1. M AKING L OCKPICKS THE L EGION 303 W AY Fuck yeah, Comic Sans!

2. A BOUT M E Blah blah blah

4. W HO OWNS MY PICKS ? ( PROBABLY NOT AN ENDORSEMENT ) The Thundercats (Pyr0, Chris Nickerson, Ryan Jones) Jackalope Delchi Mike Kershaw Datagram Schuyler Towne Raimundo A fuckton of locksmiths, hobbyists and security folks around the world

5. C URRENT /F UTURE P ROJECTS Videx CyberLock Medeco Nexgen Schlage Link Other electromechanical locks

6. A CKNOWLEGEMENTS Pyro1234321 Gordon Airporte Raimundo Locknewbie21 Kaotik Matthew Meyers Deviant Ollam Mar LP101

7. H ISTORY

8. “F IST THE HORSE COCK ?”

9. F INAL C OMPETITION P ICK

10. F IRST S ALE !

11. S HARP EDGES SUCK

12. P ERSONAL SET

13. F URTHER REFINEMENTS

14. :-(

16. T HE MANY USES OF S HAPELOCK Nose pad thingy for eyeglasses Telescope motor control mount Ceiling fan support Imprinting high security keys Emergency buttplug replacement PICK MOLDS

17. T HE N EXT G ENERATION

18. T HE PART WHERE YOU FINALLY LEARN SOMETHING WORTHWHILE

19. S HAKE H ANDS WITH D ANGER

20. T OOLS

21. V ISE G RIPS : W HAT CAN’T T HEY D O ?

22. O PTIONAL

23. M ATERIALS

24. A LSO THESE THINGS I DIDN ’ T FEEL LIKE DOWNLOADING PICTURES OF : Talcum powder Sandpaper (400, 600, 1000) X-Acto knife or Chinese knockoff Container full of ice water Cavity search gloves (optional)

25. M AKING THE M OLD Prepare original pick with release agent Heat Shapelock Press pick < halfway into shapelock and let harden Heat more Shapelock and press it onto top of pick, completely covering bottom half of mold After all the Shapelock is cool, pry everything apart

26. I T S HOULD L OOK L IKE T HIS

27. O PTIONAL F OLLOWUP Use new mold to impress clay around a metal blank (don’t forget the release agent), carve interesting shapes and bevels into it, imprint your area code, bake clay, let cool, and repeat Shapelock molding process with your new pick handle

28. W IPER B LADES AND Y OU Use your old ones or ask at an oil/tire change place Avoid Bosch Don’t poke an eye out when stripping the rubber off Cut inserts between 4 ¾” – 5” long Use Sharpie to draw or trace your templates

29. D REMEL B RAND R OTARY T OOL Get a bucket of ice water Don’t plug in your Dremel without goggles on Do you enjoy breathing toxic metal dust? If not, get a dust mask Apply cutting wheel at right angle to metal, and cut notches in the bottom; use 8-9 on the speed dial Quench often

30. S ANDING THE P ICK Use stone first on edges Use Dremel sanding disks on flats (don’t let the metal get too hot) Clamp metal in Vise Grips and start sanding by hand using 400, 600 and 1000 grits in progression Electrician’s tape makes good fingertip armor

31. M OLDING THE H ANDLES Dump talcum powder onto both halves of mold and blow off excess Work clay in pasta machine or by hand until soft Roll out approximate length of handle, twice Squish one into mold Insert metal

32. Squish other clay part on top of metal Put mold halves together and squeeze the shit out of them Pull halves apart and work handle out Trim seams with hobby knife Place on white paper until other handles are finished, bake in large batches

33. Take a well-earned break while the picks are baking (according to the instructions on the package)

34. Y OU ’ VE P OLISHED O FF THE H ANDLES, NOW P OLISH THE H ANDLES Set speed to about 3 or 4 Attach fabric buffer wheel Run over handles, keeping constant motion until polished

35. A PPLY L IBERAL D OSE OF T UBGIRL Squirt and wipe dry with microfiber cloth or sock

36. V IDEOS AND M USIC Ghost in the Shell + derivatives MST3K and Rifftrax Con presentations Dual Core Alestorm Skinny Puppy

37. T IME B REAKDOWN

38. C ONCLUSION