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- From: keith@hydra.unm.edu ()
- Subject: Car opening guides/kits preferences?
- Message-ID: <6lrqs2q@lynx.unm.edu>
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 92 17:31:29 GMT
- Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
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- A question for the old farts.. er.. for the more experienced locksmiths
- from a relative newcommer.
- There seem to be as many car opening guides as there are locksmiths
- (actually one more than that, because LL and NL mags each have one out
- but I don't, so total = number of locksmiths + 1) <=== HUMOR, please
- accept it in the spirit written)
- Anyway, to the point. I have the manuals/kit from High Tech in Florida,
- and am satisfies (read, using it, I haven't failed to open any car
- attempted, though sometimes I use a diffrent tool than they suggest).
- But I see ads for the 'Z Tool' kit and the hundreds of manuals and can't
- help but wonder if the grass is greener. sooo...
- what are the best/worst books and kits, and WHY.
- I know this could get really messy really quickly, let's see what happens.
- and for those of you who got this far, a tip, for what it's worth.
- I got a 12" square piece of 1" thick plexiglass from a local plastic company
- (they just went back and cut it, like at a glass store) for $14. With my
- scroll saw I have made several sets of different-sized, different shaped
- wedges that work great. I still have half the plexiglass left, and have made
- probably > $75 worth of custom wedges. for what it's worth...
- -keith smith (keith@hydra.unm.edu) -no wasteful signature
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