Pick Raw Materials
I have decided that I want to try my hand at making some homemade picks so that I can fashion some of my own designs into them.
I am looking to source some good material for the job and I have run into a road block trying to decide what kind of steel to buy and form into picks. The term feeler gauge stock is thrown around here a lot and it was never very clear what was meant by it. So to get slightly more technical, I was wondering what type of steel to buy. Here are the choices that i have narrowed it down to:
Stainless steel:
Type 301
Type 304
High Carbon Spring Steel
Type 1095
Any other steel that you guys think might fit my criteria below
I will be purchasing the necessary materials from the McMaster-Carr website that Ratyoke sources his materials from. (Ratyoke feel free to chime in with a link or part number for exactly what steel product you purchase from them.)
What I'm really looking for in the Chosen steel is rigidity and a very slender thickness (something like .015" - .025") Think Peterson Slender/Specialty Government Steel Picks!! Rigid, Slender, Lasts forever.. Definitely looking for that kinda feel.
Thanks Guys,
Whizdumb
Whizdumb81 wrote:You can't handle the DCAP
xe0 wrote:how about a peterson gov steel baseball bat so i can thwap motherfuckers
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