Roxy: In the near future I will post a few links to picks I made that may change your mind about your ability.
Legion303: You are the first person to say this, but not by much. Guess whose wind chime is a Mcgyver entry device.
SFGOON: Thanks for creeping me out.
I am so very tired from a unusually busy week with little sleep. If it wasn't for the rescheduling of the toool meeting I too would be out of the pick comp. It isn't because I am not making picks, but because I was trying to make something special that has kept me down. Unfortunately I feel it will just be another token pick, which really sticks in my craw.
So, in my many failures I have happened upon some decent ideas. This first early idea for a "transforming" pick was put down when I realized I am a cheater, and dispite any radical perspective it's two picks.
"TRANSFORMED"
Originally there were supposed to be alternating cuts in the handles to accomodate holding the spring for the "transformation" but when I realized regular bogota sets could be connected in the same fashion I trashed the idea and just left the grip cuts, which also function to hold the spring firmly in place on a bogota sheath pin. The additional cuts would have been useful as teeth for the tension wrench function as well, but I don't like the way the teeth dig into brass for everyday practice tools. I have been using these alot so forgive the fact they are scarred.
Before I made these I had been carrying a hook around in my case for a couple weeks. An extra pick and a tensioner that took up minimal space. It came in handy so much I had to try something like this. Props to Raimundo for originally combining the two. They are so universal I rarely need to carry anything else which explains why my last few posts have been bogota.
I was planning on getting some more rest, but have found inspiration in another members poor attitude. I hope some of you get inspiration from my lame attempts at pick making.
-ToolyMcgee
As you can see the looper is thinnner than a standard wiper blade. At least as thin as a polished pick from a wiper blade just for torture testing.
Before torture testing. This is the shorty.
The same reason I didn't use any exotic handle material, simply because most of the ones I havn't yet, and I felt a need to persue this design as far as it can go. 2nd, because the color wouldn't have matched the handle, 3rd because I was able to make it stainless without sacrificing much, if any, function.
