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   AlanWS | Mar 08, 2008 06:46pm | #1

   Sure, just sand them flat. If you are worried about grit, use a file. I use maple blocks, and a block plane.

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   [email protected] | Mar 08, 2008 08:46pm | #2

   According to the Olson website; They are one of the hard plastics, with graphite, and other synthetic lubricants in the plastic. 

   They may machine with regular tools.  Try cutting a shallow groove in a side with just a sharp blade first to see if it cuts or not.  If it is hard enough that you can't cut it with a blade, all you would do is dull your tools.

   Carbide edged tools will cut it.  You could build a fixture to let you run them through the router table, (my first choice).  I would make a sled for the router table with a dado in it the width of the guide, and just a tad shallower than the guide so it will sit proud of the surface just a bit, (1/16ths).  Then clamp the cool block in by screwing a piece of scrap down to clamp it in.  Or, build one to let you run them through the table saw with a fine toothed crosscut blade. 

   If your not visualizing the fixture I'm talking about, let me know and I can sketch one up. 

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   frankv | Mar 09, 2008 01:32am | #3

   Well, Probably not the safest way to do it but I just held each block tight against the fence of my crosscut sled and just barely trimmed of the ends to expose a new surface. They came out just like new! For the angled end I just cut a scrap piece of wood on my slide saw to use as a jig for the angle. I like the idea of the router jig fixture - probably much safer. Thanks for all the posts!
   Frank

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   rsaunders | Mar 09, 2008 01:51am | #4

   The disc sander dresses them up nicely.