I began this project last weekend!
I prepped the patient by removing the small stop at the end of the chart table track. This allowed me to slide the chart table aft, exposing the full top of the icebox.
My surgical tool of choice was a reciprocating saw. I made the initial incision at the inboard aft end of the icebox opening, penetrating to within 1 inch of the icebox edge. The second incision ran at a 45 degree angle inboard to meet at the corner, carving off a V shaped chunk of the top of the box.
And here's where things get interesting - my initial assumptions about the construction were all wrong. I'd assumed the interior sides of the icebox wrapped around the edges of the opening and became the top. Turns out this isn't the case.
The top of the icebox is surprisingly thick, and there's no foam insulation there as I'd expected. Instead, it's made of 3 alternating layers of balsa and fiberglass. Only underneath that does the inner liner fold around over foam walls.
So I had to stop work, as my plan to extract the icebox wasn't going to work this way. I'll probably need a shorter blade for the saw, and maybe even a small jigsaw bit to do cuts around the inside of the liner.
Sorry I don't have any pictures, I was a bit preoccupied with the cutting but I'll post some as soon as I take them.
This is fun!
