The new switches worked fine. We now had both light and ventilation. But the exposed wiring remained. The Fuzz realized that he would have to make a new box, for these wonderful new switches.
The first step would be to make a template, to cut the tin from.
The Fuzz used the original box as a pattern, and figured in the new measurements. Then he drew a full-sized template on this heavy paper. Next he folded it into shape, and tried the fit. Amazingly, it did fit!
The choice of materials was #1- Old Roofing Tin, or #2- Aluminum Flashing. The Fuzz decided to go with the Tin. The Flashing would have been easier to work with, and prettier. But it would also be a bit flimsy. And no one will see this without getting into a contorted position over a hot stove.
The template was laid out, and traced onto a piece of the tin.
Then cut out with tin snips.
Next it had to be bent into shape. Our Fuzz does not have one of those fancy Break-things, but he does have this extremely heavy piece of steel. Some careful bending and a few taps with a hammer knocked things into shape.
Here's a look at the old, and new, together.
And lastly, the new box, installed.
It turned into a bigger project than The Fuzz had expected. But life is like that sometimes. Like Harvey Pekar has said, "Ordinary life is pretty complex stuff".
2 comments:
Very nice, very nice
I like the picture with the two different sizes and your drawing on the table. :) The mind can do a lot of things that people have given up on. Even though your project turned into something more complex - you figured out how to do it yourself and didn't need to buy it pre-made from someone else. David and I were just talking about this the other day. Awesome job.
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