Snap Picks

[oystlars]

Sold on Ebay?? haha, how lame is it really possible to be? What more can be found on ebay, their soul?

/ø

[420_toker]

I tryed to make a tradition snapick and found it rather uncomfortable so I came up with this designe, I havent had the time to file the end down but I think you can get the idea

[Mike-1]

Could someone post a vid of how you use one?
Carnt quite get my hear around it. (long day at work)
Thanks.

[ridderhenck]

Made a snapgun out of a bicyclespoke,thanks to all of your designs I fanally figured out how it works,thanks!!!!!!

[FFVison]

Ok, so I just made one of these snap picks using a wiper blade insert and I decided right away to try it out. Then I realized I had a little bit of a problem.
The blade insert was too wide and I couldn't get it into the keyway with the tension wrench in there even on my kwikset deadbolt which has a rather large keyway.

I realize that I probably have to machine this down to a narrower point, but I don't have anything to do that with (I'm still kinda a newbie at this). Are there any cheaper alternatives to getting a Dremel or table grinder? I don't really want to spend that much money. I'm a poor college student and can't afford to buy those. Besides, I have to save up my money to buy locks . Do I need to just bite the bullet and buy a Dremel?

[ridderhenck]

For a snappicjk I would use a vile,worked for me!!!!

[raimundo]

have the europeans got a design that strikes down and is still handheld like these?

I was wondering if it could also be done with a wooden handle and using rubberbands for the strike force.

Most of the designs for these will either come out right handed or left handed, someone once showed me a snapper and asked me what was wrong with it, I looked it over and just told him it was left handed

[ridderhenck]

I have no experience with the use of a rubberband,on the other hand,a handle is

I think a rubberband is not really needy because the snap pick by itself is springy enough,it takes a lot of practice though....ok,I,ll rephrase that,I needed a LOT of practice

[copeman]

to Raimundo

brockhage makes an upside down keyway picking mechanical gun it should be on lockpickshop.com but im not sure

[copeman]

heres the link
http://www.lockpicks.com/index.asp?Page ... ProdID=780

[BorisTheSpider]

I made a couple from wiper blade inserts and put the instructions up here. That may spell it out a bit also.

[nebulous1]

I love how proffesional the snap pick looks. I am using a wiper blade insert but I am having a very hard time bending it around a 3/4" dowel I have, can't get a good circle, keeps bending back. any suggestions? did you use heat at all? thanks

[raimundo]

you need to bend it around a smaller diameter mandrel than the size of the spring you want, because it will open up to a larger diameter,

when you get it to an acceptable diameter, you can clamp the two ends together in a vise grip plier, and hold the metal over the kitchen flame, just for a short time, and keep it moveing over the flame so one part of the coil does not become much hotter than another part, (this type of stainless will not spread high heat evenly in a short time) then quench it in water. this will set the molecules in the bend. (molecules are tiny little musclemen, like the multilock symbol inside the metal ) don't try to make it set at the full spring shape, if its 90 degrees off, the box will hold it together (box is one of the names I call the striker) this preserves the power of the spring.

[amlwchlocksmiths]

iv just made one of the photos on page 3,work pritty well. thanks

[pipescope]

Pyro,
Human being are incredible, Awesome job of mini engineering ...