Bench grinded home made picks and jigglers

by **Ultimatederrenfan** » 12 Sep 2004 6:25

These are what i have spent my last few hours on, im pretty pleased with them as i am just a beginner at this, and i have managed to open my own padlocks, so i am just glad that these people here are so informative:

What do you think?

by **silent** » 12 Sep 2004 7:41

The top picks look pretty good. Id sand em down and get em shinnier and smoother, they slide better in the lock. The bottom ones have the blue crap from grinding too long without quinching, but this looks like a good start. Are the bottom ones modeled after car jigglers?

by **archiebald** » 12 Sep 2004 9:16

Good stuff hard part done well now all thats needed is the fine tuneing.

by **Ultimatederrenfan** » 12 Sep 2004 9:24

yeah, there the car jigglers, it was a stab in the dark really as i havn't had much info abou tthese things, the picks are good then? These are my very first set and am very pleased so far.

by **TOWCH** » 12 Sep 2004 13:29

The small set in the last picture above the jigglers looks almost exactly like my emergency lockout kit I carry in the coin purse of my wallet. Looks like you have a nicer selection of rakes in it though. Did you make those out of street sweeper bristle?

by **Ultimatederrenfan** » 13 Sep 2004 10:47

hey,
Thanks for the compliment, I made them out of bristles that you would get of a rake, they are bigger than the bristles that i got form quiklocks, have you had any success witht the lockout kit you have?

by **Murph** » 13 Sep 2004 11:30

Good job on your first set of picks! Give them a good polishing like silent suggested and you're good to go. When you can, you might want to start making a second set, sort of like a spare set to use in case one of your pick breaks you'll have have a nice template set to work from. I do.

by **Ultimatederrenfan** » 13 Sep 2004 13:24

Good idea, thanks murph, i'll bear that in mind, has any body else who reads this actually made any home made jigglers and can post there pics so far, it would be good to see some others.
Dan

by **quicklocks** » 13 Sep 2004 14:06

heres some i made from pic of the net i use them for filing cabs ect they work quite well. they are made from mild steel so i have to be gentle with some of the finer ones

ps nice job on the bristle picks there no need for me to send you any...

by **Murph** » 13 Sep 2004 21:29

Ultimatederrenfan wrote:Good idea, thanks murph, i'll bear that in mind, has any body else who reads this actually made any home made jigglers and can post there pics so far, it would be good to see some others.
Dan

I made some, I get quite a few requests for the template. Did you request the template? I cannot remember. So many has asked for it. It's still available, let me know if you want it.
I'll see if I still have the picture of the auto jigglers I made and post it.

by **TOWCH** » 14 Sep 2004 1:48

The lockout kit is very nice, because of the small size they are very convenient to carry on a daily basis and the lack of real handles really doesn't cause me that many problems other than preventing me from bending picks.

by **Ultimatederrenfan** » 14 Sep 2004 9:40

hey
If the template your on about is the one where the jigglers are laid out ina circular, and they are black steel, on a white background, i have seen them, they are good, if not, please send them via pm, that would be great,
thanks for everything guys,
Dan

by **Murph** » 15 Sep 2004 6:03

Ultimatederrenfan wrote:hey
If the template your on about is the one where the jigglers are laid out ina circular, and they are black steel, on a white background, i have seen them, they are good, if not, please send them via pm, that would be great,
thanks for everything guys,
Dan

That's it.
I'll have to retake the picture of the set I made from the template and post it for all to see. It's a fun project.

by **Ultimatederrenfan** » 15 Sep 2004 10:03

Ultimatederrenfan wrote:
hey
If the template your on about is the one where the jigglers are laid out ina circular, and they are black steel, on a white background, i have seen them, they are good, if not, please send them via pm, that would be great,
thanks for everything guys,
Dan

That's it.
I'll have to retake the picture of the set I made from the template and post it for all to see. It's a fun project.
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I don't work, I participate.

You can say that again, i love making these things, i have improved my collection of picks and have found a cell phone pick case, to keep them in aswell, so i am getting better, arnt i?
Dan

by **DeadlyHunter** » 16 Sep 2004 22:43

for a first try, nice job! but you might want to remember to cool your picks in water about every few seconds when your grinding them. Also, (personal thought) I would take the tape off to give yourself a beter feel of the pins. Finally, as was said before, you may want to clean them up with some sand paper. Keep up the hard work!

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