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by **JackNco** » 26 Jul 2007 19:17

you really do make some fantastic picks dude. i wish i had the patients so sit down and make things like that.

John

by **Jaakko** » 26 Jul 2007 19:29

Kaotik: Get out of here man!

Cheesh mate, those are again *can't find words big enough*

Wow...just...wow...*drool*

by **jamesphilhulk2** » 26 Jul 2007 21:34

really nice picks and handles.

but in the first pick it must have taken you ages to clean up the bonding compound from the patterns how did you do that???

p.s any for sale or trade?

by **Kaotik** » 26 Jul 2007 22:16

Thanks for the kind words.

JackNco, patience I have plenty of so it's not to big of a deal. If you need some let me know, i'll get you address and send you a box full.

Jaakko, alright i'm leaving. Never to come back until.......... tomarrow :lol:

james, since the areas that are visible are not etched the bonding agent does not adhere as well as if it were, the excess that gets squeezed out scrapes off kind of easily with a very small scraper I made from nylon.
I made one from a ss/bristle at first but it left micro sized scratches, the nylon if softer yet still rigid to remove the excess.

by **th3anvil** » 26 Jul 2007 22:30

Good job!

On the Kaotik ripple, how does the handle feel when in use?

by **UWSDWF** » 27 Jul 2007 0:16

Kaotik I hate you

by **Rodfather23** » 27 Jul 2007 1:21

Those are wicked picks

How did you go about cutting the ripples in the handles?

by **Exodus5000** » 27 Jul 2007 5:02

Rodfather23 wrote:How did you go about cutting the ripples in the handles?

My guess would be either a large circular file or a drill press.

PS - I hate you kaotik.

by **Kaotik** » 27 Jul 2007 16:58

th3anvil, I used it this morning on a variety of simple locks and come to find it is pretty comfortable. If I didn't sand and polish it as good as I did I could see how the top edge of the ripples would wear into the fingers. Good thing I did.

Hate me, love me. It's all the same, atleast you have thought of me.

To achieve the grooves in the rippled handle I first used a 3/16" chainsaw file, then a 1/4" tapered round file. To finish it up I used progressively finer grit of sandpaper around a 3/8" wooden dowl rod.

by **Exodus5000** » 27 Jul 2007 17:31

Kaotik, I know this has probably been asked before and I did a cursory look around and didn't find anything. You're using some thicker metal for your handles, if I'm not mistaken is that a thicker gauge of aluminium? And what steel stock are you using for the pick head? Are you finding a spring steel or stainless steel stock somewhere?

by **Kaotik** » 28 Jul 2007 0:35

Exodus5000 wrote:Kaotik, I know this has probably been asked before and I did a cursory look around and didn't find anything. You're using some thicker metal for your handles, if I'm not mistaken is that a thicker gauge of aluminium? And what steel stock are you using for the pick head? Are you finding a spring steel or stainless steel stock somewhere?

Yes, it's been asked many times. For the handles I use .032 for all of the picks I make which is about the same as the handles on a standard Southord pick. The size I used for that particular pick is thicker, .064 so the ripples show up better.

Unfortunately, I have been and am still using hacksaw blades. The way I treat them holds up to the test for hours upon hours of picking (providing there not abused), but the only unfortunate part is I would rather be using a different metal stock. I havent found a good reasonably priced source for a stock change. Thought about using the 12" feeler guages but there are none to be found in my area. If you or anyone else has any ideas, please share and I will check into them.

Off Topic* Could a Mod please straighten up the double post with the pictures in it. I didn't do it...honestly.

by **UWSDWF** » 28 Jul 2007 8:38

fyi, the hate statement was out a tongue in cheek jealously remark

by **raimundo** » 28 Jul 2007 9:08

All Usedwfs wants :cry:

is to be understood. life is hard, no one feels his pain.

by **Kaotik** » 28 Jul 2007 12:54

UWSDWF wrote:fyi, the hate statement was out a tongue in cheek jealously remark

No problem mate, I have been here long enough to know better when a statement like that is to spite or to be humorous. I got a big laugh out of it. :lol:

by **Exodus5000** » 28 Jul 2007 19:23

Kaotik wrote:If you or anyone else has any ideas, please share and I will check into them.

Kaotik and anyone else who's real into pick making, I've been meaning to order some material from here for a while, so I have yet to do it but it seems to be just about the perfect pick material:
http://www.smallparts.com/products/descriptions/fss.cfm

1/2 inch wide spring steel, at 0.032" thick and 6 inches long is $12.50 for 10 strips (plus shipping.) Behold:
"Spring Steel is blue tempered and hardened. Carbon content is in the range of 0.90 to 1.05%. Rockwell hardness â€“C 48/51. This material has the highest elastic limit and fatigue values of commonly used spring steel. Recommended for coiled and flat mechanical springs such as: ignition vibrator springs, springs for timing devices, springs for the electrical and electronic fields, steel tapes and rules. Sold in packs of 10."

Whattya think guys?

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