satoshi help?

i will be making my grillcraft satoshi within the next few days and was curious how you removed the little tabs holding the 2 crossmembers in place? they are circled RED in the below image. did u just snap them off, dremmel and sand, or something else. help please

 

bump anybody?

 

As I recall, cut them off as close a possible
Then file, grind, sand them flush, then finishing putty to sand smooth.
I saved and reused them as spacers for some of the epoxied screws.
Check out Klipp11's thread (Satoshi GrillCraft *How To* w/ pics) here:
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2nd-gen-tacomas/76107-satoshi-grillcraft-how-w-pics.html


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ya i saw his thread but it doesnt explain how he cut them flush, im pretty sure if i just cut and dremmel them flat you wont be able to see it behind the satoshi.
any other ideas ladies and gentlemen?

 

bump bump bump

 

I used a dremel with a drill bit and cut around the tab. I mean, there isn't any other way to explain it. There are plenty of satoshi threads and cutting the grill out is the easiest part. Good luck.

 

I cut mine close as possible to the base and used an orbital sander and got it smooth

 

take the blade off of a hacksaw. it worked great for me and i use it like that all the time at work.

 

I used the Dremel multi-max tool. The long flat tip is the best to get a flush cut. I used the 1/2 circle first and ended switching cutting heads.

 

Cut with a sawzall, then took an air sander until smooth.

I also put down some metalized tape so I didn't have to go back and fill that area with putty. The tape protected the plastic from sander. (areas I didn't want sanded)