Wiggle Pick?

[BobGuy]

Does anyone know where one could buy a wiggle pick?

Thanks!

BG

 

[Tnmountains]

Does anyone know where one could buy a wiggle pick?

Thanks!

BG

What is a wiggle Pick?

 

[BobGuy]

Apparently they are supposed to work really well for digging.

 

[Tnmountains]

You got me Bob. First one I have seen like that. I use a gold miners pick that a guy makes out in Arizona. Called a hermit pick.

 

[kcm]

wigglepicks

Seems you could get a standard pick from your local hardware store and saw down the handle a bit, cut off one end of the pick, pad it and be on your way. Might try leaving a little metal on the cutoff end of the pick for a handle - could poke a tennis ball over it.

 

[joshuaream]

The key to a decent wiggle pick is using "spring" steel that can bend and spring back (I think they use leaf springs from old cars.) A Swing pick from a hardware store is a much heavier tool.

There are two styles, a Texas style that has a longer blade that is used to collapse a vertical dig wall. (Push it down into the dirt and use the handle for leverage to break up clods and work a vertical face.) The Missouri style is made for rocky digs, and I think have shorter blades.

Creek Dalton on YouTube used to make and sell Missouri ones.

 

[monsterrack]

An army issued entrenching tool works well, just don't get a knock off because it won't hold up

 

[BobGuy]

Yea I bought one from Walmart and it fell apart the first time I used it!

 

[PaDirtDigger]

The key to a decent wiggle pick is using "spring" steel that can bend and spring back (I think they use leaf springs from old cars.) A Swing pick from a hardware store is a much heavier tool.

There are two styles, a Texas style that has a longer blade that is used to collapse a vertical dig wall. (Push it down into the dirt and use the handle for leverage to break up clods and work a vertical face.) The Missouri style is made for rocky digs, and I think have shorter blades.

Creek Dalton on YouTube used to make and sell Missouri ones.

YouTube video shows how to make one yourself... If you have the tools or a friend with them.