what about those really tiny padlocks

[possamai]

I was just wondering..
How should I open those really small padlocks?
My picks don't really fit in there... well they fit but there's no room to move'm anymore.. especially when I try to fit in a tensiontool..
I have the HPC Pickset 2000 made for european locks so they're pretty small... but not small enough apparently...

[possamai]

Ah crap.....
wrong group post it
Could some moderator throw it to the european locks section?
TIA

[Helmeester]

I was just wondering..
How should I open those really small padlocks?
My picks don't really fit in there... well they fit but there's no room to move'm anymore.. especially when I try to fit in a tensiontool..
I have the HPC Pickset 2000 made for european locks so they're pretty small... but not small enough apparently...

i had made a long rake, which broke off, because of the bad tempering, so i decided to cut the good part down so far, its like a little mini pick, very very thin, and it fits in every small lock, i've got a small tension wrench as well

[quickpicks]

Custom making mini picks is the cheapest way that I can think of.
using a Dremel or bench grinder is the easiest way but if you don't have one, a file or two will do.

[Mad Mick]

Ditto that. Just scale down some custom picks to suit the smaller locks. I know I keep going on about wiper blade strips, but they can be suitable for normal sized locks, and particularly effective for the smaller locks such as those used for luggage.

[randmguy]

I've had really good luck using Raimundo's single bump Bogata pick on the override cylinders in Master combination locks. The handle of a second Bogata makes a fine tension wrench for resticted keyways also.