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- Newsgroups: alt.locksmithing
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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 13:02:21 -0500
- From: James Arthur Burtoft <jbbe+@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Subject: Making a pick gun
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- I once saw somewhere (I have no idea where), that one could make a
- cheap pick gun with a single piece of metal. (excuse my ASCII artistry)
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- What you basically do is bend the metal down in the back, and bend
- it around the bottom, and then up the front. When you have made a
- complete loop, you bend it back around, leaving a good bit of slack when
- you bend it.
- The part sticking out the front needs to be in the shape of a
- straight pick to stick in the keyway. Then squeeze the "handle"
- together, and leave go. The metal will hit itself, and if you hold it
- right, it should vibrate. The idea is to bend the metal in such a way
- that it will vibrate after you leave go of it. You will need to use
- some kind of springy metal so that you can flex it repeatedly.
- I have never used a pick gun, or tried to make one like this.
- However, my father works in a lumber store, and has had to pick locks
- for a few contractors. He swears by the pick-gun (the one his store has
- is not anywhere near what is described above), and he says that it is
- great. He has never picked a lock, but he has been rekeying them for
- years. Judging from this, I would say that pick-guns work well for
- anyone with a knowledge of locks, but not the well-honed skills to pick
- them. (which may be why they are so popular with police departments and
- the like).
-
- Cheerio
- Jim
-
- Love is not blind, just stupid--Me
- Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days,
- nor twenty days; But even a whole month, until it come out at your
- nostrils...
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- Numbers 11:19-20
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