Homemade Picks: Attempt MKI

by **sl_aus** » 18 Sep 2005 19:35

Hi all,

I'm a newbie who's kinda proud of my first attempt at making picks so I thought I'd put up a pic.

Any criticism/suggestions will be gladly taken.

All material is wiper blade inserts, tools used were dremel, files, pliers and sandpaper.

My favourite pick is 5th from the left, my attempt at Raimundo's Bogata isn't the best - will have another crack at that soon....

by **n2oah** » 18 Sep 2005 19:39

What is the third pick to the last? I'm assuming a tension wrench, does it fit well in your hand?

Nice picks! They look great.

by **Chrispy** » 18 Sep 2005 19:40

Well done. Keep at it.

Now you need a case for those puppies. :wink:

by **ThE_MasteR** » 18 Sep 2005 19:41

What is the first from the right made out of ?

Nice picks BTW, but where are the handle for them ? They must not go well in your hand.

by **Chrispy** » 18 Sep 2005 19:42

sl_aus wrote:All material is wiper blade inserts

by **SFGOON** » 18 Sep 2005 19:50

That's great, all I'd do is add a few tools with a deeper curve. Other than that, excellent.

by **sl_aus** » 18 Sep 2005 19:55

n2oah wrote:What is the third pick to the last? I'm assuming a tension wrench, does it fit well in your hand?

Yea, tension wrench, it looks a little odd but it's very snug on my index finger...

by **n2oah** » 18 Sep 2005 20:00

sl_aus wrote:Yea, tension wrench, it looks a little odd but it's very snug on my index finger...

Wierd, It looks exactly like one of Best's keyways :lol:

by **ThE_MasteR** » 18 Sep 2005 20:00

Chrispy wrote:
sl_aus wrote:All material is wiper blade inserts

Sorry bout that, I am a bit tired lol, I guess you figured that out :lol:

by **sl_aus** » 18 Sep 2005 20:05

ThE_MasteR wrote:What is the first from the right made out of ?

Nice picks BTW, but where are the handle for them ? They must not go well in your hand.

They're all wiper blade inserts, so far I've found two different variances in the width and thickness with the inserts.

Regarding handles, when I'm happy with the picks I'll get around to it - I'm leaning towards that shrink rubber stuff...

by **ThE_MasteR** » 18 Sep 2005 20:09

Your talking about heatshrink right ? Cool idea.

by **Minion** » 18 Sep 2005 20:23

I've used liquid latex for my pick handles.

It works well and feels nice.

by **wtf|pickproof?** » 19 Sep 2005 9:09

Hi,

congratulations to this nice set of picks! I'd suggets to make the next picks longer. I know, when you start pickmaking, it is tempting to save material so you can make as many picks as possible. But in my experience longer picks are more comfortable when picking. I made several sets from 6 cm to 20 cm and I really prefer the longer ones. (ergo handle picks are different thou).

by **sl_aus** » 19 Sep 2005 16:20

Thanks for the feedback everyone, looking forward to having a crack at another batch sometime soon.

I pretty much have an endless supply of wiper blade inserts however I'll have a go with hacksaw blades.

I'd like some with deeper curves as suggested by SFGOON, I didn't have any luck with the wiper inserts as they tended to buckle slightly with my attempts. The wide "canvas" of a hacksaw blade will make that easier for me to overcome.

Longer picks are a must as some of these do tend to dig into the palm of my hand or tire my fingers out - wtfpickproof hit the nail on the head, I was kinda seeing how many I could make out of a strip of material!

Liquid latex sounds tempting for handles, will search for info about it's actual applications before I enquire at the local hardware shop - just to avoid any weird looks....

Anyway thanks again for the feedback.

I've got one more padlock to open and I may put up some pics of my victims thus far.

by **Chrispy** » 19 Sep 2005 19:20

You can try this. There's a thread about this type of stuff around somewhere.

http://www.plastidip.com.au/

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