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my homemade picks :D

When it comes down to it there is nothing better than manual tools for your Lock pick Set, whether they be retail, homebrew, macgyver style. DIY'ers look here.

my homemade picks :D

Postby pickonatic » 22 Apr 2004 17:52

Well, i watched pyro's video on how to make lock picks and i thought it was great, so it started to make me think what else you could make picks out of. So i got a bunch of metal coat hangers, cut the wire into the size of the pick you want. Then i grinded down the shaft and the end so it was skinny and used plyers to put the correct pick tip on it. They turned out great and they dont bend while trying to pick a lock. So heres a pick of what they look like. :D

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(If the pick dont work goto http://www.angelfire.com/vamp/miniman4foot1/hangerpicks.bmp
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Oops

Postby Romstar » 22 Apr 2004 19:48

Looks like Anglefire is even more anal than Geocities.
It says that they pulledyour site because you violated the terms of service.

See if you can make up a new link.
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Postby pickonatic » 22 Apr 2004 20:02

That sux..lol..well heres a new link:

http://www.geocities.com/jakass125/hangerpicks.bmp
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Hanger picks

Postby Romstar » 22 Apr 2004 23:06

Those aren't too bad. Nice work.
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Postby Morpheus0101 » 23 Apr 2004 4:01

Looks like none of the service providers like your pictures, surely there not that bad :P
Try http://www.photobucket.com/
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homemade pick

Postby PYRO1234321 » 23 Apr 2004 12:06

You definitely have the 'gift of grind', if you put that much effort into some hacksaw blades, wiper blade inserts or cleaner bristols etc..., you would have a much more serviceable set. I'm not sure if its just me or the picture, but they look a little roundish (like thick dental picks), which may make them to thick for tighter keyways. A good polish may help reduce the ginding marks and increase their feedback.

Cheers
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