Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 07:44:18 -0400
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>,
   WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
From: "Mike B." <omni at omniphile.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Capclave in search of...
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

And if I was still out of work, rather than using 14 hours a day on
commuting and working, I'd be that person.  All I had time for was
suggesting solutions, so that's what I did.  If they don't help, so be it.

-- Mike B.

At 10/18/2006 10:08 PM, Barry L. Newton wrote:
>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