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Cutting into a tennis ball
On 7/21/19 10:28 AM, Hawk wrote:
On 7/21/2019 9:56 AM, Gary wrote: wrote: Need to cut an 1.5" X into 96 tennis balls. (To attach to classroom chair legs, if you must know ;-) Why not just buy those sticky felt pads for the chair legs? Available at any hardware store in various sizes. Using half tennis balls sounds a bit silly to me. Never seen that done in any classroom or house with hardwood floors. I'm assuming you've never used those sticky pads before or on furniture which isn't moved very often. Applying those pads on furniture legs with kids that move the furniture on a daily basis will give them about a two week live span if that. It's not a formal environment, I think tennis balls are good ideas. And the kids will have a ball (pun intended) taking them off the chairs and throwing them. Yehaaaa! |
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Cutting into a tennis ball- DECIDED ON METHOD
On 07/21/2019 01:06 PM, wrote:
Thanks for the tip.. Right now using this Stanley model because we have a handful of them that were donated to the class by Stanley. It does appear that this exact model may be discontinued as we could not find it at any local retailer. Blades yes, handles no, but we should not need any handles for awhile. There is a very similar metal version. https://www.doityourself.com/stry/ho...ty-knife-blade One of those snap off deals? Well, if you've got a supply of them go for it. I've got one in the drawer but it falls into that gap between not being as sturdy as the classic retractable utility knife and not as precise as an X-Acto #11. It sounded like a good idea at the time. |
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Cutting into a tennis ball- DECIDED ON METHOD
On 22/7/19 5:06 am, wrote:
On 7/21/19 2:32 PM, rbowman wrote: On 07/21/2019 11:05 AM, wrote: That method is using a very sharp Xacto-type knife to make the X cut. I plan on doing about 10 a day over the next few weeks. Don't skimp on the blades. You can get 100 #11 blades from Amazon for about $10. I get Techni-Edge and they are as good as the X-Acto blades for a buck apiece in those 5 blade blister packs. Thanks for the tip.. Right now using this Stanley model because we have a handful of them that were donated to the class by Stanley. It does appear that this exact model may be discontinued as we could not find it at any local retailer. Blades yes, handles no, but we should not need any handles for awhile. There is a very similar metal version. https://www.doityourself.com/stry/ho...ty-knife-blade This type would be better; https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...ey_knife_1.jpg Definitely safer than the one you are going to use. For what it's worth, I would have used tinsnips to cut the cross. https://cdn.aws.toolstation.com/imag.../800/33685.jpg Mark the shape/dimensions of the cross with a pen, drill a small hole in the centre, flatten the ball across the axis of each cut and snip away. The small hole is so the ball easily crumples up prior to snipping. Worked for me when I needed to make a cover for the trailer hitch ball on my towbar. -- Xeno Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing. (with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson) |
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Cutting into a tennis ball
On 21/7/19 11:56 pm, Gary wrote:
wrote: Need to cut an 1.5" X into 96 tennis balls. (To attach to classroom chair legs, if you must know ;-) Why not just buy those sticky felt pads for the chair legs? Available at any hardware store in various sizes. Using half tennis balls sounds a bit silly to me. Never seen that done in any classroom or house with hardwood floors. Yep, that is what I would do. Indeed, what I have done. That reminds me, a couple have come adrift from their chairs - will look into rectifying that. -- Xeno Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing. (with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson) |
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On 22/7/19 3:58 am, Clare Snyder wrote:
On Sun, 21 Jul 2019 09:56:06 -0400, Gary wrote: wrote: Need to cut an 1.5" X into 96 tennis balls. (To attach to classroom chair legs, if you must know ;-) Why not just buy those sticky felt pads for the chair legs? Available at any hardware store in various sizes. Using half tennis balls sounds a bit silly to me. Never seen that done in any classroom or house with hardwood floors. because the felt pads don't stay on. Buy decent quality pads and clean the bottom face of the legs before application will see them stay on for a long time. I did some 6 years ago and only now I notice a couple have become dislodged. -- Xeno Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing. (with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson) |
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Cutting into a tennis ball- DECIDED ON METHOD
On 22/7/19 1:02 pm, rbowman wrote:
On 07/21/2019 01:06 PM, wrote: Thanks for the tip.. Right now using this Stanley model because we have a handful of them that were donated to the class by Stanley. It does appear that this exact model may be discontinued as we could not find it at any local retailer. Blades yes, handles no, but we should not need any handles for awhile. There is a very similar metal version. https://www.doityourself.com/stry/ho...ty-knife-blade One of those snap off deals? Well, if you've got a supply of them go for it. I've got one in the drawer but it falls into that gap between not being as sturdy as the classic retractable utility knife and not as precise as an X-Acto #11. It sounded like a good idea at the time. Yes, I find them decidedly more risky in use. I prefer the old reliable Stanley utility knife. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utility_knife -- Xeno Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing. (with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson) |
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"Xeno" wrote in message ... On 22/7/19 5:06 am, wrote: On 7/21/19 2:32 PM, rbowman wrote: On 07/21/2019 11:05 AM, wrote: That method is using a very sharp Xacto-type knife to make the X cut. I plan on doing about 10 a day over the next few weeks. Don't skimp on the blades. You can get 100 #11 blades from Amazon for about $10. I get Techni-Edge and they are as good as the X-Acto blades for a buck apiece in those 5 blade blister packs. Thanks for the tip.. Right now using this Stanley model because we have a handful of them that were donated to the class by Stanley. It does appear that this exact model may be discontinued as we could not find it at any local retailer. Blades yes, handles no, but we should not need any handles for awhile. There is a very similar metal version. https://www.doityourself.com/stry/ho...ty-knife-blade This type would be better; https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...ey_knife_1.jpg Definitely safer than the one you are going to use. For what it's worth, I would have used tinsnips to cut the cross. https://cdn.aws.toolstation.com/imag.../800/33685.jpg Mark the shape/dimensions of the cross with a pen, drill a small hole in the centre, flatten the ball across the axis of each cut and snip away. The small hole is so the ball easily crumples up prior to snipping. Worked for me when I needed to make a cover for the trailer hitch ball on my towbar. Makes a lot more sense to use the drill press as the youtube showed when you need to do hundreds of them, or buy them with the hole in them. |
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"Xeno" wrote in message ... On 22/7/19 3:58 am, Clare Snyder wrote: On Sun, 21 Jul 2019 09:56:06 -0400, Gary wrote: wrote: Need to cut an 1.5" X into 96 tennis balls. (To attach to classroom chair legs, if you must know ;-) Why not just buy those sticky felt pads for the chair legs? Available at any hardware store in various sizes. Using half tennis balls sounds a bit silly to me. Never seen that done in any classroom or house with hardwood floors. because the felt pads don't stay on. Buy decent quality pads and clean the bottom face of the legs before application will see them stay on for a long time. I did some 6 years ago and only now I notice a couple have become dislodged. Unlikely to work so well in rooms full of school kids. |
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Lonely Psychopathic Senile Ozzie Troll Alert!
On Mon, 22 Jul 2019 14:31:37 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again: Unlikely to work so well in rooms full of school kids. Oh, ****! And this thread was Rodent-free, so far! tsk -- FredXX to Rot Speed: "You are still an idiot and an embarrassment to your country. No wonder we shipped the likes of you out of the British Isles. Perhaps stupidity and criminality is inherited after all?" Message-ID: |
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Lonely Psychopathic Senile Ozzie Troll Alert!
On Mon, 22 Jul 2019 14:23:45 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again: Makes a lot more sense to Nothing would make more sense than putting you senile obnoxious cretin to sleep finally! -- Marland revealing the senile sociopath's pathology: "You have mentioned Alexa in a couple of threads recently, it is not a real woman you know even if it is the only thing with a Female name that stays around around while you talk it to it. Poor sad git who has to resort to Usenet and electronic devices for any interaction as all real people run a mile to get away from from you boring them to death." MID: |
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Cutting into a tennis ball- DECIDED ON METHOD
On Mon, 22 Jul 2019 13:26:43 +1000, Xeno
wrote: On 22/7/19 1:02 pm, rbowman wrote: On 07/21/2019 01:06 PM, wrote: Thanks for the tip.. Right now using this Stanley model because we have a handful of them that were donated to the class by Stanley. It does appear that this exact model may be discontinued as we could not find it at any local retailer. Blades yes, handles no, but we should not need any handles for awhile. There is a very similar metal version. https://www.doityourself.com/stry/ho...ty-knife-blade One of those snap off deals? Well, if you've got a supply of them go for it. I've got one in the drawer but it falls into that gap between not being as sturdy as the classic retractable utility knife and not as precise as an X-Acto #11. It sounded like a good idea at the time. Yes, I find them decidedly more risky in use. I prefer the old reliable Stanley utility knife. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utility_knife Those skinny things with the break-off blades are meant for cutting the tape to open cartons - not for much more. John T. |
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Cutting into a tennis ball
Hawk wrote:
On 7/21/2019 9:56 AM, Gary wrote: wrote: Need to cut an 1.5" X into 96 tennis balls. (To attach to classroom chair legs, if you must know ;-) Why not just buy those sticky felt pads for the chair legs? Available at any hardware store in various sizes. Using half tennis balls sounds a bit silly to me. Never seen that done in any classroom or house with hardwood floors. I'm assuming you've never used those sticky pads before or on furniture which isn't moved very often. Applying those pads on furniture legs with kids that move the furniture on a daily basis will give them about a two week live span if that. It's not a formal environment, I think tennis balls are good ideas. Funny how all of the sudden, half tennis balls are a good idea. I've never seen that done. In household, the felt pads work well. In classrooms, and thinking of my school years in the 1960s, I don't think the chairs or desks had any bottom thing attached to legs. Just plain wood. Never noticed scuffs all over the floors back then. Why is this such an issue 100 years later? |
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Those skinny things with the break-off blades are meant for cutting the tape to open cartons - not for much more. John T. Even for that I find them suspect. Set the blade low on the utility knife and you get the same effect with a much better grip. I have a few of the large utility knives around here and they are the only ones I use. Store clerks or warehouse workers often carry a little belt-clip-holster - just a small comfortable thing that can be worn all day, every day - pen, 2-ended Sharpie marker, 6 inch rule, small tape measure, and one of those box cutters .. I hated the tiny skinny ones - more difficult to hang on to - hence more dangerous. This model gives a better grip .. http://tinyurl.com/yxp8hsxb Won't break the bank when you mis-place it, either. ps : you __will__ misplace it ! John T. |
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Cutting into a tennis ball
On Mon, 22 Jul 2019 09:24:25 -0400, Gary wrote:
Hawk wrote: On 7/21/2019 9:56 AM, Gary wrote: wrote: Need to cut an 1.5" X into 96 tennis balls. (To attach to classroom chair legs, if you must know ;-) Why not just buy those sticky felt pads for the chair legs? Available at any hardware store in various sizes. Using half tennis balls sounds a bit silly to me. Never seen that done in any classroom or house with hardwood floors. I'm assuming you've never used those sticky pads before or on furniture which isn't moved very often. Applying those pads on furniture legs with kids that move the furniture on a daily basis will give them about a two week live span if that. It's not a formal environment, I think tennis balls are good ideas. Funny how all of the sudden, half tennis balls are a good idea. I've never seen that done. In household, the felt pads work well. In classrooms, and thinking of my school years in the 1960s, I don't think the chairs or desks had any bottom thing attached to legs. Just plain wood. Never noticed scuffs all over the floors back then. Why is this such an issue 100 years later? Because the chairs are now STEEL - NOT WOOD!!! It is a different century now. Keeping tips on tubular steel chair legs is a never-ending project. |
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Cutting into a tennis ball
I've done this many times. It's not rocket science.
A box cutter or utility knife works fine. Just be patient. Once you get the blade through it cuts. The problem is holding the ball if you don't have a vice. I have an improvised vice that works okay. |
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Cutting into a tennis ball
On 7/22/19 9:24 AM, Gary wrote:
Hawk wrote: On 7/21/2019 9:56 AM, Gary wrote: wrote: Need to cut an 1.5" X into 96 tennis balls. (To attach to classroom chair legs, if you must know ;-) Why not just buy those sticky felt pads for the chair legs? Available at any hardware store in various sizes. Using half tennis balls sounds a bit silly to me. Never seen that done in any classroom or house with hardwood floors. I'm assuming you've never used those sticky pads before or on furniture which isn't moved very often. Applying those pads on furniture legs with kids that move the furniture on a daily basis will give them about a two week live span if that. It's not a formal environment, I think tennis balls are good ideas. Funny how all of the sudden, half tennis balls are a good idea. They are a horrible idea. The injured plaintiff's attorney will love the tennis ball idea, the OP's attorney not so much. |
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Cutting into a tennis ball
On 7/22/19 11:03 AM, Clare Snyder wrote:
On Mon, 22 Jul 2019 09:24:25 -0400, Gary wrote: Hawk wrote: On 7/21/2019 9:56 AM, Gary wrote: wrote: Need to cut an 1.5" X into 96 tennis balls. (To attach to classroom chair legs, if you must know ;-) Why not just buy those sticky felt pads for the chair legs? Available at any hardware store in various sizes. Using half tennis balls sounds a bit silly to me. Never seen that done in any classroom or house with hardwood floors. I'm assuming you've never used those sticky pads before or on furniture which isn't moved very often. Applying those pads on furniture legs with kids that move the furniture on a daily basis will give them about a two week live span if that. It's not a formal environment, I think tennis balls are good ideas. Funny how all of the sudden, half tennis balls are a good idea. I've never seen that done. In household, the felt pads work well. In classrooms, and thinking of my school years in the 1960s, I don't think the chairs or desks had any bottom thing attached to legs. Just plain wood. Never noticed scuffs all over the floors back then. Why is this such an issue 100 years later? Because the chairs are now STEEL - NOT WOOD!!! It is a different century now. Keeping tips on tubular steel chair legs is a never-ending project. And yet the friction material somehow manages to stay attached to a brake pad backing plate. |
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Cutting into a tennis ball
On Mon, 22 Jul 2019 09:24:25 -0400, Gary wrote:
Hawk wrote: On 7/21/2019 9:56 AM, Gary wrote: wrote: Need to cut an 1.5" X into 96 tennis balls. (To attach to classroom chair legs, if you must know ;-) Why not just buy those sticky felt pads for the chair legs? Available at any hardware store in various sizes. Using half tennis balls sounds a bit silly to me. Never seen that done in any classroom or house with hardwood floors. I'm assuming you've never used those sticky pads before or on furniture which isn't moved very often. Applying those pads on furniture legs with kids that move the furniture on a daily basis will give them about a two week live span if that. It's not a formal environment, I think tennis balls are good ideas. Funny how all of the sudden, half tennis balls are a good idea. I've never seen that done. In household, the felt pads work well. In classrooms, and thinking of my school years in the 1960s, I don't think the chairs or desks had any bottom thing attached to legs. Just plain wood. Never noticed scuffs all over the floors back then. Why is this such an issue 100 years later? We all still remember the sound of 160 chair legs scraping across that floor when the bell rang |
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Cutting into a tennis ball- DECIDED ON METHOD
On Mon, 22 Jul 2019 07:59:12 -0400, wrote:
On Mon, 22 Jul 2019 13:26:43 +1000, Xeno wrote: On 22/7/19 1:02 pm, rbowman wrote: On 07/21/2019 01:06 PM, wrote: Thanks for the tip.. Right now using this Stanley model because we have a handful of them that were donated to the class by Stanley. It does appear that this exact model may be discontinued as we could not find it at any local retailer. Blades yes, handles no, but we should not need any handles for awhile. There is a very similar metal version. https://www.doityourself.com/stry/ho...ty-knife-blade One of those snap off deals? Well, if you've got a supply of them go for it. I've got one in the drawer but it falls into that gap between not being as sturdy as the classic retractable utility knife and not as precise as an X-Acto #11. It sounded like a good idea at the time. Yes, I find them decidedly more risky in use. I prefer the old reliable Stanley utility knife. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utility_knife Those skinny things with the break-off blades are meant for cutting the tape to open cartons - not for much more. John T. Or hijacking airplanes |
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Cutting into a tennis ball- DECIDED ON METHOD
On Mon, 22 Jul 2019 09:58:35 -0400, wrote:
Those skinny things with the break-off blades are meant for cutting the tape to open cartons - not for much more. John T. Even for that I find them suspect. Set the blade low on the utility knife and you get the same effect with a much better grip. I have a few of the large utility knives around here and they are the only ones I use. Store clerks or warehouse workers often carry a little belt-clip-holster - just a small comfortable thing that can be worn all day, every day - pen, 2-ended Sharpie marker, 6 inch rule, small tape measure, and one of those box cutters .. I hated the tiny skinny ones - more difficult to hang on to - hence more dangerous. This model gives a better grip .. http://tinyurl.com/yxp8hsxb Won't break the bank when you mis-place it, either. ps : you __will__ misplace it ! John T. Try a carpet knife and you will throw them all away. https://www.amazon.com/Roberts-10-215-Razor-Blade-Carpet/dp/B0026SPAGI/ref=zg_bs_553226_4?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=898 PM5A54Q0FHWW5J80M |
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On Mon, 22 Jul 2019 11:40:48 -0400, Goober
wrote: On 7/22/19 11:03 AM, Clare Snyder wrote: On Mon, 22 Jul 2019 09:24:25 -0400, Gary wrote: Hawk wrote: On 7/21/2019 9:56 AM, Gary wrote: wrote: Need to cut an 1.5" X into 96 tennis balls. (To attach to classroom chair legs, if you must know ;-) Why not just buy those sticky felt pads for the chair legs? Available at any hardware store in various sizes. Using half tennis balls sounds a bit silly to me. Never seen that done in any classroom or house with hardwood floors. I'm assuming you've never used those sticky pads before or on furniture which isn't moved very often. Applying those pads on furniture legs with kids that move the furniture on a daily basis will give them about a two week live span if that. It's not a formal environment, I think tennis balls are good ideas. Funny how all of the sudden, half tennis balls are a good idea. I've never seen that done. In household, the felt pads work well. In classrooms, and thinking of my school years in the 1960s, I don't think the chairs or desks had any bottom thing attached to legs. Just plain wood. Never noticed scuffs all over the floors back then. Why is this such an issue 100 years later? Because the chairs are now STEEL - NOT WOOD!!! It is a different century now. Keeping tips on tubular steel chair legs is a never-ending project. And yet the friction material somehow manages to stay attached to a brake pad backing plate. Sometimes - and it is NOT a pressure sensitive adhesive that fastens it - and it is NOT attetched to the open end of a tube - so you better start looking for a better straw man. |
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Cutting into a tennis ball
On 7/21/19 11:20 PM, Xeno wrote:
On 22/7/19 3:58 am, Clare Snyder wrote: On Sun, 21 Jul 2019 09:56:06 -0400, Gary wrote: wrote: Need to cut an 1.5" X into 96 tennis balls. (To attach to classroom chair legs, if you must know ;-) Why not just buy those sticky felt pads for the chair legs? Available at any hardware store in various sizes. Using half tennis balls sounds a bit silly to me. Never seen that done in any classroom or house with hardwood floors. Â*Â* because the felt pads don't stay on. Buy decent quality pads and clean the bottom face of the legs before application will see them stay on for a long time. I did some 6 years ago and only now I notice a couple have become dislodged. Some time ago the school retrofitted all the chairs in the classrooms with this "snap cap & slide" https://www.shifflerequip.com/stock-...er-glides.aspx It wasn't long before the plastic snaps started to break, resulting in a wobbly chair. (never under estimate the power of a 7th grader to break anything labeled "unbreakable ;-) Also there are many available things that try to address the issue (see https://www.schoolfix.com/chair-desk-glides.html ) but the consensus among actual classroom teachers around here seems to be the tennis ball is best. |
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"Xeno" wrote in message ... On 22/7/19 9:59 pm, wrote: On Mon, 22 Jul 2019 13:26:43 +1000, Xeno wrote: On 22/7/19 1:02 pm, rbowman wrote: On 07/21/2019 01:06 PM, wrote: Thanks for the tip.. Right now using this Stanley model because we have a handful of them that were donated to the class by Stanley. It does appear that this exact model may be discontinued as we could not find it at any local retailer. Blades yes, handles no, but we should not need any handles for awhile. There is a very similar metal version. https://www.doityourself.com/stry/ho...ty-knife-blade One of those snap off deals? Well, if you've got a supply of them go for it. I've got one in the drawer but it falls into that gap between not being as sturdy as the classic retractable utility knife and not as precise as an X-Acto #11. It sounded like a good idea at the time. Yes, I find them decidedly more risky in use. I prefer the old reliable Stanley utility knife. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utility_knife Those skinny things with the break-off blades are meant for cutting the tape to open cartons - not for much more. Even for that I find them suspect. They do make it easier to get a new cutting bit for that. Set the blade low on the utility knife and you get the same effect with a much better grip. You dont need a much better grip when opening cartons. I have a few of the large utility knives around here and they are the only ones I use. I use both. |
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Lonely Psychopathic Senile Ozzie Troll Alert!
On Tue, 23 Jul 2019 04:06:18 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again: FLUSH troll**** 04:06??? Whatsa matter? Are you sick, or why did you "sleep in" today, you clinically insane sleepless senile nutter? LMAO -- Sqwertz to Rot Speed: "This is just a hunch, but I'm betting you're kinda an argumentative asshole. MID: |
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On 7/20/2019 2:44 PM, wrote:
Need to cut an 1.5" X into 96 tennis balls. (To attach to classroom chair legs, if you must know ;-) So far, a box cutter is not getting it done, neither a small "cutting" wheel from a dremel kit Best so far is with ball held in a vise, and using a miter box saw to cut 2 1.5" slits in ball to form X. But this is a bit tedious for 96 x 2 cuts. Thought of a table saw, but fingers would be too close to blade for my comfort Tried looking for a dremel type cutter that would go in a drill motor, but haven't seen anything I want to pay for if it does not work any better than miter saw. Any suggestions ?? Punch a hole into them with a knife, then use scissors or tin snips. |
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On Mon, 22 Jul 2019 13:33:25 -0400, wrote:
On 7/21/19 11:20 PM, Xeno wrote: On 22/7/19 3:58 am, Clare Snyder wrote: On Sun, 21 Jul 2019 09:56:06 -0400, Gary wrote: wrote: Need to cut an 1.5" X into 96 tennis balls. (To attach to classroom chair legs, if you must know ;-) Why not just buy those sticky felt pads for the chair legs? Available at any hardware store in various sizes. Using half tennis balls sounds a bit silly to me. Never seen that done in any classroom or house with hardwood floors. ** because the felt pads don't stay on. Buy decent quality pads and clean the bottom face of the legs before application will see them stay on for a long time. I did some 6 years ago and only now I notice a couple have become dislodged. Some time ago the school retrofitted all the chairs in the classrooms with this "snap cap & slide" https://www.shifflerequip.com/stock-...er-glides.aspx It comes in two pieces - is installed and turns into 6 or 8 very quickly It wasn't long before the plastic snaps started to break, resulting in a wobbly chair. (never under estimate the power of a 7th grader to break anything labeled "unbreakable ;-) Also there are many available things that try to address the issue (see https://www.schoolfix.com/chair-desk-glides.html ) but the consensus among actual classroom teachers around here seems to be the tennis ball is best. |
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On Monday, July 22, 2019 at 5:00:44 PM UTC-4, Bob F wrote:
On 7/20/2019 2:44 PM, wrote: Need to cut an 1.5" X into 96 tennis balls. (To attach to classroom chair legs, if you must know ;-) So far, a box cutter is not getting it done, neither a small "cutting" wheel from a dremel kit Best so far is with ball held in a vise, and using a miter box saw to cut 2 1.5" slits in ball to form X. But this is a bit tedious for 96 x 2 cuts. Thought of a table saw, but fingers would be too close to blade for my comfort Tried looking for a dremel type cutter that would go in a drill motor, but haven't seen anything I want to pay for if it does not work any better than miter saw. Any suggestions ?? Punch a hole into them with a knife, then use scissors or tin snips. I tried this. Scissors don't work, you can't get them far enough in. Tin snips did work, but I went back to the utility knife. You had to start with that anyway, and once you'd poked it through it was just as easy to make another cut with the knife. I've done a bunch of these, it's just not all that hard. |
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Lonely Psychopathic Senile Ozzie Troll Alert!
On Monday, July 22, 2019 at 1:03:46 AM UTC-7, Peeler wrote:
On Mon, 22 Jul 2019 14:31:37 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again: Unlikely to work so well in rooms full of school kids. Oh, ****! And this thread was Rodent-free, so far! tsk -- FredXX to Rot Speed: "You are still an idiot and an embarrassment to your country. No wonder we shipped the likes of you out of the British Isles. Perhaps stupidity and criminality is inherited after all?" Message-ID: You are obsessed. |
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Lonely Psychopathic Senile Ozzie Troll Alert!
On Thu, 25 Jul 2019 15:32:46 -0700 (PDT), RosemontCrest wrote:
Oh, ****! And this thread was Rodent-free, so far! tsk -- FredXX to Rot Speed: "You are still an idiot and an embarrassment to your country. No wonder we shipped the likes of you out of the British Isles. Perhaps stupidity and criminality is inherited after all?" Message-ID: You are obsessed. You're an idiot! |
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Lonely Psychopathic Senile Ozzie Troll Alert!
On Thursday, July 25, 2019 at 3:46:21 PM UTC-7, Peeler wrote:
On Thu, 25 Jul 2019 15:32:46 -0700 (PDT), RosemontCrest wrote: Oh, ****! And this thread was Rodent-free, so far! tsk -- FredXX to Rot Speed: "You are still an idiot and an embarrassment to your country. No wonder we shipped the likes of you out of the British Isles. Perhaps stupidity and criminality is inherited after all?" Message-ID: You are obsessed. You're an idiot! I disagree. I still contend that you are obsessed with Rod Speed. Admit it. |
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Lonely Psychopathic Senile Ozzie Troll Alert!
On Thu, 25 Jul 2019 16:00:57 -0700 (PDT), RosemontCrest wrote:
You are obsessed. You're an idiot! I disagree. I still contend that you are obsessed with Rod Speed. Admit it. I still contend that you ARE an idiot! And you will KEEP demonstrating it! BG |
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Lonely Psychopathic Senile Ozzie Troll Alert!
On Thursday, July 25, 2019 at 4:27:58 PM UTC-7, Peeler wrote:
On Thu, 25 Jul 2019 16:00:57 -0700 (PDT), RosemontCrest wrote: You are obsessed. You're an idiot! I disagree. I still contend that you are obsessed with Rod Speed. Admit it. I still contend that you ARE an idiot! And you will KEEP demonstrating it! BG "And you will KEEP demonstrating it!" No, and you are an idiot for assuming what you do not know. |
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Lonely Psychopathic Senile Ozzie Troll Alert!
On Thu, 25 Jul 2019 16:35:07 -0700 (PDT), RosemontCrest wrote:
I still contend that you ARE an idiot! And you will KEEP demonstrating it! BG "And you will KEEP demonstrating it!" No, and you are an idiot for assuming what you do not know. But everyone can SEE that you are an idiot! Just read your own posts and you can see it too! LOL |
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Lonely Psychopathic Senile Ozzie Troll Alert!
On Thursday, July 25, 2019 at 4:46:40 PM UTC-7, Peeler wrote:
On Thu, 25 Jul 2019 16:35:07 -0700 (PDT), RosemontCrest wrote: I still contend that you ARE an idiot! And you will KEEP demonstrating it! BG "And you will KEEP demonstrating it!" No, and you are an idiot for assuming what you do not know. But everyone can SEE that you are an idiot! Just read your own posts and you can see it too! LOL No, you are the idiot. Read your own posts to find why. |
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Lonely Psychopathic Senile Ozzie Troll Alert!
On Thu, 25 Jul 2019 21:41:20 -0700 (PDT), RosemontCrest, a real idiot,
wrote: No, and you are an idiot for assuming what you do not know. But everyone can SEE that you are an idiot! Just read your own posts and you can see it too! LOL No, you are the idiot. Read your own posts to find why. Oh, my! The idiot is reduced to imitating my lines! LMAO F'up |
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Cutting into a tennis ball
Will a Styrofoam cutter get hot enough? Mount it firmly with a backstop of some sort. Welding gloves push pull rotate push pull.
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