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Canadian Home-Brew (Not beer)

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.

Canadian Home-Brew (Not beer)

Postby jgardhouse » 6 Oct 2005 16:21

Some homebrew from my collection!

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Extra large bobby pins, who would have thought, works great!! (have been changed a bit since photo.)


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Modded dental tools, pain to build, the steel is STRONGER then anything (well, almost) I swear, they took hours.

The black stuff is shrink tubing, used for covering connections of wires... Very comfortable and easy to install.

The dental ones are a bit shorter then I would like, but still are very effective... Handle is a bit to small for my liking on the bobby pin made ones, but I love em.
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Postby illusion » 6 Oct 2005 16:29

interesting picks you have there mate!

the dental picks are nice...

where did you get the dental tools to begin with??

the dental pick second to the left looks very big... has this caused you problems?
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Postby jgardhouse » 6 Oct 2005 16:35

illusion wrote:where did you get the dental tools to begin with??

the dental pick second to the left looks very big... has this caused you problems?


That second pick isnt too large at all! It has many a time opened a lock on the first or second rake.

The dental tools where purchased at a local surplus shop, which deals in everything electronic, industrial and tools. No idea where you could find them in the UK, perhaps its time to get those fillings done :P
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Postby illusion » 6 Oct 2005 16:47

sorry about that...

i was looking thinking of them from the perspective of UK locks which are commonly smaller...

perhaps its time to get those fillings done


I'll just kindly ask if I can borrow them next time I go :P
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Postby jgardhouse » 6 Oct 2005 17:03

That is a very good point illusion, average north american locks have room for a small car!

Next chance for a fair chunk of spare cash, I will bring over an assortment of euro locks, always having somthing 'different' puts you at an advantage...
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Re: Canadian Home-Brew (Not beer)

Postby A.Spencer2 » 11 Oct 2005 17:45

The black stuff is shrink tubing, used for covering connections of wires... Very comfortable and easy to install.


I put that on mine,works pretty well.
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