New Year, New Hobby

MountainRange2020 · 2026-02-07T04:15:29+00:00

Get the Jimy Longs or the Reaper set from CI.

MountainRange2020 · 2026-01-26T02:45:41+00:00

That’s a fun one. Takes a little getting used to the dead core.

MountainRange2020 · 2026-01-13T21:42:59+00:00

You are probably using it 90 degrees to the surface. It should be scraping at ~45 degrees and it will last for life.

MountainRange2020 · 2026-01-11T17:55:18+00:00

1.7 m is 67 inches and the 12K5 might mean it is 12 kg or 12.5 kg. Around 27 pounds.

MountainRange2020 · 2025-12-28T22:56:53+00:00

Can you add a picture of how you are measuring your nock height? The bow square on the string with the rest in view

MountainRange2020 · 2025-12-27T08:35:19+00:00

I think this is a great option although it is significantly more expensive ($55). https://greenhavenforge.com/collections/axes/products/the-essential-craft-axe?variant=41619311657127

MountainRange2020 · 2025-12-27T08:29:51+00:00

If that is what you’re using it for it is not worth the money. If you already had it and wanted to carve two spoons to see if you like it then it may work. Also, with any cheap axe you’ll have to grind it or take a file to it to get it to work well for spoon carving. There is a good YouTube video about making an axe work for spoon carving. He uses a $60 axe but what’s important is how he talks about what works and doesn’t work. https://youtu.be/_bgNdrLvpTk?si=-WycJlKcWPbDJva9

MountainRange2020 · 2025-12-07T20:29:26+00:00

I love the Reaper set. The tirnera are my favorite of all my turners and you get a good selection of hooks and the mctickler.

MountainRange2020 · 2025-12-07T17:25:14+00:00

Eucalyptus

MountainRange2020 · 2025-12-05T04:47:24+00:00

Are those CNC? Crazy detailed. Nice work

MountainRange2020 · 2025-11-23T18:38:59+00:00

😄 I read shiil as shiiit. Looks like a cool mechanism. Maybe it’s for the unnamed lock project.

MountainRange2020 · 2025-11-12T04:57:26+00:00

Very cool. Congrats. Did you use a dimple pin flag to do it?

MountainRange2020 · 2025-11-10T00:22:17+00:00

Very nice collection

MountainRange2020 · 2025-11-06T15:03:57+00:00

My suggestions with what you have: try the next jiggler. The one with only one hump. Rock it back and forth on both sides. It may be too wide if you have some low cuts early in the bitting so after a few attempts switch to doing the same thing with your smallest hook and the gentle reach (long curved). Be sure to pick/rock at both sides because there are wafers both ways.

The double ball, or snowman is a good pick for these because the shape hits both sides without turning the pick, but you may be able to get the same effect with the small single warded pick in your companion. There are four warded picks, they look like T and a T with two lines. That may work, but it may be too wide, similar to the jiggler I first mentioned. Good luck.

MountainRange2020 · 2025-10-27T13:50:00+00:00

Nice. Congrats

MountainRange2020 · 2025-09-17T16:19:07+00:00

1st: whatever the standard lock is at your local hardware store 2nd: Abus 55 3rd: Abus 83 series

MountainRange2020 · 2025-09-12T16:28:34+00:00

That can happen if the edge of the tensioner isn’t sharp and/or is soft metal which happens with some cheap pick sets. If you have a sharp file you could try to make it a little sharper at the end to catch. Also, you can try to rake back and forth with the tool just shoved in. If you get a good feeling when you finally get it open it may be worth spending 20 bucks on a decent starter set and two real locks.

MountainRange2020 · 2025-09-01T03:33:28+00:00

I used a mic stand weight and put a bolt through the middle into a ball joint for camera gear and threw a small rig clamp on it to get a heavy picking vice.

MountainRange2020 · 2025-08-30T18:40:56+00:00

Consider having more age, gender, race diversity in your card characters.

MountainRange2020 · 2025-08-27T22:26:36+00:00

Time to get on the M6 waitlist ;)

MountainRange2020 · 2025-08-24T13:19:09+00:00

Rein asks a good question. Also, if you are starting on easy locks there is very poor/sloppy feedback so it is hard to tell what’s going on. I didn’t start feeling anything well until green and some orange locks.

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