pick thisckness?

[savs2k]

the search button is currently down and im trying to modify my picks. Im having a problem with my picks. For master locks ect they fit fine. However i decided to move along to my room door since i got bored but realized that my pick was too thick to fit straight in the lock so i would have to angle the pick go all the way in and rotate it under the pins. I used a sawzaw blade which is thicker then a regualr hacksaw blade by a little.

[ratyoke]

I used a sawzaw blade which is thicker then a regualr hacksaw blade by a little.

I have no idea how thick that is. What exactly is your question?

[cppdungeon]

Ive seen sawzall blades, and they are very very thick (and expensive). You might want to grind it down a little before using it again on that lock. I even grind my hacksaw blades down before using them as picks.

also, dont pick locks that are in use!

[raimundo]

the optimum for pick thickness is between .018" and .026" with fifteen thousands being for deliberately slim picks for very narrow keyways, and thirty thousands being as thick and strong as can be useful. That said, I have a pick that is tenthousands thick in my wallet, but that is not a serious pick, its just wallet clutter.

If you buy the twelve inch long half inch wide feeler gauges from starrett or precision, which are available at a machinests jobber or on the internet, you can chose the size you want. these guages are not the set of various guages you may be familiar with, but are cheap and sold individually, so you can buy ten of a given size or chose several sizes and not have to end up with some too thick or too thin to use.

[raimundo]

the optimum for pick thickness is between .018" and .026" with fifteen thousands being for deliberately slim picks for very narrow keyways, and thirty thousands being as thick and strong as can be useful. That said, I have a pick that is tenthousands thick in my wallet, but that is not a serious pick, its just wallet clutter.

If you buy the twelve inch long half inch wide feeler gauges from starrett or precision, which are available at a machinests jobber or on the internet, you can chose the size you want. these guages are not the set of various guages you may be familiar with, but are cheap and sold individually, so you can buy ten of a given size or chose several sizes and not have to end up with some too thick or too thin to use.

[ialma]

and in metrics ?

[unjust]

~.45 to ~.66 mm

~.38mm would be extra slim, and ~.76mm extra thick.

math it's wonderful.

[femurat]

I was not sure about the conversion...
Thanks for the info: I was too lazy to look for a converter on google and too timid to ask

[barbarian]

They now define the inch in terms of metric.

One inch is exactly 25.4 mm.

[savs2k]

thanks guys exactly what i was looking for

[datagram]

I was not sure about the conversion...
Thanks for the info: I was too lazy to look for a converter on google and too timid to ask

Google offers a built-in feature that does conversions of measurements and money and so on. So just searching 0.018 in to mm works. Same with pretty much and unit of measurement or currency.

dg

[femurat]

I was not sure about the conversion...
Thanks for the info: I was too lazy to look for a converter on google and too timid to ask

Google offers a built-in feature that does conversions of measurements and money and so on. So just searching 0.018 in to mm works. Same with pretty much and unit of measurement or currency.

dg

It works! Thanks for the info!

[MisterQ]

The commerial picks have a thickness of 0.4 mm (e.g. the HPC - Pick Set 2000) and 0.5 mm for common picks. I prefer to work with thin picks, particularly in small keyways.