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cowbite wrote:I've got a couple more fast ones that I'll be posting tonight...not sure exactly what to expect but stay tuned!
bouncer965 wrote:cowbite wrote:I've got a couple more fast ones that I'll be posting tonight...not sure exactly what to expect but stay tuned!
Well hurry up the suspense is killing me
bouncer965 wrote:
Well hurry up the suspense is killing me
elbowmacaroni wrote:you've probably mentioned it in another thread, but what are you using for stock?
bouncer965 wrote:Nice work, what sort of thickness is the picking end on that one?
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cowbite wrote:bouncer965 wrote:Nice work, what sort of thickness is the picking end on that one?
I don't have a micrometer so I don't really know but its thicker than the lockpicktools.com picks. I have a set of theirs and they are way way thinner than I am used to.
And thanks for the compliments guys!
Cow
ToolyMcgee wrote:I saw your other threads. You've been busy! I like the stainless handles man, very slick looking stuff. That ergo hook in you first thread is the shit! It must have taken forever to polish... I like this one's design too, nice lines.
The way you are coating fabrics with epoxy and sealing it is really very clever. Micarta is actually something similar. Layers of textile soaked and cured in a phenolic resin.
cowbite wrote:elbowmacaroni wrote:you've probably mentioned it in another thread, but what are you using for stock?
Normally I use knife blade stock because I prefer stainless steel in general. Knives, large grill spatulas are good sources of cheap stainless.
For this one, I used flat plumbing snake which is, I believe, .25 inches wide (maybe 3/8"). That pick is 6 pieces of it. 2 on bottom, 2 in the middle with one of those being the pick blade and 2 on top laminated together with epoxy.
Plumbing snake works well because it's already at a really nice thickness although I don't own a micrometer and couldn't tell you how thick they are.
I dislike really thin picks, though, and p-snake is a nice pick thickness, imho.
Cow
ToolyMcgee wrote:I saw your other threads. You've been busy! I like the stainless handles man, very slick looking stuff. That ergo hook in you first thread is the shit! It must have taken forever to polish... I like this one's design too, nice lines.
The way you are coating fabrics with epoxy and sealing it is really very clever. Micarta is actually something similar. Layers of textile soaked and cured in a phenolic resin.
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