Macguyver and lockpicks.

by **Neo** » 1 Jan 2005 1:25

Alright, there was this one Macguyver episode where he got locked up into an insane asylum and he made lockpicking tools with a lightbulb. Does anyone think they could broaden how he did this?

by **_Ethereal_** » 1 Jan 2005 1:29

Hollywood magic mate, thats all it is. It has been proven That it doesn't work.

by **silent** » 1 Jan 2005 2:31

Discussed before, the filament would be to soft in the bulb.

by **Neo** » 1 Jan 2005 2:49

but.. but ... but.. it's :cry:

Macguyver....

by **silent** » 1 Jan 2005 9:33

maybe he was just lucky :roll:

by **BrownLeopard** » 1 Jan 2005 15:25

Question...the filament would be too soft, agreed, tungsten is a soft metal...but what about the little pieces of metal that support it? if tied together, they may be kinda stiff? And yeah, I do agree it was hollyweird magic, but just giving some food for thought.

by **Chucklz** » 1 Jan 2005 19:55

It was a Russian Lever Lock, all becuase Pete only brought ONE set of picks. To bad they screw up his picking sequence as well. Two picks, no tension tool.

Speaking of Tungsten, and to confuse you all :"They found me in a meteor.. I need Tungsten to live...... TUNGSTEN!!"

by **kuefler** » 1 Jan 2005 20:08

Chucklz wrote:Speaking of Tungsten, and to confuse you all :"They found me in a meteor.. I need Tungsten to live...... TUNGSTEN!!"

Haha, you crazy bum...

Did anyone ever think that you could crush a lightbulb and use the metal that that all the components hook into, the threaded metal part. given enough time i'm sure you could tear it into pieces suitable for tension and picking. Maybe somebody should try it.

by **thertel** » 1 Jan 2005 20:37

You ever notice that in Macgyver there only ever seemed to be one of anything. And to top it off they never seemed to learn to brings spares.

Thomas

by **another aussie** » 7 Jan 2005 7:24

haha allen wrench ironically a tension tool in a way... ohhhh the sadness of my mind

by **Cuervogrisss** » 28 Dec 2008 14:02

Mythbusters probed it's possible:
http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=kU25tflOK ... t=bombilla

by **savs2k** » 28 Dec 2008 22:24

lol that video was entertaining. I love myth busters. anyone wanna try it with a soda can now? i bet you can make a baby tension wrench with the tab of a soda can.

by **yoyoboy** » 29 Dec 2008 0:41

Who the hell uses HID lighbulbs?
Besides horticulturists... :wink:

by **freakparade3** » 29 Dec 2008 16:56

yoyoboy wrote:Who the hell uses HID lighbulbs?
Besides horticulturists...

Nevertheless, you can't argue with Jamie and Adam. Myth confirmed.........

by **Engineer** » 29 Dec 2008 22:08

I liked the fact that the support wires in the bulb were too thick and Jamie had to use the toecaps of his steel boots as a hammer and anvil to hammer the wire so it was just thin enough to fit the lock. Impressive resourcefulness...

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