Sat Mar 08, 2014 12:56 pm by nine4t4
What you need is an 'Occam's Razor'. I think they sell them on Amazon.
Seriously, the simplest solution is usually the best one. Duplicate the part of the key that you need and omit the rest that you don't. Remember that lock picking is just fooling the lock into thinking that the key has been inserted
I'd grab some brass rod about the size of the key and file or dremel it until it looked like the key's point. Once that is done, remove material so that you can manipulate the pins. The other solution is probably more expedient, but in your shoes I'd be grabbing a brass rod.
1) Bending steel finely like that without treating it is going to be prone to breaking. Not a big deal, but it's what you leave behind in the lock that you need to think about. With brass since you're duplicating the key to an extent it would be fine
2) because it's made like the key it will work like one.
3) The quasi-key torsion trench will fit better and would nestle in the dimple at the back holding it in place better
4) Not having used the key, this is totally hypothetical. But what if you need pressure on the back of the keyway, not just torque. I can't tell if that dimple is just to seat the key or if it has another purpose.
5a) My brass method would just look cooler, and be worthy of highly polishing. I know it's esthetics and form should follow function, but sparkly shiny is better.
5b) It would stand out in your pick kit, whereas the bent steel is going to look like an ordinary tension wrench.
6) I can't speak for others but making the tools can be as fun as using them. If I can't say I fabricated it, then it's just bent to shape.
I would call it a dimple lock. The form is different than what you usually see, but it looks like the same principle.
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