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   Keith_C | Jan 25, 2002 10:28pm | #1

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   I use shaped charges to cleanly cut post jacks. Correctly done you can do all 6 at once. C-4 works best and can be purchased online at http://www.bombsupplies.com. I would suggest 1lb. per column, seperated into 3 equal parts and taped to the column midway approx.120 degrees between the 3 charges. Run the detonation wires parallel so that all the charges go off in sequence from column to column. Since you are using such small charges, you should be able to be in the room without undue concern. Have fun.

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   Art_B. | Jan 25, 2002 10:39pm | #2

   *1 lb!!!, Yikes. He wants to cut it, not make shrapnel. Tape that pound to your old camera or computer. Is bombsupply.com run out of Syria or Somalia or Sudan? In a more conventional vein: Try a pipe cutter, or chain type pipe cutter if large column + hammer. Have used masonry cutoff blade in saw in a pinch (ran out of metal disks) and it cut steel, you could probably cut 1/2 way tru from each side that way.

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   Chris_B | Jan 25, 2002 10:43pm | #3

   *Keith: I would use cutting charges at the top and bottom of the columns, then shaped charges to remove the concrete footings. If timed correctly, the columns will fall into the void formerly occupied by the footings, thus avoiding cleanup headaches.

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   Keith_C | Jan 25, 2002 10:44pm | #4

   *Hey ART...did your new camera come yet? Mine should be here today(monday at the latest)

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   Keith_C | Jan 25, 2002 10:48pm | #5

   *Chris..nice touch...however that would require a few more charges, possibly knowledge beyond that of our friend with the hacksaw. Baby steps....

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   ricky_espo | Feb 20, 2002 04:59am | #6

   *A sawzall with a metal cutting blade when your 4" column cutter is on the blink.

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   Mongo_ | Feb 20, 2002 05:20am | #7

   *Allen, I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that, like all of us, you're not licensed to handle explosives.Here's what I do:1) Wrap a piece of paper around the column and use a pencil or marker to define the cut line.2) Put a metal abrasive cutoff blade in your circular saw. Note: the blade is not metal...the blade itself is a black composite...but it's designed to cut metal. The blades are not expensive, they're only a few dollars apiece.3) Wear safety glasses and ear protection.4) I set my saw at about 1" of cutting depth. When I cut, I only cut through the steel...maybe 3/16ths deep? I roll the column across the floor as I cut it. The blade wastes itself, so you may have to stop and reset the saw depth during a cut.5) After the metal sleeve is cut all the way around, whack the waste with a framing hammer of small sledge. The concrete will fracture nicely along the cut line.The process is pretty quick, only a minute or so for each column.

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   Mike_Smith | Feb 20, 2002 06:32am | #8

   *this your first house or your last?.. if it's your first . buy a 4" pipe cutter and use it for the rest of your working career.. if it's your last.. i like the c4

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   michael_rose | Feb 20, 2002 09:24am | #9

   *Rent yourself a pipe cutter. This will do the trick. I've cut 4" galv pipe before with a rented pipe cutter and it's the bomb without the C4. Otherwise, contact your local Lally Dealer. They'll be able to dally a tally quicker than you can say sally.

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   Keith_C | Feb 21, 2002 05:01am | #10

   *Jeez Mongo, just cause I'm not licensed to handle explosives technically, that doesn't mean that I should'nt experiment a little right? I'm sticking with the shaped charges idea. Nothing ventured nothing....blown up.

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   Mongo_ | Feb 21, 2002 08:18am | #11

   *I was unpacking after moving to CT. Since moving here was my final move (for a while, I hope), I unpacked boxes that hadn't been opened for years. In one of my "USAF gear" boxes I found my old stash of 30mm shells from my A-10 flying days. There were a bunch of expended chromed ones received from gunnery competitions. There were a few other expended casings, painted to look like combat-mix rounds. And then...three others....too heavy...what the heck? They were live ones. One training round, one depleted uranium (armor piercing) round, and one HEI (high explosive incendiary) round.After squashing fantasies about what mayhem I could wreak on my neighbor...or, for that matter, anyone within line-of-sight and within 2 miles...I called a National Guard unit (You have WHAT!?) and they sent a weapons crew to come over and pick them up.I vaguely remembered how they came into my possession...and then quickly tried to forget.I do wonder about the couple (never met them, house sold after I moved) that bought my house when I left one Air Force assignment to move overseas. At a party at my house, my Crew Chief for my plane got together with a couple of the weapons boys. The made a "special delivery" of a 500 pound MK-82 bomb. They dumped it in my swimming pool. Fortunately, it was an inert...concrete-filled...but it did make for one helluva conversation piece.Now that's one pre-transaction home inspection report that would have been interesting to read. Fortunately, having a bomb in the swimming pool is not considered to be a deal breaker.

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   Steve_Merrette | Feb 23, 2002 05:24am | #12

   *Oh god I missed you guys!!! I'm wiping the tears away and trying to type as I laugh uncontrollably

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   Mike_Smith | Feb 23, 2002 06:56am | #13

   *steve, pull yourself together , son.. don't go gettin sloppy on us ...

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    Dave_Richeson | Feb 23, 2002 07:37am | #14

    *Damn, Mongo, I thought waking up with a blue practice bomb next to me in my rack was an "ah sh*t", but a 500 pounder in your pool? Guy that made my deposit was the plane captin for an old A-1. Those were some good times.