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broken southord jacknife

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.

broken southord jacknife

Postby jamesphilhulk2 » 13 Aug 2007 19:04

:cry: :cry: well by jacknife pickset finally broke its been on its last legs for awhile now.

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anyway i've decided to make my own double sided pocket pick set out of 2mm aluminum when i get my workshop
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Postby poppasmurfenfold » 13 Aug 2007 19:18

wow dude how did that happen???how long did you have it before that happened???
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Postby jamesphilhulk2 » 13 Aug 2007 19:25

well i had it for a half a year and i've only used it about 3 times since lol. although its had a hard life in my pocket. originally it only a little crack by the pivot point but it got worse and worse
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Postby lockpick1968 » 13 Aug 2007 19:36

That thing looks like it seen alot of action from the crack of it..Hate to see it though hopefully you will get another one?
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Postby jamesphilhulk2 » 13 Aug 2007 19:46

im going to make another one
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Postby Dragunov-21 » 13 Aug 2007 21:09

Aluminium's way too soft to make lockpicks isn't it?
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Postby jamesphilhulk2 » 14 Aug 2007 5:57

im making the lock picks out of hacksaw blades and the case itself will be made out of the aluminum.
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Postby Dragunov-21 » 14 Aug 2007 18:57

Ah, makes so much more sense now :oops:
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Postby jamesphilhulk2 » 14 Aug 2007 19:34

lol yeah
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Postby GutterClown » 15 Aug 2007 7:57

Guess you should of gotten the metal one, eh?
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Postby illusion » 15 Aug 2007 8:21

Is there not some kind of epoxy resin glue that could fix it?

Bummer about the jacknife - I saw one get smashed to bits whilst in someone's back pocket; they threw themselves into a chair and jumped up straight away with copious amounts of swearing... They got a nasty bruise, but they were lucky it didn't cause more damage.
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Postby jamesphilhulk2 » 15 Aug 2007 9:36

yeah i've tried but its just not the same :(
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Postby jamesphilhulk2 » 15 Aug 2007 9:38

GutterClown to be honest i would have been better off making my own from the start
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Postby Eyes_Only » 15 Aug 2007 23:04

I was considering buying a set myself but after seeing this, I don't know... :?
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Postby zeke79 » 15 Aug 2007 23:22

I had the stainless model long ago. The hook that comes in it is the larege hook and must be cut down to work in just about any lock. The large hook is just too big in my opinion.

I used it a couple of times and then sold it. I never could keep the tensioning screw tight so the pick blades always worked loose while picking with it which resulted in poor feedback. In my opinion it is not worth the money. Just my opinion though. Your results may vary.
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