Homebrew pick set

by **pretender** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 7:30 am

thanks, couldn't find a edit button - was driving me nuts.

by **meitanteikonan** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 9:49 am

they are beautiful!!!!!!!

by **berky93** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 12:04 pm

on the first set, did you heat treat the coat hanger for the pick gun? im making one myself

by **melvin2001** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 12:59 pm

wow i thought you had to be a level 6 death knight to use "animate dead"!!

H4}{0Rz

by **rewt** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 4:31 pm

bump to bumping old threads

but... it was a good thread at least :wink:

by **jmac875** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 11:38 pm

Maker, great set- did you ever reconsider creating templates for the popsicle picks?

by **pick_maker** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 5:00 am

good god! people are still reading this?

thats all right.

The coathanger pick was not heat treated. I was just lucky to find an oldie hanging on the rack. I heat treated the fishtape gun but that seriously reduced tensile by 50%.

The big set is a one of. Compared to Rytans, Petersons and SOs these are a little too big proportionally but then at the time how did I know? Good Luck!

by **dmux** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 7:45 am

check this out, its kinda neat

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ranh/106709219/

by **sillious** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 12:19 pm

Hi All, this is my first post. I live in Australia, and even worse in Adelaide, and it is near impossible to get hold of a decent pick set. I used to have one, but it disappeared in a recent move. I would love to make some, both for use and for the enjoyment of making them. I know there are templates here somewhere, but I cant find them. I tried ftp://nickz.homeftp.net/ but that doesn't seem to work.

Can anyone point me in the right direction. I can provide an email address if necessary (have an abundance of email addresses scattered around).

Thanks
Scott

by **melvin2001** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 12:53 pm

*sigh*

viewtopic.php?t=16282

that thread was created like not even 2 days ago... this forum DOES have a search function and it DOES work... so use it. also that thread is in the top 15 in the "got questions? forum... so even LOOKING would have led you to it. try looking for them a little harder next time.

by **flaming jag** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 8:56 am

wow nice picks!!! it would have taken you ages to complete. Anyways great work.

by **GoodEyeSniper313** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 2:22 pm

i went out and got one of those drain snakes at home depot. it cost like $6. its 20' long. i made the first one and use heat shrink for the handle but decided i wanted it reinforced for better feel. so i added another laer on each side. it came out nice. i havent even started polishing these yet this is just the rough cut/grind. and i messed up the snake and its too big so i have to re-do that one

by **Stray** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 3:01 pm

Personally I get brick strap for free (HD cut it off of the bundles of wood when we bring them down, cut it in 5 inch strips and take it home) and honnestly I like it more than hack saw blades. (also I can make a pick and a tension tool out of one 5 inch piece.) I take the pieces that are not rusted up, stick a template to them with 3m spray adhesive or elmers, grind them down to shape with a grinder and dremel, then use the metal brush attatchment on the grinder to get rid of the black paint (actually gives it a nice finnish just at that stage too), sand it and then polish them.

Example
(still can use some polishing/touching up)

So Yeah for a free source of metal it works well.

by **dhum** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 6:07 am

those are a work of art. you said that you found the templates for the picks online. anywhere specific? I'm looking for warded pick templates, and have been for some time. please share if you are able

by **dragonriot** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 8:14 am

PAD....

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Homebrew pick set

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