This is an instructable showing you how to convert Black & Decker brand electric scisors into a highly effective electric lockpick.

--- WARNING!!! ---

Building this may be illegal in your location, do not built it if it is illegal or if you are not sure.

DO NOT ASK me how to use one of those, if you do not know how it works or what it's for, do not build it. No videos or usage instructions will be provided, all PM's asking how to use it will be cheerfully ignored.

Vibrating electric picks are known for CHEWING UP the pins inside a lock with repeated use. ONLY use such a pick on your practice locks.

I am not the designer of this electric lockpick, many amateur lockpicking hobyists convert all sorts of small electric appliances into vibrating picks so I really cannot credit who came up first with the idea for this conversion.

Step 1: Lets Start

First things, go buy Black and Decker brand electric scisors. They are pretty cheap, I got mine on sale at Wallyworld for aroud $10.

Take off the scisor head by pressing on the sides and pulling away.

The head is interchangeable and B&D sells replacement so you'll be able to keep this unit functionnal as scisors if you get a spare head.

Step 2: Disassebmly

Ok, now the fun starts.

Get a small phillips screwdriver and carefully unscrew and 2 screws holding the head together.

Be carefull as there is a spring inside the head! Do not lose the screws or the spring.

Take the whole head apart and keep everything except for the upper cutter (the moving one with the little black ball at the end). You won't be needing the upper cutter.

Step 3: Modding the Lower Cutter

This step is important as the lower (stationary) cutter will be modified to be used as a spacer. You need this or else the electric pick will not work properly.

Now take the lower cutter and cut off the sharp part using a dremel as shown in the picture.

Keep the upper part (the one with the holes) and get rid of the bottom sharp part.

Step 4: Making the Pick

For this step you'll probably have to use your imagination a little and base yourself on the picture included.

You will want to use some pretty stiff metal (I used a cheap dollar store carbon steel hacksaw blade), and cut out the shape you see in the picture.

You cut out the shape using a dremel with a cutoff disc. Make the shaft part no wider than a normal lockpick. Be sure the rear part fits sungly in the black vibrating part of the main body of the scisors. Though not pictured, I covered the back part with shrink tubing to protect the black vibrating part.

Drilling the hole in the blade is going to require a diamond tipped bit, and it's important that you not make it too wide. It must fit the pin in the disassembled scisor head snugly.

The narrow pick part is roughly 6cm long, the entire pick 9cm long.

Step 5: Reassembly

Now the fun part, to reassemble this tool.

First put in the pin.

Next the spacer you made (formerly the lower cutting blade)

Put a bit of lubricant on the spacer and slide pick you made ouf of that hacksaw blade onto the pin.

Next comes the spring over the pin.

Now the tricky part, put the two halves of the head back together and put the 2 screws back in. This is a bit tricky as you'll be fighting the spring. Be carefull not to overtighten the screws as you'll strip the plastic.

Step 6: You Are Done!

Now just snap the head back on the main body of the scisors and voila! You have an electric lockpick!

At this point you may need to ajust the rear part of the lockpick to be sure it fits snugly in the black vibrating lug.

And now a reminder...

Building this may be illegal in your location, do not built it if it is illegal or if you are not sure.

DO NOT ASK me how to use one of those, if you do not know how it works or what it's for, do not build it. No videos or usage instructions will be provided, all comments and PM's asking how to use it will be cheerfully ignored.

Vibrating electric picks are known for CHEWING UP the pins inside a lock with repeated use. ONLY use such a pick on your practice locks.