This a guide i have put together to show how to make Steven Hamptons dragon wrench.
Please note this text is intended for lockpicking101 only and I do not give permission for it to be copied to other sites or sold on e-bay in any part or form.
Time it took me: 45 Minutes
Items:
Safety Glasses
Dremel Tool
Cutoff Wheel
Barrel Sanders (Big and small)
Grinder
Putty Knife - Blade min .30" x 3.5" x 1.25"
Caliper (Digital=easier)
Sandpaper
Drill
Center Punch
Wire Cutters
Quench Water
Sharpie Marker
Template of Dragon Tool
Practice & Patients
Template:
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Get a 1.5" putty knife. Mine was a brand name 'HYDE'. I choose it over others because of the correct thickness and the fact that the blade was riveted on and there for easier to extract. Drill out the rivits. If they just spin instead of drill out, let them spin and keep pushing down so it creates so much friction that it melts the plastic handle. Do the same thing on the other side.
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Pop the handle off and use the wire cutters to cut the rivets off. You sould be left with that.
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Now cut out one of the templates. Easier said than done!! Cut right down the middle of the lines. Once that is done, place it on the raw putty knife blade.
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Now dab your finger in the quench water and dab it on the template. Get it wet enough that it saturates the paper. This is done so that the paper template does not move and we can trace it.
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take the fine (felt tip) end of the sharpie and trace around the outline. Dab any excess water off with a towl. I used the pink shower towel that covers my work bench and it worked great. If the marker gets to wet and quits working, scribble on paper and it will come right back to life.
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Take the fat side of the sharpie and use dashed lines to mark the rough cut lines. Leave enough room so that you dont cut into the tool itself. We will take care of the excess later. I forgot to take a picture, so I edited one and drew the lines on there. Cut the blue lines first with the dremel cut off wheel. Once all the big chuncks of material are gone, go and cut the red lines.
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Now you should have something like the above.
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Now use the grinder to help where it can. With what is left over, either use the cutoff wheel or barrel sander to get the above.
Do not round the edges of the Dragons "Feet" these need to be left sharp as possible so it can grip onto the edges of the radial (tubular) lock. You can round all the other edges and corners except the Dragons Feet!!
Use the digital caliper to get as close as possible to the measurements.
And here is my finished product
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As you can see, I still have some fine polishing to do, maybe straiten up a few cuts, but other than cosmetics, its finished.
After doing a little research I figured out what the correct dimensions are suppose to be for radial (tubular) locks and came up with my own dimensions for the Dragon Feet and wings.
Sources:
Steve Hampton - Advanced Lock Picking Secrets
Steve Hampton - Modern High-Security Locks - How to Open Them
