On Tuesday 05 May 2015 10:00:22 Przemek Klosowski wrote: > > Biggest problem ATM is the ultra cheap hacksaw blades that came with > > a Dewalt Sawzall. I have about 150 deck screws around the edges > > that are holding the balister sticks, which need about the inner end > > 7/8" removed, and with these blades each one seems to be good for 3, > > maybe 4 screws cut off. So I gotta find some better blades. Lots > > better if I can find them. A web search just showed more of these. > > :( At the cost of the blades, that is about a dollar a screw cut > > off. Ouch! > > The screws are about the worst thing you can put your blades on: hard > and jagged. > > Don't cut them with a blade: they are so hard that you should be able > to snap them off (put them in a vise and whack the extra part off with > a hammer). If they are soft enough to bend, score them with a grinder > and do a forth-and-back stress fracture.
Unfortunately, the wood (a 2x12 used for an outside skirt) they are sticking out of once the flooring 2x4 has been removed, is in only marginally better shape than the flooring. And since I built it when there was only a woven wire fencing at the property line, one of the renters in that ppty has since put up a privacy fence, most of which is nailed or screwed to my fenceposts, so I now have no access from that side to even remove the screws. So I have to do whatever, insitu. That wood has also deteriorated, from the top down, for as much as an additional 2" down from the top, so the screw is not being held tightly enough to hold it well. I have clipped a few with a small bolt cutter, but it doesn't cut flush, leaving about a centimeter sticking out. Or better yet, just leave them, and skid the new board against them to mark & poke a 10mm hole about 25mm deep at the mark so the new board can fit over them. In terms of labor involving my back, that may turn out to be as easy as anything else. It would only have to be done to one edge and one end of two of the boards, and to one end of the remaining 25. Makes perfect sense after sleeping on it... We have some showers forecast, so I expect my first project is to cut away some of those fillets at the edge of the plastic sump bucket so it can sit flat on the old cement, and get that puppy installed. Then I can think about permanent 1.25" pvc plumbing to get what it pumps to the head end of the house drain system, via y'ing into the tub/shower drain which also does that run. Its the only way I've found to keep the sewer running. The dummies that built this whole subdivision in the early '70's failed that famous plumbers test. :( I'd dump it into the gutter drains, which eventually hit a small creek and into the river 2.5 blocks away, but need all the flushing of the system I can get. Now back to your regularly scheduled linuxcnc related stuff. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
