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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.

Postby hybridvirus » 7 Aug 2006 18:55

Ok so... I've never made picks before, or anything. And I'm very new to picking... But heres my 2 pics I made today fresh off the grinder, no fine touches made yet. I have multiple other blanks made, just coming here to see what's the dilly with my DiY picks. PM me or something with advice maybe. I was kinda rushed.. Constructive criticism plz. lol


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Postby LockNewbie21 » 7 Aug 2006 19:24

Very good buddy, just take some black emerory paper and sand them down you have two very nice hooks.

Also mybe a tension wrench, overall very very nice.

Good luck mate :)


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Postby unbreakable » 7 Aug 2006 19:50

Nice picks hybridvirus, like locknewbie said, they need a little sanding, but other than that they look awesome, nice, even tang, nice curves, overall excellently done.

Nice curves, heheh :lol: :lol: 8)
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Postby hybridvirus » 7 Aug 2006 20:11

:D :D :D lol thnks, it means alot to hear that.
yea i gotta sand em down and stuff.
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Postby unlisted » 8 Aug 2006 7:36

UWSDWF wrote:And boredom set in for unlisted and I at work to day here's what happened.

half-diamond pick (made by me) interesting handle design the makes me happy with the way I hold me picks
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It is with sad regret to inform everyone this pick was decapitated quite suddenly, last Saturday night, while in a fierce struggle with a (rather crappy) Master lock #4. :cry:

The handle was good, but the neck was just too weak to hold on..

Don't worry, it did not suffer unnecessarily in any way.



:!: ON another note, my friend with me there informed me he could pick, grabbed my personally made pick and tried the same lock, after a few seconds, I noticed he had the pick upside down in the lock, so I sent him to get another beer... :roll: :lol:
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Postby barbwir3 » 8 Aug 2006 20:51

these are made out of hack saw blades i an haveing trouble constructing a tortion wrench i have made a few but they always brake would hack saw blade work for the wrench too?
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both my picks so far.
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^close up on my first rake
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^my half diamond pick
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^close up of both

i used a doulble sided 6 inch table grinder and a dremle to remove the paint. constructive critisms any suggestions please, i plan on makeing a shovit tool out of a butter knife since i go threw credit cards like a bench grinder threw a hacksaw blade.
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Postby unbreakable » 8 Aug 2006 21:09

barbwir3 wrote:i used a doulble sided 6 inch table grinder and a dremle to remove the paint. constructive critisms any suggestions please, i plan on makeing a shovit tool out of a butter knife since i go threw credit cards like a bench grinder threw a hacksaw blade.


:shock: :shock:

If your a hobbypicker, you shouldnt be using a credit card or a shovit tool.

I have a feeling your a criminal, so please leave LP101.

If you have a reasonable, and legitimate reason for using these, please explain.
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Postby barbwir3 » 8 Aug 2006 21:21

i am not a crimanal i get locked out of my house alot... plus beyond that fact i wouldnt want to be broken into, i actualy want to be a profestional lock smith. but i am still in school... yay class of 07, beyond that the first thing i was taught to do was the credit card trick my dad taught me how to do it when i was like nine and i have been doing it ever since... i was fasinated when i picked my first master lock with a safty pin and a skrew driver and i have been trying to get a real set ever since i finaly got the tools to make them so i decided to. i am many things but a criminal i be not. i am slightly offended but i see where you are comming from assosateing the credit card and shovit tool to criminal acts. but i am not a criminal i am just sick of wasteing christmas gift certificates, you may ask why i dont just use my house key, well... you cant tell me you guys have never locked yourselves out on purpose for the sole purpus of practice.
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Postby unbreakable » 8 Aug 2006 21:32

Ok, sorry if I offended you, but sometimes we get people with the wrong intentions on here.

Welcome to the site.
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Postby barbwir3 » 8 Aug 2006 21:36

no prob i am not offended, thank you any critisism's or ideas for improving my picks?
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Postby Lokka » 9 Aug 2006 7:49

well these aren´t actually the first first ones,
but still, they are from beginning cause i am still there at the square one.
thes are mostly done out of sewer rod and streetwiper bristles.
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here the ones that upper one won´t show well
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the smaller squares on the paper are mm, bigger cm.
and heres a padlock cutaway.
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what would be best for tension, i use street vioer bristles..?
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Postby UWSDWF » 9 Aug 2006 8:09

most agree windshield wiper blade inserts are best for tensioners
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Postby unbreakable » 9 Aug 2006 10:29

As for your picks barbwir3, the overall shape looks quite good, and for tension wrenches you can use regular hacksaw blades thinned down, although I never have. I use either bent windshield wiper inserts or bent street sweeper bristles.

The only other material Ive ever used is junior hacksaw blades, they're a lot thinner, and springier, and make quite good tension wrenches.
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Postby barbwir3 » 9 Aug 2006 11:22

thank you for your imput unbreakeable i found a metal nail file that seems to work pretty well also i had some free time so i made this.
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^my case small exacto knife handle for the picks big one for the tension wrench, and the tension wrench.
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^my tension tool (i will be makeing a windshield wiper insert one, this one killed my dremel bit.)
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^my picks so far i expect to have ten befor tomorrow.
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Postby Lokka » 9 Aug 2006 18:24

UWSDWF wrote:most agree windshield wiper blade inserts are best for tensioners


hey thanks,
where are these used?
I don´t quite understand the word "windshield",
or it makes no sense to me, can´t combine it to any machine i know though..
Can any one tell which kinda shops sel this stuff,
or is the only way to find them on streets or to order from internet, i wouldn´t
feel comfortable doing that ?

it would be wery nice to get some comments about my picks too.
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