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heptadecagram

Ow!

Jul 14, 2009 17:18

So, red_lynx broke her fibula at SCA fighting practice. She's in a boot for a minimum of three months. That means no Pennsic for us. She's not to do really anything for the next 10 days, and then she's allowed to walk for a month before she goes back for a checkup.

We still have house-closing in 9 days. We're planning on ripping out the upstairs ( Read more... )

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lonebear July 15 2009, 01:54:31 UTC

I also have a compound mitre saw.

bkleber July 17 2009, 05:28:28 UTC

I, too, have a compound mitre saw - still in the trunk of my car from when I helped two other friends with layinga wood floor and re-decking a deck. And, handily enough, i live in columbia.

so.... include me in any planning, and I'll help as I can. benjamin dot kleber at gmail dot com

silmaril July 15 2009, 15:05:55 UTC

OW. owow. Ow.

Ow. Best wishes for a fast recovery.

Where is the break? To offer some hope, they might be taking my bootcast off after 6 weeks and some change next Monday, but it definitely depends on the break...

I'm leaving for vacation on the 17th, but the week of 10-16th I can come over and help pack.

heptadecagram July 17 2009, 20:45:35 UTC

Simple break about a quarter-inch from the bottom of the fibula.

silmaril July 17 2009, 21:04:31 UTC

That would be near-enough exactly where my break is. So maybe she can be off the boot sooner? Maybe...

jmax315 July 16 2009, 00:01:57 UTC

Kinda booked through Sunday, but should be able to get over to help out some next week and next weekend; DefCon the following week.

Have a compressor you're welcome to borrow, but no clue as to size. Will go and look in a bit; if it matches your size requirements, will get in lower-lag communication with you about logistics.

Also... jmax315 July 16 2009, 03:27:30 UTC

For the sanding of spackle: rent (or otherwise acquire the use of) a wet-vac: a vacuum whose input has a block for holding sandpaper (so it sucks up the spackle-dust as quickly as you create it), and whose output bubbles through a reservoir of water (kinda like a bong). This makes sanding spackle a much more dust-free process.

If you _don't_ use one of these beasts, you're going to be sneezing and cleaning and getting annoyed with spackle-dust for months; normal vacuums suck it up and then blow it right back out through the bag, so they just spread it around.

Really; been there, done that (both ways), and the difference is astonishing. (Kudos to my cousin who hangs drywall for a living and turned me on to this device).

Re: Also... jmax315 July 16 2009, 03:31:39 UTC

Like this.

madbodger July 16 2009, 06:33:34 UTC

I have a framing nailer, finish nailer, and 1 studly air compressor with a flakey bleed valve. And I'm good on electrics. The trick, as ever, is to find any TIME!