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Post by gnomezrule on Aug 3, 2014 21:50:28 GMT
Amongst my random tools acquired over the years is this triangular file. In most materials a file like this would take a lot of time to do more than just scratch. In polystyrene a simple two swipe motion completed most lines. Because of its shape it is great for making straight lines. I know that some of us have moved on to gridless games. I have not yet largely because of the legacy of play with my current group and my Chessex mat. Certainly there are other reasons to put straight groves in tiles. I have a Dremel tool and preferred the file vastly. It was more precise and less apt to jump. I found it great for adding the grid to these tiles, and for adding lines to create the isslusion of stone work.
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Post by Sleepy Hollow Mike on Aug 16, 2014 11:06:01 GMT
I have one just like it except the handle is always falling off!
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Post by tauster on Aug 16, 2014 13:12:36 GMT
I had read this thread the day it was posted, filed it away under useful... and understood the pun only just now.
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Post by pillpeddler on Nov 12, 2014 12:40:16 GMT
I have one just like it except the handle is always falling off! Two ways around that come to mind ... 1st is go to a hardware store and get a file handle. File handles have carbide teeth in them and screw onto the tang of the file. 2nd is more dangerous (and cooler of course) so use caution and do not proceed unless you are comfortable with the process. Get a comfortable solid wood handle and drill a hole in the end slightly smaller than the tang. Take a heat source ( propane torch, etc ) be careful to only heat the tang. Cram hot tang of file into the hole in the new handle, the heat will burn the exact form of he tang into the handle. Leave it in and allow it to cool, the hrat expands the wood and when it contracts upon cooling it usually stay put. Oh, and there is always epoxy. Cant be forgetting epoxy. Ever.
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