Homemade Lock Picking Tool
January 11th, 2006 10:51 AM | by Christen da Costa | 12 Comments
Lock picking has for a long time been portrayed as an easy to do task in the flicks. I know from experience that after numerous attempts (just for practice) on my homes doors is that it requires some skill and most importantly knowledge. Let me just start by explaining that in order to pick a lock you have understand how locks work. Basically there are a bunch of tumblers inside, and they are all of different lengths. In order for the lock to unlock, the tumblers must form an even plain. Now think about a key, and how it has different grooves. Each of these grooves offsets the tumbler to the appropriate length to create the even plain. When picking a lock the real challenge is jostling the tumbler enough to find the correct height (equivalent to the key’s groove) and locking it in place to move onto the next tumbler. 
To make the process easier and quicker, you can purchase a lock picking tool that jostles the tumbler. Unfortunately, these things aren’t cheap and if I were just going to suggest you pick up one of those I wouldn’t be writing this. In the case of the guys over at Inventgeek.com, you go out and build your own lock picking tool from the Oral B Humming Bird. Originally used for picking your teeth, the Hummingbird can be modified within 30 minutes, according to Inventgeek, to help you pick locks. They have a step-by-step on how to accomplish this feat, and then they cap it all off with a quick demonstration video. Total cost: somewhere in the neighborhood of $15.
Go to Inventgeek for the full ‘how to’.
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YO man this danm thing keeps dieing out on me. i was tryin 2 get into this “place” and the danm thing died be4 i could pick the lock so i had 2 do it the long way. Wtv its like a good idea but it dies out easily as a bitch
Please send me everithing about picking picture video thancks
i need to know how to pisk a lock where to get the tools how to make them and how to use them
hi,
please i would like to know if that intrument modified can be used to pick any kind of lock? if yes may i get the step-by-step instructions to modified it please?
can any lock be picked if so can i have all the info on that?
hey i want too no how you pick a lock and get the tools and the coast of the tools???
Hi Guys, wish i could help but I’m not sure. Let me see what I can track down.
Could you send me all vids on how to pick locks and the best and easiest way to make picking tools
hayden smells
how do u make ppicking tools
hey if u want to pick a lock ….u should have a lock picking tools …and rest of all u can see video’s frm you tube ….all the bst ..
why dosnt everyone here, instead of asking, go to the site… there is a link right under the article.