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- From: mjd@saul.cis.upenn.edu ("[*] The Wumpus")
- Newsgroups: talk.bizarre
- Subject: Re: Urinal splitting
- Summary: Blarney
- Message-ID: <MJD.92Nov19193449@saul.cis.upenn.edu>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 00:34:49 GMT
- References: <1992Nov10.211744.6281@aio.jsc.nasa.gov>
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- In-reply-to: curtw@euler.jsc.nasa.gov's message of 10 Nov 92 21:17:44 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov10.211744.6281@aio.jsc.nasa.gov>
- curtw@euler.jsc.nasa.gov (Curt Wiederhoeft) writes.
- > YABBLE YABBLE YABBLE YABBLE YABBLE YABBLE YABBLE YABBLE YABBLE
- > YABBLE YABBLE YABBLE urinal splitting YABBLE YABBLE YABBLE
- > YABBLE YABBLE YABBLE YABBLE YABBLE YABBLE YABBLE YABBLE YABBLE
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- My recommendation: score the urinal carefully down the centerline
- with a Dremel. be sure to bring lots of spare bits; the ceramic is
- quite tough. Once the urinal is scored, put a cold chisel in the score
- line at the top where the pipe comes in and give it a few good solid
- raps with a mallet. be sure to hold the chisel perpendicular. You may
- have a little cruft along the fault line if you haven't hit the chisel
- sharply enough or haven't scored deeply enough; you can take this off
- with the chisel or with a grindstone. I do not recommend the Dremel for
- this.
-
- Even if the score is good, you may have some trouble around the
- joints where the pipe emerges; to avoid this, I advise pouring very hot
- water into the urinal or over the pipes just before using the chisel;
- the pipes expand more than the ceramic and stress the join so that the
- urinal comes free of the pipes. Don't use boiling water, as this may
- stress the urinal too much, leading to a jagged break.
-
- The most important thing to remember is that a urinal is not a
- bathtub and that you are not doing a simple demolition job here. The
- best way to destroy a bathtub is to beat it with a sledge hammer until
- it disintegrates, but even with careful scoring this won't help you at
- all with the urinal.
-
- As always, remember to wear goggles, and safety first.
-
- > Curt "man, this water's cold" Wiederhoeft
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- Deep, too.
- --
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- And for to se, and eek for to be seye
- Mark-Jason Dominus mjd@central.cis.upenn.edu
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