JimG
Western Thunderer
Hi Steph, great work as usual. I cant remember were i read it or maybe someone suggested it, i cant remember but have you ever used a brass template for filing the window corners?. I have not tried it myself but have thought about it. I sometimes struggle to get the same corners when repeating windows. The very small round file in the pic, where can i get one of those.
Cousins do small round files - 2.1mm ones on this page in the "Round (Rat tail)" menu, and 1mm ones in the "Round Extra Slim" menu. They are Vallorbe so be prepared for the prices.
http://www.cousinsuk.com/catalog/6/1078/1595.aspx
Here's a picture of the 1mm and 2.1mm files. I got a length of dowel and made handles for them and I store them in corrugated cardboard.
The rather hammered table they are sitting on is what I use to file window corners. I couldn't get on with David Jenkinson's method of holding the Plastikard between thumbnail and fingernail, so made a small table of ply top and 2" x 1" supports with a hole in it and the Plastikard is laid flat on the table with the file going vertically down through the hole. As you might deduce, this table gets used for about everything else - like using a square on thin plastic when the body of the square is thicker than your cutting mat , or as a wood base for soldering. I think I need a new bit of plywood.
Jim.