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After the discussion about the felt and rubber pads under the battery, I decided to look into a battery boxliner That's when I found out that they are made of kinda expensive plastic!
I called the local parts supply house that the battery came from and asked about plastic liners. Long story short, they had plastic boxes for marine use. I bought one of those for less than $12. Had to cut it down though. Figured I would use my dremel tool. Nay, Nay! just melted the plastic. Tried a saw, that worked OK but could only use it for a small area. Was headed to the local hardware to pick up a handle that I could put a hacksaw blade in. When my wife came into the shop and told me to try something. I got that box all cut up using a heat gun and a razor knife, in about 15 min flat! Slick as goose grease. Hardly any finish clean up, as a side benifit.
Anyhow I thought that was pretty cool and just had to pass it on.
Tinkerman
I called the local parts supply house that the battery came from and asked about plastic liners. Long story short, they had plastic boxes for marine use. I bought one of those for less than $12. Had to cut it down though. Figured I would use my dremel tool. Nay, Nay! just melted the plastic. Tried a saw, that worked OK but could only use it for a small area. Was headed to the local hardware to pick up a handle that I could put a hacksaw blade in. When my wife came into the shop and told me to try something. I got that box all cut up using a heat gun and a razor knife, in about 15 min flat! Slick as goose grease. Hardly any finish clean up, as a side benifit.
Anyhow I thought that was pretty cool and just had to pass it on.
Tinkerman
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