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When it comes down to it there is nothing better than manual tools for your Lock pick Set, whether they be retail, homebrew, macgyver style. DIY'ers look here.

Postby omelet » 1 Mar 2005 21:19

what did you use for the handles? it is hard to see from the pic ;)
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Postby stick » 1 Mar 2005 21:45

Looks like heat shrink.
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Postby SlimPickens » 2 Mar 2005 3:56

They're made out of street cleaner bristles and I tried to use heat shrink for the handles but the smallest stuff I could find was too large. I wrapped the grip part with some hockey tape then used the heat shrink (Hence the burn marks of one of them :lol: )

Makes for a nice no slip grip and it's also easier on the fingers :)
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Postby LocFest » 6 Mar 2005 15:44

Hello!
I´m a firsttimer , just started yesterday.i started to get intrested in this thin 1 week ago and no i made two tools for a beginners picking....
i don´t guite get ,taht why are so many different picks but hope ,I`ll get to know them better.
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This CASTLE lock...that i found from my drawer is now picked in just few seconds (5pin).
(there may be and come many mistakes in my writeing...cause I´m from Estonia :P but hope I´ll understand everything and all commenst are welcome :) )
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Postby digital_blue » 6 Mar 2005 15:50

Hi LocFest. Hope you enjoy the site. This really isn't the place for an introduction, though. Check out the FAQ section of the website.

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Postby LocFest » 6 Mar 2005 17:00

Just thought to give a little introduction with my tools
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Postby master in training » 6 Mar 2005 17:59

how has locfest got 0 posts? :?
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Postby mcm757207 » 6 Mar 2005 18:25

h4x 8)
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Postby LocFest » 7 Mar 2005 10:59

:? Don´t know the forum seems to give me errors
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Postby LocFest » 7 Mar 2005 11:06

LocFest wrote::? Don´t know the forum seems to give me errors

npw working :) very good
I also upgraded my tension wrench yesterday now it has a second shorter tip... thats good for a padlock but I´m still trying to find more locks :) looks like i have to buy one
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Postby mattc » 13 Mar 2005 20:07

Got some bristles at the beginning of the week, and thought I'd throw my fisrt 4 attempts into the forum for some feedback. The handles, if anyone is interested, are two layers of heatshrink from a local modelling shop. I've put a SouthOrd pick in the picture for scale

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I've put them in order of manufacture, the pick at the bottom was my first, and the rake I made last night. The half diamond is a bit flexible, but only enough to straighten out (it actually curves toward the diamond).
Incidentally, while making these I got to wondering has anyone tried making picks with a curve in, to help getting around the wards in pin tumbler locks. Seen end on they would look something like this ) and (. I suppose it would mean double the number of picks but I thought they could make life easier. Any thoughts?
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Postby Romstar » 14 Mar 2005 0:35

mattc wrote:Incidentally, while making these I got to wondering has anyone tried making picks with a curve in, to help getting around the wards in pin tumbler locks. Seen end on they would look something like this ) and (. I suppose it would mean double the number of picks but I thought they could make life easier. Any thoughts?


Go find a little post I made a while back in a thread concerning paracentric keyways.

But, in answer to your question, yes I have made them that way.

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my thoughts

Postby raimundo » 14 Mar 2005 10:05

by putting a curve on the metal, you not only make the pick specific to one curvature of the keyway, you also make it specific to one level of the keyway the answer is to round the square edges on the pick () so that both sides are rounded toward the top and bottm edges, so it can swim like a fish. In really bad keyways such as medecos keymark, picks can be made of piano wire. these are surpriseingly quick and easy to make and are completely round in crosssection. they are a bit springy depending on the hardness and diameter of the wire used. 8)
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Postby Kaellman » 14 Mar 2005 15:10

In really bad keyways such as medecos keymark, picks can be made of piano wire.


Sounds interesting! Got any more info about how to make em' ? A picture perhaps?
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