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Old 07-19-25 | 07:24 PM
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Originally Posted by grumpus
Instead of sanding you could texture the surface by making hundreds of small divots with a sharp centre punch.
If it's a round seat post you can add some texture by rolling it on a flat surface while pushing down on a wood rasp to do the rolling. Target the area that will be under the seat clamp with a little bit more each way up and down.

Basically you're doing sort of a DIY knurled texture with the rasp, which has teeth & not fine cutting edges as would a file. May not need much to effect a more solid clamping, but you can always do more if a little isn't quite enough.
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