Home Made Circular Tension Tool

by **melvin2001** » 11 Mar 2007 19:24

who let helloman into my thread...

by **Knows-Picker** » 13 Mar 2007 22:42

Melvin..........Great Job! man this tool has a nice solid feel to it. After playing around with it a little, I took hot melt glue and ran it around the outside diameter of the bottle cap over all the ridges. This gave it a better textured grip, so that it didn't rub my fingers raw. Just wanted to say that you did an excelent job on this guide, and thanks for the time and effort.

by **melvin2001** » 14 Mar 2007 14:51

Knows-Picker wrote:you did an excelent job on this guide, and thanks for the time and effort.

Im not above taking donations you know...

by **unbreakable** » 14 Mar 2007 16:13

Sorry Melvin no donation but a good word,

I made two of these a while ago, one thin 2 pronged version and one thick 1 pronged. I really like using both of them, but prefer the 2 pronged one. I used a strong but thin wire from an electric flyswatter, and it works great. You can't really use them when you're holding the lock in your hand, but it works great and is my preferred tension tool when picking locks on my lockboard.

I think it would also mke a nice automotive tensioner.

by **melvin2001** » 25 Sep 2007 13:17

wow so out of nowhere im back.... and seeing as this was actually my first post on the site i figured i would revive it by fixing the link to the tutorial...

http://www.melvin2001.com/CircularTension.pdf

there we are! now if a mod could just edit the original post to make it accurate that would be sweet.

by **Schuyler** » 25 Sep 2007 13:21

done and done

by **freakparade3** » 25 Sep 2007 13:25

Welcome back funny hat guy!! Where ya been?

by **ObiWonShinobi** » 26 Sep 2007 17:45

Cool, I need to buy rootbeer anyway.
Great Idea.

by **melvin2001** » 26 Sep 2007 21:29

cheerwine in a glass bottle is better if you can find it

by **mrdan** » 26 Sep 2007 23:31

Wow, Way cool! Can't wait to try it.

by **Grey_Wolfe** » 1 Oct 2007 8:02

Thanks for saving us some cash, excellent idea.

Now for the noob question? (which may be because I'm tired and brain dead, but I'm pretty sure I just don't know).

What's a ballrace?

The sprung circular tensor is also an great idea.

by **Father** » 2 Oct 2007 7:37

comeonnnnnnnnnnnnn

by **lockeymoto** » 9 Oct 2007 16:58

I have been looking at buying one for weird keyways, but making one would be so much better.

by **melvin2001** » 9 Oct 2007 21:09

i believe a ballrace is british for ball bearing.

Father wrote:comeonnnnnnnnnnnnn

come on what? if you give me some idea of what i should be coming on i might be able to oblige.

by **P13** » 25 Nov 2007 22:30

I was thinking of making a circular tension tool as well, I'll have to try this design first.

Home Made Circular Tension Tool

Great Idea

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