what on earth do i have to do to get player to use a (NOT default scripted) pickaxe furniture marker, playing pickaxing-anis...?

i want 'pc activates primitive activates furniture makes pc play pickaxe anis", tried multiple setups to no avail,

currently got a script on the furniture marker that just goes (onActivate) Activate(PlayerRef,true), also won't do.

furniture most definitely receives the activation (traced that), all properties are set, nothing happens.
so, what am i missing out on here?

uhm, pickaxing IS the pickaxe-furnitures default animation, right? i do NOT have to call that on foot, or do i...?
(default pickaxing scripts don't anyhow, from all i could figure them out)