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Post Fri Apr 15, 2011 9:07 pm

Making my first pick

Im going to start working on it tomorrow, so I ran and picked up some tools.

I imagined the klein material being wider and not as thick. I think I can make it work though - I have some creative ideas for handles. I'll post pics when they're done.

I was curious if anyone had any pointers they wanted to share on the topic of bench grinders and dremmels w/ metal.

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Post Fri Apr 15, 2011 9:19 pm

Re: Making my first pick

Here is a great video on picks and grinders http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7HnhM53PeU
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Post Sat Apr 16, 2011 2:33 am

Re: Making my first pick

thanks for posting that vid koko...good info
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Post Sat Apr 16, 2011 4:57 pm

Re: Making my first pick

My first pick - still in progress

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Post Sat Apr 16, 2011 5:40 pm

Re: Making my first pick

finished first pick

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Post Sat Apr 16, 2011 7:00 pm

Re: Making my first pick

medium hook w/ grip, offset diamond

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Post Sat Apr 16, 2011 7:34 pm

Re: Making my first pick

Pretty good, did you taper the width of the pick down? Klein is pretty thick, took me a lot of hand sanding to get the width down to a decent size.
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Post Sat Apr 16, 2011 9:14 pm

Re: Making my first pick

chris wrote:Pretty good, did you taper the width of the pick down? Klein is pretty thick, took me a lot of hand sanding to get the width down to a decent size.


I kind of like the thickness, and havent had any problems yet getting it into any keyways - im sure that will change as I progress. - I;; probably thin them out at that point.

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Post Mon Apr 18, 2011 4:18 pm

Re: Making my first pick

Finished some rakes - decided on shrink tubing for grips

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Post Mon Apr 18, 2011 4:28 pm

Re: Making my first pick

better pic of blades with some mfg HPC picks for comparison

The C rake is an HPC - the other triple bagota is some other stamped pick

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