Screw pins to hold handles on picks? info needed

[taurus420]

Anyone know where to buy the little pins/pegs/screws or what ever they're that you put in the handles to hold the 3 pieces together and them be flush? I don't know where to begin to look

[ToolyMcgee]

You can seat brass pins, you can use stainless ones in very tightly aligned holes and epoxy inside the handles, you can sandwhich on steel or aluminum ones and use tubular rivets, you can use spring tempered tension pins(rolls pins), or even grub screws. All should be available at the local hardware. Rosindubh does this cool thing where he glues craft beads on like pins, then forms liquid nails around it. Sky's the limit.

[LocksmithArmy]

I have known people to use solid wire and epoxy or even pieces of paperclips... then sand and polish as needed

[HallisChalmers]

Ask Ratyoke - he uses these tiny screws on the handles of his picks.

[barbarian]

Someone did a nice tutorial on plain handles. They made a sandwich out of feeler guage stock on each side and the pick in the center. The handle had epoxy in the center and then it got clamped together while it dried. You could finish up with some heat shrink tube to make it look nice.

If you want the handles to show, then you could get some small diameter welding rod in Aluminum or Bronze. Drill holes the exact size of the welding rod and then put it all together. Leave the rod sticking out a bit on each side and as ToolyMcgee suggested, "seat" the rods. You would do this by gently tapping on them with a hammer to expand the diameter of the rod and make a tight fit. (solid rivet)

[ratyoke]

I use 0-80 stainless steel screws from Mcmaster.com and tap one side of the aluminum handles of my picks. You could also probably use the screws with little nuts instead of cutting threads in the handle.

I use pieces of silver wire and epoxy to put my wood handled picks together.

[loki]

Consider spot welding the three pieces. If you don't have access to
a spot welder at home/work you can check with a local machine shop
about doing for you. The current Southord stainless series use this technique.

[nozza36]

Here is an idea , although i don't know if it will be any good ,
i was thinking about dipping the shaft of a pick in silicon sealant
allowing it to cure and dipping again , sort of what you do to make
a candle by gradually building it up to a usable size .
Anyone think this could be a practical solution ?

[loki]

I have not tried the silicone method as suggested. However, if you prefer
a softer grip than bare metal, consider diping the handle portion of the
tool in Plasti-Dip.

As the name implies, Plasti-Dip liquid is coating that can be applied to
handtools to provide a grip.

[the lockpickkid]

I agree, I have seen people use this plastic dip stuff for lots of hand tools and it is a great material, I would give you a Peterson dipped picks type of look, I think it would be great and you can get this in cans at Home Depot. I also like Ratyokes way, that is professional looking for sure, he takes lots of time in his work. I have two custom made picks by another guy here and he pinned them and they work great though. Hpc's are reveted and they are good as well if you could find somethinnkg similar to that!