by Ira » Sun Jan 29, 2006 11:58 am
I have met the enemy--and I am theirs.
Failure.
Restaurant Depot had something pretty good for $38. It wasn't as deep as I would have liked...8"...but at this stage, what do I know? I figure I would check HF for that parts washer first, but first I ask if my membership card at RD is still valid. Yes, but I need to bring in my resale certificate. Gotta FIND that certficate first, and since I never used it for anything, don't know if it's still valid.
Strike one.
Off to HF, the parts washer measures an ittsy bittsy too big for my space with its lid, but I think I can make it work WITHOUT the lid--which is RIVETED on. (Kind of like rivets.) I battle this in my head, war is useless, because they don't have it in stock anyway.
Off to HD just to smell the lumber. I am disgusted. A beaten man. I'll never use a sink AGAIN. And I start wandering the aisles in search of ideas. I see a large 5 gallon bucket, real deep, and say the hell with this--I'm gonna by a drain assembly and turn THIS into a damn sink.
I go home, cut a nice hole, the drain fits, remove drain, add glue/sealant for top flange, reinsert drain...
And the bottom of the bucket now cracks. A really nice, LONG crack! The type of crack you would never fix in a million years!
Anyone wanna buy a brand-new bucket with a 3-inch hole and a crack in the bottom?
As soon as my wife gets home, I'm gonna try and make the Restaurant Depot thing happen, if my certificate is still good. But I think I'm gonna have to cut like a 3" hole for that, which is easy in plastic when it doesn't break, but do they sell a drill saw this size?
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Here we go again!