goldmine of pick making material

[Squelchtone]

I found this in my storage room at work gathering rust on a shelf. Before I even got into picking I got this stuff from somewhere and put it on a shelf knowing one day I would make picks or something out of them.

That time has come.



I think these are hacksaw blade blanks. Bonus: there are no annoying saw teeth to grind down. Compared to my Peterson picks which are .024 inch thick, these blanks of spring steel are .022 inch thick.

The middle blank was wet sanded with 320,400,600,800, and 1000 paper.


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http://nynex.s5.com/lp101/pics/P1010084.JPG
http://nynex.s5.com/lp101/pics/P1010085.JPG
http://nynex.s5.com/lp101/pics/P1010086.JPG


awesome.

Squelchtone

[Kaotik]

Good thing you found them sooner rather than later, they would have been in worse shape seeing that there are still some pit markings on the one you sanded. Nothing some really good sanding coudn't take care of.

Have fun with them.

[Raccoon]

Ooh, spring hacksaw blanks. I'd go and make more than just picks with those.

[jamesphilhulk2]

they should turn out great but there is alot of sanding first though.

nice find

[Eyes_Only]

And I thought I was the only one having a hard time cutting down the saw tooth on the blades.

[jamesphilhulk2]

doesnt take long with a dremel grinding stone 2 minutes max

[Peter Martin]

That is an excellent find! Are you sure they used to be hacksaw baldes?

To remove the rust fast, use a rubber polishing wheel on a Dremel tool. I use this company because they have a wider variety of grits available than the standard Dremel brand name. Not to mention they are much cheaper. You'll save yourself a lot of work with a rubber polishing wheel.

http://www.widgetsupply.com/page/WS/CTG ... quare-edge

Let us see the final work when you're done.

Pete

[Kaellman]

Woweee give me some of that! just ran out of hacksaw blades. you go make something nice out of those!

[lgd123]

nice! those would be great

[marv711]

The middle blank was wet sanded with 320,400,600,800, and 1000 paper.

that three hundred twenty billion four hundred million six hundred thousand eight hundred grit sand paper must be smooth stuff

[poppasmurfenfold]

The middle blank was wet sanded with 320,400,600,800, and 1000 paper.

that three hundred twenty billion four hundred million six hundred thousand eight hundred grit sand paper must be smooth stuff

[Squelchtone]

The middle blank was wet sanded with 320,400,600,800, and 1000 paper.

that three hundred twenty billion four hundred million six hundred thousand eight hundred grit sand paper must be smooth stuff

it was special order from 3M. =)

[Kaotik]

The middle blank was wet sanded with 320,400,600,800, and 1000 paper.

that three hundred twenty billion four hundred million six hundred thousand eight hundred grit sand paper must be smooth stuff

it was special order from 3M. =)

Now that exactly the kind of sand paper I was looking for. My picks would look even better than they do already.

[Servalite6354]

And I thought I was the only one having a hard time cutting down the saw tooth on the blades.

Why not just leave the teeth on? Personally, I think it gives a little better grip.

[Servalite6354]

And I thought I was the only one having a hard time cutting down the saw tooth on the blades.

Why not just leave the teeth on? Personally, I think it gives a little better grip.