Homemade lever padlock pick

[magiclockman]

I have made a few 2 in 1 picks as per snapcarp's excellent guide elsewhere on this site, but the other day I bought at a car boot sale a large steel lever padlock with no key. Granted it's got only 2 levers, but it took me a while to pick with wires as (a) I'm not very skilled with them and (b) the keyway has a central post, making it more tricky to get them in.

So...I adapted snapcarp's design and made a hollow 2 in 1 but it's only hollow for the end 2cm or so. The rest has a solid core to maintain structural strength. It works like a charm. Now to purchase a 5 lever padlock for a real challenge...

If any of you wants to make something similar but can't tell from the pic what to do, fire me a pm

Magic

[magiclockman]

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[Olson Burry]

Good stuff!

I'd like to know what you used for the handles on the 2 in 1's. I too followed the guide and have some resonable results, however I am stuck on the handles. I didn't want to use wooden wheels, favouring brass of some kind. I also have limited tooling and haven't found anything suitable yet. Any thoughts?

[Jaakko]

I'd like to know what you used for the handles on the 2 in 1's. I too followed the guide and have some resonable results, however I am stuck on the handles. I didn't want to use wooden wheels, favouring brass of some kind. I also have limited tooling and haven't found anything suitable yet. Any thoughts?

I can make you some sort of handles from brass or aluminum if you send me the required hole size for the handles and the preferred thickness of the discs The dimater will be about 30 mm, depending a little on the material. Price would be something small + postages, contact via PM if interested

[magiclockman]

I use brass discs called plumbers compression blanks. They're available in the UK from Wickes home improvement stores. You just need a drill and some HSS bits. A packet of 2 costs about £2.50 or so. Perfect for the job - took me a while to find something suitable too!