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<p>[QUOTE="The Meat man, post: 26262463, member: 135271"][USER=110226]@robinjojo[/USER] is right; a test cut like that displaces but does not remove metal - and certainly not anywhere near the 1.5-2 grams needed to bring it up to the standard weight.</p><p><br /></p><p>I always imagined the test cuts being applied on a tabletop (or flat stable surface of some kind) with a chisel and hammer. If the chisel were placed properly, you probably wouldn't even need to clamp it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="The Meat man, post: 26262463, member: 135271"][USER=110226]@robinjojo[/USER] is right; a test cut like that displaces but does not remove metal - and certainly not anywhere near the 1.5-2 grams needed to bring it up to the standard weight. I always imagined the test cuts being applied on a tabletop (or flat stable surface of some kind) with a chisel and hammer. If the chisel were placed properly, you probably wouldn't even need to clamp it.[/QUOTE]
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