Fresh ground pics

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My new job has offered me many opportunities... 16-28 guage steel (even stainless!) And, a bench grinder. I took the broken Sawzall blades from some stupid ass job we had to do and fashioned some decent picks out of em (very sturdy but 9$+ per blade)...

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Been grinding for 2... days now... Feel free to post comments!

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Can't edit.. The black one is an old hacksaw blade that I tried to forge with a belt sander... didn't work, so I decided to make it over.. see which blade I like best.

[melvin2001]

your hooks look a little fat, but they will probably still work as long as they fit. i definitely recommend thinning them out near the tip a bit

[Kaotik]

Good job, but they do seem a bit on the chubby side though. You can find plenty of reference pics as well as templates all around this site, a quick search of templates will bring up many you can use and apply to your metal stock.

Are these your first set of homemades, and have you tried them yet?

[zeke79]

Yes, the hook on the left is very fat on the radius part of the pick. Thin it out and you will have better luck with it.

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My ruler doubles as a slimjim.



Fat hook eh? It's only 3/16ths of an inch.. the two on the far left are onces I made today for a friend.

[Kaotik]

Fat hook eh? It's only 3/16ths of an inch.. the two on the far left are onces I made today for a friend.

I think what were saying is, it is not the 3/16" that looks fat but rather the thickness of the fulcrum/curve that will enable to maneuver and manipulate the pins.

The length of the curve (3/16") is not the issue, that would make the pick be considered a deep hook to lift short key pins to the sheer line without disturbing the adjacent pins.

Hope I explained that right.

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Had to change servers and can't edit posts, all those images are hosted at pull.mooo.com now