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Maurice, forgive my misunderstanding. I want up just now and edited/deleted my response.

Yeah, it's a weird market. Actually, what's happened in the guitar industry in the last 15 years is that...

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Brad, I don't like making money off my friends. If you wanna try one of our picks, I sell clean blems off at half price. What are you playing? Golden Gates? Dawgs? Dunlop?

PM me if interested. No...

Michael, what you're saying makes perfect sense. And I would think ultimately one could create a large jig where the whole sheet could flip over, perfectly aligned. Not impossible to do, over time....

Michael, thanks. What we will probably have to do is cut these individually, each pick, one by one. The reason for this is some of these industrial plastics we use are so expensive that it's much...

Agreed. Thanks as always, Kev.

We're working on something I'm really excited about. A $50 pick where $10 from every sale will go to non-profits involved with Sea Turtle Conservation. The reason...

Oh, hi, Kurt, I will indeed.

Vinny seems like a really cool guy, from my own brief interactions with him as well as what I've heard from others. He also does some beautiful work. I'm guessing (but...

Hi, Everyone. I use AI. I'm having an issue with an image. I don't want to take up everyone's time, but if anyone in here uses AI I'd like to post the image and explain my issue.

Thanks in...

Mark, hi again. Appreciate your expertise. You could be right on the acrylic pressing. However, the Acrylic boys make literally hundreds of different models and shapes; I would imagine that making...

Mark, hi. The back side on all guitar picks, including these pictured and mine, is identical to the front side.

Thanks Very Much,
Scott

Jim, hi, thanks for chiming in. I always enjoy your posts.

To elaborate a bit, I'm doing them by hand now and it's too slow and imprecise. We have huge opportunities in our industry now (we're...

Jamie, thanks so much. Forgive my ignorance, but could those bits be used on a standard router, or are they for CNC? It's cool either way, as I have a Shapeoko CNC coming on line in the next month or...

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That makes sense. Hope you're right. Gonna put some out to some of my best customers and ask them to watch what happens. The good news is, if it wears off eventually you still have the engraving...

Here's the latest iteration. This is Acrylic, which I expect not to last long-term. However, if it wears off we still have a beautiful laser-engraved image underneath it. We'll ship some out to our...

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Nice work, Kev.

On the short fingers thing, you'd still probably play better than half the people I know. There's some real stinkers out there.

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Terrific research, Kev. So appreciative of your efforts. I will keep you in the loop on this.

Will probably still play with the Epoxy, see how that works.

Sending you a PM on an unrelated...

Kev, thanks as always for the great info. I didn't see an Imron paint that was the very specific lime green I'm seeking, but it's good to know, and it sent me off to look at other industrial paints....

Hello, Everyone. I have a unique problem I'm trying to solve.

I make a line of very high-end guitar picks. We're six years in business, doing very well, and our products range from $30-100 each....

This position might be ideal for a retiree.

I have a small Shapeoko machine for my business. I don't know how to use it, and paying someone at my elbow would definitely speed up my learning curve....

Thanks to all of you for the great info. Been slammed. Will respond at more length in a day or two.

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Mark, thanks. Makes sense.

I only run about three different materials, total, so once I find the right tooling I'll be able to dial it in long-term.

Thanks Again,
Scott

Alex, thanks for your post. I will never be cutting wood, only industrial plastics like Ultem, Delrin, Celluloid, etc. No wood.

Thanks Again,
Scott

Jim, thanks so much. It's starting to make sense, little by little.

If you have a moment, would you mind posting a few direct links to the kind of bits you're talking about. This is all French to...

Derek, thanks for the reminder. I'll post over there as well.

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