AH, but you probably can still scrape - a skill that I never learnt! Cheers! Hubert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pendragon" <idpriest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 2:35 PM Subject: [modeleng] Re: Scraping > Hubert, > > I remember as an apprentice at Walter Somers Ltd being given a plate = > about > six inches square to scrape flat. The piece I had been given wasn't too = > bad > and when I'd done it the trainer must have seen the smug look on my face > cause he then took a hammer and bruised the surface with the comment, = > 'Now > get that flat'. > > All part of life's rich tapestry. > > Regards IP. > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.