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A pocket knife can be used to deburr?
What is deburring? It’s the process of removing burrs and sharp edges from metal parts. A pocket knife can be used to deburr a product for a more polished look.
What is deburring?
It’s the process of removing burrs and sharp edges from metal parts. A pocket knife can be used to deburr a product for a more polished look.
When manufacturing a product, things like sharp edges and burrs are often leftover from the process. With a pocket knife, it’s possible to quickly remove these imperfections off of any given surface in order to make them smoother or uniform. This technique is especially important when working with aluminum because it can easily oxidize if not regularly deburred.
How to deburr using a Pocket knife?
Pocket knives are a handy tool that can be used to deburr. The blade of the knife should be cut with an asymmetrical grind in order for it to work properly. This is because a symmetrically ground blade will create grooves on both sides, and not just one. These grooves need to match up exactly or they won’t catch all of the burrs off your object at once like you would hope them too if they were aligned well enough.
To use this method, hold the blade flat against your material so that you’re cutting across its surface and pull towards yourself while applying pressure downward onto it as close as possible without actually pushing down on it – basically by using gravity instead of strength which saves muscle strain when holding the blade.
Make sure to maintain a 90-degree angle with the material at all times and cut in long, continuous strokes (about 12″ or 30 cm) along its length which will help ensure that you’re not missing any spots anywhere on it.