"Wishbone" Tension Wrench

by **Sipe** » 22 Mar 2004 20:09

any opions on the "Wishbone" Tension Wrench?

This is the one i am takling about ...it is the "TW-15"

by **plot** » 22 Mar 2004 20:13

as far as i know you use it for car locks and the like, in which case, it's very effective, as it can push that little metal sheild thing back.

...wouldn't consider it on a normal doorlock or padlock probably.

by **David_Parker** » 22 Mar 2004 20:15

I like it...sort of. I never use it on car locks. Never really mess with the things. Its designed a hellofalot better than HPCs wishbone. The...tang I guess...the thing that sticks into the lock is longer than HPCs...but I've heard and seen guys just use a simple tension wrench to open them up.

By they way, I'm pretty sure their main use is for double wafer locks...mostly found on car doors.

-Dave.

by **David_Parker** » 22 Mar 2004 20:16

...Plot was too quick for me. Ahead of my game.

-Dave.

by **CitySpider** » 22 Mar 2004 20:30

I find them completely useless, and I've picked a couple handfulls of car locks, dust covers intact, with regular wrenches.

by **Chucklz** » 22 Mar 2004 20:38

I can't say that I have much use for the SouthOrd one. I have been thinkign about trying one thats simply made of round wire, so as to not slip as much as the SO one, although I haven't found the right wire or time yet. I do know that www.lockpicks.com sells the wrench I am talking about.

by **technik** » 22 Mar 2004 22:31

can someone who owns one of these please measure the 'finger' width (the fingers that go into the lock)

i am planning on making a falle set of adjustable tension wrenches. Does anyone have any sugestions on what sizes to make the fingers (different from top to bottom?)

by **Quin** » 23 Mar 2004 3:56

Just mesured the Southord one for you; it's 1/2cm long exactly.

by **technik** » 23 Mar 2004 5:08

do you mean the part of the tension that i ad a question mark about? 5mm seems pretty big!

by **salzi684** » 23 Mar 2004 5:45

I chechked my SO wishbone wrench on a michrometer it the "finger" measured .056" or 1.42mm.

by **salzi684** » 23 Mar 2004 5:51

Sorry, I accidentally hit submit instead of preview so the spelling and grammar are pretty bad here is what it was supposed to say.

I checked my SouthOrd wishbone wrench on a micrometer the "finger" measured .056" or 1.42mm.

by **technik** » 23 Mar 2004 5:52

thats great, thanks salzi684

by **Chucklz** » 23 Mar 2004 15:11

About the Falle style turning tools. A quick look at www.crypto.com 's pictures of them shows that they are a bit more complicated than you would initially assume. If anyone has a set, could theyprovide measurements for those of us unfortunates.

by **technik** » 24 Mar 2004 3:12

yeh, i double that chucklz

any help would be greatly appreciated

"Wishbone" Tension Wrench

"Wishbone" Tension Wrench

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