"Perma-Grit Files" Topic
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| Tango01 | 27 May 2020 3:08 p.m. PST |
"I've mounted maybe a 1000 6mm infantry over the last couple of weeks, and probably the most tedious step in mounting them, is cleaning the underside of the bases of the castings. As I was doing this earlier today, it occurred to me that the tool that I was using made it a much easier and faster process than it had been in my early days of gaming. Years ago, I would have cut off the nubs or shaved the base with a hobby knife, occasionally breaking off a figure from the base, and probably nicking myself with the blade occasionally. A tedious and precise business in any event…"
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| Durban Gamer | 28 May 2020 3:56 a.m. PST |
I clip off stubb with nail file, then use rough side of the nozzle of my dremel drill to smooth it down. Don't clip the figs off their strips first. |
| Durban Gamer | 28 May 2020 3:57 a.m. PST |
Sorry correction – clip off stubb with a nail clipper, not nail file |
 Legion 4   | 28 May 2020 8:20 a.m. PST |
I use a small industrial clippers from hardware store. To clip them from strips/sprues. Then use industrial file followed by small hobby files to get the bottoms flat … |
| Tango01 | 28 May 2020 12:06 p.m. PST |
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