Yup. Putty knife. And a triangle shaped file (ground down) as a scraper.
This may be what Jim refers to, but IIRC, there's small (Phillips
head?) screws somewhere
in the middle possibly hidden under a foam seal.

Good times.

Best of luck and new words can help. If you haven't already done your pop top
canvas, you will invent new words during that job for sure.

Neil.

On 1/13/16, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:

> I use a chisel and a hammer to get a point started and then a hammer and a
> putty knife to chase the slot all the way around.

>> On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 4:55 PM, Robert Clemmer <n51219@comcast.net>

>> > ... I have a feeling that new words will be invented before I'm
>> > done.

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