150) Making Custom Lockpicks Part 1 - Handle Materials & Pick Materials
Channel: LockpickingDev
Date: 2021-10-08

Making Custom Lockpicks Part 1
Handle Materials & Pick Materials

This is the accompanying video series to my talk at #Shellcon with a more in-depth step-by-step demonstration of how to make your own lockpicks and handles.

00:00 - Intro
00:55 - Handle Materials
08:24 - Pick Metals
12:08 - Outro

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Videos in this series and their chapters
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150) Making Custom Lockpicks Part 1 - Handle Materials & Pick Materials
https://youtu.be/3mShtKSY5tY
 1. Handle Materials
 2. Pick Metals

151) Making Custom Lockpicks Part 2 - Cutting and Designing the Handle Shape
https://youtu.be/DDDhLuXdeNg
 1. Cutting Pen Blanks
  a. Cutting End off Pen Blanks
  b. Cutting Pen Blanks with a Bandsaw
  c. Cutting Pen Blanks with a Hacksaw
 2. Pick Design & Template
 3. Drilling the Holes for the Pins 
 4. Cutting the Handle Shape
 5. Cutting the Half Tang

152) Making Custom Lockpicks Part 3 - Finishing the Shape, Putting Pins in, and Drawing the Pick
https://youtu.be/6te6BeQwPKQ
 1. Shaping Continued…
 2. Pins for the Handle
 3. Punching Holes for the Pins
 4. Fitting and Tracing the Pick

153) Making Custom Lockpicks Part 4 - Grinding, Shaping, and Prepping the Pick Blade
https://youtu.be/UIuHoYg3BO0
 1. Grinding the Pick
 2. Shaping the Pick Profile
 3. Grinding and Sanding Precaution
 4. Prepping the Pick

154) Making Custom Lockpicks Part 5 - Sanding & Buffing the Pick Blade
https://youtu.be/pL7s56Sboy8
 1. Sanding the Pick
 2. Buffing the Pick

155) Making Custom Lockpicks Part 6 - Doing the Inlay and Gluing the Pick
https://youtu.be/710H79fQVd0
 1. Inlay Design
 2. Doing the Inlay
 3. Inlay Cleanup
 4. Gluing the Pick

156) Making Custom Lockpicks Part 7 - Cleanup, Final Sanding, Finishing, and Result
https://youtu.be/5IsNmKHYEtg
 1. Cleanup after Gluing
 2. Final Handle Sanding
 3. Finishes
 4. Applying the Finish
 5. Final Result


DEAF KEV - Invincible [NCS Release]
https://soundcloud.com/nocopyrightsounds/deaf-kev-invincible-ncs-release


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