Hopefully no one's covered this...
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 8:48 pm
...but I know one of the major complaints about the Southord jack knife pickset is that there is quite a long hook but no short hook, so here's what i did:
I ordered a replacement long hook, used my no. 2 needle file to grind it down, and replaced the broken key extractor (I'm not a locksmith so I can't see needing one on the fly) with it. Here is a pic...
Now for the part where I reveal what a moron I am, but hopefully save someone else the same headache. There is a large and small part of the rivet (?) that holds all the picks in. I used my punch but was trying to push it out from the wrong side, so I almost ruined the pickset. Fortunately I caught my mistake at the last minute and punched it out from the correct side. So for those of you interested, punch it out from side without the logo on it. That's the side with the smaller hole, pushing towards the side with the logo, or the side with the larger hole. I might be a complete idiot. Anyway the finished result is okay, I think.
Jack
I ordered a replacement long hook, used my no. 2 needle file to grind it down, and replaced the broken key extractor (I'm not a locksmith so I can't see needing one on the fly) with it. Here is a pic...
Now for the part where I reveal what a moron I am, but hopefully save someone else the same headache. There is a large and small part of the rivet (?) that holds all the picks in. I used my punch but was trying to push it out from the wrong side, so I almost ruined the pickset. Fortunately I caught my mistake at the last minute and punched it out from the correct side. So for those of you interested, punch it out from side without the logo on it. That's the side with the smaller hole, pushing towards the side with the logo, or the side with the larger hole. I might be a complete idiot. Anyway the finished result is okay, I think.
Jack