I got half of the door done today and I simply used the lock blade on a girber multi-tool and it worked beautifully. I will need to take a steel to it before I finish but other than that it worked well. A couple of tips for anybody considering this job 1. The manufacturer inserted small blocks of Styrofoam in the corners of some of the panels. My guess would be for vibration abatement, you want to remove these so you will have a square end to work from. The other thing is there are self tapping fasteners that secure the roller hinge assembly to the various door panels. You will want to back these off before you attempt to insert the sheet of insulation. I carved a couple of pretty nasty grooves in the first Styrofoam sheet before the penny dropped for me and I decided to back the damn bolts out. As the cartoon character says Dates all folks.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Kennedy Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 4:16 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Foam Insulation sheets strangely enough they are called mini hack saws. Larry being a Snap-on kind of guy will have a hack saw that lets you turn the blade 90 degrees and lock it down again. The ends on a Snap-on saw are rectangular shaped and you can turn them 90 degrees at a time on each end until you complete 360 degrees. That way the frame won't be in the way. ----- Original Message ----- From: robert moore To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 12:14 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Foam Insulation sheets If you go with a hack saw blade I would get one of those handles that you put the hack saw blade in and it makes it kind of like a knife The blade sticks out the front so you can make a long cut without the frame of a standard hack saw getting in the way. Not sure what you call these. Have only seen one or two in my life but I am sure that you could get them at just about any place that caries tools. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Michael Baldwin Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 9:31 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Foam Insulation sheets Hacks saw blades work very well. Michael _____ From: [email protected] <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto: [email protected] <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of Larry Stansifer Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 05:48 To: [email protected] <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Foam Insulation sheets Ok guys... My mom has been complaining about not having an insolated garage door. It is one of those metal doors that is made up of a series of metal panels. The inside edges are double broken to a depth of 1&1/4". The inside dimensions of these panels is 41&5/8" long and 18&5/8" high. Although the package of insulation panels proclaims "fits all standard garage doors." I know I will need to do some trimming and fitting. I have a square and a straight edge so I am not to concerned about getting it straight and even. My question is, what the hell do I cut this stuff with? Everything I own except for a couple of really good pocket knives and my new PC Circ saw is designed for cutting metal. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or 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 Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ If you would like to join the Blind Computing list, then visit the following address for more information: http://jaws-users.com/mailman/listinfo/blind-computing_jaws-users.com For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- BEGIN-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS ------------------------------------------------------ Teach InfoWest Spam Trap if this mail (ID 144219808) is spam: Spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=144219808&m=4368199c5fe1&c=s Not spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=144219808&m=4368199c5fe1&c=n Forget vote: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=144219808&m=4368199c5fe1&c=f ------------------------------------------------------ END-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS
