How to Make a Snapper Pick by Sams Choice

[TheSkyer]

How well do these work? I always hear barry say they are only good for a couple of uses and there is a serious risc of it breaking of inside the lock. Any experience with that?

[spangecore]

those are pretty neat. i wouldn't have thought to use a coat hanger seem a lot easier than other types of metal people suggested using.

[Bas2888]

Very nice and clear guide! Thank you very much
It's amazing how some relatively advanced tools are so easy to make (once you have a guide like this).

[eracist]

wow this was a great tut. for the first homebrew lock pick i attempted works like a charm in under 2secs. mine doesnt look as pretty but after a few more attempts i think i can make it pretty

[nymusDCXV]

great tutorial. ive found the snapper picks to work very well on almost every padlock i use.

[Victor's Vector]

Great guide, now if only I didn't have plastic coat hangers...

I will be sure to make one once I get my hands on a wire coat hanger. I think that it's worth a little play time even if I don't really use it much. Besides it's FREEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!

By the way Raimundo thanks for the tempering advice, that's the best I've seen so far. I'm surprised there isn't a whole thread on tempering. Maybe there is and I just need to look for it.

[greenman]

great idea i might try making one of these great pics and great tutorial.

[etlej]

Hey, nice turorial i'm going to try this one out

[angannchye]

It works better than a pickgun! Indeed! Absolutely!

[angannchye]

I made this one, it is made from a wiper but it´s the same design, thanks to sams!

but here in Brazil, the pinstack is downward, making it impossible to use this tool, can someone help me out, with that problem?



Wrenchman

Just crush a piece of paper into a ball and place it between your palm and the snapper, you should able to use it after some practice.

[edsmiley]

This caught my eye since someone revived an old thread.

Was looking for a video demo, but the original link is dead. Found this on YouTube. Hope it helps.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UobMEjTgxIY

Ed

[sams choice]

Nice edsmiley!

[ice_man]

wow really good tut ill have to try it some time i always wondered it these work

[Arimane]

Thanks for this tek, I've made a nice snap gun out of it!
I don't know if it has been posted before, but a little tip I feel to give is to roll the alluminium, when you make the spring, at the opposite side of your favorite hand.
I mean, if you are right handed you want to have the spyral going left, so that it comes much easier to grab

[Quickpicknpay]

Thanks for this tek, I've made a nice snap gun out of it!
I don't know if it has been posted before, but a little tip I feel to give is to roll the alluminium, when you make the spring, at the opposite side of your favorite hand.
I mean, if you are right handed you want to have the spyral going left, so that it comes much easier to grab

Good tip, I used to make these from round spring steel many years ago and if you don't roll the spring the right way they can feel awkward to use. I still have a couple kicking around at the bottom of my tool box and never use them these days but they worked very well with a little practice. i guess I should use them when opening a door for customers at midnight in a block of units. At least i wouldn't disturb the neighbours with my electric pickgun.