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My precious

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 precious

Postby PickPick » 24 Oct 2004 17:33

I've finally had a friend come over with his digi-cam to take some pictures of my equipment. Well, here they are. You can probably ignore my writing and just look at the pics but I want to answer questions before they arise.

This is my normal set I carry around with me whereever I go:
http://tinypic.com/e3txg
It's a reinforced old majestic case. I used the tape to make an extra pocket at the back where I keep various wires and stuff to improvise on the spot

The picks:
http://tinypic.com/e3u2r
From left to right: bogota rakes, HPC2000 extractor, 2 probes/bypass tools made from old picks, a heavily modified small Majestic half diamond for picking dimple locks, a dimple pick from the Souber Tools Mul-T Lock pick set, a homemade matador rake and an original matador rake, strange HPC2000 rake for dimple locks, Majestic mountain6, large Majestic half diamond, thinned down HPC half diamond, HPC2000 DeForest and snake, HPC snowman, thinned down Majestic large hook, HPC hook, HPC 2000 hook

The tension tools:
http://tinypic.com/e3vix
From left to right: Old picks cut off at different heights (I'll make another thread about how to use these), normal windshield wiper blade tension wrench, several thick wrenches ground down to different sizes, street sweeper bristle tension wrench, thick twisted wrench, another wrench, strong steel wire tension wrench with flat ends, very large wrench for some dimple locks, 2 pronged car wrench (there's a small slot ground into the side of each prong so it really snaps into the locks and doesn't slip), standard 2 pronged tension wrench, 2 very thin wrenches and 2 more wrenches.

When I have to do lockouts or attend competitions I also take my big set with me:
http://tinypic.com/e3vwj
It's a roll-up pencil case made by 4you and the best pick case I ever had. It holds my cobra jigglers, dental picks, more picks and wrenches, some files, more wires and steel strips and some strong magnets.
Some more stuff:
http://tinypic.com/e3w3o
LockAid gun, my trusted otoscope (great tool), cobra car jigglers, 2 sets of lever jigglers, Majestic rocker picks and HPC dental picks.

And when I get that DIY feeling, stuff like this results:
http://tinypic.com/e3wax
Watching a lever lock operate is beautiful imho. And if you replace the front plate with plexiglass instead of just removing it you don't need to search for the springs and levers afterwards. It was a rather quick job with the Dremel, but I even managed to keep the keyway so like the original that it's still key retaining.
http://tinypic.com/e3wcl
This was my first and as of yet only cut off cylinder. It's a Vachtette cylinder and I used the Dremel with a doubled cut off wheel (just screw on 2 wheels instead of one) to cut the grooves. I also replaced the plugs in the pin holes with small screws to allow for quick repinning. It's ugly but it works.
It's not the tools that open the lock. It's me.
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Postby thertel » 24 Oct 2004 19:49

Every time I see the HPC Dental Picks I drool at the beauty and then have a pickgasm. Thety are just so pretty and nice looking, would love a set but not for the prices I can find them for.

Thomas
He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster.
And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.
~Friedrich Nietzsche
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Postby Hak » 25 Oct 2004 14:17

Those are exactly my thoughts Thertel.. the HPC dental picks just look so beautifully crafted :( The fact that i dont have any makes my heart hurt whenever i see them :cry:
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Postby Luke » 26 Oct 2004 1:45

Hmm i just brought a new majestic pickgun when my brockage died. Lovely gun i adore it, although i dont pick much with it, i do have a little practice about once a week and the locks i cant open with it alone i can open with a quick for picks from the hook or diamond followed buy a few quick snaps. My old gun had been brocken since about a month after i got it so i just thought now that i had advertised a bit i prolly should be able to cover my ass if i get a really hard lock in a lockout situation.

Anyway i didnt exactly get a pickgasm but the dental tools are well crafted, done by hand, the dental pick is flattened then ground buy hand and hand finnished and i also believe it probably is tumbled as well!
"I took the path less travelled by and that made all the difference"
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Postby PickPick » 26 Oct 2004 3:00

The dental tools are nice to have but indeed they're rather expensive. Especially given the fact that I rarely use them. But if you can get them as single picks you should try to get the half diamond. The hook and the snake are not bad but I could do without them, well not without the half diamond though.
And they have the best pick feeling of all the picks I've owned/used.
It's not the tools that open the lock. It's me.
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Postby plot » 28 Oct 2004 18:24

Putting two cutting wheels on a dremel at the same time... so simple, yet, so genious! thanks for the tip.
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