Hi, I may be confused. didn't you recently put in a basement door? If so, How many steps in that well? could one, erect a pulley, or rent one, that would allow the coaxing of the pig up and out to a place where it might be safer to swing a sledge? I may be overcautious here, but bouncing shrap might find you safer doing this outside than insdie.
On Tue, 4 May 2010, [email protected] wrote: > Dan: I thought it would be really cool to use a cutting torch too, until I > actualy did it. I cut a gear shift handle out of an old deralict truck, and > it's the only time I can recall actually being scared of a tool. It's loud, > and obviously you're going to need gloves a hood and a mask, and it's really > hard to tell where you're actually cutting. I had a sighted flunky er > employee standing by to give directions, and I still managed to set the floor > mats on fire. And, that much cast iron would take a mighty long time to cut > anyway. I vote for shattering the thing. Not only willl you accomplish your > aim, but it could be a great stress reliever. Maybe it could be a > neighborhood thing, a case of beer or so, and invite the neighbors to come > and show off how much arm strength and how well they can use a sledge. I'd > say a sixteen pound sledge would be about right for this, and then too, one > of them is bound to have some kind of vehicle to use for disposing of the > debris wh en > you're done. > > > Bill Stephan > Kansas Citty MO > Email: [email protected] > Phone: (816)803-2469 > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dan Rossi <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, May 4, 2010 7:30 am > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Freakin termites. >> Max wrote with regard to the removal of my cast iron radiator: >> >>> I'm betting that you will end up cutting it into smaller pieces >> to get rid >>> of it. Maybe with a cutting torch? >> >> OOO BABY! Now that sounds like fun. >> >> -- >> Blue skies. >> Dan Rossi >> Carnegie Mellon University. >> E-Mail: [email protected] >> Tel: (412) 268-9081 >> >
