Wed Jul 02, 2014 12:32 am by elbowmacaroni
Yeah, as it was mentioned, 400grit paper is handy for refreshing the surface to get more clear visually marks while impressioning. Another you might want to try if you're using a #4 swiss-cut is to ever-so-lightly glide the file across the surface of the top of the key blade, you want the file to be moving at all times while in contact with the blade of the key, so you begin the stroke of the file before dropping it to the key surface very lightly and just before you get to the end of the file gently lift it away while still moving. Once you get the hang of doing this, you will start to be leaving a near pristine mirror finish on the top of the key blade against which pin marks will show up in stark contrast to the shininess of the surrounding metal.
-Elbow
jharveee wrote:Sandpaper?! Really!
I will be giving this a try.
I sometimes use it to prepare the blank at the beginning.
From what I understand by reading your post, you also use after filing marks. Before re-inserting and re-marking.
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