The Never-Ending Macgeyver Pick Ideas

[Anero]

and to and to the superglue topic, if you mix the superglue with a little bit on baking soda it makes it really strong almost like a cement.

[BazookaMedic]

When i get some super glue i am going to try the paper pick with cardstock. AKA business cards. 4 of them equl the thickness of a southern specialties pick. 3 equal the thickness of a southord pick.

[Grudge]

When i get some super glue i am going to try the paper pick with cardstock. AKA business cards. 4 of them equl the thickness of a southern specialties pick. 3 equal the thickness of a southord pick.

I applying a liberal dose of Superglue (get the bottle with a brush, it applies much easier) to a doubled over strip of business card. It did significantly increase the strength, to about that of a credit card. I don't know if you could make a pin pick out of it (I would definitely go for the 3 or 4 layers, I used just two), however it did make a dandy rake for this cheap wafer lock. Also it shows very little signs of wear from the raking session.

Poor camera phone picture below:

[HeadHunterCEO]

straighten out keyrings make decent bootleg picks and superb key extractors

[Deathadder]

keyrings are the best! I picked my schlage with one a week ago because I locked myself out . I remember reading this a while back, but i forget who said it... all you do is unwind the keyring about halfway, so it is in a big arc, use the back loop thats left of the keyring as a finger grip, and use the pick almost like a falle pick. pretty much anything can be used as a tension wrench, so you dont really need to worry about those much.

make it like this...

[geno]

It would be pretty fun to snap a pic of several common household products and everyone could either how they would use a combination of those products or actual use similar products to pick a common lock.

[unjust]

quick pondering around the office:

surgical spring steel wire from necklaces.
binder clips (wire and flat metal)
USB plug
punch out from back of computer
bits from a floppy disk
edison plug (electrical plug)
metal strip from edge of wooden ruler
CD plastic (or case)
wire from desk organizer things (pen holders/paper organizers)
wire from teeth braces
wire from notepad/brocheur bindings
pencil eraser keeper metal
sharpie extra adn ultra fine point cap clips
microswitches in keyboards (old style) or mice
staple remover

things to shape picks/tension tools with
scissors (use edge of blade as plane)
binder clips
stapler
staple remover
nail file
sharp edges of top of metal desk legs (underside of furniture)
concrete, stone, etc
drawer edges
between desks
edges of computer cases

[Ganphra]

the most natural pick EVER!! well here are the steps:
-knaw off your thumb
-remove all flesh
-carefully remove tendon(will be used later)
-using top half of thumb file it down on concrete or wutever so that it fits in a key hole(has natural curve at the end so we can skip a step)
-after its filed down using the tendons u kept chew them down to soften them then use them to tie the top half which is already a hook pick to the bottom half in a manner that it causes springyniss
-all you do is hold the bottom half of your thumb then insert the top half into the kewhole and gently pull the top half down to store energy then let go and it will snap back up using the pool ball bump technique
- then use wutever as a torque
-also make sure its ur left thumb.....u will need your right one



p.s. it may be very inpractical but if your in a state of emergency you never know!!!

p.p.s. in case some of you are slow this is a joke......please never try this.....haha

[Sesame]

All right then. You may have a few issue you could work on.

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I recently found that file folder dividers have a piece of metal in them that act as a stiffener. It is perfect for tension tools, is quality metal, and one divider has enough metal for about 8 tools.

The dividers I'm talking about are the ones that hang from rails in a filing cabinet and hold related folders. The ones I've seen are always green. At the end of the stiffening rails is a kind of hook (that holds the rail) that can be shaped easily with a file into a hook, a ball, or an extractor.

Great idea for a thread, BazookaMedic, you never know when one of these ideas will save your bacon.

[CARSANTIAGO1111]

IN A PINCH, I HAVE USED nyc mETROCARD CUT TO SHAPE, SAME AS CREDIT/BUISNESS CARD THOUGH, ONLY GOOD FOR 1 OR 2 USES. a GOOD BUT SLIGHTLY TRICKIER ONE IS THE FLEXIBLE STEEL BLADES FROM DISPOSABLE SHAVERS. I FIND IT EASIEST TO MELT THE PLASTIC OFF FROM AROUND THE BLADE [DONT WORRY, THE CHEAP PLASTIC MELTS OF WAY BEFORE THE METAL OVER HEATS].CAREFUL OF THE EDGES, FILEE TO DESIRED SHAPE. WHEN DONE, IF YOU NEED A HANDLE, JUST APPLY MORE HEAT TO THE STUMP AND QUICKLY PUSH THE FLAT END OF THE PICK INTO THE SOFT PLASTIC. PINCH WITH FINGERS TIGHTLY AS IT COOLS TO ENSURE IT DRIES STRAIGHT, AND BAM, A QUICK LOCK PICK GOOD FOR A SHORT WHILE. THERE ARE MORE I'M SURE, IF I THINK OF ANY OTHERS I'LL LET U KNOW.

[zeke79]

PLEASE DO NOT YELL. DO NOT TYPE IN ALL CAPS. PLEASE READ THE RULES.

[dbindner]

When I learned how to shim padlocks, I had to try it right away with my gym lock. My lock is a cheap as they come, because I misplace my locks so often; easy to shim.

I found a very nice shim can be made from the thin metal door of a 3.5" floppy disk. Just pull the door off and cut a reasonable shim from it with wire cutters. The metal is soft and easy to mold around the shank of the lock. My first try took all of 20 seconds on my cheap lock.

It was too thick to work on a slightly more expensive lock with tighter tolerances.

[Wolf2486]

I once used a comb as a tension wrench by breaking off all the teeth except for the last, thicker one and used that as a tension wrench.

For a pick I used a paper clip I had on me, so that doesn't count.

[jasontimmer]

once, my father accidentally locked us out of the house....i used the wire from a "weedless" fishing lure, bent up at the tip a bit, as a lifter pick, and a small screwdriver as a tension wrench, to pick the schlage entry lock. took a good 10 minutes, but i got it. I used to use the large, copper staples used to hold cardboard shipping boxes together as both picks and wrenches to open locks at the foundry i used to work at as a janitor. just evidence that anything can be used to open/bypass locks when in need. use your imagination!

[mrdan]

I was thinking about the pack of hot dogs I have in the deep freeze. Whidle it down and put it back before it softens and then repeat untill I get a good hook. (The only thing would be I would have to act fast before the dog thawed.) Just to proove that yes you could pick a lock with a hot dog


If I get around to doing it I will post a vid.