spring steel

by **bpc293** » 1 Sep 2006 9:28

is the stock spring steel that you can buy for fixing lever locks any good for making picks. how about the round strips. i'v been making picks very thin and doing it very slow by hand and most of them bend not all i got lucky a few times. i used some blow dart pins and bent a small hook in them. i think there great but not very strong almost what i was looking for. this is why i'm asking about the flat and round spring steel strips that are sold every where.

by **LockNewbie21** » 1 Sep 2006 17:45

I've seen the plumber snakes.. and electrician snakes. All look to be atlest a 3/4's to a full milimeter thick.

I'd say Wiper insert, and use the snakes for handels its what i do, works great, they snap off so you don't have to shop them, same witht he wiper blades. Just buy a few one one at a time untill you find thick ones (width wise)

I seen that to in my catologe, i would think maybe, but then again probobly not. But i have never seen them.

Shrubs a good buy to ask for this, he picks many a lever down dere in Derby

by **bpc293** » 1 Sep 2006 21:26

i'v taken soom of those locks apart and the spring seams strong except there always broke but the locks are real old so i didnt no. i no what your talking about with the thick ones those are the ones i get to work. it was your posts that got me doing it. man they work nice when you get them right. i would take i nice super thin homemade over anything. ramondo makes his nice. i normaly push it and go to thin.

by **Shrub** » 1 Sep 2006 21:30

I dont actually understand any of the above posts,

What is the actual problem?

Are you wanting to pick a lever lock and cant get a decent tool made?

If so can you post me a pic of the inside of the lock?

I can then tell you the best way to go about this,

Lknoob, its derbyshire not derby, two differant places :wink:

by **LockNewbie21** » 1 Sep 2006 22:08

Lknoob

Point guns to head for picking this name!

What a tick.. isn;t Brian Jacoques, that author from Derbyshire?.. you knw the guyt hat writes the readwall books, i used to read them in 8th grade.

by **bpc293** » 1 Sep 2006 22:25

shrub I'm sorry for not being more clear. i didn't exactly no how to describe them. my old mortise locks i took apart that have a skeleton key.
inside them there is flat spring steel. i was wondering if this type of steel is good for making picks. inside my Foley catalog the sell it in tubes about a hundred pieces per tube. it comes in 6 inch lengths flat or round.

by **bpc293** » 1 Sep 2006 22:31

locknewbie21 i also found it for half of what belsaw wants for it.

by **LockNewbie21** » 1 Sep 2006 22:50

I know there whole catologe is a rip ebay blows them out the water :lol:

by **bpc293** » 2 Sep 2006 0:09

i think its sad that a company thats been around so long and boasts how good it is and all that crap rips off beginners that don't know much about the business end of it or wholesale prices and take advantage of them. after all should you not trust your school or the people teaching you.

i wounder how many people tried to start a business only dealing with them. you know they would never make it and so do they.

by **Shrub** » 2 Sep 2006 0:30

I think you would do better buying some cheap knives from local charity shops or somthing than useing spring steel,

You will find spring steel depending on quality will damage your files but its easy to soften and re harden again,

by **bpc293** » 2 Sep 2006 0:47

seeing them in the catalog peaked my intrest. i had to know.

thanks

by **Shrub** » 2 Sep 2006 0:50

Well without still fully understanding what you mean i can only advise on thematerial, it would be ok to use for sure but perhaps not the best to use with files,

by **bpc293** » 2 Sep 2006 1:16

inside the mortise locks in my doors theres little strips of black metal that is slightly bent and positioned to keep the levers from binding on each other. almost every one i took apart the spring strips where broke but i have no ideal how old the skeleton key mortise lock is. i think the building was built in the 1930's may be 20's.

i just wanted some really thin picks that are strong. i thought my be that stuff was the answer. i'm looking basically for a piece of wire that will be strong enough to be a pick

by **bpc293** » 2 Sep 2006 1:28

here its the 5th one down on the right side.

http://www.hudsonvalleylocksmith.com/Mo ... kParts.htm

by **Shrub** » 2 Sep 2006 9:28

Well if its wire for mortice locks then piano wire is the best,

If its material for thin cylinder picks then use a butter knife,

Although not great bike spokes can be used once or twice if careful but they arent great material,

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