Snap Picks

by **king_mouse** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 8:22 am

i made one out of a street cleaner bristle and it works :mrgreen:

by **Torque Armada** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 12:52 am

I just made this snap pick from welding rod and it actually works

Just opened a couple of locks with it (took a few minutes to sort out my technique though)

http://tinypic.com/mrga9

by **Pickey** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 5:48 am

hmm, you could make a modified version of this using a clothespin...

http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/lo ... %26.view=t

by **skold** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 2:57 pm

Torque armada what locks did you open with your homemade snap gun?

i can never get them to work for me

by **Torque Armada** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 10:44 pm

Hey skold,

I opened three padlocks (a Master No 3 and two cheapo generic types) and a euro profile... I found that instead of pushing the pick part down and trying to get it to spring up it was much better if the pick part was just held against the pins and I snapped the other bit against it... Here is a pic that might make it clearer:

http://tinypic.com/ndoiu

Basically ypu are transgerring the kinetic energy to the pick then onto the pins which causes them to jump upwards. With the right tension on the torque wrench you set the pins...

by **Torque Armada** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 11:47 pm

Basically ypu are transgerring the kinetic energy to the pick

Man I need to check for typos before I post :lol:

Also, I forgot to mention that there is no tension tool in the picture to make it clearer to see the snap pick (just in case anybody thought I was using the snap pick blade to turn the cylinder)

by **skold** » Fri Nov 26, 2004 4:38 pm

mope, made one and tried many times, they hate me , and to tell you the truth snap picks hate me too..now have a massive cut un my finger because of the little bastard

by **ne0nerdz** » Mon Dec 13, 2004 3:27 am

skold wrote:mope, made one and tried many times, they hate me , and to tell you the truth snap picks hate me too..now have a massive cut un my finger because of the little bastard

i knew it! the machines are even taking over our beautiful delicate touch in picking a lock..before you know it theyll be eating for us too!

by **skold** » Mon Dec 13, 2004 3:39 pm

yeah, i some how stabbed my self with a key...but thats my fault i have told them i dont like them, and when i get my picks out they attack me.. :cry:

by **Luke** » Mon Dec 13, 2004 5:36 pm

mm ever been attacked by flying pins nasty lill suckers

by **skold** » Mon Dec 13, 2004 5:44 pm

no but i stepped on a #9..i thought i was bleeding but the pins just red

by **ne0nerdz** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 3:42 am

ahhhh!!! the lock on my sisters diary has been given me nightmares!! well actually its really wots in the diary... anyway..i dont like snap guns cause they dont really require any skill in the job. I mean they were designed for guys that can't pick locks the normal way so the use a snapo gun instead....

by **PickPick** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 4:36 am

Pick guns are not only for people who can't pick as their use requires some skill as well. In many cases, they simply work better than manual picking, no matter how good you are. In other cases they don't work at all.

As for the diary, that's among the worst things you can do as a lockpicker. Having your lock picked and having someone enter your personal space can be traumatizing and humiliating but having your diary read is probably one of the worst breaches of trust that can happen to you. I don't think you should be entrusted with picks, you lack the ethics and the maturity to use them properly.

by **Peaky** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 5:23 am

I agree and a pick gun is also very helpful to free up any binding pins to allow a lock to be picked the normal way as has already been mentioned

by **Luke** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 6:07 am

Yeah, pick guns are very useful. Old gummed up locks, spray some lube and a couple of snaps unsticks it. Then hand pick. Also its also funny to listen to locksmith out the back in a shop clicking away and when u ask how long they had spent on that lock you just laugh hand pick it in 5 mins;/

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