Instantly subscribed to your channel. 👍 Greetings from a fellow autistic (and a couple of other ND diagnoses) luthier and hobby mandolin enthusiast from the Netherlands. 😎💪👍
This is such a great idea because you can actually see what you’re removing! Rather than face down and hoping for the best haha Does anyone make a file for cutting bevels on picks? I’ve always used my water stones and those four sided toneslab sanding blocks.
I haven’t seen anything specifically for picks. I use nail files for acrylic nails, under the theory that the material is pretty close to whatever pick I’m shaping. I have one of those toneslabs blocks, but it was kinda spendy so I still use my 4-sided thing from the dollar store.
Emery boards for plastic reshaping is a trick as old as plastic! The tool for measuring angles is called a laser goniometer and it’s sadly pretty expensive iirc.
I tried those once and they'd be improved by a bevel. I probably still prefer Wegen or Tone Slab with their slicker, harder material, but worth trying if you have Pro Plecs and like em
Yeah. A lot of beginners start with Pro Plecs, which Is why I started with them - it’s an easy hack that can help a little with beginner tone. Tomorrow I have a new video uploaded with an experiment doing the same with a Blue Chip.
Instantly subscribed to your channel. 👍
Greetings from a fellow autistic (and a couple of other ND diagnoses) luthier and hobby mandolin enthusiast from the Netherlands. 😎💪👍
Hello and welcome! What kind of luthiering do you do?
This is such a great idea because you can actually see what you’re removing! Rather than face down and hoping for the best haha
Does anyone make a file for cutting bevels on picks? I’ve always used my water stones and those four sided toneslab sanding blocks.
I haven’t seen anything specifically for picks. I use nail files for acrylic nails, under the theory that the material is pretty close to whatever pick I’m shaping. I have one of those toneslabs blocks, but it was kinda spendy so I still use my 4-sided thing from the dollar store.
Emery boards for plastic reshaping is a trick as old as plastic! The tool for measuring angles is called a laser goniometer and it’s sadly pretty expensive iirc.
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I tried those once and they'd be improved by a bevel. I probably still prefer Wegen or Tone Slab with their slicker, harder material, but worth trying if you have Pro Plecs and like em
Yeah. A lot of beginners start with Pro Plecs, which Is why I started with them - it’s an easy hack that can help a little with beginner tone. Tomorrow I have a new video uploaded with an experiment doing the same with a Blue Chip.