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Homemade plugspinner

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.

Homemade plugspinner

Postby Lockdown27 » 11 Jan 2008 21:29

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRCkfYVo4yU

My homemade plug spinner. I used metal work solder and a mini torch, the metal is plumbing snake grinded down.
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Postby Noxious584 » 11 Jan 2008 21:39

Nice job
"A man who won't die for something is not fit to live".
--Martin Luther King, Jr.--
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Postby Lockdown27 » 11 Jan 2008 22:10

Noxious584 wrote:Nice job


Thanks! :D
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Postby josh0094 » 12 Jan 2008 0:27

nice job.
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*crosses out 15 and puts 16*
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Postby zsoutendijk » 12 Jan 2008 8:44

wow, looks just like the one off of lockpicktools, good job :D

what did you use for the spring and handle?

rat trap?

-Zack
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Postby Lockdown27 » 12 Jan 2008 11:49

zsoutendijk wrote:wow, looks just like the one off of lockpicktools, good job :D

what did you use for the spring and handle?

rat trap?

-Zack


Yup rat trap and plumbing snake.
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Postby Stitchup » 12 Jan 2008 15:07

Very cool. Might have a go at making one myself :P
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Postby Lockdown27 » 13 Jan 2008 17:44

zsoutendijk wrote:wow, looks just like the one off of lockpicktools, good job :D

what did you use for the spring and handle?

rat trap?

-Zack


I was on lockpicktools.com and I didn't see one.. Maybe they tool it off..

Thanks again!
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Postby dougfarre » 13 Jan 2008 17:54

Take some pictures of the plug spinner and explain how you made it.
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Postby Lockdown27 » 13 Jan 2008 17:56

dougfarre wrote:Take some pictures of the plug spinner and explain how you made it.


I'll try.. It being my cam has no card.. I will buy one soon.
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Postby gstrendkill » 13 Jan 2008 18:30

thats pretty cool. nice job!

i think ill try to make one when you get step by step pics up


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Postby xayandevorak » 13 Jan 2008 23:22

I like it! I've been working on a few of them for a while, trying to see what materials work best. I'll let you all know what I learn.
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