With great sadness, I can report that Michael Friend, loving husband & father of both humans & dogs, has passed away, surrounded by his family at 5:35 this morning, Saturday 5th of August, 2023. Mick had been battling cancer for several years, and unfortunately he had a bad reaction to his latest round of chemotherapy. …
Carrying on from Part 3, here’s a picture of the process to make your tensioner. As described in there, you can use a blank to make a tensioner, rather than needing a CNC machine – after all, it already fits! Even better, many locks come with a key that works! If it came with 2 …
It was wonderful to attend EMF Camp again in 2022, and see so many faces – both old and new. It’s always a good time meeting so many new people, having interesting conversations and sharing knowledge, food, stories and laughter! We owe a debt of gratitude to Jan-Willem for coming all the way over from …
A note from Zeefeene: This article was kindly written by The Rickest Rick, from the toool.uk discord server. You can read the first part here. If you’re interested in writing an article for toool.uk, don’t hesitate to get in touch! My Picking Journey – From Injury to YouTube (Part 2) Welcome to, or welcome …
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A note from Zeefeene: This article was kindly written by The Rickest Rick, from the toool.uk discord server. There are more parts to come, but the first part will be published here today. If you’re interested in writing an article for toool.uk, don’t hesitate to get in touch! My Picking Journey – From Injury …
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This week I wanted to cover the belt ranking system that has been developed by the brilliant people behind the lockpicking subreddit. For those of you who are as of yet still unaware, this belt ranking system is an excellent resource for those in the US and Europe, which ranks a wide selection of locks …
In lots of countries across the world, there is no issue with owning lockpicking tools privately, if they don’t leave your home, and you don’t try picking any locks that you don’t have permission to pick or are in use. Please note: You are responsible for checking the law in your own jurisdiction! However, there …
A gallery of Super-Loki’s dimple pick makes Tools required: Hammer Anvil or something hard metal to beat against Pair of heavy pliers (Electrical or whatever, if they have cutters) – two pairs is better if you want to skip the anvil step Files or other grinding system Fine grit sand paper Pin vice or something …
This is a quick post about making your own locksmith cylinder repair and take it apart tools. Now, you’ll need to buy circlip pliers, or just risk stabbing yourself with a small flathead screwdriver to remove the circlip on most lock cylinders. Everything else? You can improvise. A plug follower can be made from a …
Welcome to Part 3: making your own lever lock picks The other great material for making your own picks is actually the key itself. Whether a blank or a pre-cut key – often, for high security locks, the one that came with the lock, as those blanks tend to be very hard to get – …
