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Old 02-08-2017, 09:52 PM
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Originally Posted by elwood76 View Post
Cheers, folks! That sounds more feasible. Any thoughts to what grit sandpaper I should use to shape the saddle and what is best used to make the string slots?
Well, I have a couple of things I use. I have a set of needle/gunsmith files. They'll run you under $10 in the U.S.

When I want a round slot I use a welding tip cleaner, again under $10 where I am.

So if you want to try the "double V" get the needle (accidentally wrote nut here) files, if you want round slots, and also want something you can do some nut work with, the welding tip cleaner. The tip cleaner is quite handy.

I'm attaching link to a tip cleaner in case they call it something else in the UK.

https://www.amazon.com/Hobart-770084...2ATXARSVP0EF4J
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Last edited by blue; 02-09-2017 at 08:30 AM. Reason: Edited to fix the 3rd line of my response
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