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Re: Cutting screw slots

Author: Chris P
Date: 2008-08-15 09:48

One thing you can do to help you centre the saw if cutting slots freehand is when you file a dome on the top of the screw head, leave a flat area in the middle (around 1mm in diameter) and you can locate the saw blade on this.

Use your thumbnail (on your free hand) as a guide for the saw blade to prevent it slipping off the head and cut the slot to the depth you require. A guitar fret file could also be used to do this, and has less likelyhood of going into the head at an angle once the initial slot has been cut.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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