Good things come in narrow packages

[Steve]

Gus, my friend, here is:

Kurt's shingle method....
(As sent to me and printed here with his approval)   

"I made a jig from .060" styrene. The cuts have to be wide enough to allow your knife to get in without getting stuck. The adhesive tape is needed to fix the strips of sanding paper. 



I cut 10 mm strips of sanding paper and fixed one strip to the jig. I found out that it is possible to cut two strips at a time, so I put a second strip under the one that I had fixed with the adhesive tape. 



Cutting goes a bit slow in the beginning, but with a little practice you can cut a lot of shingles in no time. 




When I glued the strips on, I only applied glue to the part of the strips where they were not cut."


That is how Kurt did his, and the method I copied. 

Being the lazy slob that I am, I modified the jig to speed up the process a little. I added styrene stops to both sides of the jig (one, a stop for the sand paper, and the other, a stop for the knife blade). These firmed up the jig and allowed me to cut 4 strips at a time.......told you I was lazy!  


I hope that answers any questions about the shingle making process  
By the way, Kurt and I plan to sell these for only $19.95     
And don't forget.....I still have some "omni-directional pressure clamps" on sale for only $9.95 a pair!