my collection thus far

[machinist]

Heres my collection of tools so far.

these are my recently made picks (in my defense I didn't have access to a grinder)

[img=http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/6761/img11830bx.th.jpg]

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half sized half-diamond, two point rake, circle and double sided diamond.


My majestic set I got when I was 12. They are getting a little worn down now.

[img=http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/9523/img11669bl.th.jpg]

My 3 second torquers made from hanger wire very simple, but almost NO FLEX good for heavy plugs though. Just hammer the tip flat and bend nothing to them.

[img=http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/999/img11744ky.th.jpg]


My snappers, still can't beleive they work as well as they do, I'm going to take a crack at wiper strips, oh yeah also made out of hanger wire I would reccomend heat treating the tip I bent mine after some use.

[img=http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/425/img11764dv.th.jpg] 1176 snappers

More to come especially after I fix up my pop's grinder.

[skold]

Wow, they are quite good.

Keep it up

[Chrispy]

Nice.

[illusion]

wow you hae a full-diamond... first one i've seen in a pick collection yet.

cool job on the snappers as well

how come not many full-diamonds exist?

[Chrispy]

I've got one. It's a homemade and it serves no real purpose. Whatever you can do with a full diamond, you can do with a half-diamond, half ball, full ball, snowman or rake.

[Shrub]

Cant see any quality on those pics unless you can scan them in i dont think your camera is up to it but at least youve made some and well done for that.

Looking at the area where the teeth of the blades are you seem to need to do a bit more work to them

[n2oah]

Machinist, check out this thread.
http://www.lockpicking101.com/viewtopic.php?t=9510&start=0

[machinist]

Thanks for support and the link. Regaurding the double diamond, I thought they were a bit more common I just made it to take a crack at wafers but I guess thats more of a full circle job.

I do have a homemade spinner thats preety much a rip off of Tshocks (my praise to him for his injenuity by the way) but I had fun making it and it does the job. Only problem is the big fat handle is prone to swinging around and bashing your finger good if you haven't used one before or you try and swing the plug over 180 degrees.

[img=http://img495.imageshack.us/img495/5517/img12146bu.th.jpg]


Heres where all the mickey-mousing carpentry skills and spare lumber comes in handy: the "kwikset totem pole"! I recently added a third plug upside down after realized some locks are installed upside down. I just live in a small apartment and 99% of my tool making is done in my fathers garage but, with the totem pole I can play around all day and just throw it in my closet. The locks on the left I have NOT beaten the ones on the right I have.

[img=http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/8941/img12049er.th.jpg]

(left: masterlock#6271 having a heck of time with this one the first pin is a near full cut and the second is a true full cut. A masterlock combo style I haven't got the math right yet right: junky thai gun cable lock, 2 master#1's, masterlock longshackle, tiny brass body 3 pin masterlock and a masterlock combo with a 3 pin? on the back)


Heres the two that have me stuck again, I try the 6271 for a little bit in my free time.

[img=http://img399.imageshack.us/img399/4703/img12015tl.th.jpg]


The next project: "crest spinbrush raker 5000". Credit where credit is due to everyone who did this project before me ofcourse I'm not the inventor just the inspired.

Sheesh, this thing is getting two coats of plastic black when I'm done. No, they didn't have white .

[img=http://img488.imageshack.us/img488/1446/img11887wn.th.jpg]

The first cut all AROUND the metal shaft, I played it safe, too safe and cut way too high up but I can always remove more material.

[img=http://img488.imageshack.us/img488/8657/img11909mx.th.jpg]

The head was crushed with some pliers and the shaft was exposed on the tip theres a metal "connecting rod" connected through a plastic connector to the metal rod I'm keeping.

[img=http://img488.imageshack.us/img488/7284/img11936xz.th.jpg]


cut down a lil bit


[img=http://img488.imageshack.us/img488/959/img11940gx.th.jpg]

the actual tip of the metal rod is "knurled" to better fit the plastic connector.

[img=http://img488.imageshack.us/img488/3007/img11977gu.th.jpg]

Thats as far as I got so far, future modifications:

wiring it up for 6 AAA batteries 9 volts @ decent amperage for speed and power for rusty locks.

painting it black

perminantly attaching a pick holder on the tip with a 10-32 screw for gripping the pick made out of aluminum.

[machinist]

I finally got my pop's grinder together and got a chance to actually use a grinder/dremel combo! Only prob was the wheel was preety badley glazed over but I cut through most of it with a sharpening stone and the rest cuting the first few picks.

BTW: What grit# wheel do you guys use for your picks?

after two hours of seting up cleaning up and the fun part, heres what I have:

[img=http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/1458/img12151nw.th.jpg]

I still have to debur, polish, unify the grip transition and paint them with gun bluing (picking up tomarrow @ a gun show).

[img=http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/4949/img12167eg.th.jpg]

wave picks

[img=http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/6224/img12177sh.th.jpg]

diamonds (one of them got a lil thin there, for some reason the half diamond is a total kwikset slayer , I don't want to even polish it lol)

[img=http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/9826/img12185wo.th.jpg]

two feelers (more agressive than my majestic slim) and my....ugh , ball pick. I can never get it to look good, this is my second shot.

[img=http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/5038/img12192vd.th.jpg]

Two for the "pocket set" currently in the works, I'm envisioning a nice key chain size nylon pouch with these two+ball,"W" and tiny torquer.

[mike-z]

NICE SET
woops caps is on

[machinist]

I got around to working some more on my spinbrush project, I made the pick holder out of some 6061 aluminum and drilled two holes for the holding screws (6-32 U.S. standard) and the orignal brush shaft to fit into. The shaft and aluminum peice are being glued together with JB weld I was wondering about how well they would attached so I tapped the hole with an 8-32 tapp to give it some ridges for greater surface area and scraped up in the inside with a dental pick, the shaft got its share of cuts to help the epoxy stick better. As of the moment the whole contraption is drying over a peice of paper and I'm off to the gym to let it set.

the actual aluminum peice I machined out
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what its going to look like when finished (only strait with two screws in the holes)
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The shaft after the "gripping cuts" were made
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backed up a bit
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the whole setup drying+ the two 6-32 screws (need to be shortend)+JB weld+the drill/tap set and a screwdriver/stand to make sure everthying is at the right angle for drying.
[img=http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/9797/img12357gu.th.jpg]

what I still have to do:
paint it black
tap the two remaining holes
make a few rakes for it
upgrade the power source

then I finally get to test it!

[Mad Mick]

You could have saved yourself a bit of time by using what I know as a "Chocolate Block" connector. It's used for joining electrical wires together and comprises a metal sleeve with two screws, surrounded by insulating plastic. (Looks a bit like a strip of LegoTM)

Remove the two screws, push out the sleeve, then re-insert the screws.

You can see the finished application on my own Spinbrush here.

[illusion]

Mick - that is known as a domino in the UK.

[Mad Mick]

Ah, I'm now enlightened...

"Pass me a domino!"
"Which one? The one with the five and three screws, or the two and four?"
"F*ck it!, just pass me a Chocolate Block!"

[machinist]

Trust me I looked, 20 minutes in a local hardware store. 30 minutes in a chain hardware store by name and description. Nothing. I expected to have a hard time in the chain store but even the local one was a bust. Would have been easier but, I had al the tools on hand, I've been doing this kind of thing for years and I'm satisfied with the results. BTW your my inspiration for his project you know.