My pocket set

[blade_runner]

Here's my solution to the jack knife pick set. Rather then invest the effort into something that could prove difficult and heavy to use I just made a mini set of picks complete with handles and put them on a key ring. With your finger through the ring they make a comfortable set of tools to use, plus they're light and you can change tools easily one handed (while the other continues to apply tension).

I apologize for the picture quality I'll replace it with something better as soon as I'm able.

http://www.geocities.com/kodiakrun/Charms.html

[gremtech2002]

That's some cool little set there..... think I might try making one like that..... I'm really intreagued about the changing picks w/ one hand.

An the photo isn't that bad...... I've see a lot worse

Cheers

[blade_runner]

Exchanged the picture for a bit better one. This time with a glimpse of my tension tool, I think its made out of a windsheild wiper insert, but I can't be sure since I just found it in the parking lot.

[treboR]

Great idea!

[illusion]

not bad... looks small and usefull with no-frills attached - nice work.

might be cool to make a ball/half-ball pick to complete the set

[Greyflex]

Hey, nice looking picks. But do you really carry them around in your pocket? they look kinda sharp and pointy. lol.

Hey, what is the third pick from the left? It looks like a blank key, or something. Does this one do anything, or does it keep the other picks from putting a hole in your pocket?

[freakshow]

That's not a pick, just a non-ground hacksaw blade so either
A: you can see what those were before grinding
OR
B: he's going to grind it down soon, into a new pick.

[illusion]

maybe he intends to make a matador pick

[Chrispy]

maybe he intends to make a matador pick

I still haven't made mine yet.

[blade_runner]

Well, I added a half ball pick to the set. There's tons of wafer locks around, so that could come in handy. A matador pick sounds interesting, but I don't have any dimple locks and I haven't seen any. So far, I don't have any plans for that piece of steel, but I'm open to suggestions. I may try my hand at king and queen picks again.

[Greyflex]

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b103/klee27x/101001011010.jpg

i hope this works.

{db edit: changed IMG tag to URL tag due to oversized picture. And, btw, I've never seen so many IMG tags to post one image in all my life. }

[Greyflex]

My pocket pick case. I made it from heavy weight manilla folder. It is, err, laminated with thin layers of adhesive-backed plastic. Ok, it is covered in scotch tape!

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b103/klee27x/1101001010110.jpg

I carry 6 pics and three wrenches inside, and it is usually found in my front pocket, cuz I like to know it's there.

The pick next to the case is the first pick I made - a freehand copy of a Falle that someone else had posted. I held it up to my computer monitor every now and then, to get the right shape.

Ok. Here is what is inside.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b103/klee27x/001101101001.jpg

The pick second from the right is my favorite pick. It is a short curved probe, and it is lightning fast in locating and jumping back and forth between pins!

{db edit: Same as above.}

[Greyflex]

Hey. I don't know the first thing about wafer locks, except I remember opening desk locks with a paper clip which had been bent into a very vague approximation of a key. No tension wrench, either, just turned the paper clip in the slot, while jiggling.

I wonder if you could do the same thing by holding two curved picks together like this? Is this a neat idea or what?

[blade_runner]

Cool set. What's the case? And what did you use as pick stock? Are those saw blades? Interesting approach on wafer locks; I haven't tried anything too fancy since they're dead simple to pick.

[Greyflex]

Thx for the compliment.

For a pocket set, a case might be safer than a key-ring, don't ya think? At least for the guys. lol.

I found some heavy weight manilla folders on the Staples liquidation table, several months, ago. Since then, I have been making all kinds of random things with them, including this pick case.
Basically, it is a matchbox, large nuff to hold my picks, which ARE made from hack saw blades. The inside box has flaps, too, so that not so much as a hair, let alone a pick, could ever slip out of the box, when it's closed.
It was fun making it, but I like to do these kinds of things. U just need a str8 edge of some sort, a pointy object like a large nail, a pair of scissors, some glue, and some scotch or packing tape (optional, for laminating the outer box). Then just score the material where u want it to fold, cut it to the shape you want, then glue it.
The whole shebang is a tad longer and a smidge heavier than a Bic lighter. It is definitely lighter and more comfortable in my pocket than my key ring. And it doesn't jingle around, at all.