Did you use mop soap? I used to polish plastics up at school with the mop and soap....used to come up like glass
Pick looks very nice by the way, Very comfortable looking.
I used paint thinner to get all the black polishing wheel gunk off the pick. It seemed to take all the residue off and make it very shiny.
Yes, your polishing will help the pick move much better in the lock. For the handles, I would recommend getting the rubberized coating designed specifically for making handles. It comes in a tin mixed with a solvent, you dip your handle in, let it dry, and repeat until it's as thick as you desire. It's a lot like liquid electrical tape (which I have also used for handles) but seems to leave a more durable coating. The smaller hardware stores (ACE) carry it around here for about $4 a tin.
I used shrink rap and it seems to feel and look nice.
Nice job.
I'd like to know the method being used to transfer templates seeing as my elmers spray on glue method needs help also, by the end although most of the template is still on, the business end of the pick is usually lifted off due to heat and I have to keep it down using my finger.
I actually did something on my last pick that I would have never expected to do. My dremel died on me the last time I was using it, so I made this pick using only snips, a bench grinder and the set of small hand files my GF bought me.
Honnestly I found It more rewarding and calming then the other picks I made. Plus I could sit at my computer desk when filing thus more comfortable than standing over a dremel.
I print out the template in computer paper. I then cut it out and glue it on with contact cement. I also spraypaint around the template to have a second option incase my template falls off. Don't grind too quicly or the paint will burn away.
is that made out of a hacksaw blade? that is un-friggin-belivable how shiny and polished you got that to look. What brand of blade was that? I think I will be buying some of those as I to use a bench grinder and a dremel, but the blade always looks like ...... well.... a hacksaw blade that was made into a pick. That looks like it could have been bought. Excelent job man, great looking pick. It reminds me of the Falle sets I have seen.
I used an old hacksaw blade my dad had. It made it even harder to polish away all the imperfections. Next time I might spring for some brand new blades because they will not have any dents. I have always had a talent for polishing metal
Thanks for all the support. I never expected to get this many replies
