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Step 3Modify the chopsticks
Shape the tips: Use file or sandpaper to round over the tip on the "painted face," and create a depression in its opposite side. The depression should be about the size that would grip a US one-cent coin, with the depth of the depression stopping no more than halfway through the diameter of the stick tip. Complete one tip and transfer its shape to the second with pencil so the two will be similar. Smooth any sharp corners or edges with fine sandpaper.
Create nonslip grips: On the "painted face" of each stick, beginning 4-1/4 inches from the butt end and continuing to 6 inches from the butt end, roughen the slick plastic surface. Run coarse sandpaper crosswise to create a gripping surface, or use the edge of a file to cut a series of shallow grooves across the surface, diagonally to the long axis of the stick in both directions, to create a knurled pattern.
Create nonslip grips: On the "painted face" of each stick, beginning 4-1/4 inches from the butt end and continuing to 6 inches from the butt end, roughen the slick plastic surface. Run coarse sandpaper crosswise to create a gripping surface, or use the edge of a file to cut a series of shallow grooves across the surface, diagonally to the long axis of the stick in both directions, to create a knurled pattern.
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