Rocket-Tech Al
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I use X-Acto knives a lot, so I have a good number of them on hand. In particular, I'm talking about the #1 aluminum (aluminium, for you chaps across the pond) handle that uses the #11 steel (steel, for you imperialistic blokes) blades that are sharper than surgical scalpels. Depending on what I'm doing, I may not use a particular knife for an extended period of time. Last night, I finally got down to building something that required the use of one of these knives (we moved last year, and I've been so busy since the move that I've only been building shake-n-bake stuff for 6 months) and I went to change the blade in one of these knives. The first one required a vise grip and a pair of pliers to loosen to get the blade out, then when I got the new blade in, it wouldn't retract to tighten up. A second knife then had the same problem!! It there some sort of sub-molecular dielectric different metals pooh-pooh thing going on here, or am I just a woosy-boy who's too weak to change a knife blade?
Al
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