023 How to make the best tension wrench for lock picking using wiper blade inserts
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Published 2021-03-12
Some people have said, though, that even with Chris' tutoirals, they've struggled to replicate his design. I was one of those people (!) so I set about trying to come up with the definitive guide to making this tool in an effort to complement Chris' excellent work on the subject - and this is the result.
If you'd like to go back to Chris' channel and see the original material on the subject, you can find them using the links below:
1319: Tension Wrench Bending -
• #1319 Tension wrench bending
147: How to make a universal tension wrench - • #147 How to make a Universal Tension ...
All Comments (21)
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A tutorial very well executed. I had asked Chris about his tension tool and he sent me here. 😁👍
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If you use smooth jaw locking pliers you will get less breakage, the serrations or nurls in the Jaws create deformations in the stainless causing weakness. Also instead of your first bend being at the very end you should leave extra then trim. Steel has a grain similar to wood, in stainless wiper incerts it runs the length of metal. So leaving an end to trim off means less stress and fatigue on the metal at the bends, that's why it's so easy to twist in the center but twisting the ends feels difficult in comparison.
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Chris kindly made me 2 of his " Universal Tension Wrenches " , but to be fair , if everyone followed your and Chris video's on how to make them , they are easy enough to make , Great video my Fish my friend
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Chris’s invention of the Universal Tensioner is the best thing in Locksport since Mad Bob’s sets. Thank you for your clear and excellent tutorial. I have been making them incorrectly all this time. Now I am going to remake them right. Thank you and Chris Capune for an excellent video.👍👍👍🦊
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Wonderful video!!!! So much better then my attempts at showing and explaining how to go about this!!!!! Thank you so much for sharing this!!!! Happy tensioning !!!!! 🐈⬛🐾🐈😷🇬🇧👏👏👏👏
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Cheers Andy! Cheers Chris! Good video. I would like to add that these modifications can be done to existing manufactured tensioners that you already have in one’s purchased kit. So aside from making these up from scratch, you can modify what you may have. The heat gun is also good for softening the metal a little bit for bending. Insulated Gloves are a must! You can get a burn. Granted it won’t do a proper job of softening the metal and you will lose a little metal rigidity-tempering. But it helps on the 90 degree bends along with the slow gradually bending. Take care gents 😁.
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I recommend wearing some sort of PPE mask when grinding with Aluminum Oxide. Thank you for the excellent video!
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Great video, I'm sure lots of pickers will be starting to use these twisted tensioners now. And congrats on conquering that 1100. Welcome to the club 👍
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Fantastic video Fish! Chris is a heck of a guy and he came up with a real game changer with his universal tension tool. Glad you did a video on it and pointed out it’s more nuanced features.
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Great video, thank you! I second the notion for heating. It's pretty much essential to do get these contorted twists. Cheers.
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Love the respect, and will be checking Chris’s channel after your video concludes. 👍
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A brilliant design by Chris. Thanks for bringing light to this design. I'll certainly make a few to try out.
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Marvelous- I love this type of 'How To' presentation! Watched whist trying to paint a ceiling😁 I thoroughly enjoyed that and I know exactly what I'll be making tonight. Thank you👍
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Great tutorial, favoriting this to attempt my own down the road.
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Inspiring. Headed down to the workbench now.
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Well done , step by step. Thanks for taking Chris's work to a different level.
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Great video Fish, I really appreciate the How To on this and congratulations on opening that 1100 😊👏
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Tnx for sharing. Now I need to source these wiper blades! I also like the idea that I saw in the comments to modify existing ones. I have a few that are pretty useless at the moment. Keep up the great work on this channel. Good to see that besides doing all the work for these videos, you still have time to pick locks.
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PROPANE TORCH! Bend while hot. Afterwards, heat to a pale glow and dunk in oil or water. To anneal just a little use a heat gun on HIGH and get it nice and toasty, hold for just a bit, and cool by air. These are not structural parts, so you can go by color and seat-of-pants. I had some "brittle" spring stock. Wasnt really brittle, it was just a different composition or left less annealed from the factory. Either way propane was the solution to my problems and it allows you to make some fanciful bends without killing a pile of stock.
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another awesome video! and chris is also awesome!
