How To Make Your Own Lockpicking SnapGun

I remember the lockpick in Resident Evil 2 was this shape and I always wandered why, now I know. Thanks for this!

my neighbors have a new giant flat screen tv, i better check it out. hahahaha

- 00:01 🔧 Introduction to making a homemade snap gun for snapping locks. - 00:12 🔥 Warning about overheating the blade during grinding, weakening it. - 00:28 🔄 Importance of having an extra curve in the design for better snap action. - 00:41 🧰 Materials needed: coat hanger, pliers, round object for shaping, and tools for making the tip. - 01:21 ✂ Cutting the coat hanger to the appropriate length. - 02:03 🌀 Bending the wire to create the snap action mechanism. - 03:08 ⚠ Warning about sharp edges and the need to file them down. - 03:20 🔪 Shaping the tip to fit into the lock using a file or bench grinder. - 04:00 ✨ Final touches: smoothing and sanding the tip. - 04:33 🔑 Testing the snap gun in a lock to ensure it fits. - 05:02 🎯 Successful demonstration of the snap gun opening a basic lock. - 05:38 👍 Suggestion to add tape for comfort and improvement tips based on ex

Very cool demonstration mate. That is a nifty piece of kit. I have seen one where they have put some tubing, rubber or metal on the part where your thumb flicks the wire . It gives a bit more surface area for your thumb to flick and makes multiple flicking easier on the thumb. Thanks for this video, cheers

Saw your comment on a video YT served up to me and had to check you out. Nice work.

Nice informative video. Thanks for sharing and have a great week!

Awesome video mate, yours came out a heap better than mine when I made it for the mad Aussie challenge. 👍😊🇦🇺

Cool tutorial HVLogic👍Simple and effective!

Saw the short and came here to see the original, extremely clever. 👌

good tutorial seems easy enough

Thank you for the video, great idea to get or keep lock picking skills fresh, working with your hands as much as possible. I like the comment below about bending the wire in the opposite direction so it doesn't catch on your thumb (or nail) when you snap it. I was also thinking when you are filing or grinding the tip that will go in the lock, just file or grind the tip of the wire where you snap with your thumb until it's smooth.

Great job my friend.

Thats a good design and works well. Cheap as chips too!👍👍👍

To return the spring in steel (re-temper, or harden) you can reheat your steel up w/ a torch until a magnet will no longer stick to it (critical temp or currie point) and then quench in oil (or water) to regain the stiffness/ bounce back. Which also will even out or will give a gradual temper along your tool. Blue color (clock spring temper) is hard springy and brittle, Amber color is a good hardness but shouldnt break as its for tool ends like chisels. I say all this cuz it seems you liked the long one you made but you didn't have confidence that it would last very long b4 breakage

Awesome, thanks! I'll be making one as soon as I get home from work👍.

very nice!

Awesome.

Muito bom vou fazer, parabéns pela criatividade. BRASIL

thank you.

Bend the catching bit the opposite direction and your thumb won't catch at all, assuming you always use the same hand to snap it.