Bumping Tool - Idea

[n2oah]

I also found another great material; hockey pucks. Hockey pucks are made out of a medium-hard rubber. I had about 7 hockey pucks laying around (funny, noone in my family played hockey:shock:) I plan to make some more tomohawks. Maybe I'll make on for you if want.

[sublime progie]

the inside of a hockey puck is usually metal

[n2oah]

the inside of a hockey puck is usually metal

Weird...mine were solid rubber.

[yippeegollies]

Well, today I was in school and I had my metal ruler in my hand and I was playing with it like as if it was a tomahawk like B.W has, and it has a hole at the end to attach a good piece od rubber at the tip to add some weight..

Maybe this is a good idea, lemme know for those that are into bumping

http://www.andyjonesdesign.co.uk/imagextra/photos/stat-off/ruler1.jpg

A picture of the ruler.

That's what I used to make mine. Works great...but don't miss, unless you know a lot of 4 letter words.

Yip

[Shrub]

I hadnt thought of that but love the idea, well done.

Over here we have door stops, that are screwed to the floor to stop the door banging in to the wall when opened, they vary in design but you can get them that are a disc of metal or plastic with hard rubber on top and a scerw hole through the middle,

Put a bolt through the hole and through the ruler with a nut on the end,

I suppose you can also use the scale on the ruler for differant pressures for differant locks, the longer an article is the more torque is applied so if you hold it at the end furthest away from the rubber stop you will get loads of spring in the ruler and it will hit the key hard, hold the ruler nearer the rubber and it will be harder to bend and not bend a sfar so should hit the key softer,

Perhaps thats just over the top and wouldnt work but again i do like your idea, well done

[Exodus5000]

I've only just recently started playing with bump keys. I wonder, how much more effective is a tomohawk than say just an 8 ounce rubber mallet?

[zeke79]

Honestly I would put my money on the tomahawk 10 to 1 over the rubber mallet. From all of the bumping I have done I have found that success can be measured by the striking motion. The way I found this out was early in my expirimentation in bumping. I was using a heavier screwdriver(the handle end) to strike the key blank. If I was striking the key normally as one would use a hammer I had about a 5-10% chance of the lock opening on the first strike. After expirementing with technique I found that if I stuck the key using only my wrist in an arcing motion that the percentage of opening on the first blow raised to around 25-35%. That was about the best odds I ever received with a screwdriver handle but it did prove that how the key is struck makes a huge difference.

[capt.dunc]

i used a door stop, as described by shrub, and a length of plastic curtain track as the handle, i also added a couple of large washers onto the bolt when i fitted it all together. the only other thing was that the striking surface had raised ridges on it, so it had to be smoothed flat using a sharp knife.

[Shrub]

Ive only had one session at bumping and never got any joy so gave up and not tried since, i was using a mallet (mallet=plastic or wood, hammer=metal),

After reading your post Zeke i think i will try again and of course use a homemade tool like this.

Cheers,

[zeke79]

Good to hear you are going to give it another shot. I need to make some bumping videos when I get some spare time (watch the comments about that statement).

[Shrub]

Aw dont mention spare time, my candles so burnt at each end the wick is just one loooooong flame

I know where your coming from

[treboR]

So far I have had good luck using the handle of a screwdriver.

Is the tomahawk(or something similar) for sale anywhere?

[vector40]

If only.

One guy makes them and he's not even on my continent. No public distribution.