I just left them full length. Makes it easy to wiggle them to see if the work is in contact. They seem pretty hard, I don't think I would even want to cut them with anything but an abrasive tool. But really there is no need to cut them.Jeepers, that 6" Kurt is enormous!
I think that a 4" or 5" will be the way to go. Decisions, decisions!
At the risk of completely exposing my ignorance here how does a person deal with parallels that are 6" long if the workpiece is say 5" long.
Let's say I want to square up both ends, do I just flip it end for end?
(I realize that I'm venturing into Beginners section territory here....)