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When it comes down to it there is nothing better than manual tools for your Lock pick Set, whether they be retail, homebrew, macgyver style. DIY'ers look here.
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by Dooms_day » Thu May 10, 2007 7:25 am
i dont know if its my grinder or hacksaw blades, but its really hard to grind, it just takes so long to get it to a blank form to start actually shaping it
if you force it to grind faster then the metal burns and you have to cool it down so i dont do that either, this is why i dont make alot of my picks, buying them seems so much easier 
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by kspec » Sat Jun 02, 2007 2:58 pm
patience  for me..im the opposite i guess. for me to have all the info, size, scale, styles of templates available. i find it really hard for me to want to buy it if i can make it.
but in a way you can just use the time picking locks with the picks you bought instead of making  either way it can be satifiying 
when is a door not a door??? when its ajar
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by Jaakko » Fri Jun 22, 2007 6:36 am
farsig wrote:http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p251/mjwhit/17PieceSet-v2.jpg
what sise should i print these when i open windows paint how much must i set the size in altirbuties?
I think they were 300 DPI, so that makes them about 5 inches long IIRC.
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by Kaotik » Fri Jun 22, 2007 7:35 am
Dooms_day wrote:i dont know if its my grinder or hacksaw blades, but its really hard to grind, it just takes so long to get it to a blank form to start actually shaping it
I know what you speaking of, I have found that certain hacksaw blades will do that. The higher the carbon the better for grinding and shaping. The bi-metal does not grind or shape as good.
I don't know which you use for pick making, but I would suggest getting a few varieties of them and try them out.
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by zhouluyi » Tue Jul 03, 2007 6:03 am
Since many people seems to have trouble printing the templates to the right size, I made a PDF with the most common pick templates already in size. I also enhanced contrast and brightness to make it more look better after it has been glued, ou transfered to your picks...
Download link
Templates in file
-Unknown (lockpicktemplate-Pick_maker.jpg)
- SouthOrd Slimline (mouse.jpg)
- Romstar (templates-romstar.jpg)
- Romstar v2 (17PieceSet-v2.jpg)
It is formatted for Letter paper (8.5x11). If you happen to use another size of paper, just print it using without any "Enlarge/Shrink to fit" and you are good to go...
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by Shrub » Tue Jul 03, 2007 6:45 pm
Just to check, you did give credit to the owners of the templates on that pdf didnt you?
Or else youve ripped them off and now the file will be already passed around,
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by Shrub » Wed Jul 04, 2007 5:32 pm
A little update, the above link is fine to click on and doesnt contain any viruses,
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by doyle1220 » Sat Jul 07, 2007 6:27 am
wow. what a great looking piece of kit. what material should i use for this tool? i made a similar looking wrench a few days ago but the steel i used just bends after a while. also does anyone have any hints or tips on tubular picking?
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by Shrub » Sun Jul 08, 2007 3:24 am
Doyle, click my www button for a guide,
Search the site for tubular picking theres at least 2 other threads presently running on that,
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by samfishers » Mon Aug 13, 2007 11:44 pm
excuse me but: what are majestic picks for? are they for super security locks?
watch the weather change
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by Shrub » Tue Aug 14, 2007 12:04 am
Majestic picks are just another brand name the same as Peterson and South Ord,
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by UWSDWF » Tue Aug 14, 2007 1:18 am
Shrub wrote:Majestic picks are just another brand name the same as Peterson and South Ord,
darn it... I was totally have fun with that and you went and ruined it by being straight forward... thanks Shubbery ... 
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by DUDS » Tue Oct 23, 2007 6:29 am
Can anyone give me suggestions on what type of template i should make for general picking?
I'm just getting into it, and im not too sure what the designs of different picks are intended for. If any one could address this I would really appreciate it. 
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by dothacker » Mon Nov 12, 2007 8:37 am
zhouluyi wrote:Since many people seems to have trouble printing the templates to the right size, I made a PDF with the most common pick templates already in size. I also enhanced contrast and brightness to make it more look better after it has been glued, ou transfered to your picks... Download linkTemplates in file -Unknown (lockpicktemplate-Pick_maker.jpg) - SouthOrd Slimline (mouse.jpg) - Romstar (templates-romstar.jpg) - Romstar v2 (17PieceSet-v2.jpg) It is formatted for Letter paper (8.5x11). If you happen to use another size of paper, just print it using without any "Enlarge/Shrink to fit" and you are good to go... Luiz Borges
Is it just me or is the pdf corrupt? I tried using Sumatra and then adobe and neither could open it.
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