two prong tension automotive

[rai]

I don't have an automotive two prong tensioner such as you buy. almost all my picks are homebrew

I was asked to open an auto last week, and I tried picking the trunk, but it wasnt going well

I found a fondue fork, two prong thing and made it into the two prong tensioner very quickly with a single flat file, to reshape the inside of the two prongs and a plier to bend them 90 degrees, then I cut off the long end of the fondue fork

just sharing this in case anyone wants to make their own.

its not the springy kind, its just fitted to dimension

[jimylongs]

That's a great idea, I'd love to see pictures. Absolutely love all your homebrew, although I'm not positive you can call it that. More like rai's prototypes.

[jharveee]

Finally a use for the Fondue set the wife bought years ago.