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I was pretty happy with how it came out. But after driving it f…

I was pretty happy with how it came out.  But after driving it for a week, I realized I had cut the slot at the wrong angle and the metal was wearing.  When it's made at a factory, the punching process work-hardens the steel around the edge, but my filing process hadn't done that, so the hole was slowly rounding.  All that effort was wasted.
I was pretty happy with how it came out. But after driving it for a week, I realized I had cut the slot at the wrong angle and the metal was wearing. When it's made at a factory, the punching process work-hardens the steel around the edge, but my filing process hadn't done that, so the hole was slowly rounding. All that effort was wasted.Original file
I was pretty happy with how it came out.  But after driving it for a week, I realized I had cut the slot at the wrong angle and the metal was wearing.  When it's made at a factory, the punching process work-hardens the steel around the edge, but my filing process hadn't done that, so the hole was slowly rounding.  All that effort was wasted.

I was pretty happy with how it came out. But after driving it for a week, I realized I had cut the slot at the wrong angle and the metal was wearing. When it's made at a factory, the punching process work-hardens the steel around the edge, but my filing process hadn't done that, so the hole was slowly rounding. All that effort was wasted.

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