tubular pick mods?

[smokingman]

Does anyone know of a good short handle for the southourn specialties pro 8 tubular pick tool?
It came with a black aluminum handle like a large screwdriver
that is much too long for me.
My previous tool was the HPC midget tubular pick tool and it basicly had no handle ,
just a knob similar to the adjusting collet that this tool has.
It was a pleasure to use for me since it was almost impossible to over torque
using 3 fingers (that's all there was room for ).
There is an allen head set screw to hold the oversized handle on and is easy to remove
but is so long it is ridiculous and could be easily over torqued.
I thought about cutting it down to 1 inch long or so, but would rather keep
the original as is unless I have too alter it.
The tool is an 8 pin from southern specialties , I have already removed the steel pin
for using on 7 pin locks. Is this pin needed for anything but indexing?
Is it best to just cut it and what other mods should be done for it to be all it can be?

Here is a picture of the tool.

[Squelchtone]

Does anyone know of a good short handle for the southourn specialties pro 8 tubular pick tool?
It came with a black aluminum handle like a large screwdriver
that is much too long for me.
My previous tool was the HPC midget tubular pick tool and it basicly had no handle ,
just a knob similar to the adjusting collet that this tool has.
It was a pleasure to use for me since it was almost impossible to over torque
using 3 fingers (that's all there was room for ).
There is an allen head set screw to hold the oversized handle on and is easy to remove
but is so long it is ridiculous and could be easily over torqued.
I thought about cutting it down to 1 inch long or so, but would rather keep
the original as is unless I have too alter it.
The tool is an 8 pin from southern specialties , I have already removed the steel pin
for using on 7 pin locks. Is this pin needed for anything but indexing?
Is it best to just cut it and what other mods should be done for it to be all it can be?

Here is a picture of the tool.

So why did you buy it =) ? why not order the Peanut http://www.hpcworld.com/px/tubpicks/peanut/index.html

or the Model B http://www.hpcworld.com/px/tubpicks/modelb

I have the B, it's great. Can't think of a reason to want my tubular pick to be any smaller.

Squelchtone

[smokingman]

The peanut has a large (circumference wise) handle and is made of plastic
The midget was plastic too and it broke even though I was very gentle with it.
I know I may have to stay with the circumference of this tools handle if I cut it but at least it will not fit the entire hand after that.
3 fingers has always been more than enough for my needs, it would lighter and take up much less room in the tool kit.
Does the steel pin need to be moved to another location that would require a new hole
to be drilled in the tip for 7 pin center use?

[smokingman]

I could not find this using the board search, but found it on google.
This is it
viewtopic.php?t=2237
Props to UnLock for this post.

[smokingman]

I could not find this using the board search, but found it on google.
This is it
viewtopic.php?t=2237
Props to UnLock for this post and pics.

Also props to Chucklz and Nasydave for making this info available to us.
Credit where credit is due.