Dude yes I bought this old drill press and spent a weekend fixing it before it even worked right

Ever tried scraping a candle stub into your kindling pile first?

Heard an old sweeper say ash piles can actually trap heat near the base.

Man I feel your pain. I did the same thing last winter when I was out in the driveway trying to get Andromeda and left the shutter open because I was too tired to check. Woke up the next morning and the whole corrector plate looked like a frozen lake. Took me forever with a hair dryer and I was worried the whole time I'd warp something. Did you end up getting any salvageable frames from that night or was it a total write off?

Different crimpers have different dies, so the "right" way depends on the tool. I've been using the middle slot for years with zero failures or bad connections.