My first pick (thanks pyro)

[omelet]

@ digital_blue

[Addi]

i dont get it....

[P1mpF0x]

Beats what i got (I don't have anything)

[Geek142]

Well pimpfox maybe you should give it ago yourself, i used to sit there and feel sorry for myself (Im not saying you where i was talking about me) saying i wish i had picks until the day i decided, Stuff it im going to make my own so i went brought a grinder and rotary tool and started making, by my 5th play pick i got the Idea of it and have been making them ever since. Just go give it ago.

geek

[Addi]

Righto, here's what i've done in the mean time.
Scale the picture to 47% and thats the size of the picks.

Have fun!

http://www.picupload.net/image/2d4b2a34 ... cbcb17.jpg

[raimundo]

Those are some slender picks, even thinner than some I've made. you must use great care with them, when you make really slender picks again, you might want to make them not much longer than a key blade, length works against you with slender picks.

[Addi]

They seem fine to me, but since your the pro here, i think i'll try that next time...

but the neck and the pick will only be like...*lays his housedoor key onto the screen*


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That long...


But thanks for the advice !!

[master in training]

hey, nice to see more people making their own pickcs, i think its a great way to learn about your picks, get to know them and then pick better as a result

that pick futhest right though, the long rake thing looks seriously thin, as does the 1/2 diamond, they're nice picks though, keep em comin!
just be careful when you use them, hopefully it'll teach you to be light handed with them since you dont wanna break them

[Addi]

$hit....raimundo was right.

My half diamond snapped in my training padlock....sad really.
Any tips on how to get it out? Its just a small bit off the tip...maybe not that small...
I could cry now

[Kaellman]

Addi, nice to see you keep up the pick crafting.

About the broken diamond: make a key-extractor pick. Should be plenty of templates out there. Not to hard to find.

[vector40]

It's a padlock. Turn it over and shake?

[Addi]

Tried that...it doesnt work, i even held a computer magnet against the opening of the padlock in the hope that the piece would come flying out...but oh well.

It seems i have to make a thicker halfdiamond and a keyextractor today
darn

[Addi]

I used the search function but i couldnt find any pick extractor templates......i dunno if i havent searched hard enough but could someone maybe point me into the right direction?

[Mad Mick]

My ascii art isn't too good, but try to make something like this:

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The '\' part is sorta like a barb on a fish hook, designed to snag the broken part of the key/pick and withdraw it as the broken key extractor is removed. Perhaps a straightened out fish hook would work...

[Addi]

I'll try it,
Thanks!