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slimline euro sets too slim?

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slimline euro sets too slim?

Postby killerkiwi » 27 Jul 2006 22:25

I recently got this kit http://www.lockpickshop.com/page/LPS/PROD/LS/C1510

and it feels so birittle to me compred to my folding pick set, everytime i pick a lock i feel like i have to use extreme force to pick a pin, is that normal? and It feels really brittle, should i take more care into using it or can it really take abuse?
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Postby Shrub » 27 Jul 2006 22:27

They will take some abuse but you shouldnt be abuseing your tools anyway, ive said it before ill say it again picking a lock is like whispering sweet nothings to a woman, be gentle and kind and youll go far, be rough and abusive and youll end up with a broken tool :wink:
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Postby bpc293 » 27 Jul 2006 23:09

i broke her i mean the extended reach hook with the diamond on it. there's two like that. right where they bend there real thin. really a lightly sanded majestic pick is about the same size and stronger.
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Postby Deathadder » 27 Jul 2006 23:16

if you use less tension, you might not have to force the pins.
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Postby bpc293 » 28 Jul 2006 0:18

do you own a set? theres a couple that are just too thin.
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Postby toomush2drink » 28 Jul 2006 3:37

They are not too thin as a lot of our keyways require this sort of pick, you will struggle to get a typical american set into say an evva keyway. If your snapping picks you have too much tension, ive yet to snap a pick yet and all i use is slimline picks which ive thinned down even more.
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Postby bpc293 » 28 Jul 2006 11:27

i didn't snap it i bent it. yea i do start to uses to much force when i start to get aggravated. only pick i snapped was a Peterson. it was because i was frustrated. but the to extended hooks in the slim set. theres that one angle where they get really thin. thats what I'm talking about.

anyone have a majestic pick and a slim southord put them on top of each other not much of a difference is there.
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Postby bpc293 » 28 Jul 2006 11:31

o the i broke the hooker with the diamond on her. that was because of what shrub wrote. made me think of someone.
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Postby Krypos » 28 Jul 2006 14:19

what i did, being is the us, is i bought a 14 pc set from SO (the regular picks) and tehn added on 2 slimline picks, a short hook and a small diamond. this means that i have 16pc set, 4 tension, 10 reg picks and 2 clim. it works really well.
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Postby Deathadder » 28 Jul 2006 14:28

i got the so 14 piece too, i have 2 bogotas and im waiting for my 4 slim lines to get here, im curious to see how much of a difference in sensitivity they have.
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Postby Raccoon » 30 Jul 2006 17:20

Breaking picks may not necessarily be your fault. I haven't broken any, however, picks that are stamped out of a sheet can have micro-fractures from stress of production. You can deal with these by sanding down sharp edges/corners which are prone to cracking and allowing the crack to continue through the metal of the pick.
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Postby Shrub » 30 Jul 2006 18:03

I thought they all used laser cutting now and non were actually stamped,
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Postby Deathadder » 30 Jul 2006 23:31

i dunno, it seems like mine are stamped, and laser cutters are WAY more expensive than stamps, then again mine are SO :( ... not that that's a bad thing...
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Postby LockNewbie21 » 30 Jul 2006 23:32

I thoght the were hydrauliclly pressed, and falle used a water jet machine,


Either way i here SO steal is not as good as say HPC or peterson, but you shouldn't snap them, i modded mine so there a bit slimmer than a euro and i never bent one.

I might suggest you put tension on the top of the cylinder and ligthen up(on tension :P )


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Postby Shrub » 31 Jul 2006 10:10

Well i could be wrong as ive not visited a pick factory but in other types of production stamping is being made redundant to actually cutting,

It they are stamped you would get a curve on one side around the edge and a burr on the other but you dont,

Maybe its time to write to such places to simply ask,
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