Nozza36, homebrew

[nozza36]

Try them out ! let me know how it goes for you Oldfast

[Oldfast]

Will do. I'll run em' through a dozen mortise cylinders I've been neglecting n' let ya know how it goes.
Of course, we'll have to take into account my lack of technique/experience with raking/jiggling. lol

[femurat]

Nice picks, and finally nice pictures too
The only improvement that come to mind, while looking at the last picture, is to make the 5 peaks rakes a bit more irregular. If those picks were keys, the bittings would be 444444. I'd make something different, like 58424 and its brother 42485. Then a 24684. I'm just throwing out numbers so don't take me literally.

Cheers

[Alaphablue]

They are some fine hand made picks DIY is not as easy as it looks or people make it seem the more you make the better they get .

[nozza36]

12 Rakes i roughed out today 2 sets of 6 , 2 random rakes each set , 1 triple bogey , 1 double bogey , 1 snake , and a shark fin , all need fine filing and a damn good polish !

[nozza36]

Made the smallest set i've ever seen today , just 3 picks ; hook , rake and my raking half diamond , the tension wrench sits in the fold away handle and the picks hold it in place , bit more sanding and then done !

[10ringo10]

Abus no 41 padlock opened with my gleaming new pick.

[Alaphablue]

Nozza those two double ended hooks look very well finished polishing is time consuming I am considering getting a grinder style 2 wheel buffer .

[nozza36]

If i had a place i could put one , i'd have bought one by now ! no place to keep one at the moment , i make picks in my yard if it isn't raining or too cold .

[Alaphablue]

Funny you would say that cause I do most of my filing out side. I live on the coast literally across the ocean from you on cape Breton island my relatives came from England in the early 1800s .

[MBI]

... i make picks in my yard if it isn't raining or too cold .

But... you're in England. So if you can't make picks when it's rainy or cold, how are you able to make picks at all???!?!

[Aedalas]

If i had a place i could put one , i'd have bought one by now ! no place to keep one at the moment , i make picks in my yard if it isn't raining or too cold .

3" mini grinder.

It's cheap, but is a surprisingly good tool. I wouldn't try to sharpen a lawnmower blade on it or anything, but for pick fabrication and polishing it works pretty damn well.

[nozza36]

Aedalas , you guys get all the best toys over there , but not only do i not have space to set it up , i can't use that in my kitchen mate !

[Aedalas]

Aedalas , you guys get all the best toys over there , but not only do i not have space to set it up , i can't use that in my kitchen mate !

Lets try this again.

7.62 cm grinder. If that doesn't fit in your kitchen you have bigger problems than your tools. Really though, I hold mine on my lap (probably not the safest idea, but yeah).

[nozza36]

Aedalas , i couldn't set that up in my kitchen , what about the dust and muck that would be flicked all over everything , may ask my Dad nicely if he will let me set one up in his shed though , it would save me a great deal of time and cutting wheels !