Shrub basic guide to lock pick making

by **cold_cable** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 11:26 am

i cant read that cause its too small.... plz put some pic so it can help me understand more so i can leanr

by **pickmepickme** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 7:22 pm

Awesome step by step process man!

by **Legion303** » Fri May 12, 2006 10:16 pm

For handles on my set of homemade mini-picks (made from wiper blade inserts) I used some of the insulation from the wiring of old computer speakers. The inner diameter of the insulation was about 1/2 the width of the picks, and I used a lighter to soften it up before stretching it over the picks. It's not perfect, but it's better than plain metal pressing into my fingers.

If anyone needs specific info I'll type it up, but it was pretty basic.

-steve

by **Shrub** » Sat May 13, 2006 1:03 am

Steve, if you want a more uniform or blemish free (from the lighter) finish you may find you get good results if you place the insulation in boiling water for a min or two (dont keep it boiling) to soften it, should work a treat.

by **Legion303** » Sun May 14, 2006 7:15 pm

Most of the handles went over the flame fast enough to soften without marring the plastic, but next time I make some I'll give boiling a shot.

-steve

by **all locked** » Mon May 22, 2006 7:41 pm

I also found boiling water to work well, but dont keep in to long or it just becames a mess and to hard to work with.

by **bowpicker** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 7:15 pm

great informative information!

by **kr15** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 8:02 pm

Great guide!

by **m6903** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 4:51 pm

Very useful and comprehensive guide on how to make picks. Thanks a lot.

by **Shrub** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 11:02 pm

If you want to see the pics that could go with this guide check out my www button,

by **Kaotik** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 11:00 am

Awesome guide Shrub. I have always wanted to know how to make my own picks...now I know how.

j/k.

Little long winded, but informative. Good job.

by **Shrub** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 10:25 pm

Kaotik wrote:Awesome guide Shrub. I have always wanted to know how to make my own picks...now I know how. j/k.

Little long winded, but informative. Good job.

Step by step processes usually are long winded as they are supposed to tell the reader everything they are supposed to know or need to know to accomplish the task at hand, if it was incomplete it would get re-written or simply slatyed for missing bits out, do a job do it properly,

Maybe you can have a go at making some decent picks now :twisted:

J/k

The lsi guide did it in less wording because we used pics instead, as i knew i wouldnt be able to put the pics on this thread i went into things a little more,

by **Kaotik** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 8:26 am

by **Shrub** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 9:53 pm

by **pmanchego** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 9:26 pm

Great guide,

I found a nice video on www.youtube.com showing how to make the tools.
But I would recomend to buy the first set of tools rather than making them. Else your will blame the lock picking failure on the tools.

My opinion.

Shrub basic guide to lock pick making

plz can you show some pic

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