My Picks

[skold]

hey guys this the first of my picks pics.. its not that great because the camera relly isn't that great but well now i have pics of my picks

[skold]

heres my new "emergency" pick set..

[skold]

heres my new "emergency" pick set..

[skold]

sorry about that double reply


well heres the rest


basic picks



Falle style hooks and weird designs



Auto jiggler and wafer jigglers and torque tool




some of my torque tools




a picked lock..



a very small percentage of my locks..well the ones that were not somewhere under my bed

[skold]

Also i FINALLY got my bi-lock picks back and if your a member of the Advanced forum you can view these there

[skold]

heres my case.. its a glasses case with some leather strapping holding my key blanks

[skold]

yay i got some better pictures

[skold]

that didn't work

[plot]

impressive... do you make all of your own picks?

[skold]

yep
that set took me about 25 days to make about 1 and a half hours a f\day

[mightymouse]

I'm curious about your torque tools. You seem to have put handles on some of them and I'm wondering how this affects their usability. I'm starting to experiment with putting handles on picks but hadn't really thought about doing this with torque tools.

When picking pin tumblers I generally know that a pin is set by feeling a slight relaxation in the pressure on my fingers received through the torque tool. If applying more than the necessary torque then it will be felt as a stronger vibration along with an audible click.

Do you use your torque tools very lightly, and if so, can you still get good feedback with those handles on them?

[skold]

i mainly use the handled ones on simple locks that i don't need feedback with. they affect the feed back lots< there is none

[mightymouse]

Oh, I see. Thanks for the input; I'll stick to leaving mine unhandled.

cheers

[skold]

i have 13 new picks ill post them later

[eric343]

Man, you're a prolific producer of picking products!

(I couldn't resist.)

One thing I'm wondering... It looks as if your picks are made by bending, rather than grinding -- so your effective 'hook' radius is quite large, meaning you need quite a bit of maneuvering space in the keyway. Have you had any trouble using those picks with paracentric keyways (ones where the wards cross the center line a lot; making it difficult to move a pick)?