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Picking with household items?

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.

Picking with household items?

Postby whisnart » 30 Jan 2007 23:47

i cant get a lock picking set how would a go about lockpicking simple locks with stuff around the house :lol:

ps yes i am a big noob

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ok

Postby whisnart » 31 Jan 2007 0:33

what about a coat hanger i hhave not seen enthing about it here can some 1 help me
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Postby mjwhit » 31 Jan 2007 0:58

with stuff around the house

depends what your house is like really. Mine was a gold mine for making picks even before i started lockpicking. There was unused hacksaw blades in the shed, stainless steel sheets lying around, heatshrink, and just about anything else you could think of. Not to mention lots of power tools :twisted:

But the important question is do you have a grinder? these allow you to quickly make picks. Hacksaw blaes are brilliant for the price, but if you are creative enough its no problem to find usable items that should suffice. metal inserts from wiper blades are good, espcialy for tension wrenches.

If you dont have a grinder then maybe file and bend some safety pins as picks and small screwdriver as wrench. Thats how i started out till i decided i was going to invest some time and make a few decent picks. Try to stay away from paperclips they bend way to easy.Coathangers may be too thick and flexible for picks but watever works for you i guess. you will need to file them though.

But really you are better of to buy a set from Southord or werever you want. A cheap set will keep you going for a long time.
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Postby cjames73 » 31 Jan 2007 1:04

read through this thread, there are lots of 'household items' you could use. there are some you shouldn't use too :lol:
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Postby pauly003 » 31 Jan 2007 11:17

A coat hanger is definitely too thick. Hacksaw blades are a great start, providing you have a grinding wheel to shape them. Just search this topic and you will get a tonn of answers. 8) 8) 8)
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