Bump Keys Made With 3D Printer - Criminals Going High Tech

Happy New Year and welcome to 2016.

Bump keys have been in the news for a few years now and the increasing sales of our Bilock Extreme Security products attests to this.

As pictured here, the Bilock New Generation core is truly the first 100% bump proof pin tumbler product of it's kind.

Australian Lock Co PTY LTD are the manufacturer of this high security range of cylinders, expertly designed and produced to be able to fit in many leading brands of hardware.

That means, if you currently have or own a Schlage, Marks, Corbin, Lockwood, Yale, Sargent and many other quality brands of hardware products, you can purchase Bilock cylinders that will fit into these brands.

We offer a range of high quality LSDA brand deadbolts, knob sets, lever sets in ANSI/BHMA Grade 1, 2 and some 3 level quality. We choose LSDA because they are produced by an American lock and hardware distributor who offers up to 10 year warranties on many of their products and because the products are very well made. We install our own hand built Bilock cylinders within the hardware. We build all our Bilock systems in-house using state-of-the-art computerised master keying technology.
All cores are keyed up by hand, for quality assurance. All products are tested completely prior to leaving our workshop.

We recently came across a video on Youtube that shows a fellow, presumably in Europe, who proceeds to bump open a typical high-security pin tumbler cylinder found there. He shows the actual working keys first, then shows the bump key he created on a 3D printer and bumps the cylinder in his hand multiple times. View the video after the break.


Using a bump key is frighteningly simple and painless to create using conventional metal keys and a warding file or Pippin file, but many would be creators often do not have access to the suitable keyblanks or files used to make these non-destructive lock bypass tools.

Enter the 3D printer. There are many brands of 3D printers coming to market nowadays and with prices continuing to fall for them, more and more people are getting into the 3D printing craze. Creating the desired key way profile and setting the parameters for the suitable chamber depths is a cinch. This means that anyone with access to such a device can create their desired Bump Key in minutes and without having to source keyblanks and files. Or simply creating a file on your computer and taking a disk to FEDEX or UPS (various locations) can save you the expense of buying your own 3D printer. then you simply pay the small sum charged by FEDEX or UPS for them to produce the items on your behalf.

Because you created the bump keys on a 3D printer, they will probably work more often than a hand carved version and they can be easier to handle/operate.

Now you have your 3D printed bump key, you can surreptitiously open and re-lock any similar type of lock that uses the keyway you produced. I say open and re-lock because the effect of unlocking a door with no damage and then re-locking the same door (assuming it is using a deadbolt) will leave no hint of break in. This becomes a problem for occupiers/home owners/ tenants because they have no way to tell if they have been broken into until they gain entry themselves and that directly leads to  exacerbating the problem, if they put their key into the contravened lock cylinder.

Insurance companies are renowned for refusing to pay a claim when there is no sign of forced entry.

Or simply purchase one of our Bilock Extreme Security cylinders or complete deadbolts using unique color coded and copy proof keys and never, ever be concerned about lock bumping or picking of your dwelling.