You have to round off the ends of the reinforcement bars. The way I did
this was to clamp the bar to the end of the bench, then go and look for
something with a 1/2 inch diameter. |
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Ahh... This'll work. A wire nut that's just the right size! |
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Then I traced around the wire nut with a marker. |
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Nice round mark. Now, to remove the material. I ordered the
"Empennage Toolkit" from Cleveland Tool, but in the meantime I
still want to get this done. |
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Dremel motor with a small cutoff wheel works wonders |
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OK, now to finish it up with the only file I have in the whole house. |
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Trying to keep it as vertical as I can |
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Then you give it to your son and have him clean it up with a scotchbrite
pad in the drill press |
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This is what you want to end up with (the one on the bottom) |
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