Cheap Pick Gun

[Puzzlebox]

I read an article on a home made pick gun... what do you guys think?

http://www.inventgeek.com/Projects/lockpick/Page1.aspx

[AndreasK]

thise things burn out and dies after like 5 times of normal use sorry it
is just not that easy.....

[Trip Doctor]

thise things burn out and dies after like 5 times of normal use sorry it
is just not that easy.....

That's because of the 9V you're feeding it (6 times the voltage; 6 times the amprage). Did you use it other than by short bursts? Or does the actual unmodified 'flosser' die like that?

[AndreasK]

if you are using 9v you need to put a series of resistors on the wire but i don't know
the how many ohm's to use......

[Trip Doctor]

If you have a multimeter you can measure the resistance they use (assuming you can get to the battery terminals), then add enough to have 6 times that resistance, or as mentioned in an earlier thread use a pot (variable resistor), then you can change resistance when you need.
I've never played with these flosser things; if using the standard 1.5V battery, do they not have enough power needed for an EPG?

[AndreasK]

yes but thy still won't work very well

[clubdesi]

seems like a nice to do project...has anybody had any luck working with these?

[vitti]

I built one a while back. It functions just fine but i wouldn't say it works. The vibration has a very short throw and thus doesn't move the pins with enough force to do much good. I can SPP a lock faster than I can open one with the flosser pick gun.

And as already mentioned, use it in short bursts and it will last. When it gets hot, stop and let it cool off. In the end though it's not worth the $10 in parts to build it.

[patrick181]

better off buying a cheap snap gun

[Eyes_Only]

Thats even worse cos then you've might have spent even more money on a crappy commercially made pick gun that doesn't work.

[CVScam]

Its almost worthless, you are better off making a pick gun from an electric shaver, electric scissors, or an electric drill. Here is the one and only video of mine in action before it fried.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efW9Laq1FcI