Just some picks.

[motoxkfx]

Just thought i would post up some of the pics that i made this is my first set these took me about a hour to make out of street sweeper bristles.






This is the beginning of the next set made out of 304 stainless steel 10ga. This one was just a trial to see how hard it would be to cut, it was not bad. I made it in about 20 min when i was on my lunch break it still needs sanded and polished.

[Aedalas]

Either you can't tell time or you need to lay off the speed buddy. These and your last are some seriously fast work. I like your last one, that looks like a nice pick.

[motoxkfx]

I just have a knack for metal work lol.

[Aedalas]

I like metalwork too, probably my favorite hobby. I like making picks more than using then really. I still spend at least 20 hours on each pick though.

[jeffmoss26]

VERY nice!!!

[motoxkfx]

I like metalwork too, probably my favorite hobby. I like making picks more than using then really. I still spend at least 20 hours on each pick though.

i believe you when you say that you have 20 hrs in yours the are perfect. I still need to do all the finishing work on mine witch i am sure will add at least another hr or so to bring it to a fine polish. one of my other hobby is blacksmithing and that i think helps me to turn them out so quick because i use a lot of the methods for smoothing knife blades for smoothing picks.

[Aedalas]

I like metalwork too, probably my favorite hobby. I like making picks more than using then really. I still spend at least 20 hours on each pick though.

i believe you when you say that you have 20 hrs in yours the are perfect. I still need to do all the finishing work on mine witch i am sure will add at least another hr or so to bring it to a fine polish. one of my other hobby is blacksmithing and that i think helps me to turn them out so quick because i use a lot of the methods for smoothing knife blades for smoothing picks.

I've been wanting to get into that for a long time now. Damn landlord and his "fire hazards" won't let me build a forge.

That's the the thing that is impressing me though, yours are unfinished but they could be taken to perfection from there rather easily. In a small fraction of the time it takes me. Also, what is the source material for your last pick? I know you said it was 304 stainless but is it just bar stock or cut from a sheet or some scrap or something? Basically, where do you get your metal? I have some bar stock leftover, I may have to try to make a pick like that. I don't know why it's never occurred to me to make one from a solid piece of steel.

[rai]

I think he means that while on lunchbreak he used the bridgport mill.
Its easy to plow steel when you have the right equipment.

[Aedalas]

I think he means that while on lunchbreak he used the bridgport mill.
Its easy to plow steel when you have the right equipment.

Sadly I'm missing a mill (for now, building one currently). While I can certainly remove some material fast it's not all that accurate. Finishing is what takes the most time for me, I spend hours and hours and hours sanding through 4 different grits of sandpaper. I need to find some 1000 grit belts...

[easy-e]

I need to find some 1000 grit belts...

Have you tried scotch-brite belts? I have some friends who use them when finishing their knives.

[motoxkfx]

just so you all know i do not use a Bridgeport mill. I cut it out of 304 flat sheet 10 ga 34 x 20 inch with a 90 degree grinder and a cutting wheel then formed it on a table grinder and finished it with a 90 degree angel grinder with a flapper disk its not that hard to be accurate. But i think the next ones i might try in a mill we will see. I dont know how i can make these so quick. i just know metal work very well and have bin doing it for 15 to 20 years.

like i tell the guys at work give me a block of steel and tell me what you want made i will find a way. by the way i am a full time fabricator at my job.

[rai]

Hes one of us, he does it the hard way
ya know I was just pokin you with the stick when I said you were using a bridgeport.
I wish I had a bridgeport.....

[motoxkfx]

Hes one of us, he does it the hard way
ya know I was just pokin you with the stick when I said you were using a bridgeport.
I wish I had a bridgeport.....

I know you were it's no big deal.

I was just letting you guys know that I do it the hard way as you put it LOL.I have access to a Bridgeport but it is limited to when I can use it Most of the time I use my hillbilly Bridgeport watch is my drillpress with a Slide Vice It seems to work pretty good I just have to be careful not to mess up Bearings in the head With all of the side pressure.

[motoxkfx]

here are the ones that i have made in the past few days i really dont like the handles but they work lol. I should have some more interesting ones up in the next week or so. I plan to make some out of titanium.