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Topic: Dental picks: God's gift to cuticles? |
David Mason
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Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 16 Jan 2006 5:01 am |
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I have used some old beater dental picks to work on fountain pen repairs for years now, but I just tried using one of the curved ones to assist in changing strings. Holy Moly! You can just scoop the string up in the curve and guide it right through. If I didn't have teeth, I'd swear that this must be what they're made for. I will never try changing strings without a dental pick again, that's for sure. I'll bet they'll even be helpful in pulling those pesky ends out of the springs when a string breaks and the end makes a run for it - you could just poke the point into the loop and pull it out. Do your own Ebaying, or: http://www.indigo.com/tools/gphtools/dental-picks.html
(Hint: #22575)[This message was edited by David Mason on 16 January 2006 at 05:10 AM.] |
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Bill Ferguson
From:
Milton, FL USA
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Posted 16 Jan 2006 5:08 am
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I've kept one of these in my steel seat for years. Perfect for getting the ball end out of a changer. I even have a very small flashlight taped to the dental pick. You know for Steel Guitar Sugery.
They also work great when working on anything with O-rings.
Just tell your dentist to give you an old worn out pick. They are great.
Bill Ferguson |
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Ray Minich
From:
Bradford, Pa. Frozen Tundra
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Posted 16 Jan 2006 7:42 am
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| There's a pack if 4 dental picks, each with their own unique end shape, that I bought from MCM about 3 years ago, that no plastic package can contain. These things are so #$@^%*! sharp that they go thru any non-metallic package that you try to carry them in. Perforated fingertips are their main application I think. [This message was edited by Ray Minich on 16 January 2006 at 07:43 AM.] |
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Bobby Lee
From:
Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 16 Jan 2006 2:41 pm
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My teeth hurt a little bit just looking at those things.  |
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Kenn Geiger
From:
Salem, Oregon, USA
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Posted 16 Jan 2006 4:20 pm
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Finally there is a subject I can speak on with some experience !  I use dental picks for a whole bunch of stuff. I get mine at Harbor Freight Tools for under $3 for a set of 4. The quality of tools at HF sometimes is lacking, but the little stuff works great and it is cheap. 
- Kenn
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Ken Yates
From:
Vine Grove, Kentucky, USA
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Posted 16 Jan 2006 9:22 pm
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After 25 yrs doing Dental Equipment repair work I can attest to the fact that old dental picks can be used for a huge varity of things.
Hello Kenn Geiger how's the practice going.
Ken Yates
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Bill Stroud
From:
Dresden, Tennessee, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 17 Jan 2006 3:33 am
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| The dental picks I've used from the first day that I started putting in the birthstones in the BJS Bars.They work great, a lot of uses for these tools. |
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