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Mmmmm....the joy of chopping things in half.
I fully anticipated an interesting entry today, what with the plan to chop the couch to pieces and all associated risks of lost digits and or having a useless pile of scrap wood and upholstery to dispose of.
Chopping the thing in half sounded like a longshot, but it turned out to be a really simple affair. We removed the tacks on the upholstery and pulled it aside, I adjusted my circ saw to make 5/8 inch cuts, made a few strategic slices, polished up the cutting with a backsaw, gave it a few gentle taps with a mallet to make a clean break, and voila. The two half-couches made it easily up the stairs, and were simple to re-attach with a few hurricane braces.
Good as new, or at least as new as it was when we left it last night.
I really wish the thought of slicing it in two like that would have occured to us before we banged the thing to shit trying to get it in whole....