4fingers wrote in
5.250:


Thanks for all the opinions. I did resaw on the table saw. NOT NOT
FUN. All the time I thought "there are so many ways this could go
terribly wrong." Nothing happened but I WON"T do that again. JUST
PLAIN SCARY. Since the bed has a few thinner (3/4") pieces I decided
to make a router sled to get them down to size. I got a jointer
early on - in retrospect I would've been better off with a band saw.
My good ol' gal said I could get both but a vehicle will have to live
outside all year and I hate scraping in the morning. Maybe it's time
to put a 220 outlet in the garage. Hmmm - that opens up a whole new
arena of tool possibilities

I was looking at block heaters a few weeks ago. The ones I was looking
at for my car seemed easy enough to install and not very expensive. If
you're worried about scraping, spend a coupla hundred and put one of
those in. Want to save electricity? Put it on a timer on only turn it
on about 2-3 hours before you leave.

Oh, and it's always a good idea to run a good anti-freeze washer fluid.
That'll help with the scraping if your engine is warm enough to keep your
windshield from freezing up again.

There, now you can use your garage for what it's intended. You can send
a check for the extra space. *wink*

Puckdropper
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Make it to fit, don't make it fit.