by raimundo » 26 Dec 2009 9:12
You can also make one, from sweeper bristle,
take two pieces of this metal stock about 6 or 7 inches long, and lay them on each other then bend the two together in half at the middle, keep a small piece of tube like a plug follower in the angle of the bend to prevent it from becoming too sharp a bend which will break the stock.
then fix the four ends solidly together with vise grips and tight binding wire, leave the length of the pick shafts from the ends of the wire to the plier tied together tightly and put a second vise grip on the stack closer to the bend with the follower in it, leave about 3/4 inch between the two pliers and bend this part ninety degrees. similar to a double sided bogota but two of them together, you need the space between the two pliers to accomodate the ninety degree twist of a thick stack of four pieces of metal being twisted together,
complete these similiar to a double sided bogota, however the keeper that holds the pieces in tension is different from the double bogota, the keeper is a piece with a hole in the middle that is cross shaped, and the two pieces are held in position by this keeper.
the two piecs can be rotated back to a flat piece when not in use, the flat piece would be like two doublesided bogota types nested inside each other.
This is not a good project for anyone who is just starting making picks because it requires more fitting and force plus control of the metal while twisting.
the resulting pick is not only a cruciform pick but is also a pair of double sided picks.
you should put diamond tips on pick shafts or you could put a few more peaks on it but thats probably unnessary
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