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Homemade case

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.

Homemade case

Postby eatjiggy » 14 Oct 2005 15:58

Got Southord?
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Postby SFGOON » 14 Oct 2005 22:54

Tell your gramma good job... :roll:

Or did you do it yourself? I honestly can't say which is worse. You were probably better off hanging onto the plastic case the picks were shipped in.
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Postby eatjiggy » 14 Oct 2005 23:07

So you don't like it? Yes I made It myself
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Postby ThE_MasteR » 14 Oct 2005 23:17

eatjiggy wrote:So you don't like it? Yes I made It myself
Nice sewing job..!!
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Postby Chrispy » 15 Oct 2005 1:05

If the material was black, it would be better. I'm with GOON on this one, where's the original case?
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Postby TOWCH » 15 Oct 2005 1:46

The original case is a square plastic tube similar to the round ones used to store optics if he got them off lockpicks.com which I think he did. I just got a set of the "Just Picks Assorted" myself and am very happy with them. All in all, an improvement over what they came in. In the future I think black is more stylish. probably will want to use matching black thread. Have you considered adding a button of some sorts to keep it rolled up? Maybe something like the strap from an umbrella.
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Postby Chrispy » 15 Oct 2005 4:04

TOWCH wrote:Maybe something like the strap from an umbrella.

Excellent idea. :)
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Postby eatjiggy » 15 Oct 2005 9:39

Well I would have done It in black If I had any.......but yeah I have the plastic case I just wanted to make one.
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Postby n2oah » 15 Oct 2005 9:42

SFGOON wrote:Tell your gramma good job... :roll:

Or did you do it yourself? I honestly can't say which is worse. You were probably better off hanging onto the plastic case the picks were shipped in.


That was quite rude.
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Postby Keyring » 15 Oct 2005 9:59

Well, I think it's very enterprising, and you should be pleased with it. :D

For closing it you could consider Velcro. Probably ideal.

My only worry is that the points of the picks are where you fold the top part down over, and could start to make holes. I wonder if you could do something to encourage the fold to be slightly higher than the pick ends,such as sewing something thicker inside the bottom half to force a fold at a certain height, and/or add a re-enforcing strip of something tough along the part where the tips will press.

Still, only you can tell what is needed, if anything. The good thing compared to the case my SO MPXS-14 set came in, is that you can see all your picks and just lift out the one you want. I have to tip all mine out on the floor and then search through the pile. :(
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Home madier

Postby Greyflex » 16 Oct 2005 20:47

Hey jiggy,

I see you spent a good bit of time making your case, while spending little money. I thinks thats great. If SFGOON cracked on your case, I wonder what he would say about mine? It's made out of a manilla folder! lol. I don't wanna double post, so check out the thread called "my pocket set" for more pics.


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Ya, I know it's ghetto.. Hey, come to think of it, the 16 dollar camera I bought to post these pics cost more than my whole pic set and case. Doh.
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closure

Postby Greyflex » 16 Oct 2005 20:53

oh, ya... I think you could close your case with some snaps.... The ones I used here are from the W mart. They have little metal spikes, and you hammer them together with the cloth in between. They sell sew-on snaps, too.
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pick holder

Postby scampdog » 13 Mar 2006 20:06

this is the roll up case i made
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made it out of my mates old leather jacket he thought he had thrown away(fool).
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Postby illusion » 13 Mar 2006 20:21

Urrmm.. I like that... a lot. :)

Modeled on the Falle case it can't fail to be bad, and you've done a decent job.

If the thread was brown it would have been perfect, but it's merely an aesthetical opinion.

Nice work at any rate mate. :P
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Postby pick_maker » 13 Mar 2006 22:35

jiggy, upper right corner............... that a .22 round?
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