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|    Jim Wilkins to Jim Wilkins    |
|    Re: dripping lead pot and evaporust    |
|    26 Oct 25 19:47:38    |
      From: muratlanne@gmail.com              "Snag" wrote in message news:10dlugu$8b2f$1@dont-email.me...              On 10/26/2025 1:48 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:       > Will a chainsaw file fit through the hole?               The top half of the hole yes . The actual nozzle where the lead       comes out no . Won't quite pass a 6d box nail .       -------------------------       I assumed you wouldn't have a set of jewelers' needle files or rifflers, the       chainsaw file is similar and common.              Maybe you could chisel out the crud with a pin punch ground flat with sharp       edges, which doesn't ruin it as a punch. A broken tap with the end ground at       an angle and held in the pin vise might work as a gouge chisel. The       half-round shape is useful enough to be commercially produced.       https://www.amazon.com/Mayhew-10502MAY-4-Inch-Round-Chisel/dp/B0015S8S00?              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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