GM's MLTL with 416-8B

[westend9]

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Yeah, and why I used individual scrap pieces and 'wired' them together. Much easier, quicker for me.

OC 703 or similar (AKA duct board) is made primarily for insulating heating/AC ducts, so at least in my locale can usually be bought from an installer; or in my case I lucked up and scored a pick-up truck full of 2x2 ft squares of it for the cost of hauling it away from a local installer that had a large, specialized contract go sour.

Another time I cruised past a different installer and got a bunch of large sheets of it with aluminum foil backing out of their dumpster, large enough to give me a ~ lifetime supply of replacement under hood insulation liners. Wire, in my experience, it can be bought by the pound for just a little more than scrap value from a reclaimer.

Again, an adjustable picture framing jig is all you need. You can make it using four store bought clamps or routing out blocks of wood mounted up on an old interior door left at curbside. Now you're ready to 'rock n' roll' with just a couple of sawhorses for 'peanuts'.

GM

My soul is singing and everything seems right in the world when I discover that I am not the only recycler/reclaimer on the planet. The stuff that is landfilled in this country is unforgivable, IMO. My main occupation is in the construction field and we are noted for landfilling a large percentage of materials, estimated 15% of what is brought on site is disposed of for a residence. This week, I reclaimed two aluminum 8' gear rack sides and associated hardware. I will certainly focus my recycling efforts on the HVAC crews for the duct insulation because of your descriptions.

The door use is just about what I had in mind, something to offer a jig for panel assembly because the panels are so large. I have a lot of lumber around and many clamps so I could build an assembly jig with no material outlay.

I am finishing up on the center braces and will post up some pictures of the finished braces when complete.

Edit: Well that was one task that was easier than I had assumed. I bought some new blades for the Bosch jig saw and had at it. I routed all of the edges except the woofer cradle with a 3/8" roundover bit and gave it a quick sanding. The layout and templating took twice as long as the actual task, lol.



I am now considering what I will do by way of a jig for assembly. The snow is just about gone so my stacks of boards are appearing in the back fourty. FWIW, GM, I still have a couple of thousand feet of 1 x 8 redwood plank that was once a fence around a McDonald's parking lot. They had half the parking lot full of the fence when I arrived and a quick question to the manager and the fence became mine.