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Bogota wallpapers! (sorry 56k)

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.

Bogota wallpapers! (sorry 56k)

Postby ady1989 » 24 Oct 2007 16:37

I got bored today so I took a few artsy pics of my homebuilt bogota rake. Thanks Spossum for the awesome street sweeper bristles. So far this is the only pick I have made since I'm quite busy working on my Acura Integra. Enjoy, I hope you guys use them!

PS: the last one is my personal fav


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Postby JackNco » 24 Oct 2007 17:08

Nice job. I just set the Black and white one as a background :)

Cheers

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Postby ady1989 » 24 Oct 2007 20:30

Thanks!
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Postby Artemis » 24 Oct 2007 20:37

First one is my favorite... and my new background... awesome pics!
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Postby Eyes_Only » 24 Oct 2007 23:32

That is some amazing camera work! :shock: What kind of equipment did you use?
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Postby ady1989 » 25 Oct 2007 1:05

Thanks! The camera is nothing special. It's a mid-range Kodac digital cam. I used a large magnifying glass from a projector and took the pictures through that. Mc-guyver camera setup FTW!
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Postby ady1989 » 25 Oct 2007 1:07

Oh yeah I also forgot to mention I did some Photoshop tweaking, mainly sharpening and color balance. I'm a little tired, sorry.
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Postby dmux » 25 Oct 2007 5:08

those are nice, if you do a google search for flickr reparsed, who is a member of this forum, he has some fantastic quality lockpick photos and a bunch of bogota pictures
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sanding

Postby raimundo » 25 Oct 2007 8:52

you really got the sides sanded, but could I suggest that you wrap a piece of sandpaper around a chopstick and get down in those interior curves a bit? your photography is so good that I can see the need for just a few more minutes of hand sanding.
Wake up and smell the Kafka!!!
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Postby ady1989 » 25 Oct 2007 13:01

Haha it's already been done raimundo! I thought the pick was smooth (and it was, to the naked eye) until I saw te pictures. I sanded it down right after :).
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Postby ady1989 » 25 Oct 2007 15:52

On a side note, I already started making a nice 20-ish set of lockpicks. I will make an effort to build the highest quality lockpicks I can. The handles will not look too pretty, but the actual picks will be flawless. I will post pictures once it's all done! Raimundo, I want to thank you for your contributions to the lockpicking community. You have probably been my number one inspiration source so far. All my picks will share your style of handles.
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Postby Gordon Airporte » 25 Oct 2007 20:17

Ooh, I came across some pretty lock wallpaper today. Here are a bunch of shots of a really nicely made bank vault door:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasephotos/

The decoration is amazing for something so utilitarian.
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reparsed

Postby Spossum » 27 Oct 2007 14:52

I agree with "dmux" I think your photos are some of the nicest I've seen since the ones "Reparsed" posted. I'm not sure what happened to him, he hasn't posted lately. I may send him an e-mail. But you should look up his pictures, they were great. Kaotic also takes some nice close ups and sometimes uses a magnifying glass I think. Thanks for the pictures.
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Postby dmux » 28 Oct 2007 1:43

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Postby josh0094 » 28 Oct 2007 2:34

woh man pretty freakin cool. did you take the photos . if you did then GJ all around!
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