dremel?

[johnjohn123]

im sorta new to making my own picks im just givin it a try i own my own expensive set i purchased from lockpickshop.com..but when making my own what type of attachment should i use for my dremel on carboon steel hacksaw blades?

[Kayvon]

I was wondering the same thing when I ran across a thread where someone had made his own picks. He even took a picture of the attachments he used:

http://img1.imagilive.com/affiche/0108/CIMG2422.JPG.htm

Here's the original thread:

viewtopic.php?t=29256

[bumber]

I would say use the brown cut off discs, I wouldn't use the black discs that are wider than the brown ones and have the weave in them because they are wider and this makes the metal get hot faster and takes longer because you have to grind almost twice as much material.

ALWAYS WEAR SAFTY GLASSES!!!

For smoothing up the edges I use the brown stone, the green stone, and the skinny barrel sander that you can change the paper on(the stones have names but I dont remember them)

And for polishing, make sure your picks are as smooth as you can get them and then use the cotton polishing wheel with the red polish that looks like clay almost, and i like to just take the little block of polish and rub it over the part of the pick im polishing....when you use this if you have the one speed 35,000rpm model it will liquify the polish almost as soon as the polisher touches the metal so make sure your not wearing a good shirt or anything.

[Safety0ff]

... with the red polish that looks like clay almost.

Personally I don't think "rouge" does much for polishing steel. Rouge is better suited for softer metals such as brass, copper and gold. White diamond works better for coloring steel in my opinion.

If you need more pictures check out my guide here. It contains pictures of every step. But Bumber has the process "right," so it'll pretty much repeat what he said.

[duramaxdavid]

Seems to me you cant do alot of trimming with the dremmel stones. Mine dont last long. The cutoff wheels work great. Ive been using the orange stones with little luck.

[bumber]

Personally I don't think "rouge" does much for polishing steel. Rouge is better suited for softer metals such as brass, copper and gold. White diamond works better for coloring steel in my opinion.

It does work really good but your picks have to be sanded at least to 600grit or better, the only reason i used it in the first place is because it comes with the big 128 or whatever piece kit...but 'white diamond' works good too i guess (it really does)

[Safety0ff]

Lol. The point where it gets confusing is when they call it white rouge, when it's really white or what I've been redundantly calling white diamond (it's what it says on the package, that's where I got it from k? .)

[bumber]

Ok, well all mine said was 'Polishing Compound' so I have no idea what its called really But "If it doesn't work for you try somthing else, if it does keep using it!" That's what I say sometimes