Peterson Flat 5 Template

[zeke79]

Yep DD. The tools are easily worth the bucks. The best way I can see to reproduce them would be to make the tension tools and then run fine fine inner threading taps on them to reproduce the same results.

[scampdog]

if you buy one of the old cheapy rip saws, in any sunday market,you can cut enough wrenches out of this, to last you a lifetime, the serations, i then just cut in with a dremel,they work fine and cost you next to nothing.

you can also grind down the end of a junior hacksaw blade,make it into a twist wrench,but leave the teeth on for serations and re-temper,i've used these for ages,they work quite well.

[ThE_MasteR]

Good idea scampdog

[Shrub]

Are they thread gauges lol

Thats a good old set of teeth lol

If you run a file sideways without stroking it you will get teeth on somthing,

[scampdog]

hi shrub, no they are not thread guages,if you look at my terrible drawing (Davinci i aint),you can see how i cut them out of the saw blade,so you can imagine how many wrenches you will get from one saw.
[IMG]http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e157/visionexpress/flatwrenches.jpg[/IMGtry not to get the steel to hot and it will keep its strength,and then just use the dremel for the serrations,try them ,they work.

[scampdog]

sorry shrub, try this one

[Shrub]

I know im sorry i was winding you up as the teeth are massive compared to the commercial ones above, a thread gague is a bit of metal that has teeth like your wrenches lol

Im only playin wid ya

[scampdog]

wot,like these i use everyday

only kidding,i tried cutting them smaller, but didn't notice any difference

[Shrub]

Yup those lol that an old pic you have there unless your camera needs resetting lol

[bpc293]

i bought the pry bar. i think i have a heavy hand to begin with. i realy put some tension on that thing and it didnt bend. there strong.

[Hardliner]

I almost added that pry bar to my last order from Peterson. Now I'm kicking myself for not getting it (and the flat-5 set as well after reading this thread.)

I have a big padlock that I can pick just fine, but the spring is so strong that the streetcleaner bristle wrench I use is not capable of turning the plug without getting bent all to %&$%*$ -- once I feel it break at the shear line I need to shove a screwdriver into the top of the keyway to turn it fully and open the lock. I bet that pry bar would be fantastic for sticky deadbolts too.

Ah well... Peterson has some neat new stuff and I want a spare hook or two so I guess I'll be pulling out the visa soon.

[devildog]

Ha ha! I think you and I probably aren't the only ones that do that: I've got 3 Peterson hooks, one that I use plus 2 spares! I wonder how many zeke has ?

[eric343]

According to Ken Peterson, the "government steel" is the strongest tensile strength stainless steel on the market. Some proprietary alloy.

He acid-etches and then tumbles (to smooth) all his tools.

[Octillion]

I wish he would sell individual picks with the "government steel". There are only a few picks I want, doubles of the short hook, and don't want to dish out over $100 for a whole set containing item's I don't want.

Alas, I placed an order last night for some spring steel individual picks, as well as the flat 5 and pry bar. Still better than the Majestics I’ve been using for the past 8 months or whatever since I’ve started. My short hook (pretty much the only Majestic pick I use) is visibly worn, much of the bluing or whatever the dark coating is has worn off leaving some shiny steel.

[zeke79]

I have 2 peterson standard hooks. 1 is spring steel and 1 is gov stainless.