Pipe/drain snake as lock pick material?

by **Lockdown27** » 29 Dec 2007 14:55

I have been using Hacksaw blades but have heard talk about using plumbing pipe snake. I have one in the garage but its a spring material not flat metal. Any one know a brand?

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by **Beyond** » 29 Dec 2007 15:25

A brand of pipe snakes?

by **MBI** » 29 Dec 2007 15:29

I've found the cheaper pipe snakes tend to be the ones that use flat spring steel. I even found one at Dollar Tree once. It was a good find, I wish I had bought more of them.

by **Lockdown27** » 29 Dec 2007 15:35

Well.. The cheap spring steel ones. I will look at my local dollar tree next time. I saw at harbor freight they had snakes but I don't know if there the ones.

by **Lockdown27** » 29 Dec 2007 15:53

Oh yeah and where do you get street sweeper bristle. I saw a street sweeper parked in the city the other day and was goign to cut some bristle off when the driver caught me..... Big fat guy yelling at me...
There must be an easiar way.

by **Squelchtone** » 29 Dec 2007 16:02

Lockdown27 wrote:Oh yeah and where do you get street sweeper bristle. I saw a street sweeper parked in the city the other day and was goign to cut some bristle off when the driver caught me..... Big fat guy yelling at me...
There must be an easiar way.

What's wrong with you man? Don't steal. That's rule number 1. and not only on this site, in life. You want street sweeper brissles, you walk the sidewalk/curb on a Sunday morning in downtown after they finish cleaning. You'll always find broken off bristles.

by **Lockdown27** » 29 Dec 2007 16:19

Yah.. I am sorry. It was like I saw it and I needed it.. Don't think of me as a theif. Ok. I will be on the look out.

by **dboeren** » 29 Dec 2007 17:43

A quick online search seems to find a few suppliers like this:
http://heritagemaintenance.com/waferchart.html

One "wire wafer" as they call it would give you enough to last a very very long time.

Is this the type you're looking for? We don't have any street sweepers around here so I'm not 100% sure what the bristles are like that you're talking about.

by **Lockdown27** » 29 Dec 2007 18:18

dboeren wrote:A quick online search seems to find a few suppliers like this:
http://heritagemaintenance.com/waferchart.html

One "wire wafer" as they call it would give you enough to last a very very long time.

Is this the type you're looking for? We don't have any street sweepers around here so I'm not 100% sure what the bristles are like that you're talking about.

The bristles are like thin spring metal that you make tension wrenches and if you want.. tools.

by **poor paperclip picker** » 29 Dec 2007 22:17

You could use brick strap, or windshield wiper blade strips also.

by **LeeNo** » 29 Dec 2007 22:57

Lockdown27 wrote:Don't think of me as a theif

LOL! You knew it was wrong, you did it anyways. GUESS WHAT - you are GUILTY of being a street brush bristle thief... (cue ominous music here)...

(pointing finger) GUILTY........ GUILTY.......... GUILTY..........

neenerz..........

LOL!!!!!

by **Lockdown27** » 29 Dec 2007 23:11

Yah I know.. I saw it and I was like. Its a calling from the heavens (cause earlier that day I was thinking about them.. But He did forgive me and I apoligized.. I didn't thin of it as stealing cause its lowsy pieces of metal. He though I was gonna pop his tire or take his tire or something Cause I hade pliars. But I just went to home depot and picked up some pipe snake. And make some nice picks.

by **inactive** » 30 Dec 2007 6:48

Lockdown27 wrote:I have been using Hacksaw blades but have heard talk about using plumbing pipe snake. I have one in the garage but its a spring material not flat metal. Any one know a brand?

A brand eh?

I bought some expensive stuff with a brand by the name of "boston" (?).
It looked like the steel was in a different world of quality when compared to the cheapo brands, and it was too!

by **LockNewbie21** » 30 Dec 2007 8:45

I;d say feeler gauge mate, At my harbor frieght you can pick up a huge assortemnt for 2.50? I think it was $1.50 actually

This will allow you to accuratly down to .003 of an inch make tools and get a feeling of what thickness is good for you.

From what I've seen on drainsnakes are, any american crap lock like Kwickset, schalge and master, what have you, it will work okay.

Get a wicked keyway...game over ther there to thick.

Lockdown27 wrote:
Don't think of me as a theif

P.s- Your lucky the worker didn't kick the living sh*t out of you mate, Heh, you should see waht happened to my buddy who tried to steal an antenna.. of all things, from a U-Pull, wasn't his day to shine :lol:

by **Lockdown27** » 30 Dec 2007 17:16

Thanks, I just picked up the plumbing snake and made 3 picks so far. It is a 20 ft one for 6 bucks.

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