Picking Tubular Locks with Manual Tensioners
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2016 1:56 pm
Was asked by a thrift shop to make a key for a candy machine that was donated. It was empty, but had no keys. The tubular lock was smaller than the standard size, so a normal tubular lock pick would not fit or work. It also had only four pins.
Since there are three common sizes of tubular locks, and pin numbers can range from 3 to 12, that would be a whole lot of of tools, unless you use manual tubular tension tools.
The advantage of manual tension tools is that they are considerably smaller than a dedicated tubular lock pick, and the lock diameter and number of pins do not really affect the usability of these tools. (Though there are two sizes of the Mantis style tools that I have made).
These tools in the video are all made by me, and only took a few minutes each to make, if that.
OK, here we go.
Hope that helps a few of you out.
Gordon
Since there are three common sizes of tubular locks, and pin numbers can range from 3 to 12, that would be a whole lot of of tools, unless you use manual tubular tension tools.
The advantage of manual tension tools is that they are considerably smaller than a dedicated tubular lock pick, and the lock diameter and number of pins do not really affect the usability of these tools. (Though there are two sizes of the Mantis style tools that I have made).
These tools in the video are all made by me, and only took a few minutes each to make, if that.
OK, here we go.
Hope that helps a few of you out.
Gordon