greengrowlocks wrote:Nice work, I have used a very similar looking homemade .015" flag to pick the sidebar but used more of a raking technique. Also I've had a lot of success with a specific sidebar rake tool. How would you summarize your technique? It looks as if you move back to front randomly raising/rotating fingers and then individually picking the fingers that are not yet set?
Basically I go up and down the stack feathering the pins one by one until I find a binder, then I test rotational movement, if rotation doesn't set the pin I lift a bit and rotate again. Just keep checking and setting binders, work them till they jiggle and repeat. once you have developed a feel for the finger pins there is almost nothing random about it, just methodically working them until you have all five picked. The biggest secret is having a proper tool, I got nowhere until I made my own.
Am I making any sense? If you would like I can elaborate further. Btw my flag is 20 thousandths, slowing me the stiffness to work anything tightly bound but thin enough not to over set the lowest pins.
