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by shmeeed 16 days ago
I strongly recommend against using a deburring tool on a Macbook. IMO OP has picked their tools with perfect consideration.

These tools are made to remove burrs resulting from machining processes. They are very useful for quick&dirty jobs on bore holes or rough edges where optics don't matter, but they lack the precision for sensitive work.

Anybody who's not very well versed in using a deburring tool is just about guaranteed to produce a terrible result that will only take longer to sand out than approching the task with files and sandpaper from the start.

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Agreed. Deburring tools also frequently “catch” and dig in if you’re not careful. Especially on soft aluminum. Use a file if you’re going to do this.
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Not as bad as I would have thought, but I would still go OP's way if I wanted to do this.