Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 22:08:25 -0400
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
From: "Barry L. Newton" <bnewton at ashcomp.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Capclave in search of...
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

These are all probably perfectly valid suggestions, but at this late date,
what's really needed is someone (not me!) to jump up and say:  Why yes, I
can  spend half a day chasing all that stuff down, and I'll have it there
by Friday.

Barry

Mike B. wrote:

>How about a refrigerator door then?  I'm sure everyone here has one... <gdr>!
>
>Junk yard?  They have to remove the things anyway to keep kids from dying
>in them...offer to remove the thing from a new arrival and they may just
>give it away free.  Sears and other appliance vendors often take away the
>old units and may have one they could spare.  Then there's freecycle....
>
>If some money is an option, Lowe's, and probably Home Despot, sell ductwork
>parts...one of them being a flat sheet of galvanized steel about 20" x 30"
>with one edge folded over for stiffness.  I think it ran about $8.  They
>are clean, flat, and could be attached to a bit of MDF (about $15 for a
>4'x8' sheet) with sheet metal screws very easily (no drilling needed...just
>a drill with a proper bit to drive them).  They are too flimsy to be
>self-supporting, and you'll want to put something (gaffers tape maybe?) on
>the edges if you don't fasten it down to something like MDF...the edges can
>be sharp.  Cutting the stuff can be done with tin snips (the aviation kind
>work well) if you don't happen to have a handy sheet metal shear.
>
>I suspect any A/C-heating place that does ductwork could make you a sheet
>of whatever size you need, and "safe" the edges for a few dollars if you
>don't want to do-it-yourself.  They could probably also put some small
>bends in it to stiffen it, the way they do for ductwork.  Use actual
>ductwork and the edge problem goes away and it becomes free-standing...just
>attach it to a cement block or a wall so it doesn't fall over.  Maybe they
>have some bits left over from a job that they'd sell fer cheep?
>
>Just thinking out loud...very short on sleep so not sure if it's making
>sense...
>
>-- Mike B.
>--
>"To ask is no sin, to be refused is no calamity." -- Old Russian Proverb