great pick material stock

[dmux]

for those of you who like feeler guages.. this site has all different sizes

http://www.easterngage.com/standard-fee ... e-sets.asp

[Eyes_Only]

Wow, some of them can get pretty pricey.

[JackNco]

Huh thats cool. the "Part No. FG-20-Q-6" looks perfect.

[raimundo]

fg20 is a quarter inch wide, so its a lot like some wiper stiffners, in that dimension, and the fg20q6 is a complete set of extra long quarter inch wide feelers in a lot of different thicknesses, you can make tensors, you can make matador picks,(I have made a matador pick from .010" feeler, and you have to use heat to draw out the hardness to bend them this way or they will snap right off. You can also make picks in various thicknesses, from .015" to .030" Any smaller is not a good bet and larger will have warding issues in a lot of keyways,
anywho, you could make a lot of picks from one of those, but if you look to the bottom of the page, you will see some selections that have been shaped and bent for various purposes, in fact, if the dimension were right, one of the ones in the photo center bottom of the page actually looks like a type of two point tension,(top and bottom of keyway) its the one in the upper left of the photo.

reading the site, it looks like they would make up a shape for you, nodoubt at extra cost, but what if a lot of lp101 people designed a two point tensor or some other thing, like a peterson mini knife, (in that photo at the bottom right hand, there are things that could be used exactly as shown if the dimension were right.

[JackNco]

hmmmm interesting idea. maybe they would make a few sets up with the same thickness feelers.

[raimundo]

I think thats easily possible, since feelers are sold individually in the half inch wide twelve inch long versions, that you can buy at a machinist jobber.

[boggers]

A little deeper into the eastern gage web site you'll find 12" strips and 25 foot coils by specific thicknesses. Buy exactly what and as many as you want.

http://www.easterngage.com/stock-feeler-gages.asp

Your choice of carbon steel or stainless.

They don't specify the carbon content percentage of the carbon steel but most feeler stock is 0.95% and comes Rockwell C of about 45-48. No need for further heat treatment unless you get it red hot during any grinding operation.

Neither do they specify which grade of stainless but you can probably assume 300 series which does not respond to heat treatment.

I'd stay away from the stainless but that's my choice.

[boggers]

Here is another supplier for feeler gauge stock material, Manhatton Supply Co.

They offer what appears to be the same type of steel but at a little less cost. I've dealt with this company many times over the past 25+ years and they will take small orders over the phone plus they accept plastic in payment.

Hold your cursor arrow over the item for a more easily read description and the current price.

http://www1.mscdirect.com/CGI/NNPDFF?PMPAGE=1337&PARTPG=N2DRVSH&PMT4NO=21119417&PMITEM=01563774&PMCTLG=00&PMT4TP=*LTIP

http://www1.mscdirect.com/CGI/NNPDFF?PMPAGE=1338&PARTPG=N2DRVSH&PMT4NO=21119417&PMITEM=01563774&PMCTLG=00&PMT4TP=*LTIP