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<p>[QUOTE="Collect89, post: 750714, member: 15445"]<span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">My technique is to first place the slab or proof set into a plastic sandwich baggie. I then squeeze the part in a shop vice until it "pops". I repeat the "pops" on another edge until the two halves are separated enough for me to pull the parts open like a clam shell & remove the innards. If the two halves are stubborn, then I may need to help the clam shell open with a screwdriver or other tool.</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">ICG slabs are tough. I recommend either a hack saw or controlled nuclear fusion to open those slabs.</font></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Collect89, post: 750714, member: 15445"][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]My technique is to first place the slab or proof set into a plastic sandwich baggie. I then squeeze the part in a shop vice until it "pops". I repeat the "pops" on another edge until the two halves are separated enough for me to pull the parts open like a clam shell & remove the innards. If the two halves are stubborn, then I may need to help the clam shell open with a screwdriver or other tool.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]ICG slabs are tough. I recommend either a hack saw or controlled nuclear fusion to open those slabs.[/FONT][/COLOR][/QUOTE]
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