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weird tool.

Having read the FAQ's you are still unfulfilled and seek more enlightenment, so post your general lock picking questions here.
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weird tool.

Postby AndreasK » 28 Oct 2007 12:22

I just orderd sume picks from the web.When it arived this weird tool came with it:shock:. I think i is sume sort of adjustible tension wrench but i am not shore.
will someone hel this little noob :?: :?: :?: :?: and tell me wath it is fore and how to use it.

:?: :?:


http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc20 ... C07553.jpg

sorry for my bad spelling...... :(
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Postby mrdan » 28 Oct 2007 12:25

Yep It is a tension tool I have a few of them too. I don't like it but I still keep it. 8)
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Postby AndreasK » 28 Oct 2007 12:29

ok thanks now i know for shore :D
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Postby scorpiac » 28 Oct 2007 12:49

Yes, it's a tension tool and it's generally used on wafer locks.
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Postby freakparade3 » 28 Oct 2007 13:58

When picking double sided wafer locks you will be glad you have it.
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Postby Afisch » 28 Oct 2007 14:03

To use it you compress it then it opens up tensioning the top and the bottom of the keyway. This will help hold the tension wrench in when other wrenches may not stay in with wafers both top and bottom.
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Postby mrdan » 28 Oct 2007 14:47

freakparade3 wrote:When picking double sided wafer locks you will be glad you have it.


I don't pick too many of those. Maybe I should give it a whirl 8)
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Postby thecrazy » 29 Oct 2007 10:03

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Postby Stray » 29 Oct 2007 10:15

Why not just stick a jigsaw in that lock might have damaged it less. :lol:
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Postby freakparade3 » 29 Oct 2007 13:27



That video is the best example I have ever seen on how NOT to pick a lock.
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Postby dougfarre » 29 Oct 2007 17:24

hahahaha
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Postby Jaakko » 29 Oct 2007 18:22

freakparade3 wrote:


That video is the best example I have ever seen on how NOT to pick a lock.

Are you absolutely sure that is Teh Worst picking ever? http://www.idealcreations.net/pickcar2.mpg
http://www.idealcreations.net/pickpad2.mpg

And the kicker, I'll bet that the lock gets open not by picking ;)
http://www.idealcreations.net/woffice.mpg

:shock: :D
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Postby blake1803 » 29 Oct 2007 19:17

Those poor defenseless wafers! :cry:
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Postby unbreakable » 29 Oct 2007 19:28

Jaakko wrote:
freakparade3 wrote:


That video is the best example I have ever seen on how NOT to pick a lock.

Are you absolutely sure that is Teh Worst picking ever? http://www.idealcreations.net/pickcar2.mpg
http://www.idealcreations.net/pickpad2.mpg

And the kicker, I'll bet that the lock gets open not by picking ;)
http://www.idealcreations.net/woffice.mpg

:shock: :D


All I could think was someone screaming "RAPE RAPE"....

Those are sad.. :cry: :cry:
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Postby NKT » 31 Oct 2007 13:44

There's nothing wrong with either of those MPEGs, aside from the tiny size and cruddy quality!

You should see the top German lockpickers take on a lock. They use steel locking vices to hold the lock cylinders for a reason! It's also how they get some of the 10 second openings on high security locks - it's like a bumpkey on steroids when they rake!

True, it's not the skill and precision of single pinning, but you won't win the championships with single pinning if you can't rake amazingly well, as you will never get to the final to show off that skill.
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