ady1989's new pick set "worklog"

by **ady1989** » 26 Oct 2007 3:01

Today I started working on my new pick set. Thanks Spossum for sending me the bristles, I told you they won't go to waste. I got 10 picks and a tension wrench done today. I followed Raimundo's guide and cold bended them. I used a lighter to temper the bends. The picks are not close to being done, just usable at the moment. I polished them quickly but will do them carefully again later. I want nothing short of perfect. I used some of Romstar's templates mixed with other random pics. I plan to finish these pics off by diping the handles in plasti-dip for a nice solid grip (color coded too). What do you guys think so far?

by **MBI** » 26 Oct 2007 4:00

They look nice. Very uniform in appearance. Quick work too, I know I couldn't make that many in one day.

by **ady1989** » 26 Oct 2007 4:04

Thanks! My hands are all blistered from the sanding lol. For the rough cuts I used a dremel, then filed away and finished with sandpaper.

by **JackNco** » 26 Oct 2007 8:11

very nice job. how do you get on with the hooks in that format?

by **raimundo** » 26 Oct 2007 8:49

there is some blue color along the thin part of the shaft of the first or second bogota from the top. It is not good generally to harden the thin part of the shaft, as this takes most of the stress and its better if it can bend more and spring back, than take a permanent bend or fracture.

otherwise, good work, but avoid over heating the thin areas.

by **ady1989** » 26 Oct 2007 15:08

Thanks, I'll keep that in mind next time Raimundo. JackNco, I just shaped the hooks with a dremel grinding wheel, filed it down smooth then sanded it.

by **Eyes_Only** » 26 Oct 2007 20:18

Thats one of the best DIY sets I've seen on this site.

by **ady1989** » 26 Oct 2007 22:46

Thanks! That's what I'm aiming for. They will be spotless shiny and have nice grippy rubber handles once I'm done with them. I might make a tool roll as well

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by **mrdan** » 26 Oct 2007 22:54

does look very cool!! Great work. Now I will have to go find some bristles to play with.

by **jgor** » 26 Oct 2007 23:03

Where are these street bristles common, in the US? I'd never even heard of them before reading about them on this site.

by **Stray** » 27 Oct 2007 0:24

You know the machines that clean the road...

http://www.ci.ojai.ca.us/vertical/Sites ... 16D%7D.JPG

those brushes n the sides of them are made up of those pieces we are talking about. After some sanding and polishing they look purdy...

by **josh0094** » 27 Oct 2007 0:35

yeh VERY good for tension wrenches. ima make some more picks now. VERY good! you seem like you have some good experiance with tools! keep at it and hf

by **ady1989** » 27 Oct 2007 1:24

josh0094 is right, nothing tops street sweeper tension wrenches other than commercial ones. So far I have 4 double ended tension wrenches planned to be made. Those should cover pretty much all locks I will ever come across. A little update on the picks, I made another large hook (my favourite picks by far), a ball pick and a single pick bogota. More to come soon, I'll post picks later.

by **jgor** » 27 Oct 2007 1:30

Stray wrote:You know the machines that clean the road...

Heh, I can honestly say i've never seen one of those here in Texas. I'm on the lookout for one now though!

by **ady1989** » 27 Oct 2007 1:34

The sweepers around here (Calgary, Canada) use plastic bristles. I asked Spossum for some when he had a bunch and he kindly sent me more than enough. Many thanks mate!

ady1989's new pick set "worklog"

ady1989's new pick set "worklog"

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