if careful you can start with a wood rasp, go gently. Then you can go to a metal file, and end with fine sandpaper. You can make it all nice so that it won't be unpleasant to bare feet. You can place a piece of 3/8 fiber board, or ply under it as well.
On Mon, 24 Aug 2009, Betsy Whitney wrote: > I'm still working on this solution. I thought the plexiglass was a > great idea, but the price, if I want rounded corners is outragious. > Perhaps I can round them myself. Any suggestions about how to round them > without cracking the material? > Betsy > At 05:48 PM 7/24/2009, you wrote: >> >> >> Before the days of flexible chair mats we used 1/4 in plexiglass. It was >> really better for thick carpets because you weren't always rolling uphill to >> get out of the indentations the wheels make in the flexible mats. >> >> Tony >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Betsy Whitney [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 10:16 PM >> To: blindhandyman-yahoogroups.com >> Subject: [BlindHandyMan] New carpet: chair mat solution needed >> >> Aloha all, >> We had our office carpet replaced and it is marvelous, but when we >> put our old chair mats down, it was clear that we needed new ones >> because the mats sunk down and made it difficult to roll the chairs. >> >> So, off to OfficeMax to purchase a mat that said it was for thick >> carpets. Now as we roll the chairs around, the mat creeps over toward >> the desk and bends along the edge. I can't seem to figure out how to >> get it to stay still. >> >> Back to OfficeMax to hear that they didn't have anything else that >> would presumedly work. Check at other available stores, no help. >> >> Anyone have this problem and what did you do? >> TIA, Betsy >> Teamwork: Together we achieve the extraordinary. >> >> ------------------------------------ >> >> Send any questions regarding list management to: >> <mailto:blindhandyman-owner%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] >> To listen to the show archives go to link >> <http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_p>http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_p >> age&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 >> Or >> <ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/>ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ >> >> The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. >> <http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday>http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday >> >> Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various >> List Members At The Following address: >> <http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/>http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ >> >> Visit the archives page at the following address >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> >> If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following >> address for more information: >> <http://www.jaws-users.com/>http://www.jaws-users.com/ >> For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list >> just send a blank message to: >> <mailto:blindhandyman-help%40yahoogroups.comYahoo>[email protected]! >> Groups Links >> >> > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
