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How To Turn Ice-cream Stick Into Key

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Let me show you how to turn an ice-cream stick into a key, it really works, I show you how.

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Step 1Here are all the tool you will need

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Ruler, glue, scissors, paper, key, pencil, ice-cream and small piece of paper

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Mar 31, 2011. 5:03 AMmnurmi says:

u burn the ice stick

Nov 19, 2009. 10:02 AMdermord says:

whats happens if the ice stick brokes inside of the door?....

Aug 26, 2009. 10:57 PMSkateboardingForLife says:

you do realize that you can go to Homedepot or Walmart and get keys made very cheap

Jun 22, 2008. 3:09 PM

Batryn says:

Is it possible to make a bump key from a popsicle stick or something?

Jun 16, 2009. 4:48 PMguydie5 says:

lol i wonder what it would be like trying to explain to the lock smith what happened if it broke

May 24, 2009. 6:47 PMredmaker says:

I lost my normal house key and I couldn't find hidden one outside door and I had 1 stick and some one scared me and it broke D: and I found the hidden one after 6 hours of looking :D and I finely got in

Dec 7, 2007. 8:21 PMnerfer192 says:

um if the stick breaks, ur screwed.

Mar 3, 2009. 8:58 AMunbentcrayfish says:

lol...

Jan 29, 2009. 9:07 PM

ReCreate says:

yep

Jan 24, 2009. 3:50 PMyukas says:

looks hard to make

Sep 29, 2008. 7:45 PMGrafixMan306 says:

i would go to hobby lobby or something and get a alumilite casting kit. its like $12-17 but it comes with everything you need to cast w/e.

Sep 27, 2008. 6:17 AMDanny B says:

My desk at work uses this kind of key, but I had never seen another one like it until now.

Aug 16, 2008. 5:40 AMwaynemov says:

To easily add some strengthening you could use 2 part epoxy resin. I like the idea of using old credit card, possibly a couple of pieces epoxied together!

Aug 13, 2008. 2:57 PMurill says:

And while it breaks in your key hole.....

Jul 14, 2008. 8:01 PMjosefu0 says:

what happens if it breaks in the lock

Aug 13, 2008. 8:50 AMnabzaf says:

ok if it breaks off just burn the lock. it was made out of wood. the people who make a copy for keys are the one who found your keys made the copy and now will follow you to your home and break in while you are out

Jul 22, 2008. 7:26 AMnivaneus says:

Then your birthday disappears... forever!!

Jul 22, 2008. 12:29 PMjosefu0 says:

no for real what happens if it breaks then how could i get it out

Jul 22, 2008. 12:57 PMnivaneus says:

Well you could probably get it out using a variety of different tools, if all else fails you can always take the lock apart to get it out. Sorry about my last comment i couldn't resist.

Aug 11, 2008. 7:55 AMKendallkip says:

or call AAA

Jun 29, 2008. 1:55 PMOneBadBird says:

So this is for some sort of lock they stopped making sometime in the 17th century, or what? This sort of lock doesn't exist in the United States.

Aug 2, 2008. 8:00 PMpindalanderz says:

my dad's workplace has locks with those kind of keys. You are partially right though. they are very uncommon in the U.S. I never saw one until my dad got his current job.

Jul 28, 2008. 3:39 PMLemonyPotatoes says:

It's a Chinese lock. I have one on my door, only more shiny and new. It doesn't have the wheel, though. The lock is very good, as it has 2 deadbolts, and another lock at the top.

Aug 11, 2008. 7:54 AMKendallkip says:

thats a hell of a lot of security!

Jun 7, 2009. 7:14 PMbobt4 says:

sum1s paranoid....

Jun 8, 2009. 1:13 PMLemonyPotatoes says:

Hey, you never know when someone's gonna steal your 52 inch LCD HD TV. ;)

Nov 1, 2010. 10:05 AMfreakyqwerty says:

What are people gonna think when they see a man runing down the street with a 52" Tv in their arms? :P

Jun 11, 2009. 11:14 AMbobt4 says:

lol but i would just replace the door for a heavier 1 and add 2 or 3 not 4 or 5

Nov 2, 2010. 6:41 AMLemonyPotatoes says:

Well since I posted this comment Ive changed my door :\
still, 2 deadbolts can't hurt

Nov 25, 2010. 5:23 PMbobt4 says:

its fine that was so far back i dont even remember what i was talking about :D

Jul 24, 2008. 9:04 AMsomerockenguy says:

your video was removed

May 27, 2008. 4:53 PMfreakinslop says:

ice... cream.... stick?

Jul 22, 2008. 6:49 AMkillarowa says:

POPSICLE!

Jun 27, 2008. 5:19 PMSeaLion says:

Won't work with some locks that depends on the edge of the key, not the holes...

Jun 22, 2008. 3:08 PM

Batryn says:

Is there a way to make a bump key without using a old key? Is it possible to use a popsicle stick?

May 16, 2008. 4:25 PMmwagner63 says:

why dont u just use the key or get a copy

Feb 24, 2008. 3:38 PMmitul117 says:

wat do u need the ruler for? lol

Jan 18, 2008. 8:04 PMkenny94 says:

how is this a key...?

Jan 5, 2008. 3:00 AMferrari484 says:

cool

Dec 27, 2007. 4:35 PM

RaNDoMLeiGH says:

this would be a handy thing to have hiding in plain sight, in case you are the type to lock yourself out (um, that would be me!). You could make a popsicle stick key and just put it on, or even behind, the trim around the door, or if an outside door, just toss it into a corner. In the US it's better to use a metal key though I have made one from an old credit card and kept it duct-taped to the inside of my bumper. (I had to learn to pick locks because of my unfortunate habit of leaving the keys on the wrong side of an automatically locking door in college.)

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