I have found using the sandpaper barrel on
the dremel works pretty good getting through the cast to the aluminum
shoe. It also works great on ramping the bars. Actually, its
my favorite accessory for the dremel. When I double cast him and decided
to take them off , the sandpaper barrel really went through the casts
pretty fast if you put pressure on it.
Eleanor suggested that since Asher is in
casts and the weather has been so cold down here that I wrap his
front feet.... What fits over a cast foot? I cut off some jean
legs and slid them over his cast then doubled the left over fabric up the
back of the leg. To make that waterproof, I had some old 45 ml pond
liner that I cut in a rather large circle and placed his jeaned foot/cast in the
center and then pulled the sides up and duct taped that around the pastern. They
stayed on, he stayed dry (we had snow) and warm.
Asher has been in casts for a year......it
used to take me two days to get one off. Now I can take one off and recast
in one day! I like to trim the foot immediately while its still 'soft'.
The secret is in the correct tools. Nippers are wonderful,
sharp rasps are most helpful, I use shrubbery clippers for the heel
to shoe cut and then start peeling the edges with the nippers after all the
rasping to the shoe is done. I love the dremel tool and I've used an angle
grinder on him too but that is too noisy and bulky for me.
Mandy
