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by **digital_blue** » 31 Oct 2005 1:27

Looks like it'll work to me. For your next pick you might want a slightly deeper hook because it will be useful at times, but I think you're on the right track.

But the devil is in the details... time to sand and polish.

db

by **helix** » 31 Oct 2005 1:40

Nice one, dude.
Looks like you didn't get it too hot, either.

Keep doing what you are doing.

One little tip for you:

Take a whole bunch of hacksaw ends with the hole in it,
Put a bolt through the holes (teeth facing the same side)
and line them up together, nicely.

Secure them firmly with a nut so that they don't move.

Cut them all to the same length.
(This will take some time and need a lot of quenching).
Be paranoid with your grinding and quenching because:

* This many blades will hold a lot more heat for longer.
* You will ruin twenty at once if you let it get too hot.

I use (dangerous) a vice with an angle grinder in it for
doing this.

(Although my grinder is chained securely as a 'safety' measure
in case it vibrates loose from the vice, I always check that it
is still in tight and I hold the handle when turning it on to make
double-sure that it isn't LIKELY to come loose).

I use extra thin blades as well.

I don't recommend doing this with an angle grinder, but if done
'safely' is very effective.

Now, back to making bulk picks, cut the angle out of the handle.
This will take a lot of time, but you will be left with matching handles.

Try to separate them while quenching, to get the heat out of the
middle ones.

There is a diagram here somewhere of a scriber that I made that
will help you out a heap as well.

Use this scriber to mark a 3-4mm line across the bottom of your
picks.

Cut carefully along the line and you should have a stack of pick blanks.

Then just chuck them on the grinding wheel and see what you come up with. Even if your picks suck, at least they will match, LOL.

But for you: So far, so good.

by **helix** » 31 Oct 2005 1:42

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by **Fah_Cue** » 31 Oct 2005 2:28

ok back from grinding again and trying to use a rotary tool... iam hopless at them

but i made a hybird pick and thats my same hook.

by **helix** » 31 Oct 2005 4:05

You'll probably find it easier to sand along the length of the pick,
as opposed to across it.

...Just my preference, anyway.

After all, that is what way you will be finishing them.

by **Fah_Cue** » 31 Oct 2005 4:07

hehe yer i had no sand paper so i just did that on the grinder

by **Chrispy** » 31 Oct 2005 4:32

Personally, I like longer handles, but whatever works for you.

I'm not too sure about the first hook in the picture though.

That dogs elbow curve ain't right.

But for some first homemades, well done.

by **Fah_Cue** » 31 Oct 2005 4:37

i was going for one of these

by **Chrispy** » 31 Oct 2005 4:43

In that case, you'll notice the angle of the SouthOrd compared to your homemade.

It might also pay to grind off the teeth of the blade. The side of the pick digs into your skin, and with the teeth still on it, it'll cut.

by **Fah_Cue** » 31 Oct 2005 4:46

i just broke the 2nd hook on a lockwood 110/40

by **Chrispy** » 31 Oct 2005 5:12

*Shrug* It happens.

Just make another one.

by **skold** » 31 Oct 2005 5:24

The deforest is a good pick fah.c

Make a nice replica of that and you will be set until it breaks

by **Fah_Cue** » 31 Oct 2005 6:43

umm i got noidea how 1 looks like

by **Chrispy** » 31 Oct 2005 6:49

That's what the SouthOrd pick you were trying to copy is called.

by **Fah_Cue** » 31 Oct 2005 6:50

ooo i knew that :roll:

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