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[quote user="locoi1sa"]  Razor saw and a couple strokes with a fine file does a nice job also.[/quote]Sorry no, guys, do not cut and file them.  That is the point.  Jus melt 'em.  And you absolutely cannot get as pristine an end on the plastic when you touch a toothed tool like a saw or file or even a rail nipper to the end compared to using a hot tool.  Experiment and you'll see.  I've done it both ways.And, when you melt them in half (which you actually do have to touch them with the iron) you do not have to get out the dremel, then you do not have to file, and best of all, you have not made plastic curls and dust all over the inside of your shell and on the worktable...that stuff will play havoc with a gear set.
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