Ye olde homebrew pick

[Solomon]

I was feeling a bit creative today and decided to make myself a new pick. My supplies were limited, and I'm completely skint so I made do with what was lying around. The result was an old fashioned looking rake pick. It's got a bit of character to it, or at least I like to think so.

Here's what I used (I also used some twine and a knife, not pictured):



First of all, I filed down one end of the wiper insert like so:



Then cut some of the handle off the wooden spoon, filed a flat edge to it and cut a little notch:



After that, I cut the wiper insert down and made it into the following shape - the bit at the end goes into the notch and secures that end into the handle:



Wrapped it tightly with twine, and voila... finished.



I really like how it turned out, and it's got a nice feel to it. Overall it took about 15 minutes to make... nowhere near on par with some of the homebrew stuff I've seen here, but it's definately got something. Maybe the rustic look will catch on and we'll get a bit of a trend going.

[Olson Burry]

yey! Spoon!

Awesome job, I like the "rusticness" of it. Very resourceful and the rake looks well finished and a good shape too.

[Jaakko]

Just sand the life out of it, it looks to have very rough and sharp edges, otherwise it is a chainsaw, not a rake

[Solomon]

yey! Spoon!

Awesome job, I like the "rusticness" of it. Very resourceful and the rake looks well finished and a good shape too.

Thanks, Olson.

Just sand the life out of it, it looks to have very rough and sharp edges, otherwise it is a chainsaw, not a rake

Yeah, I'll have to see about getting some sandpaper for finishing future picks. The edges feel a lot more round than you may expect though... feels identical to the one I modelled it on.

On that note, I just finished a half diamond... and it could definately do with being smoothed out. Like the rake, it feels fine, but for aesthetic value I'll be smoothing them off as much as possible like you suggested. What kind of grit do you recommend for sanding it, and should it be wet or dry? Here it is so far:

[raimundo]

wet sanding is just a technique that keeps the sand papers grit from breaking down into paticles small enough to go aerosol, and keeps them on the work piece as a grity slurry, working with it is dirty but it leaves a beautiful final shine.

instead of falling off the piece and becomeing piece of the household dust, the slurry keeps the pieces that are no longer glued to the paper, from escaping the work surface as easily as the dry sand does. This causes it to continue to break down into smaller and smaller particles held in the damp from blowing away.

You do not need much water for wet sanding, in fact its better to use the least, I personally will use spit, it had greater viscosity for holding the grit and it come in the right small measure, and is easily renued as it dries out during the work.

wet sanding does have some effect on the glue that holds the sand on the paper, and on the paper, few pieces of paper will survive much use as wet sandpaper.

Dry sanding should be done outdoors to keep grit out of the house, as its not good for lenses, cameras, and probably a lot of other things with a fine finish.

[LocksmithArmy]

As far as what grit to use(I asked in an earlier thread)

Most people around here start at 200 or 400 and go up to 600 or 1200... There are a few super pickers that go up to 2000 but its really up to you.

My hardware store only went up to 600 so that's what I'm using

Good work
Have fun picking with your new friends;P

[Squelchtone]

As far as what grit to use(I asked in an earlier thread)

Most people around here start at 200 or 400 and go up to 600 or 1200... There are a few super pickers that go up to 2000 but its really up to you.

My hardware store only went up to 600 so that's what I'm using

Good work
Have fun picking with your new friends;P

visit Pep Boys, Wal Mart auto section, C.A.P, Auto Zone, Advanced Auto Parts, etc for 1000-2000 grit wet paper used in wet sanding cars in body shops.


Squelchtone

[tjweaver84]

looking good. I didn't know they had pin tumblers back in the middle ages :p

[LocksmithArmy]

As far as what grit to use(I asked in an earlier thread)

Most people around here start at 200 or 400 and go up to 600 or 1200... There are a few super pickers that go up to 2000 but its really up to you.

My hardware store only went up to 600 so that's what I'm using

Good work
Have fun picking with your new friends;P

visit Pep Boys, Wal Mart auto section, C.A.P, Auto Zone, Advanced Auto Parts, etc for 1000-2000 grit wet paper used in wet sanding cars in body shops.


Squelchtone

ooo

thanks for the heads up