Tshock's 2 minute or less DIY plug spinner

[ToolyMcgee]

Well, here is my copy of DB's mod to the Tshock spinner.



I just felt like there wasn't already enough places to pinch and/or cut myself.

Thanks for posting the info on the cool mod with the wrench notches and the wire wrap DigitalBlue.

Sorry this is just a rip off... I tried to make a trigger so it could be preloaded and one handed, but nothing has worked yet that hasn't made it HUGE. Led to some other neat ideas though.

Thank you TShock, many years belated, for the cool idea. I have made 3 other DIY designs and nothing has matched this baby!

[twiggymm777]

thats a great idea. u use that and stick a tension wrench in the middle?

[nhoj_yelbom]

here is one i made, trap spring x-acto knife handle, wiper insert.
i bent the spring so that it clamps down using the blade holder, i then jb welded the wiper insert inside of that. seems to work.....

[wakeboard1290]

My favorite plug spinner is a very simple rig. After the cylinder is picked, turn the cylinder so that the pins will not drop back into place but are very close to dropping into place. leave the tension wrench in the lock, and make sure it's tight in the keyway. take a rubberband with a lot of snap to it and hold it between your thumb and index finger. then pull back one side and use it to snap the tension wrench that's tight in the keyway in the direction that the plug needs to be spun. the cylinder spins fast enough that the pins do not drop back into place. I've used this technique on corbin russwin locks and kwikset locks without fail when i do not have a plug spinner, hope it works for all you guys (and girls ) in my inexperienced opinion, a rubber band is a priceless addition to a compact pickset.

[znewbie]

I have been looking around trying to find an easy way to make a plug spinner. All of the DIY spinner instructons i have found require saudering and complicated instructions. So i brainstormed and this is what i came up with.
Materials Required:
1 Victor Brand Mousetrap

Pair of Plyers

How to:
Step 1: Get the spring off of the mousetrap by any means possible. I used plyers.

Step 2: make it look like this:

Can you please upload the photos again.

[unlisted]

Good luck on that one- here is the info on the last time the OP showed up:

Last visited: Thu Jan 31, 2008 12:21 am

[icor1031]

Hey..

What's the metal rod in the middle?

And how do I use this?

[stratmando]

Looks like a piece of wiper insert, shaped like an L.

[tloc3385]

Just made one these work very well and this is much less expensive than professional ones easier to carry to

[phishtaco]

I tried this not too long ago, it works well!

[tspitzno]

Absolutely brilliant (I'm in semi-rural USA, so when I use the word "brilliant", I mean it's genius/hacker-level - it's not a widely used euphephism (not sure of spelling - I mean something you rarely hear around here -
although the British do use the English language more elegantly than us colonials, I digress).
This is brilliant.
Genius/hacker level.

[Bob Jim Bob]

Where can I send the money I saved by not buying one of these online? You deserve it. I already have everything to make this is my shop.

[zeepia]

Made this Tshock´s genious spinner a while ago with a normal wooden stick as a handle and it worked great. After snapping my fingers a few times I figured that there must be a better way to trigger this spinner with one hand. And here is the result, spinner loaded:



It can be used both ways, cw and ccw. When loading it for ccw, I don´t use the trigger´s groove but the end of it. Have worked 100% with my attempts.

Materials are: a block of wood, mouse trap spring, wiper insert bent in L-shape, piece of heat shrink, one big staple to hold the spring at place, half a saw blade, M4 bolt, 2 M4 washers and one M5 nylock (you can also put a lot M4 washers here, only purpose is to get some clearance between the trigger and the wood)





I drilled a hole to the wood exactly the same diameter as the spring and then cut the wood so that there is only half a hole left. It holds the spring in place very nicely. Drilled one small hole to get the spring wire secured inside the wood. Then two more small holes to get the staple at place to prevent the spring from twisting. Wiper insert is secured in its place with heat shrink.

Trigger is from a hacksaw blade. It has a diameter 4mm hole to suit M4 bolt perfectly. Drilled and tapped M4 thread to the wood. Get the trigger off the wood to use it more easily, I put a M5 nylock there.

Filed a groove to the saw blade to fit the turning part deep enough so that it holds its place and doesn´t come out accidentally.

When not loaded the turning part directs opposite of the trigger. So it provides a 180 degree turning, enough for every purpose. If you want, you can take an additional turn to get 540 degree. Spring will then be very armed!

This is a very accurate tool to put in where you need it to be and don´t need to worry about snapping your fingers anymore. Enjoy!

[atticRR]

thats pretty slick zeepia. You were able to address pretty much all the various shortcomings throughout this thread and combine them into a finished tool. Bravo sir, bravo.

[1967pontiacfirebird]

i made a spinner out of a mousetrap spring too but couldnt make a good handle and eded up wacking my fingers alot. thanks for the idea!!