Very cool! Thanks!

I learned how to pick a Masterlock when I was younger, and the technique requires more time and patience. However, it does allow you to recover the combination, which the shim technique does not. The technique I learned had you find the first number by feeling when the shackle was pulled in to the lock to find the first number. The second number can be one of the twelve "sticking points". The third number was found by trial and error. I would dial the first number, try one of the second numbers, and then try all forty possible third numbers before resetting the dial and trying again.

Here's a different technique: http://www.wikihow.com/Crack-a-%22Master-Lock%22-Combination-Lock or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHXgOxSGznE