Hyper sensitive weighted pick.

[BazookaMedic]

The Hyper sensitive weighted pick.

This pick does not look beautiful but it is a hybrid between the super sensitive picks without handles and a handled pick. This pick combines the sensitivity of a pick without a handle. But has the weight and rigidness in the handle as a welded handle pick. In this guide I will show you how to construct this Type of Pick handle. This can be applied to any lockpick.


What you need

Before we start you will need the following:
• Lock pick (I used a half diamond that I rejected)
• Soldering Iron (I used a 15 watt Radio shack model)
• Solder
• Base board to protect your bench. (I used some scrap plywood)

Picture of what you need- http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n27/ ... C-001F.jpg


The Construction

First you need to plug in your soldering Iron to warm it up. Then you will want to get your solder to size. I do this by starting the end of the lock pick and wraping it over and ending on the other side. You should get something like this.

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n27/ ... C-004F.jpg

Do that twice so you have one for each side of the handle. Once you do that wipe your pick down to make sure the solder has something to bond to. You will want to lay the double loop piece on the pick as shown here,

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n27/ ... C-009F.jpg

Know melt the solder in a line. Do this by touching the tip to the solder on moving it down your line of solder. BE SURE THAT THE SOLDER STICKS OR YOU WILL FAIL MISERABLY. You should get something like so.

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n27/ ... C-010F.jpg

You Repeat this process on the other side. You will smooth this out later. Once you have your globs of solder stuck to the pick you will want to smooth them out. You do this by gradually melting the solder and moving the tip DOWN NOT UP (Towards the shaft) of the pick. Once you do that you should get something like this:

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n27/ ... C-014F.jpg

You now have A completed upgrade.

Final note

I appreciate any input or help from anyone on this idea. If you do get a patent for it please do not steal my idea. It is derived from experience. Critisism is welcomed by me. Also DO NOT ABUSE LOCKPICKING IN ANY WAY.

Thanks,
BazookaMedic

[n2oah]

Just make sure the solder is lead-free.

[BazookaMedic]

It can or can not be. You can put a sealer on it if it is lead or go to your hardware store and get plumbing solder. and the tin goes to the top with leaded solder so your in the clear.

[Krypos]

wow.....i have a ton of solder and never thought to use solder on anything pick related before. and i have a really kick arse iron too. (its like 1000 watts) yeah, i know...... overkill.....

[BazookaMedic]

wow.....i have a ton of solder and never thought to use solder on anything pick related before. and i have a really kick arse iron too. (its like 1000 watts) yeah, i know...... overkill.....

Go with the lower aetting if it has one. You might actually heay the pick up enough too where it goes out of temper. Now I forgot to tell you all how it works.

First, The sensitivity in picks with out hanldes comes from the top of the pick where i place my index finger. On any handled pick you get a wider area than that thin little strip and you loose sensitivity. Weighted picks however have to advantages, Weight, and rigidness. The solder acheives both of those easily. The amount of solder using the method i showed you is a fool proof way to get exactly the amount of weight as the weighted handles carry. So withh that bead now spread out and not going over the top like most traditional handles, you now have weight and sensitivity retained which results in an even more sensitive pick. The next is the rigi hanlde. With the solder spread on it, it prevents the metal from bending back and forth so you know have a rigid handle added to the weight and sensitivity. Your end result is a Hyper Sensitive Weighted Pick.

Remeber this is just an idea. I am working and studying the weight weight effects picking. This is jjust a rough model that works. Open to critisism.

[darrel.h]

And people, remember molten solder is hot!!!!

[BazookaMedic]

Well what do you all think about it?

[Iceberg_Slim]

i used to work doing plumbing, ive seen solder in someones eye before, thats funny stuff.

[Krypos]

i used to work doing plumbing, ive seen solder in someones eye before, thats funny stuff.

uhh.... yeah... that sounds real funny. it hurts when it spits just a bit and a tiny little drop hits your hand.....

[REparsed]

Remeber this is just an idea. I am working and studying the weight weight effects picking. This is jjust a rough model that works. Open to critisism.

I haven't tried weighting a pick but it seems like it should be more a matter of balance than raw weight. The more you increase the mass of an object the more the object wants to resist being moved.

If the weight could slide the length of the pick handle the balance could be experimented with and fine tuned.



I know a rake isn't the ideal pick for this but it was handy and most of my other SO popsicle sticks have heat shrink on the handles.

[BazookaMedic]

Thats actually the next thing im working on. I have thought about it and Idea one is to drill five or three holes in the ceter of the pick and use a lead screw and nuts for balance. Idea to is to drill multiple holes the file then ends flat so you have sort of a "slit" in the middle of the pick that you can slide the lead screw on. Unfortunately, I do not have any thing to make anymore picks out of. I am heading to the hardware stor this weekend for about 20 hacksaw blades. Until then i am brainstoriming and drawing.

You can use the extra weight and ballance to aid with picking. i.e Halfdiamond and hooks are the first thing i think of as relating to pick angle.

[zeke79]

Something like this would be more suitable and easier to tailor to ones hands. A plastic injection moulded handle with cavities that can be filled with stainless steel slugs on top and bottom of the pick handle. Slugs can be interchanged until the right feel is obtained and then simply expoxied in place. Such as this:



Holes for weights could be moulded to allow the stainless slugs to contact metal shaft of pick for increased feel from the slugs.

[BazookaMedic]

Nice I like the look of it. I honestly do not like handled picks as my index finger gets most of the information. A smaller width handle (the top) The more extreme the bumps and jiggles are over a smaller area. My idea of the weighted pick is that it has the weight and rigidness of a handled pick but gets even more sensitivity out of the thin width.

I love your idea. I have no idea how to get ahold of injection moulded handles.

[BazookaMedic]

man my keyboard is ticky. I need to clean it real bad. sorry if any text is messed up due to this.

[Schuyler]

Are you actually incorporated?