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Aluminium Teflon Coated Mouse Pad For Optical Mice

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-A cutting device: I used a hand grinder with a cutoff wheel attached, but you could use a jigsaw, or maybe a Dremel.
-A Metre stick, yard stick, or ruler.
-A pencil
-An old knife
-A bastard file
-Some sandpaper
-A sink with soapy water

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Feb 10, 2010. 8:18 PMMr. Thrak says:
 whoahhhh.... that grinder is really dangerous
You should replace it with one that has a guard for cutoff disks. That way when the disk breaks, you won't end up with shards of hardened sand inside of you
Feb 7, 2010. 6:30 PMjohnnybgood91 says:
why didnt you just buy a teflon sill pat that use for bakeing.
Feb 7, 2010. 10:35 PMdanlab says:
"sill pats" aren't teflon, they are silicone (not silicon) with fibre glass reinforcement.

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