Click here for pdf version.1–AMPLIFIER AND HEADSETA three-wheel lock has 1 million possible combinations. Along with a light touch, amplifiers help LaBarge discern the minute mechanical discrepancies that give away the winning numbers.2–BORESCOPEWhen a combo can’t be cracked, LaBarge drills in and peers around with this lighted fiberoptic scope; its prism tip rotates 180 degrees. “I can view anywhere in the safe at any angle,” he says.3–DRILL PRESS AND DRILLA magnetic or vacuum press keeps LaBarge’s heavy-duty drill firmly in place. “If you’re off by 1/8 in. and it’s a 2-ft.-thick door,” he says, “you’re going to be off by a lot more at the end.“OFFICE SPACE"Safes are usually bolted to the floor from the inside, so you can’t move them–you work where you are. That’s usually under some basement stairs, in a forgotten corner of the attic or under a restaurant sink."• For background information on how safecracking works, click here.
