I Buy Lock Picks from the Pharmacy - Should You?

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[pablod]

I was trapped in a Walgreens, but I managed to escape using the skills I learned in this video.

[mh_vegas]

Nice! It also has a dual-use as a nail file haha. The only thing that would have made it cooler is if you had hidden the pick inside the handle making a covert nail file pick.

[lasse_nielsen]

I'm loving these DIY pick videos.

[ml]

I was just in a drug store that sold 4 kinds of poor quality no name pad locks. However, for some reason they had a big round body pad lock on the security gate of the pharmacy area. It makes me think they might not believe in the security of what they sell.

[christinapalmer]

Lap the pick tip with sandpaper on a hard flat surface, take off .005" from each side, and your .030" pick is now a .020" pick, much more useful.

[libertarian]

I’m not sure if you are aware of rubber sand paper cleaner but it can be used to clean up your sanding belt and helps with belt longevity; they’re quite affordable and can even be used to clean rotary tool sanding cylinders.

[joblessalex]

You can use the sanding wheel to thin out your pick. A coarse knife sharpening stone can reflatten whatever you grind away.

[dantheman]

Bobby pins, straightened out and then bent into a hook shape, works well for a pick/raking tool. And the clip on a uni-ball pen works well as a tensioner. Been using this combo since I was a kid.

[tomhill]

The best material for lock picks I've ever used is bristles from street sweepers. They are spring steel, thin, and easily ground to shape (and are free). Look around on any city street, and you are likely to find them. The only drawback is they are usually carbon steel.

[jamesbp]

This series is awesome. One of the best parts of Lockport is making a custom tool

[sandmanbub]

Nice work. I've made 'em from the spring steel bands used to strap items to pallets and had very nice results. Have also made auto entry tools from an old roll of electrician's snake. Those had to be heat treated after shaping unlike the spring steel picks. The metal inside windshield wiper blades is perfect for creating torsion bars too.

[stevenking]

Windshield wiper blades have quite good metal inserts in them to improvise picks.

[canoepick]

I love making picks out of found material!

[derekbroestler]

I say this after almost 30 years picking locks 20 of that has been done full time professionally.... If you're gonna pick locks, you should make your own lockpicks at least once IMO...

My VERY first set were literally made out of paperclips, bent into shape, hammered to thickness, then heated and quenched then smoothed with, ironically, an emery file... AND THEY WERE HORRIBLE!!!! LOL.. (Yet I still have a few of them... I don't carry them, but they're in my toolbox, mostly for sentimental reasons)

But I kept practicing with them and made a few more out of better material, and eventually I could rake open simple Kwikset or Masterlock stuff, but much not beyond that.... When I got a set of basic HPC picks, which granted were better material and actually had handles, but that's about it, I could make them as good as they COULD be because of my experiences in making my own...

I think that's a really important experience for learning what actually makes a GOOD pick in terms of thickness, geometry, flexibility vs. strength, grip comfort, etc.... ESPECIALLY when it comes to your own preferences... And that's a big thing because my favorite pick or technique might be your least favorite or vice-versa...

[penfold]

why didnt you thin down the pick shaft and tip to 25thou, by sanding off 2.5thou off each side on your linesher?

[daveys]

Making your own tools from found items is a really useful skill.

[PocketWomen]

Glad I'm not the only one that has projects that didn't work out, its a bit of fun to experiment. Thanks for sharing, cheers

[waynejoynes]

Love it. Less is more small is big. The best advantage you can ever have is the way you think 👏. Keep up the good work 👍

[RobertLofrano]

I heard that Houdini himself used to shop there, or was it CVS 🤔

[NegativeROG]

In the amount of time this takes, you could apply for a job, be interviewed, get hired, become employee of the month, get promoted, become manager, and get the keys.