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@@SouthpawPickingPete-qi8qr I hope Peterson won't mind me modifying his tools. I still need to polish the pick edges. They are quite choppy compared to his other picks.

@@laurenarndt464 I’m sure Peterson is fine with you making picks your way with the blanks they sell, if anything you show how versatile they really are! Have a great weekend my Friend.

@@SouthpawPickingPete-qi8qr You too.

@@michaelsulwer779 Well, I'm glad you took the time to look. Thank you.

Thanks, Nick. The same concept of the rubber band could be used on front disc tensioning tools as well, especially when picking in a near vertical orientation.

@@TuMayPicking Thank you. Remember, this tool is just one of two that I purchased from Aliexpress sold as a pair for about $70. I simply made them better. I really like the universal tip. There's no guessing about the tip length when rear tensioning. Someone will rip me off on my idea. I'm just waiting for the theft to happen.

@@Erogardt I don't know. I weigh 230 pounds and mine went 54 km/hr. I don't use this scooter anymore. Let's just say it's scrape material. Don't ever try changing these tubless tire yourself. You'll ruin the hub and the bead on the tire. Take it someone with the right machine.

@@bulkheadtactical Thank you for chiming in. I like the looks as well, but more importantly they are comfortable to use and offer good ergonomics for your fingers. Some companies may sell replacement picks for their EDC pick pens (as noted by Rook Knight's recent video, Southern Specialties?). So, if you're not into making your own pick tips, these companies may be quite convenient. The screw holes are 5mm on the camera knobs, so you would need to do a little investigation if the replacement picks are within specifications. I use a fast set GB weld, two part epoxy. Some full-shank, broken lock picks can be used as a source for metal as well.

@@laurenarndt464 I am just starting to get to the point where I am getting more and more interested in making my own tools and challenge locks. Thank you so much for sharing your experience and expertise. I have already saved this for future reference. I did hear recently that even CI is going to start selling just the pick tips at one point. I think that will open up a lot more people to designing their own handles as well.

@@laurenarndt464 I am just starting to get more interested in making my own picks and locks. Your video is really helpful and I have saved it for future reference. I really appreciate you sharing your experience and expertise. I also heard recently that even CI will be making replacement pick profiles available at some point. Im sure that will make it easier for more people to get into at least making their own handles more.

@@TuMayPicking Links change from country to country. Be prepared to buy additional parts to duplicate what I did. Type: Blade Universal Locking Tool in the search bar. Let me know if you found it.

@@laurenarndt464 I found it, WOW! When I see this I have to say that your work impresses me more now.

Well done 👍🏻

@@Nicks-Picks When I bought the Silver Bullet, invented by Matt Smith, I thought it would unleash my skills, and I would be able to replicate all the videos of disc detainer picking that I had seen at the time. But, I was convinced that all the locks I was working with back then required rear disk tensioning. I even ordered an additional pick tip and shortened its tip slightly to perfectly align with the elevation of the bottom disc. This is the primary reason why different tips are included in the Silver Bullet set. Unless you want to balance the thinset of rear disc tensioners on the bottom disc (doable, but awkward), there was no such thing as a universal rear disc tensioner that wasn't proned to slipping off the bottom disc as rotational force was applied. This is my understanding, unless someone tells me otherwise. When I first started using the pick, sure I was able to pick several locks within the Chinese realm of tolerances. But I never could pick locks using front discs tensioning; all but one. This lock had a zero disc on the top and bottom. More importantly, I never got "clicks" when I picked my locks like you see in YT videos. That started to charge just recently after making my own homemade disc detainer picks, learning how to switch between discs, top and bottom (when using a top disc tool), and after adding the propeller handles to my tool. The handles make a huge difference and a certain amount of torque is required to get the disc gates to click. But it's more than that. You must let off on the tension slightly to rotate the discs back and forth to determine whether you are in a true gate or a false one. This analysis is also used to feel the friction of the disc when it's not in a gate at all. I noticed that it takes me longer to pick the same lock using rear disc tensioning after using front disc tensioning. Part of the problem is I'm using two different tools. I highly recommend buying or making a tool that offers shouldering against the lock body similar to the RWB pick. Just because LPL picks all his locks freehanded and without shouldering components, there's no shame in the game doing otherwise. I like picking my locks in hand or on a table (no vises required), but with shouldering (when top disc tensioning); the bigger the better in most cases. It helps keep the pick tip aligned and reduces slipping off the top disc. The feedback and binding order of setting discs may feel quite different when using rear or front tensioning picks. More importantly, the diameter of your pick tool handle makes a huge difference. A large shaft tends to amplify the arc length of a gate. The thickness of your tip is important too. I think SB tips are about 2.90 mm. You can go thicker, but maintaining the alignment becomes more critical. I like thicker because there's less play. But this only works when I'm dealing with Chinese locks without warding and with wide open discs. I never bought the cheap Chinese picks that were rampantly used prior to the Sparrows tool, which is a cheap copy of LPL and B. Bill's tool. I went with the Silver Bullet. It was the top dog at the time. Nick, eveyone learns at different paces. It's your own discoveries that the locksport community cares about.

@@laurenarndt464 I hear your, I know I'm only competing with myself, I just get frustrated on occasion as I'm sure we all do. I really appreciate the reply, there's a lot of food information in there, especially the handle diameter....very interesting Indeed. I think I'm just too heavy handed at this point from the lever lock picking, I need to dedicate some time to just learning the DD locks I reckon, as you until now I like to pick all sorts so one skill doesn't weign. Thanks for all the info mate, appreciate it🙏👍🍻

​@@Nicks-PicksPersonally, I tend to become obsessed with whatever project tool I'm working on. I'm constantly thinking of better ways of doing things when it comes to my designs. If I just picked locks or collected antique padlocks with original keys, I would bored to death. Not surprisingly, I have seen so many channels inevitability picking antique padlocks to feed their algorithms. Bosian Bill was an absolute hack on his channel when it came to the way he treated antiques. "There are you other channels you can find," he said, after I called him out. I want to be the guy that can make a key as well....none of that silver soldiered stuff. Also, I don't want to be at the mercy of antique key blank hoarders. That's why I machine my own blanks. There are locks in the UK that I've never touched and at this point in my life I never will. Just keep doing what you love most.

@@laurenarndt464 keep doing what you love most is definitely good advice 👌I've made a couple of keys for double sided wafer locks before and really enjoyed that as it goes. So satisfying when it turns and you have a working lock again

@@DutchLockPicker 2 months outdoors, then it will be rusty, shiny trash with that steel roll pin.😄

@@laurenarndt464 lol

@@TuMayPicking Aliexpress! I saw that there were 2 vendors selling this set at completely different prices. Naturally, I bought the cheaper one. Both vendors are using the same pictures. One sellers calls his "high quality" and wants twice the money. All I wanted was the barrels. I have plans to modify my second tool for rear tensioning using my univeral, no-slip tensioner that I invented. I'm just wait for parts to arrive.

@@laurenarndt464 do you have a link to it, I've been looking for two days and can't find anything

Please be sure to watch my earlier videos. I am not a product influencer, designed to filter free products from manufacturers and feed some sort of lockpick addiction. I enjoy making my tools and solving problems in unique, sometimes-extreme ways. Welcome to this free space where we can share ideas together.🙂

@@jeffandthings77 I highly recommend you shop Aliexpress for the aluminum. If I had to make this tool over again, I wouldn't use the socket due to its heavy weight. But, I had it, so I used it.

@@knowthebird Thank you. Do you like making your own tools?

​@@laurenarndt464sometimes, but the quality usually isn't as nice as what I can buy or see other people making online

@@jeffandthings77 I'm giving you a♥️ because I like what you wrote, not to get your attention or to push for a YT algorithm.

Absolutely, and without your feedback, nothing feels appreciated. Thanks for being the first to comment.

@@ryanbento1565 But, what does that say about your product? Is it just normal not to fit the locks or are they counterfeit?

@@PocketWomen I read something on Lishi's website that they don't manufacturer tools in China. If this pick actually is authentic, I will be pleased. What's funny is how inexpensive this pick was, about $30. As far as the my pick is concerned, I have some ideas to make the pick shaft more transitional and ergonomic at the knob. I will make a larger radius, maybe on both sides. This will give a nice seat for my index finger.

@@knowthebird Someone on YT showed a diagram in their video. I don't remember who.

No, I was thinking of a different video about a different lock. Nobody's done a video of the internals that I have seen. They are pickable as I discussed in my book (maybe it was book 3). Your tensioner has to be strong and you'll need to use counterclockwise rotation left of the key pin. Using shackle tension helps too. I think I remember using a wooden dowel as leverage under the shackle.

They are such collectors item im sure no one wants to cut one up. I just noticed the bolt was spring loaded, it makes me wonder if some kind of kinetic attack or bypass would be possible.

@@knowthebird Never say never, but I doubt it. The lever tumblers have to be raised to their individual, correct heights so that all gates become aligned. I seem to remember something about the fence. I think it rotates into the lever tumbler stack in a unique way. I would never bound on an antique lock. I would pick this lock open. I remember someone asking me years ago if I knew how to pick these locks open. I said, no. I didn't own one of thesd locks at the time. I did eventually buy one on Ebay with an original key. I still didn't didn't know or even try to pick this lock open. During the writing of my third book, I bought another one without a key. I had sold my first lock, so I had to start from scratch. I taught myself how to pick this second lock open and I machined a key from bronze. I still have it.

@@knowthebird Also, in my first book, I made a self- impression key. It worked.

@@PocketWomen Thank you. These discs are mostly brass, occasionally stainless steel. I never hear 'clicks' when gates fall into place when top tensioning a disk. I think this is something that is grossly exaggerated amongst the locksport community.

Just picked a second lock with OEM tips using rear tensioning. You have to get used to the large amount of play of the pick to determine gates.

Sharing is caring. Anyone with a lathe could clean these tools up much quicker than I did. I only have a drillpress. Do you have any ideas what DD locks the original tips are used for?

@@chriscapune7873 I ordered a 50mm by 6mm handwheel with knurling to fit over the 6mm shaft to offer some of the benefits of the RWB design without a hefty price tag.

Sounds good 👍

Chris, just picked open two locks using the original larger tips including with these tools. Maybe they are not complete garbage afterall.😂

@@johnnyo5993 Thank you Johnny for kind words. The tolerances on these handles will vary on the hole size, so you can't cookie cutter the depth and the width for the insert section of your pick head. But the width needs to be parallel and wide as possible. I haven't tried using 0.018" thick material from Peterson, but the thinner it is, the more tolerances matter. I want to make a more shallower hook for my next build. Then, I think I'll be covered as far hooks are concerned in 0.025". Feel free to ask me questions. I love tool design. I'm not that big on doing videos on picking locks. There's too much of it about on other channels.

@@laurenarndt464 awesome I will definitely keep you in the loop, thanks for reaching out...I'm semi new to picking as a hobby and have 50 years of R&D engineering background and co own a business that specializes in the use of Liquid propane Alternative fuel injection technologies and a motorsports division for our R&D /testing... we have a very nice shop full of state of the art equipment that can make anything we can design in CAD or 3d print metals and composites as needed so now I'm going to make a few "gizmos" supporting my new hobby when the machines sit idle🤙👍🇺🇲🏁🏴‍☠️

@@johnnyo5993 I'm jealous. I could do so much with equipment like that. Everything I do is using a drillpress, a Dremel and an 18-volt grinder with an x'y'z vise. Make sure you check out all my previous videos and shorts. If you like antique padlock collecting and key making, I wrote 3 books (see my YT icon).

@@laurenarndt464 thanks I'll look them up...i prototype everything by "pushing lead" (hand drawing) making "paper dolls" and cutting everything by hand the old school way first then if I need more than two I have the option to use our shop , let me know if you need wierd one off stuff made and I'll see what I can do, our R&D engineering business headquarters are in the middle of nowhere near Road America Raceway and have a raceshop in N Carolina but live in Florida so I'm on the road alot between races and shops and the equipment if we can help too⚒️🛠⚔️🪛🔩⚙️🗜

@@laurenarndt464 let me know if you need anything my equipment can help you with I like to throw little projects at them if they are sitting idle Keep picking brother 🛠⚒️🪛⚙️⚔️

What exactly do you do? I was watching some stuff on your channel.