Have you ever made your own tools?

[mcm757207]

Hi everyone,

As some of you know I recently had a small handful of LP101 users' lock pick creations featured in a locksmith trade magazine. I'm currently working on the publication of an encyclopedia/catalog of lock bypass tools, and would like to include some home made tools similar to those in the article.

If you have made tools which you would like to have featured in my book, please contact me via PM so we can discuss the details. I will ultimately want high resolution photos of the picks, preferably on a white or solid background. My intent here is not to offer financial or other compensation for the inclusion of the tools as I already have ample material, but I think it would be a good opportunity to get some hobbyists tools known. In exchange for giving me the rights to the photos I will include the creator's name as well as contact information such as email address or website, if desired.

Besides home made conventional lock picks, I am also interested in photos of:
- any kind of bypass tool (decoders, picks, etc.), even antique or home made.

Please contact me by PM if you are interested in helping me out with this. Thanks!

-mcm

[dls]

Yeah right twenty years learning a trade (yes learning for twenty years every day you learn something new) developing new and unique tools for one specific obsolete lock and you expect me to give them away so every black and decker bandit out there can have go, not to mention a good few wasters also.
Show me the money

[spooky]

I've made several unique designs. Most turned out not as useful as I had hoped.

My favorite pick mod was filing a small notch in the tip of a half diamond and in the tip of a small hook. The notch lets me get a solid grip on the pins so I know I'm on the right spot and I don't slip off the pins. Works well for single pin picking.