First timer

by **Hor5e** » 12 Nov 2003 10:53

Lucky first try (I hope not)
I made myself a couple of picks the otherday at work while i had a spare 1/2 hour and managed to open 2 master locks 1 yale lock and a cupboard door. hows that for beginners luck.
I've done the yale and masters again to get some practice in. :lol:

by **Varjeal** » 12 Nov 2003 12:05

Good job, and welcome to the site.

What materials did you make your picks from?

by **Hor5e** » 12 Nov 2003 12:29

hi, The picks are made from Hacksaw blades ground down to make a diamond pick and a hook and the tension bar is an allen key ground down (I got th eideas from reading past posts)
Ive been practicing on a Master 140 brass padlock (got that off to a T now)
The feeling when the first lock moves is terrific I couldnt stop smiling - now i'm hooked

by **snoopwogg** » 26 Nov 2003 23:11

allen keys make the best tension wrenches

by **Chucklz** » 28 Nov 2003 16:44

Congratulations! Its good to see someone taking the time to make their own tools. Make sure you burnish your tools edges, that is round them over and give them a good sanding with say 200 or 400 grid paper. This is to keep them fom cutting/grinding up your locks.

by **pyrobeav_2005** » 30 Nov 2003 16:45

I also make my own picks and I am currently working on making a Jacknife pick. I would just buy one, but I am only sixteen and can't get a credit card so I can't order over the internet. So if any body could post some close up pictures of a jacknife pick (if possible pulled apart) I would be much obliged.

The Beav

by **Zelgadis** » 30 Nov 2003 19:55

allen keys make the best tension wrenches

I can not agree with that.

Best tension wrenches are made of thin pieces of metal like the things girls use to hold the hair.

If allen keys really made the best tension wrenches all pick sets would use them. :wink:

by **guitarrc6** » 30 Mar 2004 19:43

hey guys, i got a small five piece set that i've been playing around with, and i just can't seem to get the lock picked. I've been trying on a cheap padlock from ace hardware, and i can't get it done, its really frustrating for a beginner. any tips that i could do? i have read the mit paper and have been trying the excersises, but i guess i'm jsut a slow learner. I'm mostly haveing problemes trying to "feel the set" it all seems teh same to me? any suggestions?

thanks

by **UnLock** » 30 Mar 2004 20:10

Zelgadis wrote:
allen keys make the best tension wrenches

I can not agree with that.

Although I don't consider allen keys to be the BEST tension wrenches, I do believe they make for an excellent one to be used on locks that require heavier tension. I've ground down several of them (different sizes) and have used them on older padlocks that don't turn to freely.

by **UnLock** » 30 Mar 2004 20:13

guitarrc6 wrote:hey guys, i got a small five piece set that i've been playing around with, and i just can't seem to get the lock picked. I've been trying on a cheap padlock from ace hardware, and i can't get it done, its really frustrating for a beginner. any tips that i could do? i have read the mit paper and have been trying the excersises, but i guess i'm jsut a slow learner. I'm mostly haveing problemes trying to "feel the set" it all seems teh same to me? any suggestions?

thanks

What lock are you trying to pick? Does it have a name and model number on it? A good practise lock would be a Master #3 padlock and/or a Kwikset deadbolt. Both are fairly easy to pick.

by **Chucklz** » 30 Mar 2004 20:36

A Brinks brand padlock is often fairly inexpensive at many hardware stores, but may have spool pins. Please share more brand info if you have it.

by **Hor5e** » 31 Mar 2004 2:25

Just an update on locks, Still making my picks out of hacksaw blades now have a set of 4 that I use and have become quite adept at picking Master, Abus, yale and defender padlocks actually running out of ones to pick. And I still get the same buzz as I did in the beginning.

by **plot** » 31 Mar 2004 4:33

Good job hor5e, keep it up.

i still get the same rush everytime i open a lock too.. even if it's just a simple practice lock with 2 pins that i havn't bothered adding too... just something about it.

by **reg** » 31 Mar 2004 6:14

Hor5e wrote:Just an update on locks, Still making my picks out of hacksaw blades now have a set of 4 that I use and have become quite adept at picking Master, Abus, yale and defender padlocks actually running out of ones to pick. And I still get the same buzz as I did in the beginning.

cool - but you see that is why it is good to have club meetings, so you can swap locks and knowledge about them

hope for the british guys that lpUK will grow nicely, so people can start to have their local club evenings.

But I doubt such clubs would be legal in all states of the US - which is a pity for those of you being there

Cheers

reg (who is German, and profits of club evenings)

by **Hor5e** » 5 Apr 2004 15:54

Ok just moved from padlock to locks and managed to pick a lock on a Krauss Maffie 650 tonne Injection moulding machine, (no big deal unless you know what they are) http://www.krauss-maffei.de/pictures/ks/ks1-122.jpg

First timer

First timer

allen keys are goos

Making a jacknife

ugh, need help

Re: ugh, need help

More locks

Re: More locks

Krauss

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