Raimundo's Bogota "How to" documents

by **steel blade** » 21 Jul 2005 13:45

http://tinypic.com/97p2co.jpg

Bristle as usually found, with some rust (courtesy of Quicklocks)
Bristle polished
Wiper blade insert, stainless
Pick made from bristle (courtesy of Raimundo)

Hope this helps sorry about the pix, it was late.

s.b.

by **yofu** » 21 Jul 2005 14:24

haha np...

my work has it blocked...eh ill justcheck it out when i get home in a couple hours i guess.

anyways, if i cant find the bristles ill just settle either for wiper blades or for some feeler gauge

by **savior** » 21 Jul 2005 22:09

yofu wrote:hmm...i dont think i've ever seen a sweeper bristle before...maybe its a UK thing? hha well ill look for them next time im out walking on the street...if that fails ill use windshield wiper things.

yeah, uh... WA, USA... is not int he UK
it's in the north-western part of the USA...
maybe they're just not everywhere...

by **yofu** » 21 Jul 2005 22:57

haha yea i didnt really read where you lived before..eh whatever.

ill start looking around for some bristles. then if icant find those ill just use wiper blades...and if not those ill just use hacksaw blades...and if not those ill stick with my paper clips lol

by **jamesphilhulk2** » 10 Aug 2005 13:28

so what type of metal should i make them out of (Obviously they have to be strong)

by **Python** » 11 Aug 2005 8:57

I made a couple of Bogota style picks out of wiper blade today (street sweepers use Nylon bristles around here).

They turned out ok. Not as firm as Raimundo's Bogotas, but probably as close as you can get without sweeper bristle.

Anyone have other alternatives?

by **vector40** » 11 Aug 2005 17:14

I almost wonder what you could fashion with the body of a normal tension wrench.

by **jamesphilhulk2** » 12 Aug 2005 4:55

my friend told my (my teacher) that the best type of metal is sprung steel
i would kill for some titanium picks

by **NKT** » 22 Mar 2006 11:48

FWIW, titanium wouldn't be any use, as well as being four times the price at least.

Just got to say, here, that the Bogatas from Rai are superb. He and Varjeal got a big plug at the Shmoocon 2006 presentation by Deviant and Renderman.

Guard yours, they will go missing as fast as you like - I used them on every picking job I did for a few weeks, then realised I had lost both of them someplace... I find the three pin version to be best, and the single pin less effective. However, the single is still better than 90% of the other picks out there. The three pin opens locks better than you could hope.

by **bonez** » 22 Mar 2006 11:58

twilight zone!!!!!!

same as nkt used mine on every job! untill the day i checked
my pocket and they were gone!!!!!!!!

luckly enough i had a back up set wich now stay safely locked
in my pick case.

by **vector40** » 22 Mar 2006 19:06

The safety pin "holster," if you have it, really does help keep them... er, safe. Clip it to the bottom of your pocket and nothing's falling out.

by **Treeson** » 22 Mar 2006 23:01

With all these positive reviews of the Bogotas', Im definetly going to have to get some!

On the topic of Street Sweepers, I have never in my life seen a Street Sweeper Bristle... Maybe it ahs something to do with me living on an island :?: