to The Modern Rogue!
[Jason laughing]
Okay, all right. All right
[lighter clicking] Oh no!
>> JASON: I swear to God our show is cursed.
[static]
>> LPL: Okay, let's heat that up just a little bit.
>> BRIAN: So what we want is for this to be
a heat reservoir, so the Wood's metal
immediately starts absorbing, and very quickly
heats up and doesn't get to the full
two thousand degrees that this hydrocarbon
is running at.
>> LPL: I think we're probably there.
>> BRIAN: Holy cow! Wait!
>> LPL: We need to pour this in.
>> JASON: This is so easy.
This is, like, you could do this on premises.
>> LPL: Okay, now we need to give this
about five minutes to cool down.
Now if we take it out too early
it's going to be really weak.
It's going to break.
So, give it the time to solidify.
>> BRIAN: Is there anything special about this?
>> LPL: This is sold for people casting bullets.
>> BRIAN: Wait, wha-what-what?!
Like in the movie The Patriot?
>> JASON: Most frequently used when you have to
fight a werewolf and you melt down
your aunt's jewelry into silver slugs.
>> LPL: That happens.
[static]
>> BRIAN: What are our biggest concerns?
Like what's left for us to mess up at this point?
>> LPL: Well, we don't want to break it
because it's not the strongest key in the world.
But it should be strong enough for us to use.
>> JASON: We, we never break things.
>> BRIAN: Oh, my God!
Look how precise that is!
>> LPL: Looks pretty good.
Looks like we got a good cast on this.
So we'll take this out. >> BRIAN: Wow!
>> JASON: That looks like an actual key.
>> LPL: Now you can see we had a little pocket in there
where we didn't get the metal in.
But that shouldn't affect anything here.
I see a couple of imperfections at the tip
that might create an issue.
>> BRIAN: Yep.
>> LPL: But let's give it a shot, see what happens.
>> BRIAN: Jason, do you want to do the honors?
I fear because this seems to be pretty brittle stuff,
that over twisting it, like in your...
>> LPL: It can create issue.
You do need to be a little bit careful with these.
>> JASON: Okay. Okay. I can do it.
Okay. Got it in there.
[lock clicking]
>> BRIAN: Yes!
>> JASON: Holy hell! That is amazing!
>> BRIAN: At this point, would you
just keep this key or would you use this key
as a positive to cast more keys?
>> LPL: Well, you wouldn't cast one,
but you could certainly cut a new key.
On a regular key blank.
Or you could measure this and decode it,
so you could cut one later.
There's a lot of things you could do with this
now that you have it that don't involve
just using it.
>> BRIAN: So, I know there are different numbers
for the different pin positions.
What is the difference between them?
It looks like, maybe, a millimeter?
>> LPL: Roughly, 24 thousandths of an inch
on these types of locks, on the Kwiksets.
>> JASON: Would you keep your mold here
if you wanted more copies?
Would that be worthwhile or...
>> LPL: You could, but it's never going to be
as good as the first one.
>> JASON: Ah, okay. Yeah.
>> BRIAN: Well, most importantly.
Oh, my God, I can't believe it.
If people want to follow all of your adventures,
they should go to what?
Lock Picking Lawyer on YouTube?
>> LPL: Absolutely. YouTube.com/lockpickinglawyer.
I have 950 videos and they all show
really cool stuff, just like this.
>> JASON: That is awesome.
[metal hitting wood] [clicking]
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>> JASON: I have a trick of, when you all are done playin'.
[Brian laughs]
>> BRIAN: Whenever you all are done playin'! -
>> LPL: We just got schooled.
>> BRIAN: Oh, he sounded so Oklahoman, too.
>> JASON: By the way, when you all are playing.
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despite the consequences for this video.