How to Make a Snapper Pick by Sams Choice

[niZe]

Wow nice idea, i`m just trying to do it.

[mrdan]

I was fooling around and made one and didn't think it wouuld work but wow it really works pretty good! Especially when I don't have my picks or when it is taking too long to pick. Way cool and fun too!


Thanks again!

[WeedIsMyCheat]

Thanks for this tutorial, its good

[scissor83]

Wait i started the project and i realized i dont have a bench grinder or dremmel what can i use to improvise? Thank you, it looks like a really good guide!

[UWSDWF]

a hammer and some emerypaper... and a fudge load of time

[Drorange]

hi i was wandering if anyone has tryed making more like a pick gun like the shape below works the same way but bent in a different shape.



Thx

[SemiShady]

I made on of these in like 15 min as a rough copy out of a coat hanger to see if i wanted to bother with a higher quality one. It works great (50% or so) for what it is. My main problem was a door with the pins on the bottem. I added a thumb handle coming out the 'top' so it could be used upside down (not akwardly). It works well on the lock i have here in my home. Like 8 to 20 snaps it'll get it.

ya gotta hold it differently however




like i said works well and is not akward to handle when infront of a mounted lock w/ the tension wrench. Can do it reall fast too. if you just designed your entire pick smaller (smaller angle) you could hold it like this and not need the little thumb handle. the thumb handle is a completel seprate (3-4 inch) pice i just bent on there.

Thanks alot for the design.

@Drorange - That looks like a cool desing but would hit at an angle and not square. I don't know how much that matters though. It would be real interesting if you or anyone made it and gave it a test

[patrick HOLLAND]

I watch tailerpark boys aswel

[SemiShady]

I watch tailerpark boys aswel

Yeah its good stuff

[the wizard]

just wondering if i missed something here but your video demonstrating this tool doesn't appear to show it actually working. what i mean is the lock doesn't appear to turn. not trying to be picky like but am i missing something or what. That said in theory it does look like a good idea.

[sams choice]

Hey no it shows how to work it minus a tension wrench. I couldnt film it and show how it works at the same time. Too difficult so i showed how to put it into the lock. It works on lower quality locks. The one i am showing it with is a Dexter locks. Good stuff and fun times.

Mike

[jzorn1]

Very nice idea and video. I'm going to try that tomorrow

[you_2me]

I wrote an article in the October 91 Locksmith Ledger detailing the proper construction of this device, it was partially extracted from a book by a locksmith John Minnery, his book; "Picks" from Paladin Press details the history of pick guns.He describes the use of fashioning a device improputu out of coat hangers.
Also. finding what is demonstarted in his book as the CIA pick gun with european keysways(german) is a smoothly designed handset with a resonant circuit(doorbell) with a battery in one handheld device, all that can be used with one hand and not tension wrench.
If you want to improve your design use music wire and a .500 dowel, use a hammer and anvil to shape the smooth portion then straighten it and grind down the wide portion of flat steel it is not necessay to be this thick, cannot work in paracentric keysways will not lose its tension, and make sure it is not upside down.
Once you have made a satisfactory device, it can be equal to manual and battery powered pick guns.It can also be used in association with picks to rake or finish by hand.Be careful though if you are not a locksmith many states have laws against carrying bent wires it can be construed as a burgulary tool.

[gstrendkill]

thats pretty cool. ive even got all the stuff to do it with.

[thewizardofal]

it's easy to make, easy design, works good. I made mine from a elec fish tape( like a plumb snake) I like it !Id like to post pic but takes me to long,maybe one day, Ive made lots of tools since Iv joined hear.Anybody tryed this on a car door? Gonna make another like a jiggler tip, tweek alittle and see.