broken picks

[n00bking]

hey, I have broken my jag pick and my single sided pick.

I can see the jag pick, there is a small area where it connects.

But the single sided pick? I mean, I used it a lot, but it doesn't seem like it would break a lot. O well, I will order 2 now, and 2 Jag Rake Picks, and 1 more Snake rake, but are there any more that break easily? And should I get another snake rake for backup? Do they break easily?

Are there picks out there that don't break that easily?

Thanks.

[JackNco]

jag pick?

What brand are u using. im yet to break one....

[n00bking]

lockpicks.com

it is the one that looks like an M

[Eyes_Only]

Under normal conditions picks should not break, ever. The only reason they break is because the user was applying too much pressure on the tension wrench requiring more force needed to be put on the pick to lift the pin stacks. I've broken a pick myself in the past and that was a great learning experience for me about proper tension to apply to the plug. No pick is so strong that it can withstand such abuse. The only thing you can do is go easy on the tension, otherwise you'll be collecting a lot of scrap metal from now on.

[Wrenchman]

Under normal conditions picks should not break, ever. The only reason they break is because the user was applying too much pressure on the tension wrench requiring more force needed to be put on the pick to lift the pin stacks. I've broken a pick myself in the past and that was a great learning experience for me about proper tension to apply to the plug. No pick is so strong that it can withstand such abuse. The only thing you can do is go easy on the tension, otherwise you'll be collecting a lot of scrap metal from now on.

What he said!



Wrenchman

[freakparade3]

As said ease up. Your trying to hard. Just pretend your lock is a woman, stroke it softly. Wait, mabye I'm sharing to much here.......

[Charodei]

What exactly is a "single sided pick"? I know several that could be called that: hook, half diamond, half ball, some rakes.

freakparade3: I wouldn't mind if you went into more detail...

[Wolfe]

did you quench them in old used motor oil? i heard this works great

[CompFX]

I would not suggest messing with the temper of commercial picks.

I have broke a pick also. I was picking a dirty, corroded lock and didnt want to take the time to clean it, or lube it up. Lesson learned!! (it was my fav pick too )

Make sure you clean and / or lube old dirty locks

CompFX

[Shrub]

did you quench them in old used motor oil? i heard this works great

Roflmao,

[Eyes_Only]

Quenching pick tools in oil will, from what I understand, give the metal a more flexible property and help prevent it from breaking too easily but as CompFX said, don't quench any commercial picks you bought. They already have been through some sort of tempering process so any further tempering/tampering will just screw up the metal.

[raimundo]

certain designs of picks will be prone to breaking, the pick shaft should be either two parallel edges or haveing a slight taper toward the tip, the pick tip also needs to be well designed, so that it also continues the taper. If you have a rake that is not undercut, you will find that certain parts of the pick tip, are much narrower than parts further to the pick end, this leave a part of the pick stronger and the stress that would flexbend a longer thinner design will cause one tiny part of the pick to attempt to do all the flex and bend, at the same place with little flexible material to do the job. also, any sharp angle to the tip may cause a stress buildup point, examine al your broken picks and notice that they always break at the thinnest point.

[Eyes_Only]

Yeah, my hook pick broke a few millimeters from the tip, right where it meets the rest of the shaft.

[n00bking]

ya, the jag rake pick, i broke on the first day that I got it, and it broken clean off. It was my first day so I am not surprised. But my single sided pick, I was picking my back door lock for like the first time, and ya I was kinda screwing up the tension because I had never done the lock before, other than that I was just picking padlocks that were easy.

I'll just get another single sided pick and a jar rake pick, and a single short sided pick, looks kinda cool.

[Jolly Rodgers]

:sigh: dont pick locks you rely on :sigh:

trust me when you break a pick off in your dodge dakota door youll regret it(personal experience)