I Buy Lock Picks from the Pharmacy - Should You? 

I was trapped in a Walgreens, but I managed to escape using the skills I learned in this video.

Nice! It also has a dual-use as a nail file haha. The only thing that would have made it cooler is if you had hidden the pick inside the handle making a covert nail file pick.

I'm loving these DIY pick videos.

I was just in a drug store that sold 4 kinds of poor quality no name pad locks. However, for some reason they had a big round body pad lock on the security gate of the pharmacy area. It makes me think they might not believe in the security of what they sell.

Lap the pick tip with sandpaper on a hard flat surface, take off .005" from each side, and your .030" pick is now a .020" pick, much more useful.

This series is awesome. One of the best parts of Lockport is making a custom tool

I’m not sure if you are aware of rubber sand paper cleaner but it can be used to clean up your sanding belt and helps with belt longevity; they’re quite affordable and can even be used to clean rotary tool sanding cylinders.

You can use the sanding wheel to thin out your pick. A coarse knife sharpening stone can reflatten whatever you grind away.

The best material for lock picks I've ever used is bristles from street sweepers. They are spring steel, thin, and easily ground to shape (and are free). Look around on any city street, and you are likely to find them. The only drawback is they are usually carbon steel.

Windshield wiper blades have quite good metal inserts in them to improvise picks.

Bobby pins, straightened out and then bent into a hook shape, works well for a pick/raking tool. And the clip on a uni-ball pen works well as a tensioner. Been using this combo since I was a kid.

Nice work. I've made 'em from the spring steel bands used to strap items to pallets and had very nice results. Have also made auto entry tools from an old roll of electrician's snake. Those had to be heat treated after shaping unlike the spring steel picks. The metal inside windshield wiper blades is perfect for creating torsion bars too.

I love making picks out of found material!

Making your own tools from found items is a really useful skill.

I say this after almost 30 years picking locks 20 of that has been done full time professionally.... If you're gonna pick locks, you should make your own lockpicks at least once IMO... My VERY first set were literally made out of paperclips, bent into shape, hammered to thickness, then heated and quenched then smoothed with, ironically, an emery file... AND THEY WERE HORRIBLE!!!! LOL.. (Yet I still have a few of them... I don't carry them, but they're in my toolbox, mostly for sentimental reasons) But I kept practicing with them and made a few more out of better material, and eventually I could rake open simple Kwikset or Masterlock stuff, but much not beyond that.... When I got a set of basic HPC picks, which granted were better material and actually had handles, but that's about it, I could make them as good as they COULD be because of my experiences in making my own... I think that's a really important experience for learning what actually makes a GOOD pick in terms of thickness, geometry, flexibility vs. strength, grip comfort, etc.... ESPECIALLY when it comes to your own preferences... And that's a big thing because my favorite pick or technique might be your least favorite or vice-versa...

Glad I'm not the only one that has projects that didn't work out, its a bit of fun to experiment. Thanks for sharing, cheers

Great job Ash, looks great and works a treat. Take care mate and enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Lock Noob = Lock Pick Engineer!

Love it. Less is more small is big. The best advantage you can ever have is the way you think 👏. Keep up the good work 👍

I liked the pet store pick better-but I'm appreciating the "use what you've got" series!

I’ve made handcuff and padlock shims from a cut aluminum can

why didnt you thin down the pick shaft and tip to 25thou, by sanding off 2.5thou off each side on your linesher?

It's the 'Tweeze' hook - ideally suited for wide open keyways such as Kwikset and Master.

We all need a little more silly in our lives!

Perfect metal strips are available for free from the trash can in front of most auto parts stores. Take the inserts from wiper blades people throw away all the time.

At least they're more expensive than other picks 😂. JK loved it.

The new Lock Noob brand for picks "Tweeze".

I heard that Houdini himself used to shop there, or was it CVS 🤔

In the amount of time this takes, you could apply for a job, be interviewed, get hired, become employee of the month, get promoted, become manager, and get the keys.

Sanding a sander on a sander!

Hello again, it's Lock Noob, and today we are reviewing the very unique "Tweeze" lock pick set.

Wow, I don't usually comment on things but this appeals to me on a few levels as someone getting into locks and someone who loves painting his nails :) To me this would be like a multi tool for my daily needs and a source of fun :) Thank you so much for sharing this idea, it would fit my aesthetic well. I guess I should say seeing the end I expected the tip to kind O.O But the handle would look "natural" in my bag ;p and that's the part I love.

I like using the old portable bandsaw blades. They're thin but tough as Hell.

Pick a lock and get a manicure

I made some homemade tools before I really knew what I needed. Now I make new tools that work surprisingly well. Thanks……

Great video …..great background music!

I think this is a great series of DIY lock picks.

Very nice. Always fun to watch you work.

@Lock Noob hey, I can't seem to find the video where you test out the pick you made from pet store stuff. That was a good looking pick. Can you share the link please ? Thanks. 😊

I made a pretty respectable pick with a hacksaw blade in about the same manner when I first started practicing the hobby

where ever you buy them, or make them from, in most every state it is illegal to carry lock picks unless you are a licensed locksmith.

Let's throw Ash in jail and see what happens. Video crew ain't allowed to snitch but they also can't help.

try sanding the pick down and see if you can get it to work better 😁👍

I've barely hand cut my first key and I already want to make a pick first jeepers

Do you think Poundland/Dollar/thrift store knife material could work?

I'm more of a lock noob than you are … somehow I've managed to go … years and not learned to pick a lock. They were on sale for a good price around Black Friday and I know LPL's genesis set is basically functional, so I bought it. Handles are too short. Popsicle sticks and gaf tape to make a sleeve that adds about 5cm of length and … oh that makes picking loads easier! Not ready to start making my own picks or anything, but still.

This video inspires me to start trying to make my own picks, thanks!

These are actually very useful skills please keep it up lol.

Up next: Lockpicks from your local 7/11. 🤓 Always a pleasure watching these Ash! 🔥

I'm sure there must be thinner strips of rigid metal in there somewhere.

Cool project. Well done.

I swear you can make a pick out of almost anything. 👍

Is there a way you could trim down the width?

Good show. Don't we all have a little bend towards the tip?

Nice bit of fun...and it works!

Lock picks with your DNA on it. Good job.

I’m just gonna spend 15 dollars on Amazon I don’t own a tool Shop😂

I have seen, and made, a lock picking gun made out of a electric toothbrush. You remove the brush and there's a nice stainless steel flat bar inside that vibrates. I would like to see you make a video of that.

what a great idea Asm mate very cool🇬🇧😊😎👍👊

Try using a hacksaw blade

Glad i watched till the end, dont waste the time doing this! lol

Super market next

Great idea 💡 😎

My wife calls me a "Hacking Otaki", pretty sure she'd call you a "Picking Otaki". Otaki is a variation of the Japanese word "Otaku", meaning obsessive nerd. Mind you, you're one of the reasons (along with DefCon, Bosnian Bill, LPL, Killermaru, & Sparrows) why I'm evolving into a Hacking & Picking Otaki :)

😃😅 fun stuff!!! 🐈‍⬛🐾🐈🐾🇬🇧🍻⛄️

it ain't silly, if it works 😆

I love this idea

hmm let's consider the premise of the title... "should you improvise picks from nail files?" 8$ for the metal file 7$ for a 3-pack of plastic nail files few bucks worth of epoxy glue and about 1-2 hours of work time (minimum) ... sooo 10-15$ for a single pick and whatever 1-2 hours of your lifetime is worth to you. compared to the 20-30$,small to medium sized, name-brand lock pick sets, that you get from amazon, or any other online vendor... seems like this only makes sense if you find yourself in some kind of hill-billie jail that uses regular locks instead of proper prison level locking tech. Or if you find yourself in a police-state where buying picks lands you on some kind of watchlist...

Hey, if it works it’s not dumb.

i think it is really cool!

I'm self taught, I built my first lock pick using a saw blade for iron, it's not an excellent material but it works quite well

File this in the nailed a silly video category

That is cool idea

Fun!

Bangood was much less of an effort!

that is pretty cool

fun video.

I buy materials from the pharmacy that I make lock picks with.

That's cool

It's all in good fun and entertainment. Aaaaaaad it did work 🙂👍🏻

hacksaw blade?

nice 😁👍

I beg to differ. You buy materials for your lockpicks in pharmacy

Sick

Are you related to LPL?

Thanks for the video. I’m sure young burglar trainees are enjoying this. Can they practice on your house?

sheeeeeiiiitt

Boi

I’ve found my girlfriends bra has metal insert in the cups that dose the job,

Nice I’m first btw

Why would anyone go through this BS when you can get go on Amazon and buy a set, and they are not very expensive?

You can buy a whole set cheaper that those files and the cost of this video. 👎🏼👎🏼

Thx for playing! Lol!

The only thing that would make it cooler is if it actually worked!