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Unfortunately, despite taking dozens of photos of the rest of the build, I apparently got "into the zone"
when working this part, and didn't get any photos between the scribing and a test-fit.

After scribing, I cut almost right up to the line using an old Adel sheet metal "nibbler"- it's a tool that cuts kind of like a
paper punch, tanking a small bit of metal off at a time. The benefit is it doesn't "curl" the part like snips do, and you can do
tight, detailed curves as necessary. Once I had it trimmed right up to the line, I used a machine called a Die Filer to very
carefully shape it to fit. A die filer is sort of like a jigsaw, but with a file instead of a sawblade, and it acts like a very precise-
albeit somewhat slow- belt sander. It let me file, fit, file, fit (etc.) until it was just right.





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