Improv stories

[MudSlinger]

I know its dangerous but hat have been doing that thinking thing again.
It just kind of occured to me that most credit cards/giftcards may be strong enough to make a a rake of sorts. I dont know if any of you have tried it but in an emergency it seems like all ou would need is a pair of scissors to cut what ever shape u want and a bic/sanford pen cap.

While we're at it, if there isnt already a forum for it, what to you say we share experiences on different improved tools we have all made on the spot, and please make fun of me alot if there is already a post because I cant say I have looked for it.

I hate how I would have to buy that book "improvised pickng" or something. peace out as they say

[Kaellman]

Might be possible. Nothing im gonna try unless i really have to though. Post some pics if you give it a try!

Oh, and i apriciate your honesty

[raimundo]

using anything that is not metal is a category I call soft picks, the bic pen kryptonite pick is the most successful such story, but the ace type lock has been reported to pick even with a rolled up business card. possibly some of the foil/comb methods and foil dimplekey methods would also be in the soft pick category. I have considered using those plastic cable ties and cutting them into a type of matador dimple pic. or coating them with chewing gum the foil it comes with for a dimple impressioning try. I have heard reported that credit cards weakened temporarily with acetone have been used to impression locks. not by removing it and cutting as you would with brass blanks, but by just working the bumping until it forms the impression, this could open a lock one time, but might not be removable from the lock.
Does anyone know how to coat a steel pick with teflon? like a frying pan. Another soft pick idea is the pickmasters brush pick, no on ever seems to report on this idea, but I am wondering if a full length brush would open a medeco?

[raimundo]

I have never used one of those abloy picks that are commercially made, and the ones I have made from umbrella struts are still mostly untested, but It occurred to me that since abloy does not have springs fighting the pick, and since the feel may be quite delicate, perhaps some sort of soft pick would have the ablility to open one, I am thinking about things like different diameters of plastic drinking straw, perhaps one of our finnish or swedish members can test that idea, it seems that the material would have the ablity to resist overforcing by being more flexible, where a metal pick will be too forceful. The real beauty of the idea is that if it works, it will make improvising possible.

[stick]

I've made rakes/half diamonds out of tin, which is just strong enough to rake with. Credit card plastic should also be strong enough. Just don't try single pin picking.

[MudSlinger]

Using the credit card method I was able to rake the waffers on my mailbox lock. But... Im pretty I could also pick it with a strong exhale from my lungs as well. but i geuss thats a start. Nice explosion of long posts

[pick_maker]

Here ya go dude:


viewtopic.php?t=5691

I found the giftcards too flexible, but if you're in a desperate situation in an office or playing truth or dare... they'll do.

[pick_maker]

My best success was with the bobby pins. I picked two master-type padlocks and it was quite a challenge because the size of the picking tools. You'll read in the article a nail clipper can be used to bend the bobby pin into whatever pick shape you need. I happened to have a SOG Microtool in my bag so I was able to make a better pick. Bobby pins are the best type of steel but no one at work wears 'em. I bent this one along the witdth into sort of a king pick and left the original bends for gripping surface- very helpful as this tool is only 2 3/4 inches long.

[raimundo]

Tin? where did you get that? its sledom seen any more, in the old days, things came in tinned cans, these were steel cans dipped in tin. The tin dip was because the acids in the food would eat into the steel but tin was able to resist longer. Also, the seams of the cans may have had some lead in the solder. Cans are now either aluminum deep draw, or formed steel with seams. And a sort of shellac has replaced the tin dip. The steel in the cans is mild, so easy to press into shape. If you have a non aluminum can that will not stick to a magnet, maybe you have something else, (pringles can)

[MudSlinger]

Thanks for the forum link. I knew there had to be one already.

Man that brass fastener(Am I crazy or arent they called brads?) really works wonders on waffers. I carry a set of my own home-made picks in my wallet/pick case, mabey its a different subject but are the laws usually only against carrying proffesionally made lock picks? mine look and feel like the same thing but are obviously homebrew.

cheers.

[Romstar]

Thanks for the forum link. I knew there had to be one already.

Man that brass fastener(Am I crazy or arent they called brads?) really works wonders on waffers. I carry a set of my own home-made picks in my wallet/pick case, mabey its a different subject but are the laws usually only against carrying proffesionally made lock picks? mine look and feel like the same thing but are obviously homebrew.

cheers.

The laws almost always apply to any device made, adapted or modified to act as a picking impliment.

This is why you can be charged with having burglery tools during a B&E if you happen to have a screwdriver in your pocket. If you want to get down to it, a pocket knife has been know to be a "burglery tool" in some courts where you have a particularly vindictive prosecutor.

A pick, is a pick, is a pick. Might be something to consider.

Romstar

[mcm757207]

I've even heard cases of where a burglar used a rock to cut through a screen door. Afterwards the rock was found on his person (while being arrested), and because of that he got the added charge of possetion of burglarly tools.