Ok guys this video is all about Disc Detainer picks and how i make the one i use, also some of the different picking tips and tensioners that can be made to fit the pick so You can pick the majority of Disc detainer locks, even if they require top ,middle or bottom tensioning. i really hope this video helps. I know it a long Video but I've put as much info in as possible , please enjoy the vid & Have a great Day.
One of my subscribers has very kindly written this material list & instructions. Thank you my friend I really appreciate.
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Key: (O) = Outer diameter, (I) = Inner diameter
Shopping list for tensioners/picks:
• 10x 1.5mm wide, 175200mm long (I’m guessing) injector pins with a 6mm wide head
• 10x 2mm wide, 175200mm long (I’m guessing) injector pins with a 6mm wide head
• 10x 4mm wide, 175200mm long (I’m guessing) injector pins with a 8 mm wide head
Shopping list for other picking heads:
• 2x 300mm mild steel tubing with a 6mm (O) and 4mm (I)
• 2x 300mm mild steel tubing with a 2mm (O) and 2mm (I)
• 2x 300mm stainless steel tubing with a 3mm (O) and 2mm (I)
• 2x 300mm stainless steel tubing with a 2mm (O) and 1.5mm (I)
• I guess certain heads could be made out of scrap metal silver soldered on?
Shopping list for Disc Detainer:
• 1x 150mm (to compensate for any errors) thickwalled aluminum tubing with 20mm (O) and 10mm (I).
• 1x 200mm (to compensate for any errors) thickwalled aluminum tubing with 10mm (O) and 6mm (I).
• 1x 150mm of metal rod or bar with a 16mm (O).
• 4x (to account for errors) 4mm pointed M4 grub screw.
• 4x (to account for errors) 4mm flat mill (presumably "M4"?) grub screw .
• 16x (to compensate for any errors) 5mm (O) metal inserts with a M4 thread.
Instructions for the disc detainer:
1. Cut the piece of thickwalled metal tubing with a 20mm (O) and 10mm (I) to a length of 32mm.
2. Cut the piece of thickwalled metal tubing with a 10mm (O) and 6mm (I) to a length of 40mm and 8mm.
3. Cut the piece of rod or bar with a 16mm (O) to a length of 16mm (I’m guessing).
4. For the piece of 20mm (O) 10m (I) tube, drill a hole drilled through the entirety, horizontally about 4mm up from the bottom of one side with a 3.3mm (O) (for a 4mm tap through) and in each of these holes on either side, insert 1x 4mm pointed M4 grub screw on one side and 1x 4mm flat mill grub screw on the other.
5. For the piece of 10mm (O), 6mm (I), 8mm long tube. This will be filed down on one side with a Vnotch in order to lock in place with the grub screws in the 20mm (O) tube body. The flat grub screw makes contact with the unnotched side of the 8mm long, 10mm (O), 6mm (I) tube insert.
6. For the piece of 16 mm outer diameter "rod or bar", drill a hole 80% of the way through with a inner diameter of 10mm about 45mm shy of going through the other end and creating a tube.
7. Just above where the whole bottoms out, drill a hole horizontally from one side of the rod or bar to the other with a diameter of 5mm (in which will go a M4 threaded insert). In the insert can be place flat tipped grub screw on either side to pinch the tensioning rod in place and to center up that rod in doing so (you didn’t say to use the grub screw to do this that I heard, but how else would it be done?).
8. In the now undrilled side of the 16mm (O) rod or bar, drill vertically 3mm hole straight through the center to where the 10mm hole bottoms out. This will also go straight through the insert with the M4 threading once inserted.
Information about tensioning rods/picks:
For All and Standard: All tensioning/picking rods will be affixed to a piece of tubing about half way down their length that has a 6mm (O) and a 4mm (I) which, if necessary, is affixed to another piece of tubing with a 4mm (O) and a 2mm or 1.5mm (I) with a 6mm outer diameter head. All of these tubes are made out of mild steel or better.
For Abloy: Tensioners can be made out of 4mm (O) injector pins 175200mm (I’m guessing) long with a 8mm (O) head as the tensioner with the picking tip being made out of the same 6mm (O) mild steel tube with a 4mm (I). The picking tip tube can be filed down on one end to a shaft 1mm wide and a picking tip of 0.4mm wide.
For AVA: Picks can be made using the same dimensions of standard injector 1.5 (O) injector pins housed inside 2mm stainless steel tubing with the shaft being sanded down to 1.4 mm to accommodate, if necessary, for the likely 1.5 mm (I) of the tube it is housed in.