Survey about how you are equipped?

[MisterQ]

I want to do a survey about you tools.
I have collected the following tools over the past year.
But my most used tools are different kind of hooks and diamonds. This are the important tools over all.
My collection consist of a bumpkey set for European locks, a very powerful automatic pick gun, the success rate to open standard locks in very high, a Hobbs pick for lever locks , a opening tools for windows and of course a large pick set.
I looking forward to seeing your pictures.

[MisterQ]

Oh, sorry I have forgotten to past the link.



http://good-times.webshots.com/album/568069585MaFQDE

[cppdungeon]

I have two hooks, a wrench, and some really failed rake attempts. All my stuff is home made. Im pretty happy about it, and it all works pretty well. I do wonder what a commercial pick feels like though...

[scifipirate]

In my main set up I have

Large Majestic pick set
auto Jigger set with a few I made
Warded lock keys
Majestic Lockaid Pick gun
Southord electric pick gun
Majestic Tubular lock pick

[.Ben]

a homemade wrench, a homemade half diamond rake, and a longer flexible wrench....all made from pieces of metal that fall off the street sweeper

[Stethoscopealope]

When I want I bring my 32 piece set around with me. But normally I've just got a homemade hook made from a street sweeper bristle and a tension wrench. Office clothing doesn't leave much room for a tool belt.

[Viggs]

Right now, for picks, I have a LAB set, 2 Falle Safe sets, and a Southord set. I've also got some bump keys.

[sfi72]

Right now, for picks, I have a LAB set, 2 Falle Safe sets, and a Southord set. I've also got some bump keys.

Why do you need 2 falle sets? Do you break picks a lot?

[Viggs]

Why do you need 2 falle sets? Do you break picks a lot?

Nah, I've never broken a pick. I heavily modified the first set. So I bought a second set to take measurements from for making my own picks. I also wanted to have a backup.

[Viggs]

Nah, I've never broken a pick. I heavily modified the first set. So I bought a second set to take measurements from for making my own picks. I also wanted to have a backup.

To elaborate a litle bit... i think the Falle picks are excellent in theory. But, in application, they suck for two reasons:

1) The nickel plating is stupid, and makes the picks drag like sandpaper.
2) The shanks are too thin.

Since I was excited by the concept but totally disappointed by the product, I wanted to style a home-made set off of the Falle design with a couple of changes that i think would have made them much better. But since my original set was so heavily modified, I needed accurate starting mesurements from an unmodified kit.

[dmux]

yea i agree with you on the falle set, they are very rough..

i own quite a bit, i am kind of a collector of pics, picks dont open the lock that is for sure, but i just like all the different designs and have collected quite a bit over the past few years.

if i had to say the best (personal opinion) picks are they would be...not in any order

bogota...ray is a genius for this simple and very effective design
half diamond, good all around jack of all trades but master of none pick
hook, (just the standard small hook)
and the snake rake...

and having the proper tension wrench for the lock is very important too, if you dont have the correct tension or the wrench doesn't fit properly, you could cause un-needed pin binding... just my 0.02$

[DrexenDelsangre]

Unfortunately, i do not have any pictures available. But, i use:
-a Southord 12 piece set (I have the most luck with a single half diamond)
-A variety of homemade picks
-Lockaid pick gun
-Set of bump keys

Still trying to convince myself how badly i wasnt an electric pick gun

[hth]

Plug Spinner
Bump Hammer
Snap Pick
Assorted Skeleton Keys
Assorted Bump Keys
Graphite Powder
Assorted picks (Lifter, hook, rake, steaight pick, investigator, etc)
Tension Wrench
Tubular Tension Wrench
Clam Kit
Loider
Assorted Shims
Swiss Army Knife
Magnet Rod
Gelatin
Pin Measurer

[magician59]

HPC: Color Coded pick set; Series 2000 picks and extractors; various sets of spring steel and stainless handled picks; Tubular (7 pin Std); Double Sided Wafer pick set; Warded Padlock pick set; Padlock shims; Schlage F-series manipulation tool set
Rytan: Triple ball rake; Reffle rake; Bill DeForrest (hook/half diamond hybrid); Mini Blue set; two plug spinners; Kwikset cylinder removal tool
Majestic: Lock Aid Pick Gun (the one with the lifetime warranty)
Klom: Navigator pick set; Electric Pick Gun (a jewwl of a tool)
Goso: Two 23-piece sets (actually an ordering glitch, but, the more, the merrier); Dimple picks set; Double sided stainless rakes
Lockmasters: 12-piece pick set (I believe they're made by Dyno); Bypass kit (AM700, AM100, Mini Knife and Straight Knife [all fashioned after the Peterson bypass tools]); Three Adams Rite bypass tools

I also have a ton of store-bought and home brew tension tools; Weiser Shim-Picks, and many other tools you might expect to see in the tool box of a Master Locksmith

[magician59]

Still trying to convince myself how badly i wasnt an electric pick gun

If you see one in use, you'll want one!