free materials 4 picks

[bassmaster1228]

ok i know alot of people make there own picks using hacksaw blades and other materials that you may buy from the store. i made me some picks out of some old hacksaw blades a couple of days ago. they work very well. but today i went to lowes and asked them if i could have some of the metal straps that hold wood, bricks, and stuff like that on the palets. sure enough a guy took me to the back of the building where they put the trash ect. and and he sead take as much as you like. so i did. i took as much as i could carryin my hands. the matal is about as thick as a hacksaw blade but is just a little softer metal. i got home cut a few peices off and made a couple picks to see if this material is any good. it works great, makes great picks, and is easy to work with....

so if your looking for some good free material to make picks out of. then go to lowes, home depot, or your local hardware store
and ask for it and they will give it 2 you FREE

yes its FREE [/u]

[UWSDWF]

BRICK STRAPPING.... never heard that one before..... not like it made numerous lists through out the website.........

just make sure you ask before taking

[machinist]

Old material for picks, but its nice to hear if you ask nicely you shall recieve : ).

[davou]

almost as cool as using a banana

[I Vallen I]

I tried useing brick strap it doesn't work as well while your picking and i broke a few picks without putting much force on. I prefer hacksaw blade but i guess its a preference.

[Shrub]

Brick strap isnt the best material by a long way and it will also rust badly,

But if your stuck and cant get anything better then go for it, you can even grind it by rubbing it across the curb stones if your that hard up,

Somthign for free isnt always the best thing to do,

[bassmaster1228]

well theres diferent kinds of brick straping some is thicker than others i got the thickest kind i could. i made a set of those and picked every lock i could get my hands on, and i also made a set of picks out of hacksaw blades. the hack saw blade did make better picks simply becuase there more durable. but you can also make slimjims out of the brick starping as well. dont try to make tension wrenches out of brick straping , that doest work to well...

[dmux]

just use spark plug guages for picks, good quality steel

[eViLZuG]

ok i know alot of people make there own picks using hacksaw blades and other materials that you may buy from the store. i made me some picks out of some old hacksaw blades a couple of days ago. they work very well. but today i went to lowes and asked them if i could have some of the metal straps that hold wood, bricks, and stuff like that on the palets. [/u]

I work at a Lowes, actually. You guys would be surprised how much stuff we sign off on. Especially the locks that get returned without keys

A Master #6270 Padlock just thrown out, everything BUT the key. $5 for me (I opened it before I tossed it in around 8 seconds)

So yeah, def don't be bashful. You'd be at the stuff we toss out!

[raimundo]

brick strap comes in various tempers and alloys of steel, some is a bit better than others, I recently started using it to make "matador" varients, ask ranger150 about them, he has a few.

[Shrub]

I think its pretty much outlawed now (maybe not legally but ecconomically) and replaced with the plastic stuff,

[eViLZuG]

brick strap comes in various tempers and alloys of steel, some is a bit better than others, I recently started using it to make "matador" varients, ask ranger150 about them, he has a few.

Have any pics of the design? Now i'm kinda interested

[raimundo]

for the design, google matador lockpick, or look on the sites like Newsparkling or szhuang or I think one of the german commercial pick sites has it. I guess I should also google 'ganzua china' and see if thats listed on google, but it may be a name the guy just called it.

[Dragunov-21]

If you want free, plentiful and decent quality, you can't go past street sweeper blades. I went down to the local council depot, asked nicely and came home with about 5 kilos worth = )

[Servalite6354]

Can you post some pics so we can see what it looks like? The only brick strap I've ever seen looked too flimsy to be used for picks.

Also, I'm confused about the street sweeper bristles. I've seen bristles lying on the ground after snow was brushed off the sidewalk, and it was plastic or plastic-coated metal. Is that what you're talking about, or is that not a street sweeper bristle?