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My homebrew reach tool.

PostPosted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 7:03 am
by bouncer965
Neighbor left his key in his car being a ford he knew i was into picking locks but unfortunately my tibbie pick is broken so went to my shed and looking for something to make a reach tool to reach the handle. Found some quite solid fencing wire and cut it to rough size to reach the handle and made a wedge from an off cut piece of timber and it worked after a bit of manipulation because the wire is a bit too flexy .......but job done :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

complete reach tool..JPG

Handle manipulater.JPG

Reach tool handle end.JPG

Re: My homebrew reach tool.

PostPosted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 7:38 am
by piotr
Very resourceful!

Re: My homebrew reach tool.

PostPosted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 9:10 am
by Solomon
Nice one bouncer... fuckin scary how easy it is, innit? :mrgreen:

Re: My homebrew reach tool.

PostPosted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 9:34 am
by bouncer965
Solomon wrote:Nice one bouncer... fuckin scary how easy it is, innit? :mrgreen:


Hmmmmm maybe too easy ........but i fucking love it!!! :D :D

Re: My homebrew reach tool.

PostPosted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 10:32 am
by the lockpickkid
Nice job, alot of times you can't find anything strong enough to do that! You might want to consider buying a STECK big easy long reach set, comes with a paint protector, a plastic wedge, and the long reach. You can very easily get your money back in one or two lockouts. And they work sweet 90% of the time. Very nice way to improvise!

Re: My homebrew reach tool.

PostPosted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 10:55 am
by KokomoLock
Great work Bouncer!! Improvise, adapt and overcome!!!!

Re: My homebrew reach tool.

PostPosted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 3:18 pm
by uklockpicker
Nice work Bouncer all you need is a air-wedge - Thought & Improvise = specialist car entry :salute:

Re: My homebrew reach tool.

PostPosted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 10:29 am
by magician59
It's the spirit of improvisation that turns a "tech" into a true Smith. Well done, Bouncer.

Re: My homebrew reach tool.

PostPosted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 10:54 am
by bouncer965
Think i'll order a reach tool though ......handy to have and i need some practise with a real one too....cheers guys.

Re: My homebrew reach tool.

PostPosted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 12:49 pm
by magician59
Pretty good idea to get two air wedges. Sometimes, one is just less than enough to get the tool in.

Re: My homebrew reach tool.

PostPosted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 8:04 pm
by the lockpickkid
I agree with the two wedges, I only use one of the regular size ones, and a variety of hard wedges, I think if a guy had one regular air wedge and one of those wide ones as well, I think that it would work great.

Re: My homebrew reach tool.

PostPosted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 8:41 am
by magician59
I just picked up a medium-sized air wedge at the TLA convention expo this last weekend. Also, couldn't resist the Accu-reader for the GM-Z.