Tegan
04-12-2002, 09:46 AM
Jeff you can say "I told you so" now. I should have just bought one of your rack systems like I was going to. (And will probably do in the future, can you say birthday present?) Some one please kick me.
So I decide unstead of haveing the tubs lined up on the floor, why not cut a hole in them and just attach a plexiglass hinged door? Then I can stack them! What a great idea! So I buy some plexiglass, and a hinge and some bolts and get to work. Well after I realized I bought the wrong size plexi, and tried to cut it myself, which didnt work at all, I inlisted the help of my husband.
So we get a new peice of plexi (the correct size this time) and my husband lines it up on the tub, traces around it, then traces a line about an inch and a half in from that. Picks up the power drill, (and this next part is totally my fault for not telling him) starts to drill on the tub like it's wood and puts a six inch long crack into the tub out into where there didn't need to be a crack lol. I slap myself on the forhead and take the drill away from him. (I've worked on tubs a lot before and should have known better then to let him do it lol, guys are all about forceing powertools to work harder, at least my guy is.)
So we decide this will be a good tub to practice on. We grab the jigsaw and start to make our cut (ok he's the one cutting, nother bad move lol) he gets to the corner and CRANKS the jig around the corner, "Crack! SNAP!" The lip of the tub splits from the rest of the tub. (Slaping forhead again here.)
Flip the tub over and draw out the lines again....then he comes up with a pretty good idea. Duct tape the lines to cut along so that the plastic maybe wont crack. (At this point I mumble under my breath about just not forceing it lol.) So we duct tape the lines...I drill the hole....he starts cutting....and we acctually get the hole cut with only minor (tiny tiny) cracks, that are takeing out easily with a razor blade. We repeat all steps on a "good" tub.
And this is where we're at so far. One compleatly ruined tub, one ruined peice of plexi and one tub with a big hole in it lol.
So, we've learned. 1. When working with plastic tubs you need to let the power tools do the work (I allready knew this but it helps to tell the person working on the tub this.) 2. Allways make sure you buy plexi of the right size, and if you cant find it in the right size, have a professional cut it.
I'm sure there will be many more lessons added to this as the project continues. (and hopefully pictures)
So far the major thing I'm learning though is: I should have just bought the dang rack system from Jeff!!!
Tegan
So I decide unstead of haveing the tubs lined up on the floor, why not cut a hole in them and just attach a plexiglass hinged door? Then I can stack them! What a great idea! So I buy some plexiglass, and a hinge and some bolts and get to work. Well after I realized I bought the wrong size plexi, and tried to cut it myself, which didnt work at all, I inlisted the help of my husband.
So we get a new peice of plexi (the correct size this time) and my husband lines it up on the tub, traces around it, then traces a line about an inch and a half in from that. Picks up the power drill, (and this next part is totally my fault for not telling him) starts to drill on the tub like it's wood and puts a six inch long crack into the tub out into where there didn't need to be a crack lol. I slap myself on the forhead and take the drill away from him. (I've worked on tubs a lot before and should have known better then to let him do it lol, guys are all about forceing powertools to work harder, at least my guy is.)
So we decide this will be a good tub to practice on. We grab the jigsaw and start to make our cut (ok he's the one cutting, nother bad move lol) he gets to the corner and CRANKS the jig around the corner, "Crack! SNAP!" The lip of the tub splits from the rest of the tub. (Slaping forhead again here.)
Flip the tub over and draw out the lines again....then he comes up with a pretty good idea. Duct tape the lines to cut along so that the plastic maybe wont crack. (At this point I mumble under my breath about just not forceing it lol.) So we duct tape the lines...I drill the hole....he starts cutting....and we acctually get the hole cut with only minor (tiny tiny) cracks, that are takeing out easily with a razor blade. We repeat all steps on a "good" tub.
And this is where we're at so far. One compleatly ruined tub, one ruined peice of plexi and one tub with a big hole in it lol.
So, we've learned. 1. When working with plastic tubs you need to let the power tools do the work (I allready knew this but it helps to tell the person working on the tub this.) 2. Allways make sure you buy plexi of the right size, and if you cant find it in the right size, have a professional cut it.
I'm sure there will be many more lessons added to this as the project continues. (and hopefully pictures)
So far the major thing I'm learning though is: I should have just bought the dang rack system from Jeff!!!
Tegan