[TheForge] Re: Effective filing WAS: Re: [kl] Re: Sen

[Andrew Vida]

Mike Spencer wrote:

> Andy V. opined:
> 
> 
>>	Yes, aluminum is the worst in terms of loading, that is for sure.
> 
> 
> Back when I was a complete novice, I bought something called a "body
> file".  Flat, with curved teeth, very coarse, mounted on a plane-like
> unit so that it cam be flat or, by working a turnbuckle, made slightly
> convex or concave.  Real handy for aluminum and other soft metals.  I
> dunno if they still make them or not.

	They do.  They are absolutely the most wonderful thing on the planet 
for wax pattern work.  Get a good one with milled teeth (Pferd) and it 
should last a life time cutting wax.
> 

> I hope that new manager that trashed Moir's is one of those people I
> occasionally see bumming nickels, picking up cigarette butts.

	And burning in eternal hellfire.
> 
> Do I sound cranky?

	No, you sound perfectly reasonable and sane... which is more than a bit 
scary.  Are you not felling well?