Stud spacing when installing enclosure not enough

JCarsten

Have you seen one?

az_r2d1

All, thanks for the help so far. I borrowed a belt sander from a friend, came with some 50 grit belts and it seems to take off the wood quite well. One small problem is, the belts keep breaking. He said they've been in his (hot) garage for several years so they might just be old and dried out. I need to get some new ones and then I'll continue. I can cover almost everything. Remaining pieces I will probably just chisel away.

tcleve4911

Really !!???

You belt sanded it ???????

Did you even give my idea a try ???

You must have made quite a mess.................

Oh well.... I tried

Some people like to do things the hard way..........

rditz

make sure that the belts don't have a a direction on them... if you put them on in the reverse direction, the will break at the seam.

if the belts are old they will break, been there, done that...

"Did you even give my idea a try ???" I liked your idea a lot.. giving it a bit more thought, if one had a bottle jack that would work in the horizontal position, then you could spread the studs with that and then insert the 14 1/2: cross piece in at the desired location and let the jack off. no hammering or sweat required...

rod

az_r2d1

I checked and the belts are not directional. I figure they are just too old.

YEs, I did consider the 14 1/2 in between studs. I am already dealing with a firewall on top (wires coming in) between the studs, and on the bottom there is electric coming in to the enclosure. Adding the 14 1/2 , fixing drywall, more issues fishing for wires... All in all the sander seems like an easier solution.

loftezy

No, I haven't seen one in person. But this website seems to carry them

http://www.routerbits.com/cgi-router...30849_16327+12

Although, I have no idea if these are intended to be used with handheld routers. Besides, I'm just throwing out ideas to help the guy.

He could also just do a few relief cuts and then use an old fashioned chisel to make the opening wide enough.

Tizzer

What did you use to cut the drywall? I assume you knocked a hole in the wall first to check for wiring. All those cables in your pic is why I ask....

A 1/2" is a lot for a belt sander to remove - I'd had tried a planer.

az_r2d1

This is a 2nd enclosure. The wires on the right are in the first enclosure. Yes, I drilled a hole and checked for wires first.

I cut the drywall with a dremel tool.

tcleve4911

you're nuts.......

I can't believe you're making so much work out of this simple procedure......

Spread the studs!!!!!!

I'd be willing to bet that there's 14-1/2" between the studs at the shoe and the top plate. You've got a bowed stud, that's all.............geez