Re: making my own pick...
You need to be a tad careful - some of those plastics are VERY expensive indeed. Most of them were made for far more serious purposes than picks. A 4ft x 6ft sheet of 3 mm Lexan Polycarb,sheet cost around £600 going back 20 years. Also be aware that with most 'Plastics',there can be many different specifications of the same material with very different properties.
Jim above quotes 'Ultem' - well the Ultem that i used to engineer aircraft interior decor panels from (spec. BAER 3170), was very soft. I made a few guitar picks from it & they simply shredded within minutes. Different plastic 'specs. of the same material will be of different prices.
Rather than buying whole sheets,see if you can find any workplace that uses 'plastics', & see if you can buy their off-cuts - just an idea,
Ivan
Weber F-5 'Fern'.
Lebeda F-5 "Special".
Stelling Bellflower BANJO
Tokai - 'Tele-alike'.
Ellis DeLuxe "A" style.
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