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my homemade pics. they work good. what do you all think

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my homemade pics. they work good. what do you all think

Postby josh0094 » 13 Oct 2007 23:04

theese are double ended pics made from mini hacksaw blades using a dreml. got a quikset house doornob open + a master padlock. my tension wrench is a pen clip off the top of a pen! (ima make a real one friday)

pic of all of them
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i20/m ... IM2249.jpg

one side
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i20/m ... IM2244.jpg

other side
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i20/m ... IM2242.jpg

only ever tried the picks on the second link from the top (HPIM2249)

so what do you all think. pretty easy for me to use. takes a while. but ive only ever picked 2 locks.

thx

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Postby mrdan » 13 Oct 2007 23:50

A little big and rough looking. but if they work for you then good on ya!
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Postby mitch.capper » 14 Oct 2007 1:04

Yep, they are pretty good for a first attempt, however sanding will greatly help. It is especially important on your rake or else you won't be able to do it with much speed and it has some fairly large depth changes there which could slow you down.
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Postby digital_blue » 14 Oct 2007 8:10

If they work, they work. :)

But I think your camera is broken. ;)

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Postby Father » 14 Oct 2007 15:50

only diamon is good men .only this :? :? :? :? :? :( :( :(
i need help whith old doors.and a new set of lockpicks .plz tell me how can i make a easy bag for my lockpicks thnks
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Postby josh0094 » 14 Oct 2007 19:10

i made 1 more today. a half dimand and a hook (i think thats what its called) the hook works REALLY GOOD

sry about the bad focus. odd. btw whats with it saying uve been band from the fourms untell like about 5?

i think im starting to get the hang of this lock picking thing!
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Postby nzleagle » 14 Oct 2007 23:27

ahh I get it now, yes I was thinking double sided like a car key, but now it makes sense, good idea on that one...
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Postby josh0094 » 15 Oct 2007 22:33

thx
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Postby Kaotik » 16 Oct 2007 12:30

It's double-ended, but I understood what you meant.

They look pretty good, being that they're your first attempt. Basing the cuts of the picks from an actual key may also help in getting the scale right.

Good job, keep up the good work!
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Postby josh0094 » 17 Oct 2007 22:42

thanks man, im getting alot better
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Postby lockeymoto » 19 Nov 2007 19:44

fuzzy picks for fuzzy locks :D , cool. they dont have to be pretty to work!
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Postby therealmuffinman » 19 Nov 2007 20:32

picks themselves look pretty good, my only suggestion would be to smooth them out.

and im being completely honest here... the pictures are shit...
does your camera have a macro mode? if so turn the macro mode off for farther distances such as where your shots were taken from or if you leave macro on get closer to the picks. my 2 cents
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Postby josh0094 » 19 Nov 2007 20:56

sry they were taken sorta fast ill post some new ones of my newer picks.
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Postby therealmuffinman » 19 Nov 2007 21:01

i didnt mean to be offensive or anything i was just letting you know 8)
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Postby josh0094 » 19 Nov 2007 21:19

naw man its cool 8)
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