Cheap tools

[poor paperclip picker]

I am looking for a way to make cheap picks and wrenches. I know that you can use hacksaw blades, but i do not have access to a grinder or dremmel tool. What I have been trying to use are paperclips and pins. Do any of you have any other suggestions??
I am planning on buying a beginer set of picks sometime in the near future, but I enjoy trying to "McGuiver" picks.

Thanks

[freakparade3]

Paperclips are best at holding together paper. Read the site to learn all you can and wait until you get real picks.

[tmaxx258]

I agree with Freakparade3,Just read all you can and wait till you get your set.The reason to wait in my opinion is that when you start with paperclips you get use to the"feel" of the clip and when you get your set you'll have a bad understanding for the lock you are trying to pick.

[illusion]

Safety pins.

[lockpick1968]

You can use the thin metal strips out of windhsield wiper blades to make your tension wrenches with, if you have any older ones laying around.

[donjon]

You can use the thin metal strips out of windhsield wiper blades to make your tension wrenches with, if you have any older ones laying around.

I have also used these to make picks with, there good if your making them with normal files because you have less to file.

[donjon]

You can use the thin metal strips out of windhsield wiper blades to make your tension wrenches with, if you have any older ones laying around.

I have also used these to make picks with, there good if your making them with normal files because you have less to file.

[Mad Dog]

The general consensus in the picking community seems to be:
Buy your first pick set, play around with it for a while and when you have some skills you can start to go macGuiver if that is what you're after.

A pickset ain't that expensive, 40-50 bucks and it's yours.

And FYI.. You will spend some $$ on locks and such if you chose to pursue this hobby.

But if you want cheap, go get some hacksaw blades, file em' down to make picks and use windshield whipers or hairpins for tensionwrenches.

[Eyes_Only]

I have to agree with Mad Dog. I started out with safety pins and pen cap clips and though I was able to pick a few padlocks, once I got my hands on a real pickset I was at a loss for a month or so because the feeling was much different.

[MacGyver101]

I agree with everything posted above... except all of the various alternate spellings of "MacGyver".

[poor paperclip picker]

thanks for all the info guys, and i did just buy a few picks heres the link to the thread http://www.lockpicking101.com/viewtopic.php?p=259574#259574

[vrocco]

I forget what I paid for my first HPC set, but i basically use one or two picks out of it.

I just had LockNewbie21 make me a beginner's set. There is a pic in the Lockpicks-Manual forum. They look great! Can't wait to get them.

The price was very reasonable, but I think anyone could pick up a few single picks and a few tension wrenches for even from one of the online sites.

Save your lunch money for a couple days. No reason to pick with paperclips.

[simon_G]

I agree with Freakparade3,Just read all you can and wait till you get your set.The reason to wait in my opinion is that when you start with paperclips you get use to the"feel" of the clip and when you get your set you'll have a bad understanding for the lock you are trying to pick.

thats totally true. my best freind used to pick locks.. he doesent really do it anymore O_O

anyways, he used to use the end of his glasses after he took the plastic covering off.

i gave him the opportunity to have a play around with my picks a short while ago, and while he liked the tension wrenches, he had real trouble using a proper pick after he was so used to a improvised one.

- Simon

[prim0pyr0]

Stainless steel wielding rod is quite handy, you can get different diameters, and it's cheap from any wielding type shop.
You can hammer the ends flat and make picks/torque wrenches np.

[boogiewoogie]

lock picks are not very exspensive,especially beginners lock pick.why wait?I think you can get a set that you can work with for 20 bucks.