One very important point. Be prepared to go through an entire sleeve of single edge razors. I'm not done with tail yet and I've already burned through about 15 of them. Also new to me was that I went to Home Depot and bought a sheet of plate glass (18" x 36" I believe) to cut the Monokote. Makes getting a clean cut, and a clean surface to cut on, a breeze, and only cost about $10.