12 year old homemade jack knife pick

by **silent** » 18 Nov 2004 22:05

Can you post some more info on that Mr.Ules?

by **Chucklz** » 18 Nov 2004 23:03

Here is what I would do

1.) Bend a 90 degree bend using a vise and a few blocks of wood I would then put the metal on a sturdy benchtop:

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Now the tricky to explain with ascii art part....

You must bend a small radius in bend

you want this
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So, put a 1-2 mm of stock where you want the radius. Use a block of wood to bend the steel over the radius piece as much as is confortable. Probably get 70 degrees of bend. Now, use your vise and those wood blocks to finish it all off.

by **bembel** » 13 Dec 2004 22:20

I was talking about "prototypes", but now I'm done. This is it: My new favorite jackknife pick.

But have a look at the pictures, they're pretty self explaining:

(My fingers always look like this when making picks

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Length: 60mm when closed. 140mm when opened (feels like a full size pick).
All stainless steel except for the Aluminium rivets. Washers are made of feeler gauges, too.

by **xodishox** » 14 Dec 2004 23:42

wow! thats a reeeeeeeeaaaaaaalllll fine lookin, smooth swinging, chick dangling jackknfie, lol
maybe you can post plans or instructions or sumthing coz every lockpicker will probably want one of them, i attempted on making one, but, i failed

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A few questions:
What is the casing made of?
What is the length, width and thinkness of this jackknife, when it is in "stand by mode" and "ready-to-use"?
What are the actual picks made of?
Altogether how much did the construction of this jackknife cost?

by **xodishox** » 14 Dec 2004 23:45

omg we need edit button!!!

for the 2nd question, i want it in cm, and a few more things:
could u post a picture of it comparing it to another object like a coin or pencil?
and what locks have you opened with this tool?

by **xodishox** » 14 Dec 2004 23:47

xodishox wrote:What is the length, width and thinkness of this jackknife, when it is in "stand by mode" and "ready-to-use"?
What are the actual picks made of?
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for the 2nd question, i want it in cm

srry my mistake, didnt see the bottom of the last picture, shows the measurements, i thought it was yur siggy lol

by **bembel** » 15 Dec 2004 10:55

Sorry that I can't post any plans, but bent material is very difficult to calculate with. I can give only some general tips:

First I drill the rivet holes in the bent casing so they would hit the middle of an inserted feeler gauge. This never happens to be 100% exact (thanks to the bent edge), so I drill the holes in the gauges somewhat smaller and fit them with a round file. With inserted rivets, the gauge should stop against the casing when opened 180Â°. You'll simply have to try a lot (think about the washers when testing).
The washers keep the distance so the picks won't hit each other and they also make opening/closing much smoother.
After the mechanism works satisfyingly I grind/file the gauges into picks.

Costs? About 5 Euros. Needed some feeler gauges (EUR 3.60 for a set here), the casing is a pre-bent luggage tag you can see at the bottom of the first page.

by **xodishox** » 16 Dec 2004 17:24

so thats about AUD$9, pretty cheap compared to the retailed jackknife.
were do u keep the tension tool?

by **bembel** » 16 Dec 2004 18:16

On my key chain:

by **xodishox** » 16 Dec 2004 18:45

nice, but i dnt understand, Why would u put yur lockpicks on your keychain?

FOR: You can have it with you almost everywere you go, and is handy to keep it there
AGAINST: Arent lockpicks for emergencys when you forget your keys? so you can access a place without a key, if you keep your tension with your keys, whats the point?

by **PickPick** » 16 Dec 2004 20:17

xodishox wrote:Arent lockpicks for emergencys when you forget your keys? so you can access a place without a key, if you keep your tension with your keys, whats the point?

Not at all, picks are to be used for fun and relaxation and picking a lock with them, wherever you are, is a great pastime. And in comparison with other fun and relaxation activities you can do in public, you won't get arrested either for public nudity or drug use.

by **xodishox** » 16 Dec 2004 20:26

well, what i'd do is put it in my wallet, its only 5cm long and not very thick

by **PickPick** » 16 Dec 2004 20:44

If it's such a jackknife set, that may be ok, everythings else bends to easily in my wallet. I either carry them in my bag or my jacket or my trousers if I don't wear the former two.

by **bembel** » 16 Dec 2004 21:34

xodishox wrote:AGAINST: Arent lockpicks for emergencys when you forget your keys? so you can access a place without a key, if you keep your tension with your keys, whats the point?

Good point.
But I couldn't pick my front door (Abus + spool pins) anyway. There's a spare key hidden somewhere.
Since I also carry my pick on the key chain, that makes perfect sense.
Clothing changes, but keys and wallet are the only items which are _always_ with me. I don't even need to think about my picks when I leave the house. They are where I am.

PickPick wrote:everythings else bends to easily in my wallet.

That's true. My wallet only contains a door latch opener card made of some very thin and flexible steel.

Another point: Police did a personal search on me some day (funny story which I won't tell here

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They also examined my wallet and they even read the notes (please don't ask me why) which I kept in there. Even old phone numbers and other uninteresting crap. But nobody cared about my key chain with my pick + wrench which I put clearly on the desk. For them it was just another bunch of everyday's metal things. Interesting psychological effect.

by **xodishox** » 16 Dec 2004 22:50

hey hows the feedback with the pick?
Can you feel the pins like you would with a normal pick?
How much does this thing weigh?
Is the knife casing strong and flexible, flexible and weak or stiff and about to break?

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