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Old 6th August 2011, 09:01 PM
Ricky Ricky is offline
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Hi guys how you doing I just red the post regarding the tools you can use I'm not sure if there are DIY spoons but slappers there are if you take a old file with a broken handle "flat file" and bend it to look the same as the ones you can buy and then using one of those flat sanding disks on a grinder you make the file smooth and then you can use that as a slapper it works the same as the ones you buy
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Old 7th August 2011, 09:17 AM
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Hi guys how you doing I just red the post regarding the tools you can use I'm not sure if there are DIY spoons but slappers there are if you take a old file with a broken handle "flat file" and bend it to look the same as the ones you can buy and then using one of those flat sanding disks on a grinder you make the file smooth and then you can use that as a slapper it works the same as the ones you buy
Files snap like carrots in my experience! not sure you could bend one without heating it up, just a comment incase anyone tries it so they dont end up with a piece of file stuck in their face
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Old 9th August 2011, 05:06 PM
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Files snap like carrots in my experience! not sure you could bend one without heating it up, just a comment incase anyone tries it so they dont end up with a piece of file stuck in their face
here here file bending is not safe!

one of my old bosses used to have one made from a old heavy duty tyre leaver fashoned to look like a shoe horn
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