Making Custom Lockpicks Part 1
Handle Materials & Pick Materials

This is the accompanying video series to my talk at #Shellcon with a more in-depth step-by-step demonstration of how to make your own lockpicks and handles.

00:00 – Intro
00:55 – Handle Materials
08:24 – Pick Metals
12:08 – Outro

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Videos in this series and their chapters
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150) Making Custom Lockpicks Part 1 – Handle Materials & Pick Materials
https://youtu.be/3mShtKSY5tY
1. Handle Materials
2. Pick Metals

151) Making Custom Lockpicks Part 2 – Cutting and Designing the Handle Shape
https://youtu.be/DDDhLuXdeNg
1. Cutting Pen Blanks
a. Cutting End off Pen Blanks
b. Cutting Pen Blanks with a Bandsaw
c. Cutting Pen Blanks with a Hacksaw
2. Pick Design & Template
3. Drilling the Holes for the Pins
4. Cutting the Handle Shape
5. Cutting the Half Tang

152) Making Custom Lockpicks Part 3 – Finishing the Shape, Putting Pins in, and Drawing the Pick
https://youtu.be/6te6BeQwPKQ
1. Shaping Continued…
2. Pins for the Handle
3. Punching Holes for the Pins
4. Fitting and Tracing the Pick

153) Making Custom Lockpicks Part 4 – Grinding, Shaping, and Prepping the Pick Blade
https://youtu.be/UIuHoYg3BO0
1. Grinding the Pick
2. Shaping the Pick Profile
3. Grinding and Sanding Precaution
4. Prepping the Pick

154) Making Custom Lockpicks Part 5 – Sanding & Buffing the Pick Blade
https://youtu.be/pL7s56Sboy8
1. Sanding the Pick
2. Buffing the Pick

155) Making Custom Lockpicks Part 6 – Doing the Inlay and Gluing the Pick
https://youtu.be/710H79fQVd0
1. Inlay Design
2. Doing the Inlay
3. Inlay Cleanup
4. Gluing the Pick

156) Making Custom Lockpicks Part 7 – Cleanup, Final Sanding, Finishing, and Result
https://youtu.be/5IsNmKHYEtg
1. Cleanup after Gluing
2. Final Handle Sanding
3. Finishes
4. Applying the Finish
5. Final Result

DEAF KEV – Invincible [NCS Release]
https://soundcloud.com/nocopyrightsounds/deaf-kev-invincible-ncs-release

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