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Terribly embarrassed -.-

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.

Terribly embarrassed -.-

Postby vector40 » 2 Aug 2005 4:08

I feel awfully tweaked for not having figured this out myself, but someone I was teaching to pick just started doin' it, and I was going to correct him when I realized that it worked just fine -.-

Stick a slim pick in at the bottom of the keyway. Twist for tension. Use something with a bend in the back, like raimundo's picks (or just bend it yourself) if you want your hand out of the way, but whatever, it works just fine, and is a VERY low-profile wrench.

newbs and their crazy ways...
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Postby Shrub » 2 Aug 2005 8:05

How often would you need to buy a set of picks though because there all bent out of shape,

If your doing that do it properly and cut down a junior hacksaw blade to use.
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N00bies...

Postby The Wanderer » 2 Aug 2005 10:39

Neophytes can come up with some interesting insights. They don't know what the rules are, so they make there own. Sometimes their ideas even better than the original.

"Out of the mouth's of babes comes wisdom."
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Re: N00bies...

Postby The Wanderer » 2 Aug 2005 10:42

The Wanderer wrote:Neophytes can come up with some interesting insights. They don't know what the rules are, so they make there own. Sometimes their ideas even better than the original.

"Out of the mouth's of babes comes wisdom."


Should have read like so...."Sometimes their ideas are even better than the original."

Have I mentioned how I despise not being able to edit recently?
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Postby Mad Mick » 2 Aug 2005 18:18

Preview, edit, preview again...usually works for me. :wink:
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edit

Postby raimundo » 3 Aug 2005 10:22

The moderators edit mine, every time I say something gamy
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Re: edit

Postby Mad Mick » 3 Aug 2005 18:55

raimundo wrote:The moderators edit mine, every time I say something gamy


I can't understand why "do the hokey pokey" got 'edited'...it's not like 10,000 people around the world are doing something 'iffy' at someone's party.

If you can't have the hokey-pokey sig Ray, you definitely need another. :wink:
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