Re: [BlindHandyMan] talking thermostats
Commented within your original message. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Jim Ruby [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 3:56 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] talking thermostats I am curious about this and I know there is about 4 or 5 of them on the market. I have forced air and central air so I am in need of something like this I believe my thermostat has a 4 wire hookup. I am interested in others that have purchased this or other talking models. I have had the one from Talking Thermostats.com for nearly a year. We like it well, it has been telling me that I need to change my filter and have my furnace serviced for some time now and I haven't got around to figuring out how to stop that message but that only happens when I ask to hear the temperature or status. 1. durability Appears to be fine, only had it about nine months though. 2. accurate Seems to be accurate. 3. clear voice and hopefully nice on the ears as some are tinny or just irritating The speaker is pretty small so only so good but it is clear. 4. easy to use We don't seem to have much trouble using it except that I am pretty stupid about remembering what buttons do what. With all the different remote controls and other devices around here I find my aging brain just doesn't keep all that straight. 5. functionality and expandable / programmable There are two sets of programming available, week-day and week-end and within eack of those there are four programmes so you can turn the temperature up, down then up and down again in each cycle or the other way around. 6 other things I forgot. The device can be removed from the wall to be programmed from the comfort of an easy chair. Thanks for your input/thoughts. You are welcome. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Geoff Eden Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 11:22 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] talking thermostats I just bought the Calvin talking thermostat, and apart from learning my way through the four daily programs, I find it's excellent value for $149 US it is a full-featured thermostat and has the added advantage of being able to receive raise or lower temperature commands by voice. It comes with a CD that is full of well constructed audio instructions. I picked it up from independent living aids and apart from the costs I had to incur getting it over the border, I'm very pleased. Geoff [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.5/405 - Release Date: 1/08/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Barefoot mowing
I had to look up Chiggers on the Web! We don't appear to have that particular form of nasty up here. I wonder too at the apparent quantity of frolics down there? Think I will stick with our bears and moose! I know how to deal with them. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: clifford [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 4:59 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Barefoot mowing Dear Cy: I have had the experience of having chigger bites in sensitive parts, but have you ever frolicked in a gravel road or path? Yours Truly, Clifford Wilson - Original Message - From: Cy Selfridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 6:36 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Barefoot mowing Clifford, My good friend, somehow I do not think that you have ever had a chigger bite you where you might want to frolic. (LOL) When I moved back to Oklahoma in 1993 I was re-inoculated by the friendly chiggers. Around my waistband it looked like I had a double wreath of large grapes. I had welts which were a good 3/4 inch across all around my poor body. (LOL) Now, at that time I did not see the humor in all that. Yup, you could rool in the grass if you wish but, for me, I think not. (smile - scratch, scratch) Cy, the Ancient Okie... -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of clifford Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 10:59 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Barefoot mowing Dear Robert: Rocking on is a short time solution. In this area of the country, soils tend to be acidic and applying lime is a necessary requirement in order to obtain a good stand of grass. Instead of lime, one can cover the area with lime stone/gravel and given enough time, a nice stand of grass or volunteer weeds will appear. This approach does yield a firm lawn, where vehicular traffic will not mar up, mowing can be a problem if the blades are too low or the ground is uneven, as you will get a shower of stones when the mower picks up the underlying gravel. One other issue should be pointed out, and that is your lady friends will not enjoy frolicking in the gravel. Grass, according to reports, is a much more friendly environment for socializing, even with the chiggers. Yours Truly, Clifford Wilson - Original Message - From: Robert J. Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 1:27 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Barefoot mowing All right now listen up close. I have the salution to mowing the yard. Pick up the phone and find the nearest gravel yard and have them come out with the appropriate amount of what ever type of rock you would like to replace your grass with. Rock on. To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links __ NOD32 1.1693 (20060805) Information __ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.5/407 - Release Date: 8/3/2006 To listen to the show archives
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Accessible OBD-II unit
I don't know anything about that Trouble but I can tell you that I used to live near a Petro Can refinery at Taylor near Fort St. John in BC and we used to see tankers with all labels, Esso, Shell and of course Petro Can filling up at the same loading docks. If, in fact there are additives as all of the advertising would have us believe the driver must keep them under his seat because it all begins from the same refinery. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Trouble [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 7:33 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Accessible OBD-II unit All I can say about the gas is its not always what the pump says. Before I lost sight. I got the privilege of working in a gas station that moved lots of gas. At that time it was a Sohio named station witch turned BP. Some nights I was the hang around guy. Witch meant I waited for a after hours drop of gas, and this I do know all stations do it! Now depending on how much the truck has to what tank is low the most. Because when they get these drops its always a tank full or almost full. Still the same the gas goes in no matter if its low test to high, tank gets filled. Now your more company ran stations don't do this as much, but do it still. The problem we had at the station was we moved so much gas. That it didn't matter what pump said all pumps had same gas just different prices. Now some station are better at keeping same in tank as comes out, but like the one I was at gas was gas. Oh and they call these boot leg drops. Just ask your station manager, and if he coughs, ignores you or laughs. You know they are getting drops for sure. At 10:28 AM 8/5/2006, you wrote: Hi, Well I no for sure that I need these spark plugs because every time I put something else in there I get something weird wrong with my car. I read a form on line that state this and that's why I have been using them every since. This is what the manufacture put in the car when it comes from the factory. Before they put those spark plugs in my car I couldn't even tell if my car was running. Now I can tell for sure. I'm sure it's not the gas because I'm using a well known gas station which is not owned by forners Otis Blue [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web site: http://www.computerguydirect.com Voice: 414-461-8885 Fax: 414-461-8856 Skype: blueboy402 -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Trouble Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 7:58 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Accessible OBD-II unit Not sure about them, but do know they got accessible software for laptops. All you need is connections for type of car. The software ain't cheap by no means, and have thought about getting it, but not doing those kind of repairs anymore. On some cars if you take the keys and turn them all the way on then back to accessories position. The car starts to beep a code out. This code can be found in manual for what beeps mean. But if your car is shaking at stops. You might want to check the type of gas cheap crap will do this, or maybe timing. As far as spark plugs go. As long as they are rated for the car in use they are just fine. Remember with some name is all your buying. At 04:35 PM 8/4/2006, you wrote: Hi, Could someone tell me if there's an accessible portable diagnostic machine for diagnosing car problems? I'm thinking of purchasing one of those OBD-II machines which helps diagnosing car problems. I would really appreciate some info on this. Otis Blue [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web site: http://www.computerguydirect.com Voice: 414-461-8885 Fax: 414-461-8856 Skype: blueboy402 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links Tim trouble Blindeudora list owner. To subscribe or info: http://www.freelists.org/webpage/blindeudora To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml
Re: [BlindHandyMan] home remodeling ideas
The joists then are probably on 24 inch centers. Depending a little on how many partitions are under, 2 by 8 should be quite good. Commonly the sub floor is made of tongue and grooved 5/8th plywood which comes in 4 by 8 foot sheets. I doubt you will be able to get them through the trap door. You may be able to buy planks of ship which has a rabbet along the edges which you nail through to the joist overlapping each piece. You may even be able to buy tongue groove. Traditionally such planks are nailed down diagonally across the joists. If you are going to live in the space then you will either want to bring heat into it or remove the insulation to permit heat to rise into the space. You will then want to keep that heat from contacting the under side of the roof decking unless you live in a moderate climate. Because there is an air conditioner I am guessing you will want to insulate against heat on the roof from heating that space, either way you will need to maintain air circulation under the roof decking. You can leave the insulation over the ceiling for it's sound properties and if you are just using the space for storage then it won't matter much. You may like to bring some more electricity up there, lots of people like to run a radio shack from their attic or model trains, things like that. Have fun! Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Shawn Keen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 9:19 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] home remodeling ideas Okay, I had another look. What do they have for a floor up there now? a board that's probably about 3 foot wide and 8 feet long. that's a guestament. the beams up there are 2 by 8. Only the space just beyond the ladder and too the air conditioning unit is covered right now. Generally you wouldn't be able to get sheets of plywood up through the trap door so you will need to use plank construction. One trouble though is nailing, the joists are probably only 2 by 4 and not rigid enough, hammering and moving about particularly over wider spans like a living room will probably cause movement and cracks in the ceiling plaster or screws or nails to pop. Just guessing but I think the beams up there are about 3 feet apart. I didn't look at all of them but the ones around the opening were. You could screw or use a power nailer. Oh for-sure, . grin screws all the way. Guess I'll be making a trip to home depot next weekend. I just want to get a surface to walk on in place then I can tackle the rest of it. To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.7/409 - Release Date: 4/08/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Removing Deck Screws
The screws probably have some rust on them sticking them firmly to the wood which is why you can't move them. You may be able to grab some with a good pair of channel lock or vice grip type plyer and work them out if they do not break off. My suggestion would be to turn maybe an eighth of an rotation first out then in a few times to see if you can break them loose. If you cannot get a firm grip of the head, and usually the screw driver won't let you then could try one of those easy out tools where you drill a hole into the center of the screw then bang a hard steel tap into the hole and try extracting the screw with a wrench. You might also have success with a percussion tool either the sort where you put the driver onto the screw and bang down with a hammer or, you can by electric and of course pneumatic drivers, the sort mechanics use in the garage. You are likely to break several off. I would be tempted to remove the offending screws if possible and replace them either with stainless nails which can be smacked down any time you need to tighten them up or stainless screws, particularly if the boards are likely to twist. Twisting boards though are likely to just pull themselves apart if fixed firmly enough by screw. Hope this gives you a few ideas. You might be able to work a drop of oil along side a screw, probably something like linseed oil to minimize any staining. Don't know if it would help but might work along the threads and make it a little easier to move at least some of the screws. You might want to dip the replacements in a little oil too before putting them in although over the years it probably wouldn't matter much. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Edward Przybylek [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: BlindHandyManList blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2006 6:16 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Removing Deck Screws Hi all, Several years ago, some friends and I added a deck to the back of my home. The deck floor is made of pressure treated 2X6's and the deck structure is made of 4X4's and 2X10's. The whole mess is held together with 4-inch deck screws and an assortment of nuts, bolts and washers. Over time the wood has shrunk and some of the screwheads are protruding above the deck floor. I've tried to screw them in but to no avail. I then tried to unscrew them thinking I could back them out and then screw them in again. Still no luck. Anyone got any ideas of what to do to get the screws in or out? Any help greatly appreciated. Take care, Ed Przybylek To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.1/389 - Release Date: 14/07/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] home remodeling ideas
If you are able to get a couple of planks up there, three quarters plywood or 2 by 8 or 2 by 10 planks so you can get your weight well distributed across five or six of the 2 by 4 stringers should work fine. You won't come through the ceiling so long as you stay on the planks and by distributing your weight over several of the joists, say 6 at a time a 200 pound man is only applying about 34 lb. per joist. There are probably additional slopers if this is a truss based roof which are also relieving some of the load. If there is already insulation filling the bays I suggest you run the additional insulation bats across the joists to further fill over any gaps and further limit thermal bridging through the joists. Don't forget to leave ventilation space at the eves so air can flow up over the underside of the roof decking Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 9:45 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] home remodeling ideas I'm in the same situation as I find that the insolation in my attic must be under done. I thought of 2x 8 ft halves of ply but crossing that 20x 14 ft above the livingroom was nearly doomed to crack plaster while I lay out bats of insolation. How do we cover this? for material and personal safety? On Sun, 6 Aug 2006, Shawn Keen wrote: Okay, I had another look. What do they have for a floor up there now? a board that's probably about 3 foot wide and 8 feet long. that's a guestament. the beams up there are 2 by 8. Only the space just beyond the ladder and too the air conditioning unit is covered right now. Generally you wouldn't be able to get sheets of plywood up through the trap door so you will need to use plank construction. One trouble though is nailing, the joists are probably only 2 by 4 and not rigid enough, hammering and moving about particularly over wider spans like a living room will probably cause movement and cracks in the ceiling plaster or screws or nails to pop. Just guessing but I think the beams up there are about 3 feet apart. I didn't look at all of them but the ones around the opening were. You could screw or use a power nailer. Oh for-sure, . grin screws all the way. Guess I'll be making a trip to home depot next weekend. I just want to get a surface to walk on in place then I can tackle the rest of it. To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.7/409 - Release Date: 4/08/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just
Re: [BlindHandyMan] home remodeling ideas
Joists refer to horizontal structural members. They are the planks set on edge under a floor or over a ceiling. It gets a little complicated because when talking of a roof frame, the more or less triangular structures now commonly used and known as trusses will call the horizontal members stringers or something else. It is very unusual to have 2 by 8 as the joists over a ceiling except between the stories of a multi-storied home and usually those will be 2 by 10 or more. In a ceiling, 24 inch centres are not unusual even with 2 by 4 construction and these days with engineered trusses there may not even be 2 by 4. Partitions are the walls which separate rooms. The wall between kitchen and livingroom usually provides support for a ceiling particularly if it runs perpendicular to the ceiling joists. Often they are weight bearing walls and should not be removed or if modified, should be reinforced across the tops of doors to help support the weight above. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Shawn Keen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 3:32 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] home remodeling ideas Just so I am using the right terminology are Joist the 2 by 8 boards that go across the sealing or the floor of the attic.? Also what are partitions? - Original Message - From: Dale Leavens [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 1:57 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] home remodeling ideas The joists then are probably on 24 inch centers. Depending a little on how many partitions are under, 2 by 8 should be quite good. Commonly the sub floor is made of tongue and grooved 5/8th plywood which comes in 4 by 8 foot sheets. I doubt you will be able to get them through the trap door. You may be able to buy planks of ship which has a rabbet along the edges which you nail through to the joist overlapping each piece. You may even be able to buy tongue groove. Traditionally such planks are nailed down diagonally across the joists. If you are going to live in the space then you will either want to bring heat into it or remove the insulation to permit heat to rise into the space. You will then want to keep that heat from contacting the under side of the roof decking unless you live in a moderate climate. Because there is an air conditioner I am guessing you will want to insulate against heat on the roof from heating that space, either way you will need to maintain air circulation under the roof decking. You can leave the insulation over the ceiling for it's sound properties and if you are just using the space for storage then it won't matter much. You may like to bring some more electricity up there, lots of people like to run a radio shack from their attic or model trains, things like that. Have fun! Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Shawn Keen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 9:19 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] home remodeling ideas Okay, I had another look. What do they have for a floor up there now? a board that's probably about 3 foot wide and 8 feet long. that's a guestament. the beams up there are 2 by 8. Only the space just beyond the ladder and too the air conditioning unit is covered right now. Generally you wouldn't be able to get sheets of plywood up through the trap door so you will need to use plank construction. One trouble though is nailing, the joists are probably only 2 by 4 and not rigid enough, hammering and moving about particularly over wider spans like a living room will probably cause movement and cracks in the ceiling plaster or screws or nails to pop. Just guessing but I think the beams up there are about 3 feet apart. I didn't look at all of them but the ones around the opening were. You could screw or use a power nailer. Oh for-sure, . grin screws all the way. Guess I'll be making a trip to home depot next weekend. I just want to get a surface to walk on in place then I can tackle the rest of it. To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Are there any microphones that work?
Can you make the headphone work as a mike? One should even in a stereo set. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Max Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 7:52 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Are there any microphones that work? yes, Dale, there are two separate plugs. Regards. Max. K 4 O D S. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net. Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net. Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com. To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Dale Leavens [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 10:24 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Are there any microphones that work? You have a bad microphone! Actually one test though not a nice one is to plug the mike into an earphone outlet. Be gentle with the volume control but you should hear sounds from it much like you would the earphone side of the circuit. I assume there are two jacks, one each for headphone and mike. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Max Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 7:01 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Are there any microphones that work? Well, I did the usual thing and didn't give much detail. The mic plug is a 1/8 T R S, what some call a stereo plug. I assume the microphone is connected between the tip and the ring. I have a Mackie mixer which has T R S jacks on it. They are 1/4 inch but I have an adapter. When I plug into the mixer, nothing. Does that mean this mic is bad too and I should take it back? I have gone into the mixer software on my computer and unmuted the mic channel and turned up the gain. When I do that I can hear the white noise from the preamp on the sound card. There is nothing from the mic except a little pop when I plug it in. Regards. Max. K 4 O D S. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net. Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net. Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com. To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: John Schwery [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 6:04 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Are there any microphones that work? Max, I have been able to plug in mics that have standard mini jacks, 1/8-in plugs, into sound cards that I have had through the years and they have worked. I know some sounds cards have rca plugs and others have different size jacks other than the 1/8-in plug. earlier, Max Robinson, wrote: I'm not one to be stumped about things like this but I'm forced to throw in the towel and ask for help. A couple of weeks ago I bought a head set with a microphone at Staples. The mic wouldn't work with my computer. Then I found it wouldn't work with my mixer, a tape recorder, or a portable PA speaker. Concluding the mic was bad I took it back. Today I bought another head set at Wal-Mart. Upon testing I find that it doesn't work with anything I plug it into. The odds of getting two bad mics in a row are pretty small although possible. Does anybody have any theories, S W A G s, or shots in the dark? Regards. Max. K 4 O D S. To subscribe to my group send an email to, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Antique electronics site: http://www.funwithtubes.net. Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com. To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links John To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show
Re: [BlindHandyMan] How to Operate a Snow Blower
I have a man come with a big tractor and for twenty-five bucks he can remove 3 feet of newly fallen from our doublewide hundred foot driveway in about 10 minutes while puffing a doobie without leaving his heated cab.He will do this about 40 times for the price of a snow blower and I will enjoy no service costs, equipment storage, fuel purchasing and hauling and I don't have to loose any time from my work shop. Best of all, neither do I have to get up early or postpone supper. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Dan Rossi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 7:28 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] How to Operate a Snow Blower For using radios in a noisy environment, such as having your better half guide you via radio while snow blowing, you may want to consider using small ear-bud head phones and then putting large ear protection muffs over the top. The ear protection will reduce the amount of noise so that you can hear the ear buds. Later. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: (412) 268-9081 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.10.7/410 - Release Date: 5/08/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] How to tune a Satellite Dish
You can tune a dish and you can tune a piano but you can't tuna fish. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Loren buntemeyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2006 11:10 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] How to tune a Satellite Dish I purchased a few years ago a headset with a tone modulator that would start making a tone when you had the dish lined up with the satellite. It made things simple and could be done by a blind person. The more in line you had the dish, the higher the pitch was. You could buy them from your local company, but that took away business. I purchased it from OPM satellite on line. Loren - Original Message - From: Ray Boyce [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2006 12:37 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] How to tune a Satellite Dish Hi Your new dish is installed, and now you just need to get that antenna tuned for perfect reception and the maximum number of channels! Steps: 1. Ensure that your satellite antenna meets three conditions: The line-of-sight view to the particular satellite is free of obstacles and obstructions that will block the incoming signal to the antenna; the mast supporting the antenna is rigidly mounted and level; and the reflector part of the satellite antenna (the dish) is not warped. 2. Adjust the antenna reflector azimuth angle to the position given by the manufacturer for that particular satellite. This adjustment is the east-west movement of the reflector on the mount and is given in azimuth degrees. 3. Adjust the elevation-look angle to the position given by the manufacturer of the satellite of interest. This adjustment is from the horizon to the sky and is given as elevation in degrees from that point. These two degrees form the orbit degree slot or window of the satellite to be received by your antenna. 4. Ensure that the antenna signal line is connected to the receiver and the receiver is turned on and positioned on a beacon channel (a beacon channel is a channel being transmitted from the satellite to allow you to peak your antenna to it). 5. Begin tuning by slowly moving the reflector first to the east in one-degree increments for a total of three degrees, then in the opposite direction (west) while monitoring the receiver's signal meter. 6. Peak the signal to the highest scale at this point. Peaking the signal using a signal meter is most recommended due to the meter's signal sensitivity. 7. Snug the antenna azimuth adjustment slightly on the mount once the signal level is maximized. 8. Perform the same procedure as in steps 4 through 6, using the elevation adjustment first up and then down for peaking. Snug the antenna elevation at this point. 9. Ground the antenna and the signal line entrance into the residence to electrical code standards. To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.10.7/410 - Release Date: 5/08/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show
Re: [BlindHandyMan] How to Operate a Snow Blower
I suppose one could instal electronic guiding wires and independent clutching for the drive wheels and have a robotic or at least an automated blower. Comes back to similar methods for lawn cutting. Gas jets with electronic ignition might provide another option. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Cy Selfridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2006 3:53 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] How to Operate a Snow Blower Tom, You know what? Sometimes you just simply can not do what sharp eyes can do regardless of how sophisticated your electronics are. (LOL) Cy, the Ancient Okie -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Fowle Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2006 10:35 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] How to Operate a Snow Blower robert, Lots of time and research effort have been spent over the years on methods of navigating like following a straight line etc. in small ish spaces. Not much usefull has come of it. Audible beacons might work but you probably wouldn't hear them over the blower unless you ran them at rock concert levels and your neighbors would justifiably object. Radio frequency direction finding just isn't that accurate. You could put up talking signs' transmitters at the corners of the area to be covered and wear one of their glasses mounted receivers, then follow the infrared beams to get the edges, but this again won't work to cover an entire area. some kind of computer with camera on your shoulder might do the trick, but it'd have to be build to nasa standards to stand the cold. sorry, these kinds of ideas aren't new, it is sometimes just hard to do what eyes do so easilly. tom Net-Tamer V 1.13 Beta - Registered To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.10.9/416 - Release Date: 8/10/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.10.9/417 - Release Date: 11/08/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Possible Project: Navigating Bios with Jaws
Hi Victor, I don't remember if I got a message through to you on this or not, I remember trying while on vacation but for some reason my ISP wouldn't forward messages from remote locations although I was able to read everything. One thing I have never understood about this problem which has come up on various lists I belong to from time-to-time is why it is necessary to read the BIOS at boot-up at all. Because all of the values of the BIOS are stored in CMOS in very particular locations and because there are only limited numbers of BIOS producers most should be able to be queried from a standard Windows application. It would be necessary to know what the significance of various bytes are, and many need to be set as bit values. In deed some are even flipped when examined so one would need some knowledge of this but that is all available. BIOS upgrades are occasionally available over the Web which must mean that the manufacturers are able to modify BIOS on a machine, therefore so can anyone. I have fiddled with doing some BIOS reading and writing way back in the distant past under DOS, silly things like poking values into the time registers and on an old Sharp 7000 portable, changing the back light of the display but so far as I can tell the principle remains the same. One would have to gather specifications on the various BIOS implementations but I don't believe there are very many these days. Anyway, I hope this gives you some more ideas of paths to pursue. If I have already written on this subject, sorry to have done so again. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Victor Gouveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: jaws-users@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 12:46 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Possible Project: Navigating Bios with Jaws Hi all, I am sending this post to multiple lists because some of you belong to some lists that others don't, so in order to maximise this message's potential, I am doing so. A friend of mine posed a question to another list about the possibility of navigating the bios screen and the CMOS settings using Jaws, and while some people said that it couldn't be done, there was one response that sort of intrigued me. The response is as follows: *** I know someone that has made a card that if you have two computers you can read your bios on one of those computers. You must have an external synthesizer. *** This sounds intriguing because of two things. One, I had thought about this kind of set-up using an external synthesizer, albeit without the second computer. I don't see why it couldn't be done to have the external synth getting output directly from the screen, in a way that allows the external synth to capture the video before the actual monitor does. The second reason is that if someone could develop this, it would help a great many people become more independent, not to mention computer professionals who can't get fully into the business without sighted help because of simple things like setting the BIOS and CMOS settings. I have decided to take on this task, but I find I have some problems with this sort of endeavour. For one, I am not an engineer, by any stretch of the imagination, so the development of the hardware would have to come via some other method. Secondly, I don't do programming, in any language. Yes, I have done up some web pages in my time, using Front Page, but that was relatively easy since I had used templates already available through the program. In essence, if there is a modification that would have to be done to Jaws scripts or anything like that, that, too, would have to come from somewhere else. While I am quite knowledgeable about computers and their functioning, there are a few things I am at a loss to do, and my brother, while a genius with hardware set-up, deciphering the intricacies of various programs and other computer related things, he would have to be a genius considering he and I sell the damn things, the two of us are not anywhere near smart enough to put something like this together, so my proposal is this... I am asking for help, any kind of help, whether it be on the hardware side of it, the programming side of it, idea side of it, or even, the testing side of it, I will accept all comers. I would need to know your qualifications, in other words, how you think you can contribute, how far you are willing to go with this help and if it would be possible to contact you over the telephone. I should note, that there is no money involved. My brother are investing our own time and money into this endeavour, and when completed, we do not intend to sell it to anyone. In fact, if we can manage it, we intend to provide people with the ability to install any equipment or software
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Possible Project: Navigating Bios with Jaws
You are almost certainly more informed than i on this subject, my only point about BIOS upgrades though is that it is possible to rewrite the CMOS. That means that it is accessible through software. Remembering that all one really wants to do is read and write those few dynamic bytes available it seems to me that there has to be other ways besides those offered through the set-up before software is loaded. Some of the functions are available through other methods like the methods for setting date and time. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Trouble [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 8:49 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Possible Project: Navigating Bios with Jaws Well Dale you can up grade the bios, but that is what is called a flash up grade. its almost like a blind faith kind of up grade, because you put the floppy in and the box reboots using that floppy. Wile putting the bios in a dead mode. everything is on the floppy now and bios chip is being rewrote. Bad thing is if bios flash stops or is not right upgrade for bios. You are really screwed. Because the board will not either boot and you can't undo what you did. Have to put a new CMOS chip in the board and start over. Like using a tech shop for that, because if they mess up they bought the board and replace. There are two things that would make working in the bios a snap. A talking bios like some assues boards have, but they only do stats for now, and something to capture video output. So things can be reviewed and changed as needed. One guy came out with a capture card, but the price was way over my head for it to be any use to me, and only worked on 486 and under. Another thing that would be nice is if they take out all the old crap in there. On todays box you still got settings in bios for a 286 box. The one area in software that has not came up like the boxes. At 11:21 PM 8/13/2006, you wrote: Hi Victor, I don't remember if I got a message through to you on this or not, I remember trying while on vacation but for some reason my ISP wouldn't forward messages from remote locations although I was able to read everything. One thing I have never understood about this problem which has come up on various lists I belong to from time-to-time is why it is necessary to read the BIOS at boot-up at all. Because all of the values of the BIOS are stored in CMOS in very particular locations and because there are only limited numbers of BIOS producers most should be able to be queried from a standard Windows application. It would be necessary to know what the significance of various bytes are, and many need to be set as bit values. In deed some are even flipped when examined so one would need some knowledge of this but that is all available. BIOS upgrades are occasionally available over the Web which must mean that the manufacturers are able to modify BIOS on a machine, therefore so can anyone. I have fiddled with doing some BIOS reading and writing way back in the distant past under DOS, silly things like poking values into the time registers and on an old Sharp 7000 portable, changing the back light of the display but so far as I can tell the principle remains the same. One would have to gather specifications on the various BIOS implementations but I don't believe there are very many these days. Anyway, I hope this gives you some more ideas of paths to pursue. If I have already written on this subject, sorry to have done so again. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Victor Gouveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: jaws-users@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 12:46 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Possible Project: Navigating Bios with Jaws Hi all, I am sending this post to multiple lists because some of you belong to some lists that others don't, so in order to maximise this message's potential, I am doing so. A friend of mine posed a question to another list about the possibility of navigating the bios screen and the CMOS settings using Jaws, and while some people said that it couldn't be done, there was one response that sort of intrigued me. The response is as follows: *** I know someone that has made a card that if you have two computers you can read your bios on one of those computers. You must have an external synthesizer. *** This sounds intriguing because of two things. One, I had thought about this kind of set-up using an external synthesizer, albeit without the second computer. I don't see why it couldn't be done to have the external synth getting output directly from the screen, in a way that allows the external
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Tired, so tired.
Are you going to use sonotube to form up your footings? I didn't hear of any joist hangers. You will probably want to embed the post fixing brackets directly into the top of your cement posts and a heavy box of nails! You aren't nearly finished packing gear. Do you plan to mix up all of those bags of concrete by hand in a barrow or will you haul a mixer up those stairs? And back down again!! You might consider investing in a big conveyer belt or maybe one of those tracked Dingo's to climb up those stairs bearing loads. I believe a new one is just around thirteen thousand dollars. Actually even with four of you carrying those bags of cement you made pretty good time. I unloaded a dozen last autumn from a pallet up into my shed because I didn't trust the tarp to keep them dry, only five steps and about thirty feet and I had had enough. There isn't any reasonable way to carry the beggars except to heave them over your shoulder and even then they are hard to hang on to after about the third one. By six or eight it gets really tough to get them up to your shoulder. Well it does for a little guy like me. You will probably discover that wrestling with a powered post hole auger is quite a challenge too. It is all character building. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] How to Install Joist Hangers for a Deck
Believe me, it is much easier to attach the hangers to the ledger first and then just drop the joist into the hanger. To align them to the top of the ledger board it is helpful to use a short scrap of the correct dimension, that is to say a three or four inch length of 2 by 8 or 2 by 10 or what ever you are using for joists. The best way of course is to instal the hangers on the ledger before you mount the ledger to the wall. I think that Dan has already made his mounting holes though so he may not be able to instal all of the hangers before mounting the ledger. by the way Dan, there are double joist hangers just in case you didn't know that. The last time I built a deck was before hangers were commonly available. I assembled the joist structure on the ground by nailing through the rim joist then wrestled the beggar into place. I did not attach that one to the building though. When I built this addition I nailed the joists into place through the hangers and into the rim by directing the nails in on an angle. The thought was that this would help drive the joist end snug to the rim and hold it there. By nailing from both sides the spreading direction would theoretically make removal more difficult. Don't know why that should matter really but it seemed like a good idea at the time. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Loren buntemeyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 10:21 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] How to Install Joist Hangers for a Deck I would install the joist hangers on the joist before the ledger. It is hard nailing a bracket to a joist in mid air. When you nail the bracket to the ledger it's solid. This also allows you to make the floor edge of the joist all even with a tight string line. Loren - Original Message - From: Dale Leavens [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 10:51 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] How to Install Joist Hangers for a Deck For the blind I recommend measuring and cutting some spacers. They should be clearly identified so sighted people and blind ones too don't throw them away. These spacers should be cut the length of the distance between joists on 16 inch centers. In theory this should be 14 and a half inches but in my experience it is usually closer to 14 and a quarter. When using joist hangers it may be necessary to allow a little for them too and I have found it useful to double check and allow for a little drift particularly where spacing is more critical such as behind 4 by 8 sheets, I think it may be because dimensional lumber isn't all that precise. It can be helpful to attach a longer piece like a length of 2 by 4 to one edge so the spacer can be hung on the ledger or edge joist for easier positioning. Make one for each end it is a bit like having another pair of hands when aligning your joists. They also help a lot in keeping joists vertical and if necessary to persuade a certain amount of twist out of less than fully dry timber. TIP: Don't jam the spacer in too tight it can be a bear to get out. TIP: 2 by 4 spacers can be useful in exactly the same way for constructing walls and occasionally get left behind and difficult for the blind to locate once the wall is erected. TIP: It can be useful to very precisely cut a length of strapping exactly 4 feet long for verifying accurate centers particularly for walls where sheeting will be installed. Be aware that sighted helpers also find 4 foot lengths useful for scrap or temporary braces so they tend to disappear. Remember that the first member is not always 16 inches on center but 16 inches center from the edge, actually 15 and a quarter to center. This need not be true in deck construction where 4 foot panels are to be installed but it does become important when installing things like siding or drywall. Often a series of templates will prove to be more durable than braille measuring devices on the building site always supposing they remain locatable. Folding carpenters rulers seem to find themselves under boots or knees. I also like to instal a series of spacers between the joists part way along their span. This substantially stiffens up the structure at very little cost. Traditionally 'X' braces are used but I am a little too lazy for that and it requires much more precision Hopefully you will find some small pearls in this Dan. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Boyce, Ray [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 5:54 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] How to Install Joist
Re: [BlindHandyMan] How to Install Joist Hangers for a Deck
The location of your lags doesn't really matter much. This is particularly true in your application where the ledger is essentially sitting on the shoulder of the basement. Lags don't get a lot of purchase in the end grain of your house joists. If heads end up behind joist hangers then just counter sink them enough for clearance. Did your building code specify how many lag bolts and what sort are required? Did they specify you had to penetrate through your brick work into the rim of the house? I would have thought that simply setting them into sufficient steel shields in the masonry would have been fully adequate.Going all the way through the brick and air space and on into the rim joist and through to a floor joist, man you are running a very long bolt most of which isn't doing anything. That is true, when you own a home you become intimate with your iron monger. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Dan Rossi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 4:51 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] How to Install Joist Hangers for a Deck I had hung a ledger board on the wall but pulled it down again. I basically was winging it a bit and made sure the two holes I put in didn't conflict with internal house joists. I figured I would just make sure I had one bolt per internal house joist and then just hang the external joists wherever, having them cover the bolts if necessary. Teresa seemed to be getting pretty upset with me believing I was being to casual and I should have a much better plan. So I tore down the ledger board, mapped out where every internal house joist is, where every external deck joist will go, and then marked where the bolts could fit between. They aren't on 16 inch centers anymore they range from 12 to 20 inches apart but the right number of them will be in the ledger and none of them will fall behind a deck joist. It made her happy. Yeah, I picked up a double joist hanger but forgot to pick up some corner brackets to attach the first and last joists. Not like I won't be back to a hardware store 72 more times anyway. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: (412) 268-9081 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.10.9/417 - Release Date: 11/08/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Cutting a curve
Do you have a router? Using the same technique and a straight cutting router bit measure from the cutting edge of the router bit to the pivot point and off you go. You may find it helpful to form a sort of box like an open ended wrench to settle the router base into for additional security and if at all thick you should probably do it in a couple of passes of increasing depth but it does do a superb job. If you have a router table and enough room you can make a jig like that often used for a band saw and do it that way as well. Finally of course you can use a jig saw but it will not make as sweet a cut. I have not had much luck mounting the shoe plate to a stick and it is necessary that the leading edge of the blade is kept pretty well in line with the pivot point but if the guiding board is wide enough to keep the shoe easily parallel with it's end then this can work well too. I have used both a jig saw and a router for that sort of task but prefer the router. I think in your situation I would first cut the plywood in half so as to preserve the unnecessary cut. How thick a sheet are you cutting and why that size? Inquiring minds want to know. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Dan Rossi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: BlindHandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 5:02 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Cutting a curve So, what would be the easiest or actually most accurate way of cutting a quarter circle out of a sheet of ply? Actually, a half circle will work also. Since the radius of the circle is 3 feet 10.5 inches, diameter of 7 feet 9 inches, this fits nicely into a 4X8 sheet. I have an idea of just making a strip of wood and somehow mounting a jig saw on one end of it. Then driving a nail through the pivot point exactly 3 feet 10.5 inches from the near side of the saw blade and then driving the nail into the sheet somewhere pretty close to dead center near one long edge of the sheet. Since I don't have a jig saw at the moment I am not sure how easy it will be to mount the shoe of the saw to a strip of wood. Is this the way to do this? Thanks. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: (412) 268-9081 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.10.9/417 - Release Date: 11/08/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] How to Install Joist Hangers for a Deck
Oh I understand now , I never thought of nailing sideways like that, more on a diagonal something like toenailing. Gives a lot more meet to pound the nails into and drives the joist tight to the rim or ledger. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Loren buntemeyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Blind Handyman blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 7:46 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] How to Install Joist Hangers for a Deck Well, I will explain why it is easier to install the brackets to the joist first. Especially, doing it yourself. If you have the brackets on the ledger board, have the joist in position, and try to nail the joist to the bracket, the joist is not solid and wants to move around easily. You spend your time and strength trying to hold the board your nailing. The brackets are also not very strong with sideways hammering pressure. If you nail the brackets on the joist ends first, you can place them on a solid surface making it easier to hammer. You can sit on the ground if you like. The deck I built was one story high, so I set one end of the joist on the already built beam and held the joist with a bracket on my shoulder at the ledger board. Line up the top or floor edge of the joist and start a nail into the solid ledger. Use a square for the first joist making it square with your ledger board and checking your height. As the joist are never the same width, Doing it this way will allow you to make all top edges even for your floor. As I continue down the line nailing, I use a square cut spacer with a 2 by 4 screwed on top that hangs on the floor joist. This gives me the right spacing and all I have to do is adjust the height of the joist before nailing. Nailing to the ledger last, gives you another solid base and gives you a full swing with your hammer. If you nail from the side, you only have 14.5 inches for your hammer. Hope this was clear. Loren - Original Message - From: Dale Leavens [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 6:25 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] How to Install Joist Hangers for a Deck Believe me, it is much easier to attach the hangers to the ledger first and then just drop the joist into the hanger. To align them to the top of the ledger board it is helpful to use a short scrap of the correct dimension, that is to say a three or four inch length of 2 by 8 or 2 by 10 or what ever you are using for joists. The best way of course is to instal the hangers on the ledger before you mount the ledger to the wall. I think that Dan has already made his mounting holes though so he may not be able to instal all of the hangers before mounting the ledger. by the way Dan, there are double joist hangers just in case you didn't know that. The last time I built a deck was before hangers were commonly available. I assembled the joist structure on the ground by nailing through the rim joist then wrestled the beggar into place. I did not attach that one to the building though. When I built this addition I nailed the joists into place through the hangers and into the rim by directing the nails in on an angle. The thought was that this would help drive the joist end snug to the rim and hold it there. By nailing from both sides the spreading direction would theoretically make removal more difficult. Don't know why that should matter really but it seemed like a good idea at the time. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Loren buntemeyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 10:21 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] How to Install Joist Hangers for a Deck I would install the joist hangers on the joist before the ledger. It is hard nailing a bracket to a joist in mid air. When you nail the bracket to the ledger it's solid. This also allows you to make the floor edge of the joist all even with a tight string line. Loren - Original Message - From: Dale Leavens [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 10:51 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] How to Install Joist Hangers for a Deck For the blind I recommend measuring and cutting some spacers. They should be clearly identified so sighted people and blind ones too don't throw them away. These spacers should be cut the length of the distance between joists on 16 inch centers. In theory this should be 14 and a half inches but in my experience it is usually closer to 14 and a quarter. When using joist hangers it may be necessary to allow a little for them too and I have found it useful
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Cutting a curve
I am not sure I understand how the deck boards will hide the hardware. Do you plan on bending them or do you plan on attaching short vertical lengths to dress up the edge? If the latter then why not create two arcs to fit into the ends of the joists and just use them to attach the decorative vertical pieces. If you intend to bend a 1 by 10 even with a few kerf cuts I suggest you pull it in stages over several days. Apply wet towels or something over the stretching surface to help swell the wood as you bend it. A radius even that big is a challenge for a 1 by. What size are your decking boards? I am assuming two by stock, anything thinner won't be adequate. I have seen one inch but it is inadequate and even if permitted will prove to be unsatisfactory I am sure. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Dan Rossi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 7:23 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Cutting a curve Thanks guys, Yes, a router is probably the better way to go. I was thinking that 3/4 inch ply was a lot to ask my router to plow through, but the multiple passes solves that problem. Why do I need a curve that big? You have obviously forgotten that I am insane, or possibly stupid. I, with no real experience with cool wood working concepts, am going to attempt to round the corners of my deck. I chose a four foot radius as I figured that was a loose enough curve and if I can't pull it off, I can just turn it into 45 degree corners. The plan is to cut a curve 4 feet less 1.5 inches, then shorten up by 3.5 inches and cut another curve. That essentially gives me a curved 1X4. Cut two of them and glue and screw'em together and I've got a curved 2X4. This will be screwed to the underside of the last couple of joists out at the corner of the deck. I will probably attempt to rabbit the ends of those joists so that the curved 2X4 is flush with the bottoms of the joists. I will then kerf cut a couple of 1X10s, and bend them around that curve. Couple of things: There will actually be a third 1X8 that will be longer than the curve so that it will be attached to the inside curve and to the rim joists at either end. I may use 1X6s trim one to 1X4 then build the curved joist with 1X4 1X6 on the inside and 1X6 1X4 on the outside to offset the seem. Only thought of this as the 1X10s looked pretty twisted. I am not concerned on how ugly the seems or extra screws or bolts will look as I plan on hiding that by running a couple of deck boards around the rim joist to cover all the hardware. Don't even ask me about the crazy ideas I have for curving the railings. Some of it includes steel plates dadoed into the 2Xs which will bbe cut into wedges then curved off. Here is an interesting bit of geometry that I didn't pick up at first. If you imagine your quarter circle with radius 4 feet. Let's picture it as the upper right corner of the circle, from noon to 3:00 on the clock. The beam for the deck is 2 feet behind the outer edge of the deck, IE a 2 foot cantilever. The beam is then parallel to the center to 3:00 position and two feet in front of it. As you swing a radius from noon back toward 3:00 when the radius has moved back 2 feet, it has actually moved to the right 3.46 feet. So, the curved joist touches the leading edge of the beam only about 6.5 inches to the left of the outside edge of the deck. I thought it would be more. And, as the beam and post is 5.5 inches front to back, the curve leaves the post/beam a bit under 5 inches to the left of the outer most edge. Like I said, when I can't make any of this work, I'll just truncate the corners and make them flat 45s. Believe it or not, I am actually home, but working. Nope not wood working, working working. The god almighty buck rules always. GAG! -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: (412) 268-9081 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition
Re: [BlindHandyMan] How to Make a Compost Bin from a Garbage Can
You could of course use an ice-cream bucket but it would be pretty small. We have a friend who packages kitchen vegetable debris in those new biodegradable plastic type bags and just buries them in the ground. Three or four years ago I built a sort of log house just a little over four feet square notching the logs just deep enough to leave about three quarters of an inch between them for air flow. I made a sloped gable and a hinged plywood top to make loading it easy and a raising door at one side so I can fork out compost from the bottom. Usually I just leave the top open so there is enough moisture from the rain though occasionally I do have to spray a little in with the hose. From time-to-time I fork it over just to make sure there is enough air and to spread the hot cooking stuff around the less active stuff. It looks like this cute little log cabin at the bottom corner of my garden a little over four feet square and just under five feet to the top of the roof. Just now ai don't have a grass catcher on my mower but while we were on holidays the kid across the lane cut the grass and threw it in, good green stuff to get things really hot. I grind up other garden debris too including hedge trimming and in the fall, all the annual and perennial material and rose bush pruning and of course I push bags of fallen leaves through the shredder and add them. Most of that doesn't cook much until the spring but before I put my gardens to bed for the winter I will have about a yard of wonderful rich soil to add. You wouldn't believe what it has done for my lilly gardens this year. Hundreds of huge plants and the fragrance is divine! I generally just leave my garden fork sticking into the pile, you wouldn't believe how hot it can get sometimes, I can hardly handle the tines. I should have a piece of perforated pipe down the middle to permit more air into the middle of the pile it would work better. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Sheila Enerson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 10:02 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] How to Make a Compost Bin from a Garbage Can Could I use a plastic ice cream bucket? Sheila -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Boyce, Ray Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 4:09 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] How to Make a Compost Bin from a Garbage Can Hi Compost is nothing more than decomposed plant material, so you don't need a fancy bin to make your own compost. You can create compost in a heap on the ground, but most gardeners think that containing your compost pile makes it look tidier. Here's how to make compost in a recycled garbage can. Steps: 1. Punch holes in a garbage can. The microbes that actually do the composting need oxygen to do their work. 2. Chop plant debris into small pieces and place them inside the garbage can. Ideally, you should use 50 percent green material and 50 percent dry, but you can use shredded newspaper for the dry material if necessary. You don't need to fill the can all at one time - just put in the plant material you have on hand. 3. Spray water over the chopped plant material inside the can, until the material is damp but not soggy. 4. Put the lid on the can. 5. Place the filled garbage can on bricks or several 2-by-4-inch pieces of lumber to keep the can off the ground and prevent it from rusting. 6. Turn the can as often as daily, or at least once a week. Lay the can on its side and roll it around to mix the plant material inside. 7. Add more plant material at any time. 8. Keep the compost about as moist as a wrung-out sponge by spraying it with water when the plant material begins to feel dry. 9. Harvest your compost after one month. Use a wire screen or piece of chicken wire to strain out the unfinished compost. Tips: Compost can be used to top-dress garden beds or as potting soil for indoor plants. Once the plant material inside the can is no longer warm to the touch, the composting process is finished. ** This message and its attachments may contain legally privileged or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not disclose or use the information contained in it. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the e-mail. Any content of this message and its attachments which does not relate to the official business of Eraring Energy must be taken not to have been sent or endorsed by Eraring Energy. No warranty is made that the e-mail or attachment(s) are free from computer virus or other defect
Re: [BlindHandyMan] worm bin
The trouble with worms though is that you will want to sort them out of the compost when it gets full. It wouldn't hurt to leave a few of them and even some of their eggs in the applied compost most of the time I suppose but you wouldn't want to have to start over each time. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 2:59 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] worm bin hello jenniffer. i have dun that very thing. get a tote bin with a lid from the local hardware stor or where ever. go to wall mart and buy worm bedding and worm food. mix up the bedding like the box says and shake on some worm food like the can says and there you have it. you can buy worms on the internet. they come in a neet little bucket all in a big worm ball. you just put them in the bedding and they are happy. you can also feed them coffee grounds. keep the lid tight because the little buggers like to crawl out and tend to dry up on the floor. yuck. enjoy jim i jennifferAt 05:00 AM 1/22/2006, you wrote: So has anyone here had experience here with a worm bin? They can be done in much smaller spaces apparently. Even in an apartment I have been told. I have found commercially available ones for over $100, but I keep hearing reference to making ones own for cheap. Any thoughts? I think my boys would find this fascinating, but I worry about a smell and the like. Also, what if I kill the worms. I am not that soft hearted, *smile*, but that seems like it would be a real stinky mess. Jennifer - Original Message - From: Dale Leavens [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 12:32 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] How to Make a Compost Bin from a Garbage Can You could of course use an ice-cream bucket but it would be pretty small. We have a friend who packages kitchen vegetable debris in those new biodegradable plastic type bags and just buries them in the ground. Three or four years ago I built a sort of log house just a little over four feet square notching the logs just deep enough to leave about three quarters of an inch between them for air flow. I made a sloped gable and a hinged plywood top to make loading it easy and a raising door at one side so I can fork out compost from the bottom. Usually I just leave the top open so there is enough moisture from the rain though occasionally I do have to spray a little in with the hose. From time-to-time I fork it over just to make sure there is enough air and to spread the hot cooking stuff around the less active stuff. It looks like this cute little log cabin at the bottom corner of my garden a little over four feet square and just under five feet to the top of the roof. Just now ai don't have a grass catcher on my mower but while we were on holidays the kid across the lane cut the grass and threw it in, good green stuff to get things really hot. I grind up other garden debris too including hedge trimming and in the fall, all the annual and perennial material and rose bush pruning and of course I push bags of fallen leaves through the shredder and add them. Most of that doesn't cook much until the spring but before I put my gardens to bed for the winter I will have about a yard of wonderful rich soil to add. You wouldn't believe what it has done for my lilly gardens this year. Hundreds of huge plants and the fragrance is divine! I generally just leave my garden fork sticking into the pile, you wouldn't believe how hot it can get sometimes, I can hardly handle the tines. I should have a piece of perforated pipe down the middle to permit more air into the middle of the pile it would work better. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Sheila Enerson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 10:02 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] How to Make a Compost Bin from a Garbage Can Could I use a plastic ice cream bucket? Sheila -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Boyce, Ray Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 4:09 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] How to Make a Compost Bin from a Garbage Can Hi Compost is nothing more than decomposed plant material, so you don't need a fancy bin to make your own compost. You can create compost in a heap on the ground, but most gardeners think that containing your compost pile makes it look tidier. Here's how to make
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Fan maintenance
My guess is that some or most of the coils of the particular winding for the medium speed had shorted or burned out. There was enough magnetic field to disturb metal in the area or to maintain a little movement once inertia and momentum were overcome for a time at least. I have a big industrial type ceiling fan I used to have installed in an office once to drive the overhead heat supply down to where we people lived. Well it operated for many years from one of those variable speed varactors I think they are called, a dimmer switch but eventually the draw has caused enough of the windings to fail that the top speed is only a few RPM and it hums like an entire choir that has forgotten the words. I would dearly love to find another which would operate from a dimmer for the infinitely variable characteristics but they seem to be unavailable. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Jay Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 9:57 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Fan maintenance That sounds more like dirty contacts on the switch that selects speed. Unless the fan is intended to run off other power sources than house mains, there's no transformer or other electronics. Jay - Original Message - From: Dan Rossi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 8:47 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Fan maintenance Just out of curiosity, can Max or Tom shed a bit more light on the fan subject? I wonder if it is not something electronic and not just mechanical, such as burned out coils on the transformer or something like that. I also had a big box fan that I ran every night for white noise. I ran it on medium speed for years. After a long time, if I turned the fan on medium it would not start turning. I could possibly feel a bit of vibration like it might sort of been trying to turn, but it just wouldn't get started. However, if I turned it on low or high, it worked just fine. If I turned it on high, let it get started, then turned it to medium, sometimes it would stay going, but more often than not it would just slow to a stop. Later. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: (412) 268-9081 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.10.9/417 - Release Date: 11/08/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go
Re: [BlindHandyMan] An Interesting Story on Worm Farming
I must say that I wondered about that too. And what are the lights for on his farm? Can't the worms see where they are going underground or maybe for tanning? Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Jewel Blanch [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 7:34 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] An Interesting Story on Worm Farming In this article, it says that the castings are found * below where the worms live. Many lawn-proud people get quite hysterical when they find worm castings on the * surface of their obsessively manicured-to-within-one-inch-of-its-life patch of grass. This would tend to contradict the statement that the worm castings are found * below where the worms live! not * above. Jewel To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.10.9/417 - Release Date: 11/08/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Linolium Flooring Repair
The correct way to repair that is to take a piece of scrap or left over or a piece maybe from behind the fridge at least large enough that you can place it over the damaged area matching the pattern if there is a pattern. You stick it down with double sided tape with the pattern aligned then with a razor knife or very sharp craft knife you cut through the scrap material and the original flooring a piece which includes the damaged area. you now have a plug of the original as well as an exactly shaped repair plug to drop in it's place. You pick up the cut scrap and pull out the cut-out damaged area, apply some adhesive into the hole and maybe a little on the back of the patch, drop in the patch then roll it to blend the edges. The think to be careful of is getting any of the adhesive on the finished surface. There are solvents to clean it up but it is easier to avoid in the first place. You may be able to get away with spreading a little water proof all purpose glue, first pulling the surface back gently and wiping a little under it then rolling and maybe pressing with a bit of weight for a time to really stick the damaged surface down to the substrate but it is likely that the thin surface will easily catch again in the recent future. Hope this helps or at least gives you some ideas. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Edward Przybylek [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: BlindHandyManList blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 5:35 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Linolium Flooring Repair Hi all, While moving my refrigerator a few days ago, I manage to put two tiny gouges in my linolium flooring. The gouges are hemispherical in shape with a diameter of less than a quarter of an inch. Looks kind of like a tiny fingernail sticking up from the floor. The flooring is solid vynel and has no backing. It's an Armstrong Congolium floor. When I called the folks who installed the flooring and asked what it would take to repair the tiny gouges, they said $75 to come to the house plus whatever the charge is for the repair. I'm not about to pay that kind of money for a problem that can barely be seen. I'd like to fix it because it's in a high traffic part of the kitchen. Does anyone know if there's a glue or sealer that would allow me to glue the torn vynel back down? Thanks. Take care, Ed Przybylek To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.2/422 - Release Date: 17/08/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] a book of interest (fwd)
Well the sad truth is that I don't often actually sit down to a book. I do quite a bit of article searching now that we have google and PubMed and the like and I skim loads of books by listening in on what Janet is reading, missing bits here and there it is true. A subscription would go unused most of the time, when I want something I want it now because by the time I get it I want something else. Life is so much less complicated now that I have passed the dating phase Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Dan Rossi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 4:45 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] a book of interest (fwd) Dale, The NLS is only just beginning beta testing of downloading audio books. What a shame they are so far behind. I have been using audible.com a subscription based audio book store. You get the same professionally recorded books that you can purchase in books stores. I have an old account so get two books a month for 14 bucks, but I think the new structure is something like pay 120 bucks and get any twelve books. Anyway, bummer that Canadites can't get to bookshare, but if you are looking for any technical material, especially computer books, take a look at safari.oreilly.com Later. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: (412) 268-9081 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.2/422 - Release Date: 17/08/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[BlindHandyMan] Info on managing cultured marble.
Frequently Asked Questions, New Hampshire Marble, Cultured Marble, Bathtubs, Showerbases, Vanity tops, Sinks, Flatstock, technical informationHere is a page with the information on drilling cultured marble and other useful facts. New Hampshire Marble Frequently asked questions and technical help a.. What is Cultured Marble? In a nutshell, Cultured Marble is man made marble. It is composed of crushed rock fillers, pigments and various plastic resins. This product is made in a factory using mixers, molds and other equipment. A gel-coat is used to protect the background color and to provide the sink with it's high luster and stain resistance. After the gel-coat is cured, the matrix is mixed and poured onto the molds. All New Hampshire Marble products are hand poured, and produced in a small batch fashion. Once cured the rough edges of the sinks are ground and then sanded, buffed and polished, or matted what ever the case may be. Please note that cultured marble does not support combustion, mildew growth or have a porous surface for bacteria to hide in. Also the gel-coat layer of cultured marble is stain resistant. a.. Who makes New Hampshire Marble brand products? New Hampshire Marble and Fiberglass, INC. manufactures it's own products. Our products are made in small batches by our employees in New hampshire. Our products are produced from raw material components, the majority of which come from refineries and manufacturers in the United States. You can be sure that when you have bought a New Hampshire Marble product, that it was made in the United States. a.. Do we have a warranty? We offer a two year limited manufactures warranty. It covers defects that can be linked to the manufacturing process. Please be aware that dislike of the veining is not considered a defect. Due to our production process we cannot control what the veining in the end product will look like. We cannot accept product back due to a dislike of the veining. All potential customers should be aware that veining can and will vary from what they see on display units or samples. Click the link to view the Warranty information in full. a.. What is the normal lead time? With few exceptions, due to the many color and size variations all products are made to order at NHM. Modular sinks typically take about 7/10 working days. Custom sizes can take 3-4 weeks depending on the work backlog. The best idea is to order the vanity tops and all other products when your cabinets are ordered. Do not tear apart your bathroom unless you are certain that you have all the parts you require to finish it. a.. Do we bid on large Contracts? We bid on contracts that range from a few homes, to hotels with hundreds of rooms. Our products have gone into homes, hotels, hospitals, motorhomes and a wide variety of other structures. We do offer special pricing considerations for bulk volume orders. What is bulk volume? Anything over 10 sinks on 1 order. Please be aware that large orders may require a longer lead time to manufacture. You need to be aware of this when placing orders, so that you are sure that there will be enough time to have the product delivered on time. a.. Can we make custom Colors? At New Hampshire Marble we will attempt to match color samples that customers bring in. We will make a sample color to match the selection as closely as possible. Then the sample will be submitted to the customer for approval. After the customer has given approval, we will go ahead and make the product. Make sure to leave plenty of lead-time for these situations in case colors have to be ordered. a.. How do I install the Cultured Marble Products I just bought? Attach your hardware before placing the vanity top onto the base. Use only Silicone based products around the drain. A light bead of liquid nail will help secure the vanity top to the base. For more information on installing these products. click here. a.. How do I keep my Cultured Marble product clean? Always use non-abrasive cleaning products to care for your Cultured Marble. Any of the non-abrasive spray cleaners, or handy wipe cleaners available today are okay for your normal weekly cleaning. We recommend Gel-Gloss (which can be found at most home improvement and marine supply stores) for polishing the product. This will help ensure that the finish of your product lasts a long time. More Information a.. How do I cut cultured marble? A circular saw with a masonry blade will cut cultured marble easily. At all times you want to protect the finished surface of the product. Deep scratches caused by careless installers can be difficult to remove. Be aware that cutting is not always the best way to remove material from a top. Many times it will prove to be much easier to simply sand the product with a power sander and some 60 grit paper. This method is
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Aspartame.... The World's Best Ant Poison !
Isn't it ironic that the authors warn you not to get it on your hands! Just how much is in the average diet soft drink? Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Armando Del Gobbo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Undisclosed-Recipient:; Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 10:00 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Aspartame The World's Best Ant Poison ! From the June 2006 Idaho Observer: http://www.proliberty.com/observer/20060612.htm Aspartame - The World's Best Ant Poison contributed by Jan Jensen of WELLthy Choices We live in the woods and carpenter ants are a huge problem. We have spent thousands of dollars with Orkin and on ant poisons trying to keep them under control but nothing has helped. So when I read somewhere that aspartame (Nutrasweet) was actually developed as an ant poison and only changed to being considered non-poisonous after it was realized that a lot more money could be made on it as a sweetener than as an ant poison, I decided to give it a try. I opened two packets of aspartame sweetener, and dumped one in a corner of each of our bathrooms. That was about 2 years ago and I have not seen any carpenter ants for about 9 to 12 months. It works better than the most deadly poisons I have tried. Any time they show up again, I simply dump another package of Nutrasweet in a corner, and they will be gone for a year or so again. Since posting this information I have had many people tell me of their success solving ant problems with this substance, when nothing else worked. We found later that small black ants would not eat the aspartame. It was determined that if you mixed it with apple juice, they would quickly take it back to the nest, and all would be dead within 24 hours, usually. I have found that sometimes it will kill them, and sometimes it does not. Not sure why, may be slightly different species of ants or something. Fire Ants: We got our first fire ant hill about 2 weeks ago. Poison did not work. We tried aspartame and the ants ignored it until we got a light rain. It was just a sprinkle, enough to moisten the Nutrasweet and ground, but not enough to wash it away. They went crazy, hundreds of them grabbing it and taking it back into the mound. When I checked the mound 2 days later, there was no sign of the fire ants. I even dug the mound up some, and still saw none of them. How does it Work: Aspartame is a neuropoison. It most likely kills the ants by interfering with their nervous system. It could be direct, like stopping their heart, or something more subtle like killing their sense of taste so they can't figure out what is eatable, or smell, so they can't follow their trails, or mis-identify their colonies members, so they start fighting each other. Not sure what causes them to end up dying, just know that for many species of ants it will kill them quickly and effectively. As with any poison I recommend wearing gloves and washing any skin areas that come in contact with this poison, and avoid getting it in your mouth, despite anything the labeling may indicate. I suspect it will work for other insects such as yellow jackets as well, but have not tested that yet. More information on this fantastic poison can be found at: http://www.dorway.com/ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.3/423 - Release Date: 18-Aug-2006 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.4/424 - Release Date: 21/08/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Measuring wood
Just how important is it to have all of your measurements absolutely accurate? The rotary rule I have came with an 18, a 12 and a 6 inch extension which, when all put together is an over all length of 42.5 inches. If you can accept some variance in height your tape measure may well be accurate enough, is 42 and an eighth or 41 and 15 16th too far off? If so another way I have often used is to tap a small brad at the end of one measure and use the near edge of it as the starting point for the rest of the desired length. Once you have your first 42 inch leg it isn't much trouble to get three more the same, it is best to keep track of the original though for the subsequent cuts just so you don't accumulate errors. If 36 is the most accurate you can achieve then cut that and add your measuring device to that to achieve what you want or even begin at 24. Remember too that a carpenter's square will have a 24 inch leg and a 16 inch leg, the 24 inch leg is 2 inches wide while the 17 inch leg is an inch and a half. This is a tool many will have around and can help. If absolute accuracy is essential don't forget to begin by trimming off an end precisely, you can't depend on factory ends. I have many times lost measuring sticks of convenience but a more organized man than I might make up a set of 2, 4 6 and 8 foot sticks and mark and hang them ready to hand for exactly this sort of requirement. Fastidious folk like Tom Foule would probably have them machined from stainless! Hope this gives you some useful ideas. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: William Stephan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 11:22 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Measuring wood I've decided I just have to build a small but sturdy table in my basement, measuring 36 x24 x 42 high. I'm going to make the thing entirely out of 2 x 4s. I can measure accurately up to 36 inches. I have a tape measure, but I tend to use it for rough estimates, not for measuring where accuracy is a concern. I can get the lumber yard to cut a 48 42 inch 2 x 4 that I could use as a guide, but I thought I'd ask if any of you had a better suggestion or knew of an accurate measuring device that could handle those kind of lengths that wouldn't break the bank. Thanks in advance. Bill Stephan Kansas City, MO (816)803-2469 William Stephan To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.4/424 - Release Date: 21/08/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Building saw hourses
Leg length will depend on your preference or your purpose. You may wish to deliberately make the horses the same height as a table saw table or a jointer table so you can use them to assist with out feed or in feed or both. You may want one an inch or so lower so when a sheet comes off the saw and begins to drop it won't push the horse over. If you are short like me and want to put a knee onto a board you are cutting by hand you will want a horse a different height to someone who wants it to support dry wall they are raising to the ceiling. The angle you need to the floor will depend on the angle dictated by the steel braces. Many people don't bother about that though, if working in sand or mud maybe you don't want an angle so the corners of the bottom of the leg will might into the dirt. As for the length, again this will depend on how you intend to use the horse or horses. Generally I start mine out at about three feet because I will probably be using them to support plywood for cutting which means I will be removing something from the 4 foot width and therefore will want at least some of the edge over the end of the top board of my horse. Of course just how much will determine how far I push the sheet over the end of the horses but there is already one foot built in and the horses will take up less room than if they are four feet. Personally I go for about 32 inches high and about three feet wide and about 15 degrees off vertical or a little less, enough to be stable but not so much that I am tripping over the ends of the legs when hurrying around the horses. I hope this is helpful, or at least gives you a few ideas. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype Dale Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Robert J. Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 10:42 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Building saw hourses I found some corrners the other day for building your own saw horses. My questions are as follows How lond should I cut the legs, How long should I cut the top cross board and what angle should I cut the bottom of the leg so that it will sit flush on the ground. I imagine I could make them any size I wish but What is tipacle? To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.4/424 - Release Date: 21/08/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Measuring wood
Hay Si, Trouble with particle board is that it doesn't like water at all! I used tempered hardboard on my work bench holding it in place with the edge banding I made of hard wood. I can remove a couple of screws to remove the edge on one side and slide the hardboard out to replace it when the time comes. With a thickness planer which I don't have or my drum sander it isn't any challenge to get boards evenly thicknessed. You should be able to get a pretty good job without too much trouble with a belt sander and a couple of different grit belts and mostly retain your fingers. The issue of getting boards precise length is probably the best argument for a quality miter saw. With the right sort of table and using stops there isn't even an issue. I made the roof trusses for my addition in this way, the table wasn't all that sophisticated, just a long one. I just whacked a spike into the table top at the length I needed, slid the boards in one after another pulling them tight to the back fence of the saw and sliding them along until they hit the nail then cut. Each triangular truss is divided into three triangular sections with braces so very precise angles and very precise lengths were required and had to be duplicated I think it was 16 times. To insure precision I formed a jig on the second story floor into which the parts were placed for screwing together with half inch plates of plywood, the commercial variety are held together with steel plates installed with a press. It could also be done with a regular circular saw and appropriate jigs, I made the roof for my 12 by 16 foot shed in that way but for a single one off table it would take about as long to create the jig to follow as to cut the boards. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Cy Selfridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 3:47 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Measuring wood Hey folks, You'all must be a whole lot more fastidious than I am. (LOL) Not that I am a complete slob but I am happy when I get real close. The old sander will cover a multitude of sins. What sins the sander can't cover my trusty power planer will. (LOL) (not including fingers) I do, however, agree that trying to get multiple boards to come out exact is a nightmare and probably beyond my ability. I would also make the final cuts *after* I had them put together. In order to get a reel smooth top I would also not try the 2x4 top thing. I find that you will have the same problem with the tops of the 2x4s as you did on the ends. I have found that the particle board does make an excellent working surface. When it gets really beat up then just change it out and you are good to go. Cy, the ancient Okie... -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of R S Enterprises Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 1:26 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Measuring wood I would suggest rough cutting the table top boards, a a little long, assembling the top and making the final cut on the assembled top. It is very difficult to get multiple boards to fit exactly the same length without a slight protrusion or recess where they are next to each other.. Cutting after assembly makes sure of smooth stransitions from one board to the next. and the final sanding smoothes it all up. Ron - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 5:00 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Measuring wood I mean no offense, i just did something very similar with Maple 2x4. I am no carpenter. but I love my table. I measured, cut, glued, and sanded. A 1/16 difference can be sanded away, unless you are trying to fit it tight into a space, that's what I'd do. On Wed, 23 Aug 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: how accurate does it need to be? Will you be gluing? On Tue, 22 Aug 2006, William Stephan wrote: John, thanks. I have one of these as well as one of the telescopic rulers that click at the 1/16. For some reason known only to the manufacturer of these, the extension rods for the two rulers are not interchangeable. So, three feet is the max I can get. I guess I can mark and measure, but I'm a bit concerned about accuracy. Bill Stephan Kansas City, MO (816)803-2469 William Stephan -Original Message- From: John Schwery[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 8/22/06 1:30:31 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.comblindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Measuring wood Bill, I use rotomatics. They start with a 6-inch ruler that is marked every 1/2 inch with a thread of the 3/8, 16, rod. One turn of the marked nut is 1/16th of an inch. A regular
Re: [BlindHandyMan] compound miter say?
hurt. Take the additional step of unplugging the machine before you bring the blade to measure the work and I don't see how you could ever get hurt. Even my way would be tough enough. I hope this is helpful to you. In my mind, a miter saw is about the most useful tool a blind wood worker can own even if all you do is some framing or decking. You will soon want a table saw, I don't know which is more desirable, I got the table saw first and did a lot of pretty sophisticated work with it but that miter saw is also pretty darn helpful. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: wd1q [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 6:00 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] compound miter say? Hi, I am sorry if this has or will be coming along as a message again, but I can't seem to get my messages out for some reason. Well, for my question, I am interested in purchasing a table compound miter saw and have never used one. Can someone give some wisdom in looking for a good model for someone like us being blind.? I would like to know how I would go about to setting the saw blade that is under the safety guard to cut at the correct location which I have marked. Any info will be greatly appreciated. Andy. To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.5/425 - Release Date: 22/08/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] compound miter say?
You know, oddly enough the larger blade doesn't gain you much. I had not known of these new belt drive machines, mine and all I have seen to date are direct drive units. A nice big panel saw would be a treat. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Cy Selfridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 7:44 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] compound miter say? Well Dale, It sure sounds like you and I do much the same thing with the miter saw. My saw is only an 8 inch blade but it has served me well over the past 14 or so years. It also is a sliding head so it can cut a 1x12 on a 45 degree angle. Mine also tilts to the left up to 45 degrees as well. I, as you, make a template piece of wood if I am cutting a number of boards the same length and always measure from the first one. I also lay the template on top of the board I am going to cut. I do use the clamp most of the time. Now, as for the extensions, I built a little table which is the same height as the bed on the miter saw so I can rest the boards on the table and they will not drop as I cut them. I also check the square of the blade at 90 degrees with a small square. I just can not get accurate enough by feeling of the blamed little raised lines and I do not always trust the 90 degree detent. A 12 or 14 inch miter would just be the absolute berries. Know anyone who has one? If so we might pay them a visit. (LOL) Cy, the Ancient Okie... -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dale Leavens Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 5:46 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] compound miter say? Hi Andy, I have never had much luck cutting to a mark although there are some here who do apparently use an awl or other scratch tool to mark and cut, I find that even using a finger nail to locate the mark against a tool or jig is too inaccurate for me. I don't know how they make it work for them however I will tell you how I work. My advice on buying a compound miter saw is first to buy the best you possibly can. They are getting better all the time of course, mine is a 10 inch Makita sliding compound miter saw, these days they are as much as 14 inches and with a slide they can cut a very wide board. New ones will tilt left or right for a bevel cut each way, this is not essential but if you get one be sure it has a positive stop at 90 degrees vertical and preferably at least one stop at 45 degrees to one or other side, preferably both. My saw has a raised scale and pointer for setting the miter left and right but I find it difficult to use this exclusively to set precise angles, the pointer must line up very directly with the raised mark on the scale, a sighted person will stand in line with the two but my fingers, though they can get me close are usually off a degree or two when I actually make the cut. My saw though does have detent stops at 15, 30 and 45 degrees in both directions and of course at 0 degrees so those are very easy and convenient. Some now have other detent stops, you want as many as is reasonable or practical, stops will save you loads of time locating very accurately the most commonly using angles. You will prefer a fairly high fence. It is very helpful to be able to lay one 2 by 4 of a known and desired length on top of another to duplicate it and it will be much easier to line them both up if the fence is high enough. Because of the depth available it is often very helpful to lay out two boards and cut them simultaneously by cutting through the double thickness which makes it easy to get two very exactly the same length and a fence high enough to do this will be satisfying. The last thing that occurs to me is to get as long a bed as you can. This makes it easier to use. If you can get a purpose built stand with extensions to hold long pieces you may be able to attach blocks against which you can push a series of boards to cut many of exact length. I have built a cabinet to hold my saw with a dust hutch behind to catch as much as I can. I had a pair of extensions but they were not to my satisfaction, I will try again some day to have extensions which I can raise into place with a back fence and block I can run out and lock into place for making several pieces of precise length. The old table I had built for house building is way too big, it now rests in the back lane where it may disappear any day but where I can still use it if I again need to cut lengths up to about 20 feet. Most of these saws have at least one hold-down clamp, mine does, it can be located on either side of the saw, I should have had two, it gets a bit frustrating to move it though I don't often want
Re: [BlindHandyMan] compound miter say?
Si, This has always been my feeling about radial arm saws. I don't much like backing the blade into the work and I would certainly be uncomfortable using it to rip. Like you I too have cut wide boards by turning the board over and when I was putting the vertical siding on my gable ends and could not complete the length of diagonal cut needed I just finished the cut, last three inches or so with a hand saw, following the inside of the cut started by the miter saw. One really nice application for a radial arm saw is cutting dados, the orientation is as you would use the material so dummies like me don't hop from foot-to-foot in front of the saw making sure that when I turn it over the piece will be correctly oriented and after several simulations getting it backward anyway. Of course the table saw can be a similarly dangerous tool but at least only the required amount of blade is exposed and I trust it to stay just where it is. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Cy Selfridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 11:29 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] compound miter say? Dale, I once had a radial arm saw because I thought it would just be the berries. It could cross cut a 2 foot wide board just like my miter saw. The way in which the head was transported, the height of the saw blade and the possibility, although remote, that I could encounter the blade in an unwanted manner made me feel uncomfortable any time I used it so I just gave it to a friend who could safely use it. I have cut a 2 foot wide board with my miter saw by simply turning the board over and lining up the cut with the blade. If you take a little time it works very well. Somehow I really do not want to loose a hand or arm so I will just stay with the miter saw for now. Cy, the cautious Ancient Okie.. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dale Leavens Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 7:49 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] compound miter say? You know, oddly enough the larger blade doesn't gain you much. I had not known of these new belt drive machines, mine and all I have seen to date are direct drive units. A nice big panel saw would be a treat. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Cy Selfridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 7:44 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] compound miter say? Well Dale, It sure sounds like you and I do much the same thing with the miter saw. My saw is only an 8 inch blade but it has served me well over the past 14 or so years. It also is a sliding head so it can cut a 1x12 on a 45 degree angle. Mine also tilts to the left up to 45 degrees as well. I, as you, make a template piece of wood if I am cutting a number of boards the same length and always measure from the first one. I also lay the template on top of the board I am going to cut. I do use the clamp most of the time. Now, as for the extensions, I built a little table which is the same height as the bed on the miter saw so I can rest the boards on the table and they will not drop as I cut them. I also check the square of the blade at 90 degrees with a small square. I just can not get accurate enough by feeling of the blamed little raised lines and I do not always trust the 90 degree detent. A 12 or 14 inch miter would just be the absolute berries. Know anyone who has one? If so we might pay them a visit. (LOL) Cy, the Ancient Okie... -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dale Leavens Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 5:46 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] compound miter say? Hi Andy, I have never had much luck cutting to a mark although there are some here who do apparently use an awl or other scratch tool to mark and cut, I find that even using a finger nail to locate the mark against a tool or jig is too inaccurate for me. I don't know how they make it work for them however I will tell you how I work. My advice on buying a compound miter saw is first to buy the best you possibly can. They are getting better all the time of course, mine is a 10 inch Makita sliding compound miter saw, these days they are as much as 14 inches and with a slide they can cut a very wide board. New ones will tilt left or right for a bevel cut each way, this is not essential but if you get one be sure it has a positive stop at 90 degrees vertical and preferably at least one stop at 45 degrees
Re: [BlindHandyMan] compound saws..
Andy, These saws go from as little as about a hundred and fifty bucks to in excess of eight hundred, maybe a thousand in some cases. The cheaper ones only drop down into the wood so the width of cut is limited to usually about 8 inches, sometimes less. That is at 90 degrees. The more expensive ones are on a slide so you can pull the saw along the track then push it down into the wood and then holding it down, slide it forward through the cut. These are absolutely superior but, a lot more money. Personally I do not consider Sears the best tool provider. They are a lot better than many of the discount box stores and they can be a very useful place to get a look at tools and for moderate use or even careful use probably adequate but somehow I manage to destroy their tools fairly consistently. I openly admit that I am less than respectful some of the time. Probably most of their tools are made by a major manufacturer but I wonder if the specifications are as strict as the top line of those manufacturers. Having said all that, Sears tools are also a way to get a decent tool which you can replace later if you find you get a lot of use out of it but again, putting both purchase prices together will probably get you the best of the best first time out. Have a look at www.northerntool.com or www.harborfreight .com pretty good sources in the U.S. If you get a chance please try to look at other equipment. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Andrew J. LaPointe [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 3:15 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] compound saws.. Thank you for all the responses that you sent me on the compound saws. I will look at Sears for one that will suit my needs. Andy [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.5/425 - Release Date: 22/08/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[BlindHandyMan] Emailing: Straight edge guide clamp
All-In-One Straight Edge ClampHere is a selection of guides and accessories which look good to me. I don't se one 8 feet long here but will keep looking. I am thinking I might get one though for cross cutting and routing dadoes. All-In-One Clamp Product Index Abrasives / Sanding Carving Products Clamping Drill Bits / Accessories Drill Press Accessories Dust Collection Accessories Dust Collectors Finishing Forstener Bits Glue Products Layout and Measuring Miter Saw Accessories Router Accessories Scroll Saw Accessories Shop Safety Table Saw Accessories Shop Accessories T-Track UHMW Products All-In-One Single Straight Edge Clamps The All-In-One Straight Edge Clamp is an obstruction free straight edge. The perfect woodworking combination clamp and edge guide. Instant and easy adjustable edge to edge clamping with low profile jaws that never get in the way. Built in T-Track on the top side of the clamp allows you to use any of our versatile accessories No. Description Price CO324 12 All-In-One Single Sided Clamp $24.99 $17.99 CO318 24 All-In-One Single Sided Clamp See Specials Page CO319 36 All-In-One Single Sided Clamp $30.99 $24.99 CO320 50 All-In-One Single Sided Clamp $37.99 $29.99 INSTANT BENCH TOP CLAMP SYSTEM !! Double sided clamping. LOWER JAWS grip your bench top while the UPPER JAWS grip your workpiece for glue-ups, sanding, assembly etc. Edge to edge clamping with short (1/2 ) jaws and cam lever tightening provide solid control of your work and no obstructions.No 'C' clamps or hold downs in your way!! Clamps to any bench top..Always use TWO OR MORE bench clamps for any work holding set-up. 10035 18 Back To Back Bench Clamp $24.99 10036 36 Back To Back Bench Clamp $27.99 10037 50 Back To Back Bench Clamp $29.99 Saw Not Included All-In-One Ultra Clamp 4' x 8' sheets of pylwood and no table sawNO Problem. These All-In-One Ultra Clamps will take care of your plywood ripping and crosscutting needs. With there extra wide body and three cam locks you needn't worry about any bending or shifting of the clamps. The Ultra Clamp will give you a clean, smooth and true cut every time. No. Description Price F340 54 Ultra All-In-One Clamp $69.99 All-In-One Clamp Accessories Clamp and Saw Not Included Circular Saw Plate This Saw Plate is made of UHMW for smooth easy sliding. The All-In-One Straight Edge Clamp and this Saw Plate is the best plywood cut off jig you will ever use. C332 Circular Saw Plate $31.99 Clamp Not Included UHMW Featherboard With this Featherboard and the All-In-One Straight Edge Clamp you can use a featherboard any were, drill press, router table, band saw, workbench and table saw. The Featherboard locks in the clamp T-Track for perfect placement along the entire clamp. C330 Clamp Featherboard $24.99 Clamp and Router Not Included Clear Router Plate Our Router Guide Plate is made of clear lexan with a UHMW clamp mount. See were you are, were you have been and were you are going. Can be used with standard or plunge routers. Perfect for dado cuts in plywood. C331 Clear Router Plate $31.99 Clamp Not Included Stop Block The Stop Block locks in the clamp T-Track and can be used end to end. With
[BlindHandyMan] Emailing: Ralph, here is a way to straighten an edge.
Joint'r Clamp MORE SIMPLE WOODWORKING SOLUTIONS from SIMP'L PRODUCTS, Inc. . . . they work every time Products Where to Buy Company Instructions Suggestions FAQs Search Contact Us If you have a Joint'r Clamp Kit you can keep your dust cover on your jointer when you need a straight edge on your crooked stock! Thousands in use all over the country. Now with the Joint'r Clamp you can straighten edges on your table saw. Heres what the Joint'r Clamp System can do for you: Straighten crooked Boards on your table saw. Joints in two passes. Long stock is NO PROBLEM. Easy to assemble and use. Make shallow taper cuts with positive control. Straight line rip a crooked board on any table saw. A straight edge in only ONE pass through the saw. Joint'r Clamp Inexpensive, portable jointer substitute. Manufacturer's suggested retail price: $16.50 / KIT Click on the picture below for an enlarged view of this diagram. Click here for instructions on how to use the Joint'r Clamp Rout'r Bisc Laminatrol Joint'r Clamp Pock'It Jig Dow'l Simp'l Rout'r Bisc, Laminatrol, Joint'r Clamp and Dow'l Simp'l are trademarks of SIMP'L PRODUCTS, Inc.. All other products mentioned are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective companies. Questions or problems with product line should be directed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Questions or problems regarding this web site should be directed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Copyright © 2000-2005 Simp'l Products. All rights reserved. Last modified: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 03:03 PM [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[BlindHandyMan] Emailing: Ralph, here is a way to straighten an edge.
Joint'r Clamp MORE SIMPLE WOODWORKING SOLUTIONS from SIMP'L PRODUCTS, Inc. . . . they work every time Products Where to Buy Company Instructions Suggestions FAQs Search Contact Us If you have a Joint'r Clamp Kit you can keep your dust cover on your jointer when you need a straight edge on your crooked stock! Thousands in use all over the country. Now with the Joint'r Clamp you can straighten edges on your table saw. Heres what the Joint'r Clamp System can do for you: Straighten crooked Boards on your table saw. Joints in two passes. Long stock is NO PROBLEM. Easy to assemble and use. Make shallow taper cuts with positive control. Straight line rip a crooked board on any table saw. A straight edge in only ONE pass through the saw. Joint'r Clamp Inexpensive, portable jointer substitute. Manufacturer's suggested retail price: $16.50 / KIT Click on the picture below for an enlarged view of this diagram. Click here for instructions on how to use the Joint'r Clamp Rout'r Bisc Laminatrol Joint'r Clamp Pock'It Jig Dow'l Simp'l Rout'r Bisc, Laminatrol, Joint'r Clamp and Dow'l Simp'l are trademarks of SIMP'L PRODUCTS, Inc.. All other products mentioned are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective companies. Questions or problems with product line should be directed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Questions or problems regarding this web site should be directed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Copyright © 2000-2005 Simp'l Products. All rights reserved. Last modified: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 03:03 PM [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] handheld circ saws was Compound Miter Saws?
Bill, Two simple guides essentially the same only one goes under the entire saw except for the bit of the shoe plate to the right of the blade, the other is used on the right side of the shoe plate. You use a length of thin material, tempered hardboard or Luan plywood for the base and a length of half to three quarters thick material for the guide. The factory edge of half inch plywood a couple of inches wide works well but a length of hardwood which is jointed true and straight is probably a little better if harder to find. You lay the half inch straight edge on the hardboard so that the hardboard extends beyond the straight edge a little more than the distance from the edge of the shoe plate of the saw to the blade. If this guide is to be used to the left of the saw then you will need six or more inches since the left edge of the saw shoe will follow the straight edge and you will cut off any excess hardboard. If you intend to use the right side of the shoe then you will need an inch and a half of overlap so when you run the saw along it will trim off the excess hardboard. What you are left with is a straight edge with an extending bit of hardboard which is exactly to the cutting edge of your saw. You line up this overhang where you want the blade to cut then clamp it down and press the edge of the shoe against the straight edge with the shoe riding on the remaining hardboard, squeeze the trigger and move the saw forward while keeping a gentle pressure sideways to keep the shoe against the guide. This works remarkably well with a jig saw as well so long as you don't force the jigsaw and cause the blade to twist. For reasons of durability you could use all kinds of things for the straight edge, a good straight length of square aluminum bar or some of those new poly materials if you can instal them straight enough. Be sure that your straight edge is wide enough to accept a clamp at each end and to remain straight. Hope this was clear and helpful. Regrettably, I am more likely to use a scrap of plywood and a spacer block to set up most of my cuts. I do have one of those aluminum straight edges that Si and others have mentioned but I find they sag a little, mine doesn't quite make the grade for absolute true cuts. It is pretty darn good for trimming drywall but that is approximate anyway and easy to hide a multitude of sins. The other problem is where to keep an eight foot long guide when not in use but where it is convenient and easy to get to. Nevertheless, well worth the bother to have.. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: William Stephan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 1:20 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] handheld circ saws was Compound Miter Saws? Any of you folks have experience with handheld circular saws? Aside from the obvious danger factor, is it possible to build a guide so straight cuts can be made with one? Bill Stephan Kansas City, MO (816)803-2469 William Stephan -Original Message- From: John Schwery[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 8/24/06 8:14:45 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.comblindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Compound Miter Saws? Andy, line up the edge of the blade with your mark so the blade won't cut away whatever you want to keep. Dale asked which is more versatile, a table saw or miter saw. I have never used a miter saw so I can't speak for those. It seems that one can't rip too easily with a miter saw so I would think that would be one limitation for a miter saw. So, in cross cutting, even though a miter saw may be more convenient, that is why I went with a portable table saw. Also, I don't have much space so I needed a saw that would store in a small space. earlier, Andy LaPointe, wrote: Hi, I would like to purchase a table miter saw to cut various things. I have never used one so, I would like to get everyone's opinion on how to use this or maybe some file with different info in it that will help me make a good decision. One question I have is how do I know where to place the piece to cut and know that the blade will cut along the marking that I made. I am sorry for such an elementary question but, this is probably the best place to ask. I guess you don't ask a car salesman how to read braille. Thank you for any time you give me. Andy. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Emailing: Ralph, here is a way to straighten an edge.
The trick is to keep the bowed edge of the board you want straight from following the fence and creating a parallel bow on the saw edge of the board. Another way seems to be to attach the board to a piece of something like plywood with a factory edge and run that factory edge against the fence so the saw is cutting a parallel edge true to the factory edge of the plywood. Then you can remove the plywood and turn the board over to cut a parallel edge to the one you have just cut. Of course the correct tool to use is a jointer but with a little care you can do it with a router too. Glad to hear it worked out well. The snugger you get the mating surfaces to fit the better the glue joint will be. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Ralph Supernaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 11:24 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Emailing: Ralph, here is a way to straighten an edge. Thanks Dale, I am going to check this out. For the price it seems hard not to buy and see if it works. I did get my first cutting board done. I ended up making a feather board about 6 or 8 inches wide to hold the strips against the fence. I clamped another board to the fence obove the path the stock takes to keep it from riding over the blade. It worked pretty good. It was worth the effort too because my wife thought the cutting board was beautiful. Ralph To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.5/425 - Release Date: 22/08/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] cutting a circle
What tool do you intend to use to cut with? Is this sheet metal or some composite? Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Larry Stansifer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 10:11 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] cutting a circle Hi Guys, I need to cut an 18-inch circle in the middle of the hood of my hotrod in order to accommodate a cold air induction setup. I have identified and marked the center of the circle. Now the trick is to lay out the perimeter and make the cut without it having to many square corners. I have a couple of ideas however if you guys have done something like this before I don't want to reinvent the wheel. Regards Larry Stansifer Toll Free 1 (800)-527-9572 Voice: 1 (435)-688-1391 Fax: 1 (435) 628-6981 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/428 - Release Date: 8/25/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/428 - Release Date: 25/08/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] cutting a circle
Well I don't have any experience with the disk cutter, I assume it is mounted like a circular saw in which case cutting a curve will be very difficult. With a sawsall though, a bar or stick of wood with a pin or probably even better a small bolt through it near one end and cut 9 inches from the middle of the bolt to the end minus the distance from the end of the shoe of the sawsall to the blade then drill and saw or file enough length to get the blade of the sawsall through. Then drop the bolt on the end of the stick through a hole at the center of the circle and I think I would slip a lock nut on it to be sure that vibration or other things won't allow it to come free. Then keep the edge of the shoe of the sawsall against the end of the stick or bar and if anything just keep the saw very very gently turned toward the center of the circle just enough to keep it from tending to wander away from the end of the stick and then make your way around the circle using the rod or stick to keep you equally spaced away from the centre. If you can manage with light cotton gloves I recommend it. The blade you will be using will have very fine teeth so that isn't much trouble but it can get pretty darn hot and it is also a little difficult to keep the shoe against the end of the stick while keeping your fingers from getting pounded by the shaft and blade holder and often small shards or curls of wire cuttings. Well that is my suggestion. I haven't cut a lot of metal though and the hood won't be flat I am sure, they are usually contoured so it may be a little difficult to track perfectly. Hope this helps. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Larry Stansifer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com; blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 10:41 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] cutting a circle 14Gage body sheet metal. Saws-all or high speed composite cutting disk. At 10:27 AM 8/27/2006 -0400, Dale Leavens wrote: What tool do you intend to use to cut with? Is this sheet metal or some composite? Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Larry Stansifer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 10:11 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] cutting a circle Hi Guys, I need to cut an 18-inch circle in the middle of the hood of my hotrod in order to accommodate a cold air induction setup. I have identified and marked the center of the circle. Now the trick is to lay out the perimeter and make the cut without it having to many square corners. I have a couple of ideas however if you guys have done something like this before I don't want to reinvent the wheel. Regards Larry Stansifer Toll Free 1 (800)-527-9572 Voice: 1 (435)-688-1391 Fax: 1 (435) 628-6981 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/428 - Release Date: 8/25/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/428 - Release Date: 25/08/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message
Re: [BlindHandyMan] cutting a circle
Thanks for the tip on the gloves. Another thought has occurred to me, with the grinding wheel or the sawsall but probably better with the grinder, you could use a length of cable, something like that aircraft cable, heavy cord would probably also do but you make a tight loop at the pivot point and another around an appropriate point on the cutting tool of choice and just keep it really tight as you go around. The disk cutter actually now sounds like a better choice because it won't bind or work the metal possibly damaging it or the paint finish. Should be a smoother action. wouldn't work though with the stick or rod. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Larry Stansifer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com; blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 11:59 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] cutting a circle Actually the disk cutter is a high speed air motor with a 3/8 chuck on the end just like a drill motor and the disks come in a variety of diameters depending on your specific requirements. The disk surface is perpendicular to the centerline of the air motor thus allowing you to cut with the edge of the disk. After playing with a couple of layout ideas I am thinking saws all. I like your idea of physically affixing a pivot point to the center of the area to be removed. I scrounged up a peace of 1/4 by 1 inch aluminum strap. My plan is to attach it to the shoe of my saws all to minimize blade wonder.A 1/4 inch cap-screw with a lock-nut left loose enough so that the blade won't bind while making the circle on the contour of the hood should do the trick. Unfortunately I really don't have any practice blanks so this is definitely be a measure twice and cut once situation. I will let you know how it works. BTW with respect to gloves, Try the 20 Mil Nytral latex mechanics gloves. they are cheep, bullet proof, disposable and they still give you a great feel of your work. I have used them for years and they are a real hand saver. You can find them in most auto parts store priced at about $10.00 per hundred gloves. Depending on what I am doing a box can last me several months. At 11:26 AM 8/27/2006 -0400, Dale Leavens wrote: Well I don't have any experience with the disk cutter, I assume it is mounted like a circular saw in which case cutting a curve will be very difficult. With a sawsall though, a bar or stick of wood with a pin or probably even better a small bolt through it near one end and cut 9 inches from the middle of the bolt to the end minus the distance from the end of the shoe of the sawsall to the blade then drill and saw or file enough length to get the blade of the sawsall through. Then drop the bolt on the end of the stick through a hole at the center of the circle and I think I would slip a lock nut on it to be sure that vibration or other things won't allow it to come free. Then keep the edge of the shoe of the sawsall against the end of the stick or bar and if anything just keep the saw very very gently turned toward the center of the circle just enough to keep it from tending to wander away from the end of the stick and then make your way around the circle using the rod or stick to keep you equally spaced away from the centre. If you can manage with light cotton gloves I recommend it. The blade you will be using will have very fine teeth so that isn't much trouble but it can get pretty darn hot and it is also a little difficult to keep the shoe against the end of the stick while keeping your fingers from getting pounded by the shaft and blade holder and often small shards or curls of wire cuttings. Well that is my suggestion. I haven't cut a lot of metal though and the hood won't be flat I am sure, they are usually contoured so it may be a little difficult to track perfectly. Hope this helps. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Larry Stansifer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com; blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 10:41 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] cutting a circle 14Gage body sheet metal. Saws-all or high speed composite cutting disk. At 10:27 AM 8/27/2006 -0400, Dale Leavens wrote: What tool do you intend to use to cut with? Is this sheet metal or some composite? Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Larry Stansifer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 10:11 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] cutting a circle Hi Guys, I need to cut an 18-inch circle in the middle
Re: [BlindHandyMan] weed killers
Hi Steve and Shannon, I guess the first question is: What weeds are you wanting to kill and where? I apply a 2 4 D compound to my lawns in the mid spring. When we had a pet dog I used to divide the back yard down the middle with snow fence attached to some rebar driven into the ground and would treat one half and a few days later treat the other half restricting the dog with the fence. I kept it rolled up in the shed and actually just gave it away at the end of last week to a friend. Anyway, that is how I managed it. Now if you want to use something like round-up to kill everything, that stuff becomes inert almost immediately it touches something. Keep the pets away for a couple of hours ant that should be fine! Keep them from drinking it of course! Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Steve Shannon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 7:55 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] weed killers Hi All, Does any one know of a good weed killer that want hurt pets? Steve Shannon Today I marry my best friend. The one I laugh with, live for, love.. October 11, 2003 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/428 - Release Date: 25/08/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] weed killers
Well for that purpose, spraying Roundup is easily the best option. You want to do it during dry weather and you probably want to keep your animals from eating the leaves at least the first day otherwise though it is pretty safe and as I said before becomes inert almost immediately on touching other than living green. This time of year it is not so effective as earlier due to the generally slower growth. I did not know that until recently. I use it behind my fence along the edge of the back lane, I get right down close to the fence with the spray because I want to kill selectively, I have clematis growing on the fence I don't want to kill and dozens of rose bushes I also don't want to kill. Of course I don't have a dog any more however the neighbours do have cats and there is a dog on one side, she is crazy but I don't think it has anything to do with my roundup. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Steve Shannon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 10:03 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] weed killers Just kill the weeds around the fences Steve Shannon Today I marry my best friend. The one I laugh with, live for, love.. October 11, 2003 -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dale Leavens Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 9:11 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] weed killers Hi Steve and Shannon, I guess the first question is: What weeds are you wanting to kill and where? I apply a 2 4 D compound to my lawns in the mid spring. When we had a pet dog I used to divide the back yard down the middle with snow fence attached to some rebar driven into the ground and would treat one half and a few days later treat the other half restricting the dog with the fence. I kept it rolled up in the shed and actually just gave it away at the end of last week to a friend. Anyway, that is how I managed it. Now if you want to use something like round-up to kill everything, that stuff becomes inert almost immediately it touches something. Keep the pets away for a couple of hours ant that should be fine! Keep them from drinking it of course! Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Steve Shannon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 7:55 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] weed killers Hi All, Does any one know of a good weed killer that want hurt pets? Steve Shannon Today I marry my best friend. The one I laugh with, live for, love.. October 11, 2003 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/428 - Release Date: 25/08/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Weed Killers
Well here is one application for salt although containing it might be a problem. Black plastic works really well until enough debris accumulates to permit growth.You can keep it down by scattering stone over it but be aware that stone will trap moisture and dirt and eventually weed will grow. Fuel oil too is a pretty good killer but it stinks. I think I would apply black plastic, scatter some crushed rock over it and, when/if there is any sign of weed spray a little roundup on the buggers. You will have plenty of height under there. If you also sink some edging, something about 6 or 8 inches deep all around the perimeter this will act as a barrier for lawn grasses or other adjacent roots from transitioning. With plastic though and no light through black plastic you should be pretty good for a very long time. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Dan Rossi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 10:22 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Weed Killers So, what do I use if I want to kill everything and make sure nothing ever lives there again. Anybody have a secret stash of Agent Orange? When I build the deck, I want to make sure that under the deck stays weed and growing thing free. It will be shaded somewhat, but I had to pull lots of weeds from between the deck boards of the old ground level deck. Weeds are amazingly stubborn. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: (412) 268-9081 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/428 - Release Date: 25/08/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Salt as a weed killer
You might try rat traps, I don't know how effective they are but I very much doubt your dog will get into one. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: tunecollector [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 3:14 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Salt as a weed killer Since we are talking about wholesale murder here, how do I get rid of roof rats? They are devouring the fruit on my trees. I am leery about rat poison because I have a 112-pound black Lab who will munch on anything, including rat poison. Then I have this weird cat who I swear must be smoking pot because he sure has the munchies but never enough munchies to chase down a rat. Oh sure, he'll knock off a mouse or grasshopper but if he sees a rat, he will wind up hiding under the bed. Jim -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Rossi Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 11:05 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Salt as a weed killer John, good points about the salt dissolving or migrating. I intend on putting down a few layers of garden mesh and gravel on top of that. I am not sure I like the idea of black plastic, but not completely against it. Thanks. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: (412) 268-9081 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/428 - Release Date: 25/08/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Fiber Glass
will often have a baffle of wood formed into it part way down to stiffen it, this will be inserted then more spray applied to stick it thoroughly into the structure. Give this some thought and knock it about a bit and you should be able to come up with a solution. This is a big container you are making. work it out thoroughly before you begin. The resin doesn't dry by evaporation, it sets up by chemical reaction. once it begins to go off, it happens pretty fast. Usually you only need a few drops of catalyst per quart of resin depending on the formulation of the particular product and that can be a little tricky for the blind, well me anyway, a small syringe or eye dropper might help here. If you work to a wet edge you can stop and mix up more and continue so long as you have worked the resin well into the fabric. It won't penetrate through already set resin and you don't want voids in the finished product. I can't think of anything more just now, hope this helps. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Larry Stansifer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 7:02 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Fiber Glass Hi Guys, Since you all did such a good job on cutting the whole in my hood, I'm going to become a real research pain in the 32nd Vertebrae I need to build a fiberglass inclosure approximately 28 inches deep 24 inches high and 61/2 feet wide. This inclosure will fit behind the front seats of my El Casino to house batteries, engine management electronics, the air compressor for my air ride suspension, on board fire suppression system and miscellaneous equipment. The area to be utilized is by no means square and plumb so what ever molding material I use will need to be malleable enough to compensate for a variety of angles and irregularities. I got an estimate of $1200.00 to have it custom built but I think I can do it myself. I would really like to hear from anyone with a background in fiberglass structural molding and fabrication. Regards Larry Stansifer Toll Free 1 (800)-527-9572 Voice: 1 (435)-688-1391 Fax: 1 (435) 628-6981 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/433 - Release Date: 8/30/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/428 - Release Date: 25/08/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] lawn aerators
Well now it might qualify on both counts, as aeration and compaction. I have never used the power aerators but I have seen them used. I wouldn't consider this a good thing for a blind person but a partial might depending on how partial. The type I saw pushed a row of tubes into the ground removing plugs nearly three inches long which it left in rows on the ground. If you can run in very straight lines then maybe, don't think that bare footed feeling would be too useful though, they only seem to work running forward. I read that one should then screed the cores into the low parts of the lawn and roll if necessary to level off the ground. Apparently bowling greens are prepared this way in the autumn, they screed with a tool I believe they refer to it as a mandolin, a sort of triangle at the end of a long stick. I have been thinking I might hire a lawn service to aerate my lawns this autumn, I am however a little concerned as I have some garden irrigation hoses buried not all that deep in a few places.The back though is getting lumpy and parts aren't taking up water so well. I figure it won't cost a lot more to hire a man with the machine and he will be not only familiar with it but more capable than I and will get the job done in much less time than I would.. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Michael Baldwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 8:26 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] lawn aerators Nope, that actually compacts the soil more. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sheila Enerson Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 16:51 To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] lawn aerators My dad tied a couple of boards to his feet with nails pounded into the bottoms of them and walked around the lawn. Does that count? Sheila -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Baldwin Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 1:52 PM To: Blind Handy Man Subject: [BlindHandyMan] lawn aerators Hello, Has anyone here used a lawn aerator? How easy/difficult was it to use? Thanks, Mike [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/435 - Release Date: 8/31/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/435 - Release Date: 8/31/2006 --- http://USFamily.Net/dialup.html - $8.25/mo! -- http://www.usfamily.net/dsl.html - $19.99/mo! --- To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Drill Doctor
Hi Rae, Have you used it with masonry bits? and how did it do with them? Masonry bits are very differently shaped, no under-cut, and the carbide tipped ones are very hard. Just curious, big masonry bits are very expensive and they do grind badly when drilling. Thanks. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Ray Boyce [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2006 4:54 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Drill Doctor Hi Well I have been thinking about buying a Drill Doctor for some time and I took the plunge and bought one. I really needed it to service the 150 drills I counted and that does not include my masonry drills. There is two sets of drills I can not put my hands on at the moment I need to find to sharpen. Blind people can certainly use this machine with no problems as long as you set the drill up at the start as described in the users manual. You should rotate the chuck an even number of turns to sharpen the drill correctly and with the diamond wheel it really does that. Now all my drills have a nice sharp edge and when blunt it takes but seconds to resharpen. Expensive yes but I got sick of buying new sets when all they needed was sharpening. However you need to clean your drills before inserting them into the chuck so all the grease and any grime is not deposited in the jaws of the chuck. Then clean your machine after use and blow compressed air through the chuck to clean any deposits of grinding matter out. Conclusion Easy to Use and does a great job Ray. To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/428 - Release Date: 25/08/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Finishing a Cutting Board
Hi Robert, Linseed oil is a fine finish and, except that it might impart some taste to foods would probably be all right to start with however it is a vegetable oil and therefore will host bacteria and possibly even other beasties. It can also go rancid. Otherwise, I use it for a lot of things and like it well. It is a very blind friendly finish material. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Robert J. Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 2:21 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Finishing a Cutting Board Seems to me that when I took wood working in high school we used lin sead oil for doing fine sanding. Not sure if it would be good for cutting boards. Has any one heard of this To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/428 - Release Date: 25/08/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] using a table saw.
You certainly can cut it with a table saw and probably about as accurately as you would be able to do with a circular saw unless you made a very good jig. A small table complicates the task particularly if you are cutting only a short piece off, the closer to the middle you are cutting the easier it will be to balance the board on the table. The other issue is the miter gauge. Even professional wood workers don't like to cross cut anything but short pieces with the miter gauge usually supplied even with very good table saws. There are very expensive and sophisticated accessory miter gauges and for wider stock most will build a panel cutter which is a fairly large sheet of plywood fitted to a guide that fits into the miter slot on the table saw and which has a fence along the rear edge to hold the panel and carry it through the saw. If you can attach a suitable straight piece of wood to the miter gauge across it's face so as to lengthen it, you will find it will support your board better. It just struck me that maybe I should explain that the miter gauge is that device which fits into the slot on the table top. It has a raised piece that can be adjusted usually through 45 or more degrees to either side. You should not use the rip fence to set size because the board you are cutting off can and usually will get jammed between the fence and the blade and will quite likely come flying back at you, usually striking at high speed some place between belly button and knees if you follow. This is not entirely true of course, the correct way if you were say cutting several 16 inch lengths and want them all equal is to clamp a stick to the fence leaving 16 inches from the blade edge of the stick to the blade but clamping the stick back along the fence far enough that as you push the board through the trailing edge passes the end of the stick before the leading edge contacts the blade. In this way there is always going to be some space, the thickness of the stick between the end of the board you are cutting off and the fence allowing the cut-off somewhere to go if it needs to. Ok, Once you figure and measure the length to be cut off you hold your board against the fence on the miter gauge, usually in the slot on the left of the blade and extend it out beyond the blade to the right of the blade the distance you intend to cut off. You will probably want to slide the rip fence right off of the saw table depending on how much you are cutting off. Once the amount you intend to cut off is beyond the blade to the right you back it off a touch holding the board firmly to the miter gauge, turn on the saw then gently slide the board into the blade until you pass right through. A long board will give you some trouble, helps to have something to hold that long left free end up. This is not so easy to do and you must take care not to grab for anything should it get away from you, another board can always be had but replacement fingers are not so readily available. I have cut many many boards just like this over time. Because the miter gauge is short and the board is heavy it is not easily done and absolute accuracy is difficult to insure but for most of us it is still more accurate than working with a hand saw unless it is very sharp and mounted in a good miter frame or box. You need to make sure that the miter gauge is set and the adjustment knob snug. For 90, if you don't have a positive stop, turning the gauge over and running it in upside down until it comes into contact with the edge of the table can be a good way to set it depending on the design of the table. You may also use the corner of the table as a pretty good guide to set it square. Hope this is helpful. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Robert J. Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 10:25 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] using a table saw. Hi gang I have a 1 by 11 by 8 foot board that I need to cut for some shelves. I do not have a cercular saw. all I have is a hand saw which I really do not want to use for this project. I also have a small table saw. I don't know the size of the table saw but suffice it to say it is not a large table. Is there a practicle way to cut this board on the table saw or do I need to either have some one with a cercular saw cut it for me or buy one and do it my self? I would like to learn to use a cercular saw but that just is not in my budget at this time so if it needs to be cut that way I would just have some one do it for me. To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php
Re: [BlindHandyMan] This should be the nexstec multimeter
Sorry, the page with description didn't come through. I did get a warning that it might not, something to do with the frames on the page. I will go back later and copy the page to clip board and paste it into a message. It does appear to be the same model sold by the Source by Circuit City. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Dale Leavens [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2006 12:18 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] This should be the nexstec multimeter KMS Tools Equipment Ltd [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/436 - Release Date: 1/09/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] a concrete question
Hi Lee, Actually there are different additives, I think they use acrylic and other things. I just had a look on the Web, I found an interesting article where they suggest you cut a groove into the existing cement with a circular saw and masonry blade, tilted over about 5 degrees and go all around the the area to be recovered, about three inches in from the edge. They recommend and so would I that you take a mallet and cold chisel and knock away anything that is loose, if corners are failing or breaking up, cut back to good concrete and make a bit of a ledge to support the patch. In the case that the edges will be involved take care to form up the edges well to retain the new concrete. Clean it all up really well with a broom or even a vacuum cleaner. Dampen the surface well but no standing water, the patch will hold better on damp concrete. They recommend using sand mix concrete for patches under around three inches thick otherwise you want more stone in the mix. You mix it up to be stiff. Too wet and cement isn't so strong. Now here is where they recommend adding what they are calling acrylic fortifier. It should take the place of about 50 to 80 percent of the water apparently. You then force the mix into your grooves which, being angled will help to stick it down and you pour or apply your mix in more or less the usual way, over filling slightly, then tamping and floating it all even, trawling it and making sure it is all evenly covering. Best cement is made between 50 and 80 degrees F. The warmer the quicker it sets up but also the more likely it is to crack. I like to trowel the surface and tamp it for quite a long time to bring up more of the cream, I find this offers the opportunity of a smoother surface. You can then treat it with a sponge float for a rougher textures surface or a stiff bristle brush or broom to texture it with lines, particularly if there are concerns about the surface being slippery. When it is beginning to get pretty firm it is a good time to treat the edges with a finishing trawl, the tool which puts a slightly beveled and rounded corner on the top surface. You should cover with plastic to keep the moisture in so it cures more slowly. I like to lightly spray it over from time-to-time, depending on the heat and so on, probably after about four hours and then a couple of times a day for the first couple of days. Just a light sprinkle until it is wet then cover again. Generally the slower concrete cures, the stronger it will be. Anyway, the agent is acrylic concrete fortifier. Be sure you buy more of it and the sand mixed than you need, I ran short today and I will have a mess next week when I can buy more cement. I think what happened is this is different, comes in plastic bags and turns out to be smaller bags than the stuff I had left over from last year. Your project isn't all that big and the bags I bought today were 4 bucks each so a couple of extras won't kill and if in good condition you can likely bring them back. I hope this was helpful. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Lee A. Stone [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2006 9:55 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] a concrete question Dale, you refer to a latex additive . what should I ask for, just that? a latex additive. However maybe I'll be smart and wait until after you do your repair job. at the rate we are moving here it will be the middle of September. Oh I forgot. yes this slab is quite flat , however the new layer we put on we will pitch, say from 2 inches to 1 3/4 inches so making any water drain off quickly...thanks.Lee -- There's no future in time travel. To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/436 - Release Date: 1/09/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show
Re: [BlindHandyMan] a concrete question
Hi Lee, Actually there are different additives, I think they use acrylic and other things. I just had a look on the Web, I found an interesting article where they suggest you cut a groove into the existing cement with a circular saw and masonry blade, tilted over about 5 degrees and go all around the area to be recovered, about three inches in from the edge. They recommend and so would I that you take a mallet and cold chisel and knock away anything that is loose, if corners are failing or breaking up, cut back to good concrete and make a bit of a ledge to support the patch. In the case that the edges will be involved take care to form up the edges well to retain the new concrete. Clean it all up really well with a broom or even a vacuum cleaner. Dampen the surface well but no standing water, the patch will hold better on damp concrete. They recommend using sand mix concrete for patches under around three inches thick otherwise you want more stone in the mix. You mix it up to be stiff. Too wet and cement isn't so strong. Now here is where they recommend adding what they are calling acrylic fortifier. It should take the place of about 50 to 80 percent of the water apparently. You then force the mix into your grooves which, being angled will help to stick it down and you pour or apply your mix in more or less the usual way, over filling slightly, then tamping and floating it all even, trawling it and making sure it is all evenly covering. Best cement is made between 50 and 80 degrees F. The warmer the quicker it sets up but also the more likely it is to crack. I like to trowel the surface and tamp it for quite a long time to bring up more of the cream, I find this offers the opportunity of a smoother surface. You can then treat it with a sponge float for a rougher textures surface or a stiff bristle brush or broom to texture it with lines, particularly if there are concerns about the surface being slippery. When it is beginning to get pretty firm it is a good time to treat the edges with a finishing trawl, the tool which puts a slightly beveled and rounded corner on the top surface. You should cover with plastic to keep the moisture in so it cures more slowly. I like to lightly spray it over from time-to-time, depending on the heat and so on, probably after about four hours and then a couple of times a day for the first couple of days. Just a light sprinkle until it is wet then cover again. Generally the slower concrete cures, the stronger it will be. Anyway, the agent is acrylic concrete fortifier. Be sure you buy more of it and the sand mixed than you need, I ran short today and I will have a mess next week when I can buy more cement. I think what happened is this is different, comes in plastic bags and turns out to be smaller bags than the stuff I had left over from last year. Your project isn't all that big and the bags I bought today were 4 bucks each so a couple of extras won't kill and if in good condition you can likely bring them back. I hope this was helpful. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Lee A. Stone [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2006 9:55 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] a concrete question Dale, you refer to a latex additive . what should I ask for, just that? a latex additive. However maybe I'll be smart and wait until after you do your repair job. at the rate we are moving here it will be the middle of September. Oh I forgot. yes this slab is quite flat , however the new layer we put on we will pitch, say from 2 inches to 1 3/4 inches so making any water drain off quickly...thanks.Lee -- There's no future in time travel. To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/436 - Release Date: 1/09/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Very dangerous scam
Well, just how authentic it looks on scrutiny is beside the point, it fools enough people to be worth the while of the perpetrators. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Cy Selfridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 10:48 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Very dangerous scam Yes, you are absolutely correct. The day before my wife misplaced her wallet so we were a little keyed up watching for any sign of theft. Also, I had not used Paypal often enough to really be familiar with their format. The shock of learning someone had just hit you for $500 sets you off balance and that is what the fisherfolk are counting on. It is a very slick approach to a fishing expedition and I have not seen this particular approach before. Usually it is a notice telling you that Paypal suspects that someone is trying to get into your account. Cy, the Ancient Okie... -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2006 9:45 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Very dangerous scam Honestly, that doesn't look like a standard paypal email at all. They start with your name, such as Dear Goofy Dogperson, then they have the part about paying someone. So if they don't have your name, they re just fishing. Every email I've ever gotten from actual paypal has had my name in the Salutation. Maybe it's just me, but that's a give-away. On Sat, 2 Sep 2006, Cy Selfridge wrote: Hi folks, I am including a copy of an email I just received from paypal. The email is not legitimate as I called paypal and confirmed that no transaction took place. If you look at this email you will see a place to link to in case you dispute the charge. I think that link will get you to give out the information the thieves need in order to really clean out your account. This email really does look legitimate so just beware my friends. Cy, the ancient Okie Dear PayPal Member, This email confirms that you have paid LWPELECTRONICS ( [EMAIL PROTECTED]) $474.99 USD using PayPal. This credit card transaction will appear on your bill as PAYPAL LWPELECTRONICS*. PayPal Shopping Cart Contents Table with 3 columns and 6 rows Item Name: Right-click here to download pictures. To help protect your privacy, Outlook prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. BRAND NEW NOKIA 8800 CELL PHONE Quantity: Right-click here to download pictures. To help protect your privacy, Outlook prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. 1 Right-click here to download pictures. To help protect your privacy, Outlook prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. Total: Right-click here to download pictures. To help protect your privacy, Outlook prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. $474.99 USD Right-click here to download pictures. To help protect your privacy, Outlook prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. Right-click here to download pictures. To help protect your privacy, Outlook prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. Right-click here to download pictures. To help protect your privacy, Outlook prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. Right-click here to download pictures. To help protect your privacy, Outlook prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. table end Table with 3 columns and 4 rows Cart Subtotal: Right-click here to download pictures. To help protect your privacy, Outlook prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. $454.99 USD Shipping Charge: Right-click here to download pictures. To help protect your privacy, Outlook prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. $20.00 USD Cart Total: Right-click here to download pictures. To help protect your privacy, Outlook prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. $474.99 USD Right-click here to download pictures. To help protect your privacy, Outlook prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. Right-click here to download pictures. To help protect your privacy, Outlook prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. Right-click here to download pictures. To help protect your privacy, Outlook prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. table end Shipping Information Table with 3 columns and 2 rows Shipping Info: Right-click here to download pictures. To help protect your privacy, Outlook prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. Bill Chang 202 N Magnolia Dr. Saco, ME 04072 United States Address Status
Re: [BlindHandyMan] the blind handy man files page
This is a problem of all Web documents, depending on screen resolution, the browser used and the settings and all sorts of things a document will look different to various users. HTML looks after this it properly tagged, Word or NotePad will do so provided the user has the wrap to screen option enabled. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: David Ferrin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 11:36 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] the blind handy man files page Thanks Max, yes I did ask. I also had Patty check out some of them and she said the same thing. They aren't all like that but enough of them I'm sure. I could fix it but the time it would take me might be a real problem. I guess it will have to be an on going kind of thing. It may be easier to try and figure out how to make all of the files download links for everybody to open them up in note pad. I must consider these things before I proceed. David Ferrin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Consciousness is that annoying time between naps. - Original Message - From: Max Robinson To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 12:38 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] the blind handy man files page Hi David. I checked a few of the articles and it appears that most of them are on one very long line. Jaws has no trouble with this but a sighted person trying to read them would have to use the horizontal scroll bar to move along the line. I don't think they would find it a pleasant experience. You did ask. Regards. Max. K 4 O D S. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: David Ferrin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: BHM blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 11:42 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] the blind handy man files page I've just finished adding around 40 new links to the files page. They have been harvested from many posts that came over this list in the past couple of months. I have more of them I wish to post and when time permits they will most likely manage to get up there. Also remember that this list is now archived on a completely accessible web site. No need for a password or anything of the like. So folks there are several resources for everybody to check out for handy man kinds of things. So long as there's an interest in this project I'll try and keep doing it when I can. Also if somebody who is a high partial could check out some of the text files to kind of give me an idea how they look on the screen that would be nice. David Ferrin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Consciousness is that annoying time between naps. To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/436 - Release Date: 1/09/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Panel jig
No Ralph, Think of a large fixed miter gauge only it has a sheet of material.which slides over the table top. This is intended to cross cut panels like maybe a cabinet door. Let us say a three foot by two foot sheet of thin plywood. Along one three foot edge you fix a three foot or longer piece of straight wood, preferably hardwood maybe a two by two. On the under side of this sheet and running parallel to the two foot dimension you attach a strip which runs in the miter slot. You lay the panel to be cut on this sheet aligning it with the two by two fence and push the lot through the saw. If you remove your rip fence, usually that side of the saw will have a table extension and this will give you a bit more support for the jig. You can make the jig large enough to span the saw for even larger panels. I recently read of a jig one fellow made for cutting very accurately, a series of pieces, 12 I think for gluing up to be turned on a lathe. This he called a sled and specifically designed for those very precise cuts. If you want more information or a better explanation just ask. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Ralph Supernaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 8:09 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Panel jig Hi Dale and Barry, I am trying to understand the concept of the jig you have for cutting sheets of plywood with a table saw. I understand the piece of oak or whatever that attaches to the bottom and slides along the groove in the table. I am foggy on the rest. Do you make the jig about the same length as the pieces of plywood you're wanting to cut? I gather that the first or most basic fence is along the side of the stock (parallel to the saw blade) and that you can add a fence at the end if you want. Is this correct? Don't you need the jig to be on both sides of the blade so the stock will lay flat? It seems like having the jig only on the side with the long fence would mean the stock would tilt. Thanks, Ralph [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/436 - Release Date: 1/09/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Panel jig
Oh yes! You can buy very large miter gauges complete with blocks for multiple precision cuts. These have a triangular configuration to make them more precise and they cost like stink! You could use two miter gauges but this would only really help you much if they are joined across their faces. You might also find some method of supporting the long free end with a horse or table or what ever you can come up with. This will permit you to line up everything and measure accurately before starting the cut. Remember though that the best of the sliding compound miter saws cost from 800 to a thousand dollars. That is the best. If you are buying a specialized miter gauge or a second one you might consider subtracting that price from the cost of such a machine and consider saving up for one. There are much cheaper power miter saws but you loose a lot of versatility, a little like the disadvantages to having a small table saw. For the blind though, these tools can make the difference between being able to competently do the job or not. No matter how cheap a pencil is, it isn't all that useful to a blind person. A typewriter gives better access to the task of writing and a computer quite a different access to both writing and reading. I understand that these things can be beyond our resources. It is truly unfortunate, our sighted friends can buy a circular saw for about 40 bucks, a square and sharp pencil or even scratch a line with a nail and that is that. With care though you could probably do with a hand saw, particularly a good quality one. Certainly I did a lot of fairly good work with one many years ago when we were starting out in a flat on Argyle Road in West Ealing Middlesex London. I had a couple of hand saws, a half inch and a three quarters inch Stanley chisel, a crank powered drill, some screw drivers and a hammer and a ball type level. I still have most of those tools. I wired that flat to a 30 amp ring main and fitted out the kitchen and made a few bits of furniture with those tools. It can be done.Wonderful fun making dadoes with a hand saw and chisel. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Robert J. Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 6:10 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Panel jig Can one get longer myder jigsI have not mesured them but I think they are no more than about 12 inches long and my other thought was to use 2 of them with the 8 foot long board. the table has a slot on either side of the blade depending on which side you need to work from. My thought was to lay the board accross both jigs and that would balance the board as well as keep it streight. Hope my question makes sence. To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/436 - Release Date: 1/09/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] How to Sharpen Kitchen Knives
Well, can you estimate a 45 degree angle? half of that is 22.5 which is just a little over 20, 10 degrees is about half of that. The slope on the back of a chair to the seat is usually about 8 degrees if done correctly and if that helps. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Jewel Blanch [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 7:01 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] How to Sharpen Kitchen Knives How in all that's wonderful does one estimate a 10/25 degree angle? Jewel To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/436 - Release Date: 1/09/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Here is one type of straight edge guide on sale!
I have one here too but it isn't quite as straight as I would like, it will flex a little at the middle. The clamps that came with it are probably two inches but I have used it with larger clamps to cut through three sheets of three quarter inch plywood in the past which is approaching the limit of my circular saw. At the price of plywood I generally measure half a dozen times then run into the bathroom at least once to restore comfort to punished bowels before rethinking and remeasuring one last time and engaging the blade. There is a better looking one out there somewhere I used to have a link to a site on my old dead computer but I haven't been able to locate it. I bought mine from our local Home Hardware store, I think though it is a uniquely Canadian chain. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Cy Selfridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 7:40 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Here is one type of straight edge guide on sale! Dale, This looks exactly like the gizmo I purchased from Sears about 25 or so years ago. It cost me $15 way back then. Now, I believe I could work with wood up to about an inch and a half thick. Cy, the ancient Okie... -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dale Leavens Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 5:39 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Here is one type of straight edge guide on sale! House of Tools -Canwood Straight Edge Cutting Guide Shop Online or Call: 1-800-661-3987 Login PROUD SUPPORTER images/HFHlogo Canwood Straight Edge Cutting Guide Table with 4 columns and 4 rows Price SKU Quantity $29.99 CAD CNW 30388 Buy 1 $27.66 US $21.61 Euros table end Zoom Photo Description: Canwood Straight Edge Cutting Guide. Perfect for marking, cutting or routing a straight line. This guide comes with two extruded aluminum 50-3/8'' rails, a 12'' aluminum conector and two cast iron 2-1/2'' C-clamps. The rails have a ribbed design which strengthens them and ensures they stay straight. The dovetail shaped connector solidly joins the two sections together so you can work with material up to 100-1/2''. Merchandise Tag Manufacturer: Canwood Classification: Category Marking Measuring Tapes, Rulers Straight Edges Rulers Straight Edges Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.0/439 - Release Date: 9/6/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/436 - Release Date: 1/09/2006 Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/SktRrD/hOaOAA/yQLSAA/86xolB/TM ~- To listen to the show archives go to link http
[BlindHandyMan] Lee's tagline.
Lee's tagline reminds me of that little question I was asked not long ago. Did you hear about the invisible man who married the invisible woman? The kids were nothing to look at either. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/SktRrD/hOaOAA/yQLSAA/86xolB/TM ~- To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] kitchen drain trap
Hi Terrie, I am thinking you are talking about the plastic sort of trap? The ring goes on with the narrow edge down so it is the narrow edge which fits down into the opening of the 'U' shape. You then thread the nut over the threads on the 'U' and take care not to cross the threads. Usually hand tight should be enough, but a good hand tight. If it does leak a little you can buy new wedge shaped rings. You need to know the size, usually inch and a quarter but can be inch and a half or two inches. Hope I understood you correctly. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Terrie Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 6:32 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] kitchen drain trap Ok ,Ineed help the trap under my sink became un-hooked and Imessed withit and Ido not know what way the little ring goes as I took it off and .Is it the small opening down or up , the screw comes down and the treaded part is on the bottom so I do not know. HELP tERRIE [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/436 - Release Date: 1/09/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] The guts of a laptop
So Dan, Is there a discrete power supply or is it also integrated directly into the main circuit board? Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Dan Rossi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: BlindHandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 9:53 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] The guts of a laptop Recently, Teresa and I attempted to revive her laptop with a bit of surgery. There are a lot of screws, a lot of plastic clips, and everything is quite tiny. There isn't a lot to see in there, mostly just looks like a mother board. We attempted to fix a fan / heat sink issue. On this particular model the heat sink actually moved back and forth like a thermostat. As things heated up, the heat sink would move and contact a switch that would then turn on the fans. We picked up new fans and a new heat sink assembly, but unfortunately, neither part came with the switch which is what I believe is wrong with the thing. There were ribbon cable connectors for the keyboard and monitor. I was impressed by just how thin and small all the components were. The keyboard is nothing more than a thick piece of Aluminum foil. the fans were about 1.25 inches in diameter and about 0.25 inches thick. We actually managed to take the thing apart and put it back together twice but it was still overheating as the fan would never kick on so after about ten minutes of use it would die again. Anyway, just thought I'd toss that out since Dale was wondering what the inside of a laptop might look like. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: (412) 268-9081 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/436 - Release Date: 1/09/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question for the Engineers
Probably the frost would be deeper on the lower ground since cold air is heavier and tends to settle in the lower areas. Further, the lower ground is likely to be damper and this would conduct the temperature more readily. There are other factors though, things like vegetation, nature of the soil, it's density and so on, the amount of any snow cover, the direction of the hillside and even direction of prevailing winds and weather. My answer therefore is a very definite maybe. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Lee A. Stone [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 10:44 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question for the Engineers I have a stupid question for the engineers. about a frost level in the ground. if you have a steep side hill, would the frost be as deep on that hill as it would be on the top or bottomm level ground?Lee -- There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes. -- Dr. Who To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/436 - Release Date: 1/09/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[BlindHandyMan] Emailing: NTESearch.htm Drill Doctor at Northern Tool.
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[BlindHandyMan] Source for Braille watch (with alarm)
I have been cruising the Web looking for a braille watch, preferably with alarm. I had one from the CNIB several years ago which failed early on, a Seiko. While on holiday my watch quit so I bought a new one in Calgary, has a sort of pin type roller to hold the lid shut but it doesn't. Every time I tear off a sheet of paper towel it flips open, every fast movement flips it open and I seem to be swinging my left arm around a lot, certainly a lot more than ever I realized. At the time I bought it I noticed that the lid rattled and I remarked on it, the woman in the Calgary store brought out another which rattled too so I decided it to be a feature rather than a deficiency in design. It may be that there is no longer an alarm watch in braille, certainly CNIB doesn't sell any. A google search delivers several results but they all seem to offer talking watches. This is not really a fixit question however there are a couple of hundred blind people on this list which spreads the net fairly wide. Thanks for your indulgence. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Source for Braille watch (with alarm)
Thanks, don't worry about it too much, I think they have discontinued that model. I am beginning to like the sound of that Tissot Silen-t. A little pricey maybe but I am hoping I can find a source for one in Houston. Up here in Canada they seem to be charging a lot of money which probably means big import duty. Now if I can find a short cruise to use up a little time while down there after seven days both my wife and I can bring in $750 each tax free. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Kevin Doucet [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 8:28 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Source for Braille watch (with alarm) Hi, I work at the Alabama Industries Store which sells all sort of devices for the blind and I believe I may be able to help. I will check tomorrow for a braille watch with allarm. At 12:34 PM 9/9/2006 -0400, you wrote: I have been cruising the Web looking for a braille watch, preferably with alarm. I had one from the CNIB several years ago which failed early on, a Seiko. While on holiday my watch quit so I bought a new one in Calgary, has a sort of pin type roller to hold the lid shut but it doesn't. Every time I tear off a sheet of paper towel it flips open, every fast movement flips it open and I seem to be swinging my left arm around a lot, certainly a lot more than ever I realized. At the time I bought it I noticed that the lid rattled and I remarked on it, the woman in the Calgary store brought out another which rattled too so I decided it to be a feature rather than a deficiency in design. It may be that there is no longer an alarm watch in braille, certainly CNIB doesn't sell any. A google search delivers several results but they all seem to offer talking watches. This is not really a fixit question however there are a couple of hundred blind people on this list which spreads the net fairly wide. Thanks for your indulgence. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/436 - Release Date: 9/1/2006 -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.11.7 - Release Date: 9/1/2006 Thanks. Kevin Doucet [EMAIL PROTECTED] confuse as says Blind man with unmarked forehead has large belly! -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.11.7 - Release Date: 9/1/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links (Yahoo! ID required) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.2/442 - Release Date: 8/09/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Test radio station for cell phones.
I too listened for a couple of minutes last night using my ThinkPad and Windows XP through Winamp. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Jim Ruby [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 12:05 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Test radio station for cell phones. Thanks. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lee A. Stone Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2006 3:57 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Test radio station for cell phones. Jim I just gave it a go and found your web site very accessible using my Linux system but a no go for sound. I clicked on option 8 and dead air space at this time after 2 full minutes. I'll give it a go later. Lee -- All the really good ideas I ever had came to me while I was milking a cow. -- Grant Wood To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.2/442 - Release Date: 8/09/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Source for Braille watch (with alarm)
Yes, I thought of that and may even do it myself if I can find a suitable pin. Trouble is that I don't have convenient access to a jeweler here, the nearest is Timmins and I think there isn't a shop with a jeweler in-house there, but more significantly, it is a little better than an hour to drive and I don't drive, I pretty well only ever go there to the airport. When I do next visit a city I'll try to remember to bring it along with me I will be in North Bay at the end of September but mostly in an hotel for a convention so that won't be an opportunity. I tried squashing the pin to form a flat spot which, i thought might grab. I figured then if I made a second one at 90 degrees to the original then even if the pin spun at least one would engage the lip but alas, all I managed to do was ruin the warrantee. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Art Rizzino [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 10:20 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Source for Braille watch (with alarm) Dale, I am not familiar with the watch you mentioned but thought I would tell you about a possible repair. I have had watches that open at the six o'clock position and like you said sort of pin type roller to hold the lid shut. The watches that I have actually use a watch band pin as the latch. Maybe a Jeweler could replace or modify the pin that is there so it will latch better. This has worked for me in the past. Art - Original Message - From: Dale Leavens [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2006 12:34 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Source for Braille watch (with alarm) I have been cruising the Web looking for a braille watch, preferably with alarm. I had one from the CNIB several years ago which failed early on, a Seiko. While on holiday my watch quit so I bought a new one in Calgary, has a sort of pin type roller to hold the lid shut but it doesn't. Every time I tear off a sheet of paper towel it flips open, every fast movement flips it open and I seem to be swinging my left arm around a lot, certainly a lot more than ever I realized. At the time I bought it I noticed that the lid rattled and I remarked on it, the woman in the Calgary store brought out another which rattled too so I decided it to be a feature rather than a deficiency in design. It may be that there is no longer an alarm watch in braille, certainly CNIB doesn't sell any. A google search delivers several results but they all seem to offer talking watches. This is not really a fixit question however there are a couple of hundred blind people on this list which spreads the net fairly wide. Thanks for your indulgence. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links (Yahoo! ID required) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.2/442 - Release Date: 8/09/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Source for Braille watch (with alarm)
Yes, actually I read a Word document on the RNIB page on how to set and check time and alarm. What I didn't understand is the need to synchronize the hands with the tactile pointers. Anyway, I am looking for a little better price than available here, all I can figure is the big difference is in the import duty. I am trying now to locate a vendor in or around Houston where I can wander in and buy one. Even allowing for the exchange rate I should be able to buy one for under $400 over there, I need about $600 here. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Barry Levine [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 10:37 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Source for Braille watch (with alarm) Dale, if you are thinking of the Tissot watch, do be sure that wherever you purchase it, you'll be getting the instructional CD with it. I don't know about you, but I'm one of those people who believes that instructions are superfluous. I continue to behave in this manner despite experiencing, with almost perfect reliability, very clear evidence to the contrary. I don't want to scare you off. The Tissot watch turns out to be very easy to set up and use. In fact, its use becomes second nature very quickly... Particularly since you'll have a tendency to play with it on almost a full-time basis for the first couple of days. It really is a neat watch. However, you do have to familiarize yourself with some specific directions for its proper set-up and use. --Barry -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dale Leavens Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 9:16 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Source for Braille watch (with alarm) Thanks, don't worry about it too much, I think they have discontinued that model. I am beginning to like the sound of that Tissot Silen-t. A little pricey maybe but I am hoping I can find a source for one in Houston. Up here in Canada they seem to be charging a lot of money which probably means big import duty. Now if I can find a short cruise to use up a little time while down there after seven days both my wife and I can bring in $750 each tax free. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Kevin Doucet [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 8:28 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Source for Braille watch (with alarm) Hi, I work at the Alabama Industries Store which sells all sort of devices for the blind and I believe I may be able to help. I will check tomorrow for a braille watch with allarm. At 12:34 PM 9/9/2006 -0400, you wrote: I have been cruising the Web looking for a braille watch, preferably with alarm. I had one from the CNIB several years ago which failed early on, a Seiko. While on holiday my watch quit so I bought a new one in Calgary, has a sort of pin type roller to hold the lid shut but it doesn't. Every time I tear off a sheet of paper towel it flips open, every fast movement flips it open and I seem to be swinging my left arm around a lot, certainly a lot more than ever I realized. At the time I bought it I noticed that the lid rattled and I remarked on it, the woman in the Calgary store brought out another which rattled too so I decided it to be a feature rather than a deficiency in design. It may be that there is no longer an alarm watch in braille, certainly CNIB doesn't sell any. A google search delivers several results but they all seem to offer talking watches. This is not really a fixit question however there are a couple of hundred blind people on this list which spreads the net fairly wide. Thanks for your indulgence. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo
Re: [BlindHandyMan] The Top 20 Rejected Katie Couric Closing Lines adult joke
I didn't get the kiss my black ass reference. Catie is a blond white woman, unless she is of mixed race and the black half is below the waist or something. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Carla Jo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 9:42 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] The Top 20 Rejected Katie Couric Closing Lines adult joke oh this was a mistake, the original didn't even show up in my inbox. Dave take this off, - Original Message - From: Stanton Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 3:03 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] The Top 20 Rejected Katie Couric Closing Lines adult joke I know where you got the last five. LOL! I subscribe to that list. LOL! Stanton Brown - Original Message - From: Carla Jo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blm [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 10:22 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] The Top 20 Rejected Katie Couric Closing Lines adult joke | During Katie Couric's recent debut as CBS News anchor, | she mentioned she hadn't come up with a cool closing | line (i.e. Good night and good luck or That's the | way it is), then asked for suggestions. Heh heh. | | The Top 20 Rejected Katie Couric Closing Lines | | 20 That's today's news, and I'm not wearing panties. | | 19 ... and they all lived happily ever after. | | 18 Well, slap my ass and call me a limo. I am outta here! | | 17 Ka-ching! That's another 40 grand in the bank for me! | Have a pleasant evening. | | 16 So fire up the old barbie, Hop Sing; Mama's coming home! | | 15 Perkier than nipples in winter, I'm Katie Couric. | | 14 Couric: Out! | | 13 You may now return to your puny, pathetic lives. | | 12 ... and to all you good people in the Midwest: Sorry we | said 'f*ck' so much. | | 11 Fo' shizzel, my nizzel. | | 10 That oughtta hold the little bastards till tomorrow. | | 9 Visit our website to find out which of tonight's stories | I totally made up. | | 8 Good night, and good duck. | | 7 And remember: It'll always come back to bite you in the ass | if you shortchange your pimp. | | 6 Kiss my black ass, America! | | 5 Smirnoff, take me away!!! | | 4 America, if you still call me 'perky' after this, I swear | I will #%$#%$* cut you. | | 3 You may now stop masturbating. | | 2 The truth just farted in your living room, America. | Go crack a window. | | and the Number 1 Rejected Katie Couric Closing Line... | | 1 And that's the news. Looks like I picked the wrong day | to quit sucking c*ck. | | | To listen to the show archives go to link | http://acbradio.org/handyman.html | or | ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ | | The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. | http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday | | The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. | http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml | | Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: | http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ | Visit the new archives page at the following address | http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ | For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Yahoo! Groups Links | | | | | | | | | To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com
Re: [BlindHandyMan] cleaning out window wells
ABS is an acronym for Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene. It is a form of plastic used usually for drain pipe. The styrene gives the plastic a shiny, impervious surface. The butadiene, a rubbery substance, provides resilience even at low temperatures. PVC is Polyvinyl chloride. It is also used for pipe. You must use the correct solvent, that is ABS for ABS and PVC for PVC because it isn't actually glue but dissolves the surface of the plastic thus fusing the fittings together. If you used half inch or three quarter inch fittings you could simply thread them through something like nylon fish netting and form them to make a sort of basket to line the window wells. The plastic pipe is relatively cheap, easy to cut and fit and light yet plenty strong enough for that purpose. A hack saw to cut it, sand paper to clean the ends before you wipe on the solvent and there you go. They do make a cleaning agent as well, coloured so that building inspectors can see that it has been used as a method of quality control in the building industry to keep the builders honest, it isn't necessary and particularly not for this application. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Kevin Doucet [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 3:28 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] cleaning out window wells Hi list, First, let me say thanks to all who have offered input in helping me in this concern. Now let me ask a question or two. Below reference was made to, ABS. Can some one enlighten me on what this is? Also what sort of glue would I need to use to affix the below materials? Thanks. Good idea, you could just make a light frame and cover it with fish net. Very light and strong and plenty good enough to hold very many pounds of leaves. Plastic conduit or ABS or PVC plumbing plastic glued together threaded through the netting would be light strong and last for ever. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: clifford [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 11:40 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] cleaning out window wells Dear List members: Instead of attempting to build a cover to prevent leaves from getting in to a window well, I would suggest placing a piece of expanded metal or heavy screen in the bottom of the well, with a handle on each end, made of wire, and extending up to near the top of the well. When the leaves begin to fall, it would be easy to clean out the well a few times by simply lifting out the accumulated leaves. The construction of such a device would be simpler and less expensive than building a cover, and the appearance of your home would be unchanged. Yours Truly, Clifford Wilson [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.4/449 - Release Date: 15/09/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version
Re: [BlindHandyMan] RE: burning barels
My neighbour has had a fire every evening for about two months now. Seems to burn everything from his old deck to garden debris. Stinks bad too. We used to burn paper and cardboard mostly but that was forty years ago and more. On the island we didn't have and they still don't have recycling. Actually up here we don't either, it is far more costly and environmentally unfriendly to haul all that stuff to a suitably large enough plant to make it worth while to recycle. To keep the volume down we used to cut the ends out of cans so they could be flattened and substantially reduce the volume. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Tom Fowle [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 10:45 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] RE: burning barels Gaads where do you folks live they havn't allowed trash burning around these parts for more years than I can imagine. Unless you don't have a good recycling program, what would you want to burn that wouldn't be toxic? tom Net-Tamer V 1.13 Beta - Registered To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.4/449 - Release Date: 15/09/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] RE: burning barels
He has a moderate sized pit with a few rocks around it. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Robert J. Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 12:47 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] RE: burning barels Dale Do you think you could get your pyro maniac nabor to write up his riecipy for burning and pass it on? To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.4/449 - Release Date: 15/09/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] burning barrel
They sell something they call patio heaters. They come in various forms. Canadian Tire here sells several designs at various prices, some are quite attractive. Much as I like the outdoors, I wouldn't be too interested in sitting around a patio heater except I suppose toward the end of a party when the few hangers on are at too much risk of puking on your floor to bring inside. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: John Schwery [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 11:01 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] burning barrel Robert, I don't know where we saw those incinerators. We saw them in a google site and looked at them, online. earlier, Robert J. Moore, wrote: Jeff No problem with the ordinance. Just make sure that when you are burning you have a pack of buns and a package of hotdogs with you To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.4/449 - Release Date: 9/15/2006 John -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.4/449 - Release Date: 9/15/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.4/449 - Release Date: 15/09/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] burning barrel
We have already had half a dozen heavy frosts although not enough to kill my roses yet and there are a couple of lilies still blooming in the upper gardens. My little water feature is still tinkling on the front lawn too but the leaves are turning and beginning to fall. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Jeff Kisecker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 6:45 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] burning barrel Dale: I like your thinking! This time of year though is a great time for a patio burner, it will freeze soon here in South Dakota. Take care, Jeff -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dale Leavens Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 4:31 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] burning barrel They sell something they call patio heaters. They come in various forms. Canadian Tire here sells several designs at various prices, some are quite attractive. Much as I like the outdoors, I wouldn't be too interested in sitting around a patio heater except I suppose toward the end of a party when the few hangers on are at too much risk of puking on your floor to bring inside. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: John Schwery [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 11:01 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] burning barrel Robert, I don't know where we saw those incinerators. We saw them in a google site and looked at them, online. earlier, Robert J. Moore, wrote: Jeff No problem with the ordinance. Just make sure that when you are burning you have a pack of buns and a package of hotdogs with you To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.4/449 - Release Date: 9/15/2006 John -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.4/449 - Release Date: 9/15/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.4/449 - Release Date: 15/09/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.5/451 - Release Date: 9/19/2006 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Dead Volt Meter
Hi Larry, This is the same digital talking multimeter also available from The Source at Circuit City in Canada except that the Source won't ship to the United States. Tom sent this information along from a blind hams list or something. Their quoted U.S. prices are actually a little better than the present exchange rate or at least that was true a week or so ago when I last looked. I can recommend this meter from my personal experience. Below is pasted from Tom's message of a couple of weeks ago. The Nexxtech talking multimeter is available from a place called KMS Tools in Canada. Their web site is http://kmstools.com and the multimeter is listed under automotive tools. They will ship to the US and Canada, but we are not sure if they will ship to other countries. The total cost of the multimeter, including shipping, is approximately $45 to USA addresses. The toll-free number for KMS Tools is 1-800-567-8979. Thanks to K0LR for this information. Direct link to the NEXXTECH talking multimeter: http://www.kmstools.com/main.php?scripts/products/cat.php?142 Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Larry Stansifer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 9:43 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Dead Volt Meter Hi Guys, Well It finally happened... my old Haliberton Analog volt meter with the home grown extended braille scale finally died. I can't begin to tell you how much money this old friend has made for me over the years. After the playing of Taps and amazing Grace I need some recommendations for an accessible volt ohm meter. Regards Larry Stansifer Toll Free 1 (800)-527-9572 Voice: 1 (435)-688-1391 Fax: 1 (435) 628-6981 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.5/450 - Release Date: 9/18/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.4/449 - Release Date: 15/09/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] size of chain saw
I am no expert when it comes to chain saws but I do note that 16 inch ones are very common and would doubt it is worth any small savings in buying anything smaller. Replacement chains will be far more common and easily available as well. What is your objection to a manual saw? A bow saw will go through an 8 inch tree in minutes. If it binds and it might, you might drive a small wedge in behind the blade this will also help encourage it toward the falling direction you choose. On the other hand, a power tool is a wonderful thing, just a bit extreme for a one-off job.A bow or Swede or buck saw, even a big one will probably cost under 20 bucks! Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: brice mijares [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 11:36 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] size of chain saw Hi max, first of all, what is a buck saw? If it's manual, I don't want it. Also, I was doing some checking around on the web, and didn't fine anything gas powered that was smaller than 14 inches. They sure do have a big selection of electric chain saws. I still don't believe in these electric chain saws. One of my in laws cut a stump down for me a few years ago that was about 6 inches in diameter, and it must have took him at least 10 minutes to cut through it. To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.4/449 - Release Date: 15/09/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] size of chain saw
Smoke sausage? How do you light a sausage? Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: NLG [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 6:54 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] size of chain saw An 8 inch diameter tree is a lot of tree to put in garbage cans! What kind of a tree is this? If it is hardwood maybe someone in your neighborhood would cut it down for you just to get the firewood. If it is apple, perhaps there is someone in the neighborhood, like me that would cut it for the wood to smoke sausage. - Original Message - From: brice mijares [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 18:43 Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] size of chain saw Dale, I'm no young buck, if I had to make one cut, I'd go with one of these manual saws. Also, I got to cut them small enough to fit in the garbage can. I really don't plan to do the cutting either, I have two sons that live within 2 miles of my home, I'll get one of them over to help do the work. To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.4/449 - Release Date: 15/09/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] all in one washing machines?
I did a google search and they are, as you say, very expensive. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Tom Fowle [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 11:41 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] all in one washing machines? I know they're made these days and are very expensive. I bought one back in the 1960s made by G.E. the washing system lasted many years and finally died about 4 years ago. the dryer kept blowing thermostats and I got tired of spending over a hundred bucks to replace it and got a cheap used dryer once we had the space. The dryer used cold water to cool the hot air so it didn't start a fire, and it had no vent to outside. It got quite hot anyhow, but it was the only thing practical in the apartment I had then. I wonder why you couldn't use a stacking setup as I have now from Sears, unless you have overhead cupboards or shelves, it is about 6 feet high and is quite easy to use. You do have to squat down to move wet cloths from the bottom washer to the top dryer, so if you're at all physically disabled that might be a disadvantage. Also, with a stack you can wash one load and dry another, which you couldn't do with the combo. I'd bet the combo machines are still very expensive and very prone to failure. tom Net-Tamer V 1.13 Beta - Registered To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.4/449 - Release Date: 15/09/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Blind Shooters List???
Larry, it is a joke. You can purchase shirts and hats from Blind Mice mart which are labeled Blind Rifle Association with the designation MEMBER. Phil Par refers to the meeting in the bar after setting up for the Blind Handyman gathering in Houston as a meeting of the Blind Rifle Association. I hope this clarifies it for you. There may be a blind shooting group somewhere but to the best of my knowledge, not here. There are a couple of people here who have done some shooting and maybe still do but to the best of my knowledge they are not organized. It may have something to do with a high attrition rate. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Larry Stansifer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 4:39 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Blind Shooters List??? Recently I have heard several references to a blind shooters organization on this list. How can I learn more about it? Regards Larry Stansifer Toll Free 1 (800)-527-9572 Voice: 1 (435)-688-1391 Fax: 1 (435) 628-6981 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.12.9/458 - Release Date: 9/27/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.12.9/458 - Release Date: 27/09/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] PVC Plumbing
These days I usually cut PVC and A B S with my power miter saw. It is drain pipe though so not under any pressure and the accuracy of the cut is not critical. If you can cut reasonably square then a hacksaw works very well with or without a guide. You get probably twenty seconds or so of open time on the solvent which is usually plenty. I try to assemble as much of the fitting as i can on the bench just for convenience and you should dry fit it all and rub each end with a little sand paper, 80 grit or higher just a little to make sure it is clean and wipe it before applying the solvent. Dry fitting will assure it all fits before you stick it together. Once you apply the solvent you should twist the fitting a couple of times if you can back and forth just to help insure full coverage of the solvent. You will soon feel it begin to tighten up, when it does leave it in the correct alignment. There are recommended set-up times, I have long since forgotten how long but I leave it at least 20 minutes before allowing water, longer if it is a pressure fitting like water lines. Someone said to use a table saw and that too works fine. The best advantage to a table or power miter saw is the ease of making an absolutely square cut. I have never needed to mark the fittings for alignment but the suggestions of marking with masking tape or a scratch could well be helpful, so far I just have never had the need. Remember, when cutting to allow for the insert at each end. It wants about three quarters of an inch into each fitting. You will need three feet and an inch and a half to span a three foot gap between fittings to allow for that insertion. Hope this helps. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Edward Przybylek [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: BlindHandyManList blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 1:59 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] PVC Plumbing Hi all, I've got to do some plumbing using 2-inch and 3-inch PVC pipe. This is a first time for me. Does anyone have some suggestions of good techniques for cutting the stuff to get a nice, perpendicular cut? Does anyone have any tips for using the PVC glue? My understanding is that the glue sets in a very short amount of time thus leaving little time to adjust and position the pieces. Thanks for any advice. Take care, Ed Przybylek To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.12.9/458 - Release Date: 27/09/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Ooooo! sumthin died in here!
There are many different grades of lime, you are probably looking for what they refer to as quick lime. Trouble is delivering it, it is very corrosive and not something you want on you or anyone you love, you certainly don't want to inhale it, I really don't think you want to deliver it as an aerosol for those reasons. I don't however have any better solution Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: William Stephan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 1:17 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] O! sumthin died in here! Hi folks. We have a deck with a sort of three seasons room on top of it. The floorboards are very close together, and there's a fine-mesh screen between the floor and the frame to prevent bugs from entering the three-seasons room. Based on the smell, apparently an animal of some kind has either crawled or been cat-dragged under the deck and died and putrefied. There is very little space between the joists or whatever they're called on which the floor is mounted and the ground. There are a couple small, maybe cat-sized openings on one end of the deck, but the access they provide is minimal. I suspect the thing can only stink for so long, but if I can, I'd like to either speed up the process or remove the mess. My first inclination is to try and administer lime. So, are there different types or grades of lime, and what do I need. Second, how much do I knead, and can I use the blower feature of my wet-dry vac to deliver the stuff, assuming I can get one of the attachments into one of the openings? Any suggestions will be appreciated. Bill Stephan Kansas City, MO (816)803-2469 William Stephan To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.12.9/458 - Release Date: 27/09/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] lubricating chokes
Well Carla Jo, I thought of Vaseline on the thumbs as they encircle the throat. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Carla Jo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 2:08 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] lubricating chokes Okay, the first time my jaws read the subject line to this thread, I thought it said, lubricating jokes. not chokes. I thought y'all had lost your minds, glad to realize it is a legitimate thread. cj - Original Message - From: Lee A. Stone [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 1:13 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] lubricating chokes Geof, this choke I am referring to on the newer generator is first, in a weird location. One has to reach behind and to the left of the generator and instead of this being an external operation, the choke is like a very small rounded pipe with a loop on the end in which to stick a finger or thum . this loop allows the operator to push in or pull out the choke..Maybe it was designed to be a stiffer operation of moving this choke , but being a bit parynoid and knowing the chocke seems to be a lightweight metal I want to lube it so it can slide and out a lot easier.. my previous generator just had an external lever which you moved left or right and it was right in the front. the way this works is , when cold you reach back behind the left end of the generator and pull out the choke, while with the right hand turning the key to start. once it begins running then slowly slide the choke back in. a really nice set up.Lee -- It has been justly observed by sages of all lands that although a man may be most happily married and continue in that state with the utmost contentment, it does not necessarily follow that he has therefore been struck stone-blind. -- H. Warner Munn To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.12.10/459 - Release Date: 29/09/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Their stupidity floors me!
My saw has long since disappeared however as I remember there was a sort of clip arrangement a little like the sort of arrangement used to latch a lunch box. You pull it away from the end of the saw frame and it releases the tension on the blade. For cutting logs and fire wood in moderate amounts there isn't anything like a good sharp blade in one of those bow saws. Whisper quiet and remarkably fast, light in weight and no stinking exhaust. Always starts and much easier to maintain the blade than the chain of a power saw. Mind you I don't heat with wood, don't have to pack in a dozen or more cords a year as do some of my friends, I would probably enjoy a much more intimate relationship with a chain saw under those circumstances. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Jewel Blanch [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 6:06 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Their stupidity floors me! As far as I can tell, the blade fits behind a little hook at the hand end, and the nut and screw is at the other. I will look again, carefully, and see if there is anything else there to slack off the tension, which, of course, would make it easier to get that darned screw out. Jewel - Original Message - From: Tom Fowle [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 6:28 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Their stupidity floors me! Jewel, sounds like one of those things they may do to make it easier on the manufacturer, but not on the user. However isn't there a bolt that tightens up the blade longwise which you release to make everything less tense? Or did you allready loosen that? Tom To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.13.0/464 - Release Date: 5/10/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Talking Thermostat was New Tool Review
Ah! Thank you very much. I'll have a go at that this week-end. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Mark M [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 1:09 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Talking Thermostat was New Tool Review Hi Dale, My thermostat started giving a message something like 'operating hours indicate it is time...'. Since I haven't been able to find the manual since my house was robbed on Christmas day, I called Best Way to ask what to do. They told me to open the front flap and find the two horizontal rows of buttons, then hold down the right bottom button for at least 3 seconds. That worked. They also sent me the instructions as an MP3, as well as the complete manual with wiring diagrams as a PDF. Feel free to contact me off list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you would like a copy of them. Mark - Original Message - From: Dale Leavens [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 3:35 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] New Tool Review While on the subject of cutting up wood, I have one of those talking thermostats which generally I am very satisfied with. I do have one issue though, for months now it insists that according to the passage of time it is time to have my furnace serviced. That goes without saying but nevertheless it insists on saying so. The damn thing has an echo though in the form of my wife and frankly it is more than a reasonable sloth should be expected to bear. How can I convince this thing either that I have serviced my furnace or that I don't care to and to please stop pointing out my deficiencies in that way? I don't recall seeing how to defeat this feature in the manual and just now I can't seem to locate the CD with the instructions. Thanks to anyone with the solution. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Boyce, Ray [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 5:10 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] New Tool Review Hi Perhaps one of the most recognized power tools for the woodworker or carpenter, the circular saw offers portability and versatility to the user. It is the go anywhere power tool of choice when it comes to cutting wood for a wide variety of tasks or projects. Builders and carpenters usually own several! For finer cabinetry work in a well-equipped workshop, the circular saw may not see as much use, particularly if a table saw or cabinet saw is available, however, the circular saw is still the best option for tasks like breaking down large sheet goods in the absence of a large sliding table for the stationary saw, or a panel saw. I once owned the Triton 235mm circular saw, but sold it along with my Triton workstation when I bought a new cabinet saw. To this day I still regret letting it go. It was a solid saw with great cutting capacity. I have been using a 7 1/4 circular saw ever since and there have been numerous times when I need that extra cut depth the 9 1/4 (235mm) circular saw offers. I managed to get my hands on the GMC LS236LS 235mm circular saw recently and gave it a good look over and workout. What follows is my review of the tool. GMC LS236LS Circular Saw First and foremost, the saw comes packed in a box with good styrofoam casing protection. There is no plastic case for the saw (very few circular saws come with them) and even fewer people actually keep their saws in them! Apart from the saw in the box, included is a full color user manual, which, as is the case with all GMC product manuals lately, very well put together with easy to follow instructions and sharp full-color photographs. There is also a guide fence and arbor nut wrench, but let's examine the saw itself in detail now... LS236LS Specifications Discussion In terms of construction, the saw body is a mix of hard plastic (incorporating the main handle, motor casing and front handle) and rigid aluminum (saw base, blade guard, bevel and depth adjustments etc). As with most 235mm saws, this one is quite heavy. It weighs in at around 7.5 kgs (16.5 lbs). It seems to be built quite well and feels solid in the hand. As a rigid base plate is necessary for accurate and repeatable cuts, it is good to see GMC have implemented a fairly thick aluminum base on the LS236LS that resists unintentional warping or twisting in use. The LS236LS saw features a powerful 2300W motor and everything is double insulated for safety. This is over 3HP, so there is plenty of power to cut through even dense lumber at full cutting depth. I don't think you will have much trouble
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Talking Thermostat was New Tool Review
I installed my own thermostat and it was not much of a problem. It would have been much easier had I been able to identify the colour of the wires but I was able to trace them with my multimeter and with a little guidance from the proprietor of Talking Thermostats. There are three wires and if you don't have air conditioning which I do not you can operate with only two. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Lee A. Stone [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 12:39 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Talking Thermostat was New Tool Review Mark, we do not have any Best Way stores near us here in New York but I'd just like to say that those folks deserve a big pat on the back for their ready assistance when you needed them. Now I have a question. did you install your own talking thermostat and if so was it much of a problem. thanks.Lee -- Lavish spending can be disastrous. Don't buy any lavishes for a while. To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.13.0/465 - Release Date: 6/10/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Circ saw cutting techniques
Sorry but that is not necessarily correct. There are now a number of circular saws available with left or right side blades. The reason is preferred line-of-sight, not left or right hand use. With the more traditional right side blade it is necessary to lean out over the saw to view the cut line and sight notch in the shoe plate because the body of the saw and the blade guard are in the way. On the other hand, with the weight of the motor and bulk of the shoe plate on the left it is better supported when cross cutting dimensional lumber like cutting off studs and so on by right handed persons. I suppose now that power miter saws are so much more common in use that circular saws now are mostly being used for cutting sheet goods and therefore the convenience of a left sided blade is more apparent. There are saws intended for left handed use but not many. They differ in their placement of the trigger lock and things like the orientation of the scales for depth adjustment and bevel angle. It is true too that until recently they were about the only saws with the blade on the left but that is no longer true. I have been looking into buying a new circular saw myself which is why I discovered this. I have been considering a battery version but I don't use it often enough these days to be bothered with looking after the batteries and with that additional weight I am thinking I might as well fiddle about with the cord. For some reason those saws seem to have to be pretty heavy. It seems to me that blades on the left have appeared nearly over night. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Mickey Fixsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 2:22 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Circ saw cutting techniques It certainly sounds like you have a left hand saw. It is designed for someone who is left handed and you would hold the main handle and trigger with the left hand and use your right hand on the auxillary handle to help guide the saw. If you are right handed, I would suggest that you return the saw and get the appropriate right hand saw. It will have the blade to the right of the motor assembly and make it easier for you to properly use it with your dominant hand. It is a serious safety concern! - Original Message - From: William Stephan To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 11:38 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Circ saw cutting techniques The circ saw I mentioned earlier has the blade mounted on the left side of the unit, and the wide base to the right. I've been using it holding the trigger with my right hand and the control handle with my left. I thought about this, and I think it's meant to be used with the left hand holding the trigger and the right on the control handle. This would keep the saw between the operator and the work, and there'd be less chance of being hit by falling wood after the cut. Any thoughts on this from you folks who use circ saws? Bill Stephan Kansas City, MO (816)803-2469 William Stephan -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.13.1/466 - Release Date: 10/7/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.13.1/466 - Release Date: 10/7/2006 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.13.1/466 - Release Date: 7/10/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u
[BlindHandyMan] One view on circular saws.
Tool Guru Tips of the Month Circular Saws This month, I'd like to discuss a tool that up until about four years ago hadn't really gone through much of a change since its inception over fifty years ago. It is a staple on just about every jobsite, as well as being found in just about every garage or basement workshop. If you haven't figured it out by now, I'm referring to the circular saw. The most basic of the circular saws is the 7 1/4 model, and that is the one we are going to zero in on for purposes of this month's column, although you will now find circular saws as small as 3 3/8, and believe it or not, as large as 16, and you will find them both in cordless and electric models. Let's look at the purpose of a circular saw. It is made to cut all sorts of materials, but obviously, cutting wood being its primary purpose. The circular saw needs a powerful motor, with sufficient RPM's to get through the wood as quickly as possible, and you want it to be as light as possible so as not to kill your arm after a full days use. For the most part, all industrial quality circular saws are going to be 13 amp motors or higher, and hopefully weigh somewhere in the ten pound range at the most. Now we get to the recent changes that have occurred in these saws. Porter Cable was the first company to play with the idea of making the saw higher amperage, as well as lighter. The way they accomplished this is by manufacturing the entire housing out of magnesium, which is a more durable alloy than steel, but much lighter. This then gave them the ability to increase the motor size to 15 amp, from the standard 13 amp. The difference in weight from the steel housing to the magnesium allows for the larger motor and still gives them the ability to keep the weight in the ten pound range. So what they accomplished is now having the most powerful and one of the lightest circular saws on the market. But they didn't stop there. All 7 1/4 circular saws have the blade on the right side of the tool. If you are a right handed person such as myself, you would hold the saw in your right hand, and to watch the line of cut, you had to lean over the saw , which could be quite awkward. To overcome this problem, Porter Cable reworked this saw to allow for the blade to be place on the left side of the tool, and the difference for us righties was incredible. It became much easier to watch your line of cut, and therefore you would end up with a much straighter line. If you are reading this and are left-handed, do not fret. Porter Cable makes this saw available both with the blade on the left or the right side of the tool. This gave them, and us, the best of both worlds. As I stated, Porter Cable was the first, but the other companies quickly followed suit. You can now find 15 amp models in the ten pound range by several companies, such as Dewalt and Milwaukee, with several other models to follow. The last item to be considered when purchasing a circular saw is whether or not you want an electric brake. What this feature offers you is the immediate stopping of the saw blade as soon as you remove your finger from the trigger. If nothing else, this is a wonderful safety feature, and one that should be looked at seriously. You will pay about $10.00 more for this feature, but what value do you put on your fingers. Certainly they are worth more that $1.00 each! In closing, I'm sure you'd agree that the recent changes in circular saws have all been made to make our job easier. These are huge strides in an area that has really been overlooked over the years. In the future, look for an article on cordless model, that have also taken huge strides forward in recent years. As always, if you have questions, comments, or ideas for future columns, please feel free to e-mail me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] And by the way, in case you were wondering which saw gets the guru's nod as the best of the best, I bow to the Porter Cable Model 324MAG. A full 15 amp, lightweight, with the blade on the left side of the tool. I will add that this is my favorite at the time of this column, with many new models on their way. Till next month, Dean The Tool Guru Barnett, President International Tool Corporation Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following
[BlindHandyMan] Some historical information on circular saws.
, employees, company records, newspaper articles, and the use of the library to authenticate the facts used for this article, in some cases information and dates were given in generality only because specific data was not located. Copyright © 1993 1998 LAF/C.R.S., Inc. All rights reserved. The previous article, in whole or in part, appeared in the December 1993 issue of Remodeling News. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Oops? Have to take it back, was Circ saw cutting techniques
That would work. You can also remove the male connecter from a device you know fits. I don't have a lot of experience with air tools but I am not aware of a variety of fittings, they differ in size, quarter inch is usual for most tools but there are 3/8 fittings and probably bigger ones. Most of us will be using 3/8 inch hose with quarter inch fittings. Keep some Teflon tape to wrap threads when ever you screw fittings onto hoses or into equipment. I have attached a female fitting into the compressor and a male end into the mating hose so it can be easily removed. My next project will be to find and instal a network valve arrangement so I can have a modest network but one which doesn't all have to be pressurized when only one branch is required. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Robert J. Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 10:50 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Oops? Have to take it back, was Circ saw cutting techniques Larry My air compressor hose has a quick connect fitting on the end. Are you saying that the quick connect coupler at the end of the hose can be unscrewed? If this is the case then all I need to do is unscrew that coupler and bring it and the air gun with me and find a match. corectamoonday? Hope I don't sound too dence. This stuff is not that complicated but this is new territory for me. I feel like a kid that can't wait to play with my new toys. Woo Hoo To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.13.1/466 - Release Date: 7/10/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Applying finish to wood
Tom, I have taken to using hand wipe poly from Minwax. It is not spar varnish but will seal fully so will work just fine. I just wipe it on with a rag and when dry a very gentle rub just to make a tooth or knock off any sharp bits. You can apply spar varnish that way too but it is a bear to get off of your hands. I do have some stuff they call liquid gloves from Lee Valley which is a barrier cream, that helps a lot but you will want a cloth, cheese cloth will do but pull away any free threads from where you cut it so they don't come free and stick in the finish. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Tom Fowle [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 3:38 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Applying finish to wood This is one of the most interesting posts I've seen on this list, and boy that's saying something! I'd always wondered about doing this but all the sighties say no, you'll get a mess. so here's a particular situation I'd love your comments on, it's probably easy. I've got a bunch of 5/8Ths inch dowels I want to use as security sticks in sliding aluminum windows. I bought spar varnish for them hoping it would last against the accumulating moisture better than most. My wife hasn't got round to brushing it on, so how should I approach this? I've got them with a small nail in one end so I can hang them up from a cloths line. My thought would be to just dip fingers in the varnish and wrap the fingers all way round each dowell and draw down from the top, then when run out of material, dip again. Thin coats with a quick sand between. What think, and many many thanks for this discription, it is really interesting. tom Fowle Net-Tamer V 1.13 Beta - Registered To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.13.1/466 - Release Date: 7/10/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Applying finish to wood
I have applied a lot of finishes with a cloth over the years and I always tend to over work the finish. You wipe the finish on selecting a pattern which is likely to succeed in not missing any of the area and you work from wet to dry and you move on fairly quickly, don't try to rub it in. The other mistake is to apply too thick. A number of things happen, either a film forms on the top which retards the evaporation of solvents below the film layer so it takes ages to dry and even longer to properly cure. The prolonged stickiness permits fly droppings or what ever else is drifting about in the air to stick. The best results are to apply thin coats many times with a gentle buff of very fine 400 or 600 grit paper between coats. Even very capable sighted brush application will leave brush marks. If you miss bits you will get them with subsequent applications. If possible I work from the middle of a field toward the edges, it permits you to pick up any excess or drips along the corners or over the edges. As you work your hands will pick up some of the chemistry so you will loose the feeling of cool or liquid because you will not be able to feel the evaporation. Trust that you are getting coverage and if you don't, you will be going over it with another coat anyway. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: William Stephan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 10:47 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Applying finish to wood Folks: I recently built a sort of table top out of 2 x 4s and 3/4 inch birch plywood that sits on top of a dog crate so as to provide flat work surface in an office. I don't think I want to paint the thing, but it probably needs to have some finish applied. I've heard that there's a product called clearcoat that can be applied using a cloth and which doesn't streak. Anybody used this, and can they talk about their technique? Thanks. Bill Stephan Kansas City, MO (816)803-2469 William Stephan To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.13.1/466 - Release Date: 7/10/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Quartz Infrared Heaters
all would like to save energy money. It can leave us vulnerable though to hype. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Geno [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 5:36 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Quartz Infrared Heaters Ralph, I would very much to know what you think of this unit. Though I use my sun-room for solar heat, the days there is no sun for the sun-room. I am thinking if the reports are good it would be a nice unit to have. So, I would be very interested in your model and it's performance. Geno Portland, ME. sent 5:36 PM EST To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.4/475 - Release Date: 13/10/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Quartz Infrared Heaters
Well here is the thing in my humble opinion and it really is humble. A thousand square feet is a modest little house size. I quite simply don't believe it could be heated with 1500 watts. That is only a little more energy than your toaster or electric kettle or iron or hair drier uses. There are cars which the kids cruise around our lake in the middle of our town have more power in there stereo systems. Now if you only need to keep the building a couple of degrees above the out door temperature this may be adequate but your propane furnace will do that with little more than a grunt and you have already paid for it and it won't take up any more space than it already does. Now I may well be wrong and you should bear in mind that I am generally more skeptical and maybe less trusting than I should be. It might well be possible but I suspect it is an expensive way of converting electricity into heat which, if it is more efficient has to be only marginally more efficient and electricity so far is still the most costly energy source in most of the world. I live under two thousand yards from a cogeneration plant which burns saw dust from the local mills to supplement natural gas which comes along a pipeline about 1500 miles from the source of the gas in the ground. They burn the gas after pumping it half way across the continent and generate electricity for the grid at a proffit. I don't grasp how heating a home with that electricity after the losses through the grid can be cheaper than burning the gas or how you can squeeze more heat out of that electricity than the gas originally put into it. Of course my wife insists that a few ounces of chocolate will put five pounds on her and I don't argue that so perhaps it may be. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Ralph Supernaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2006 7:28 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Quartz Infrared Heaters These are good points, Dale. When I decided to buy one of these I compared the cost of running 1500 watts to warm about 1000 square feet of our house compared to buying propane for our furnace. My calculations were pretty rough but I figured the Sun Twin would pay for itself in one heatin season. However, propane is down from about $1.80 last winter to about $1.20 right now so who knows. _ From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dale Leavens Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 7:55 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Quartz Infrared Heaters I find the hype on this device a little hard to read. The temperature of a room or any space is a function of how fast and far the molecules of air are moving. This takes a fixed amount of energy. The structure of the building, the furniture and other contents of the space all are made up of molecules which vibrate and the faster and further they move, the hotter things will be. Now electricity moves through a conductor more or less at the speed of light. When it meets resistance it gives off energy. Typically energy is released as sound, various forms of electromagnetic radiation such as light, heat, magnetism often used to perform movement. Heating with electricity is pretty efficient because the electricity can be converted directly into various forms of heat. The electromagnetic radiation can be pretty well at any point along the range from very long waves such as long wave radio, up through short wave, UHF, VHF, Microwaves, the spectrum of infrared into the light range and beyond ultraviolet through x-rays up through gamma and alpha radiation. Water absorbs radio frequency radiation pretty well but it takes some circuitry to produce that sort of energy. Short waves have been used for a very long time for therapeutic heat and in the operating room for cauterizing for example. Shorter radio waves in what is now known as the microwave range are used to efficiently heat water in foods as in cooking although that was not the original purpose, it was discovered in the '40s as a side effect of radar radiation, it was not until the invention of the magnetron tube by, I believe the British that it was possible to reliably produce radio frequency wave lengths in that range. We could heat ourselves fairly efficiently with microwaves if we were willing to sit in the directed beam of a device but the room around us would not warm and there are other risks. This brings us to the light radiation wave lengths. While we cannot see infrared light it is there. You can feel it coming off your stove top when the elements are on. Infrared radiation will pass through optically clear materials such as glass and air, well mostly it will. It doesn't generate heat very
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Quartz Infrared Heaters
There is no doubt at all that it will produce heat and quite possibly even a little better than other 1500 watt heaters but even according to these figures it is likely to be inadequate. Well insulated they recommend 32000 BTU per thousand square feet. At 3.413 BTU per Watt it would require 9375.9156 Watts and that heater is 1500 so, in a well insulated thousand square foot home it would require 6.25 1500 Watt heaters. Either that or it is over 6 times as efficient at squeezing out heat energy from a watt. In the spring and fall these heaters can certainly be enough to take the chill out of a room as a supplement heater and I hope you are happy with it. I just think that anyone expecting a 1500 watt heater to keep an entire home warm even with minimal heating requirements will be disappointed. Above all I deplore that sort of selling technique. It feels unfair to me. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: William Stephan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2006 1:17 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Quartz Infrared Heaters I'm suspending judgment so far as to whether or not the Sun Twin we just bought is worth the money or not. Here's some info I found at sometime in the past that might help estimating heat requirements. Remember, this is Tennessee, so your milage may vary. 1 watt = 3.413BTUs Gas Space Heat Required by Square Footage Table with 5 columns and 5 rows BTUs Required Square Feet 200 400 600 800 Well Insulated 6,400 12,800 19,200 25,600 Average 10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 Poorly Insulated 12,800 25,600 38,400 51,200 table end Table with 5 columns and 5 rows BTUs Required Square Feet 1,000 1,200 1,600 2,000 Well Insulated 32,000 38,400 51,200 64,000 Average 50,000 60,000 80,000 100,000 Poorly Insulated 64,000 76,800 102,400 128,000 table end THIS TABLE IS FOR QUICK REFERENCE ONLY. EVERY APPLICATION IS DIFFERENT AND THERE ARE MANY FACTORS TO CONSIDER. Notes: This table does not distinguish between vented and unvented heaters. It utilizes formulas that have been used by Middle Tennessee Natural Gas employees. The well insulated rating is figured using 4 BTUs per cubic foot and a ceiling height of 8 feet. The average rating is figured using 50 BTUs per square foot. The poorly insulated rating is figured using 8 BTUs per cubic foot and a ceiling height of 8 feet. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dale Leavens Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2006 10:47 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Quartz Infrared Heaters Well here is the thing in my humble opinion and it really is humble. A thousand square feet is a modest little house size. I quite simply don't believe it could be heated with 1500 watts. That is only a little more energy than your toaster or electric kettle or iron or hair drier uses. There are cars which the kids cruise around our lake in the middle of our town have more power in there stereo systems. Now if you only need to keep the building a couple of degrees above the out door temperature this may be adequate but your propane furnace will do that with little more than a grunt and you have already paid for it and it won't take up any more space than it already does. Now I may well be wrong and you should bear in mind that I am generally more skeptical and maybe less trusting than I should be. It might well be possible but I suspect it is an expensive way of converting electricity into heat which, if it is more efficient has to be only marginally more efficient and electricity so far is still the most costly energy source in most of the world. I live under two thousand yards from a cogeneration plant which burns saw dust from the local mills to supplement natural gas which comes along a pipeline about 1500 miles from the source of the gas in the ground. They burn the gas after pumping it half way across the continent and generate electricity for the grid at a proffit. I don't grasp how heating a home with that electricity after the losses through the grid can be cheaper than burning the gas or how you can squeeze more heat out of that electricity than the gas originally put into it. Of course my wife insists that a few ounces of chocolate will put five pounds on her and I don't argue that so perhaps it may be. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Ralph Supernaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2006 7:28 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Quartz Infrared Heaters These are good
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Adventures in Varnish
I am interested in this, I know how difficult it can be to keep brush strokes out of paint and varnish and I know how finger prints so easily get onto and into things, I find it difficult to see how you keep finger prints out of the finish when keeping brush marks out can be so difficult. My mother was constantly wiping my finger prints off of dry paint, prints I couldn't see. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Mickey Fixsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 5:36 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Adventures in Varnish Bill, Congratulations!!! I'm sure that you noticed on coats after the first one, that you don't have to use as much finish and it can be rubbed out further. Btw, I use 400 grit sandpater between coats and be sure to make sure that everything is very clean before applying the next coat. Yes, you can use the same technique with paint. It will work fine with both alkyd based and latex paints and it doesn't matter on what type of gloss it has. I do use a brush with some painting, depending on what the job is. I use the hand technique on smaller projects like what you are working on or cabinets and such. For house painting, I use a brush. Keep us posted. - Original Message - From: William Stephan To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 10:42 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Adventures in Varnish Well, taking Mickey's advice, I have so far put two coats of varnish on my tabletop. My wife was kind enough to pick the varnish and some paint thinner up for me at the lumber yard, and I'm not sure that it's garden variety varnish. The can says it's an antique finish. It is oil-based, and I was indeed able to feel the areas where there was too much or too little coverage. I have a reader/book-keeper with eyes scheduled to work on Tuesday evening, and i'll get him to evaluate my work after another coat and give you all a report as to how it looks. I'm curious though if the same techniques can be used with paint, and whether it matters if it's flat or gloss paint you're working with. Bill Stephan Kansas City, MO (816)803-2469 William Stephan -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.2/472 - Release Date: 10/11/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.2/472 - Release Date: 10/11/2006 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.4/476 - Release Date: 14/10/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use
Re: [BlindHandyMan] blind techniques
I would add to what Ralph has said that sometimes the best way to figure out a blind way of doing something is to understand the usual way sighted people do it, not because they are sighted but because understanding what is required permits one to improvise. I learned how to sweat copper pipe from the clerk in a hardware store. He didn't actually teach me but he described thoroughly how it is done. The man didn't have a grade 8 education but he also didn't have the presumption that I shouldn't be told. Now here is the thing as I perceive it; I cannot observe many things being done, television programming frequently is insufficiently narrated, the few books I have looked into depend on photographs and drawings partly because it is clear but I suspect partly because the authors lack clarity of intellect and/or language to be able to logically and sequentially write out the description. I am often struck by the information not present when reading a catalogue or browsing the Web for goods and services and usually frustrated by the trivia and tripe the descriptions contain. I have to believe that it is because the image provides the information lacking in the text. Well of course I actually know that is not true the objective is to shift cash from my possession to that of the vendor which most seem to think is more easily done on an emotional level than a factual and intellectual level but I digress. Some times it is just better to understand the process then work out how to achieve it without sight. Perhaps Tom will remember us working through the sweating of copper pipe with the Educational Assistant and young high school lad a couple of years ago. She did not know the process so that is where we started then how I achieve it. Doubtless she had to improvise further to teach him how to achieve it and she did. There is, in my opinion, some merit in description of how things are done if for no other reason than to help grasp the concepts that sighted people can acquire by observation. Another example that comes up in my life fairly often is having a sighted person tell me how to get somewhere. They don't describe the route the way I would describe it to another blind person, much of what they use for guidance has no meaning for me at all and they never or rarely have much sense of what might be meaningful in way finding for me but, with their input I am often armed with a good starting point to find my way in my way. That reminds me, I should drop that lady a note to see how things are getting along, she must be an exceptional woman. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Ralph Supernaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 1:16 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] blind techniques I agree that what makes this list especially useful are the tips and explanations for how to do things the blind way. I can see some value in the information that does not pertain specifically to blind ways. One of the challenges of being blind is that finding information is more time-consuming and difficult than for sighted people. Therefore, it is nice to have that information run through my inbox. (actually my Blind Handyman folder). I can imagine that for those of you who have more knowledge and experience than a someone like me might get irritated at having tow weed through it all. Bottom line, though, is that the tips and discussions about how to do things the blind way are the cream. Ralph [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.4/476 - Release Date: 14/10/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Adventures in Varnish
Max, I have a feeling that is a common problem for us blind folk applying finish. We perceive the need to really get a good covering. It is one way to insure the entire surface gets coated, to apply lots and work back and forth and so on. It just is instinctively right. When it comes to finishing though, this isn't quite right. I understand from talking to spray painters that it is best to apply very thin coats, this keeps the paint or lacquer from accumulating and forming drips and runs and the solvents can evaporate much more quickly resulting in a much shorter open time, no surface tension or skin to hold the solvents so the finish sets up harder and with a shorter cure time, less opportunity for specks of dust and fly sh*t to stick in it. The other thing is that a thick finish is also more likely to chip and crack. Because eyes can see that the surface is covered or the colour or shine or what ever is consistent they can stop at the desired effect. I have and still continue to apply finishes to many projects and I still tend to apply way too much finish although I am getting slowly better. In the end I buff and rub and grind off a lot between coats which uses up a lot of time and material but the outcome is usually pretty good. It could be more efficiently achieved but it is as good as I can do. I like the foam brushes for paint too and they have the advantage of disposability but I do use a lot getting the finish as I want. I like the little disposable rollers for applying contact cement and working with fiberglass resin. Those were tips given to me by a sighted chap, it makes laying that sticky stuff down a lot easier. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 3:08 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Adventures in Varnish this is one reason that I've had luck with paddle, or sponge brushes. I've been told that sighted folks can get it really really right. but most would rather spray and put hardly a coat on it though it looks just fine. (too fine, or thin if you ask me) On Tue, 17 Oct 2006, Dan Rossi wrote: I have to agree with Dale, After talking with many people about finishes, my sighted friends always complain about how difficult it is to get a perfect finish without brush strokes visible. The finishes feel fine, but you can see the marks. I find it hard to believe that finger painting a finish would have a good visible finish. I'm sure it feels perfectly smooth, that is a function of sanding and buffing, but I have my doubts as to the visible effect. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: (412) 268-9081 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.4/476 - Release Date: 14/10/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files
Re: [BlindHandyMan] slip joint leak: I messed up?
I wonder if years of harsh chemicals have damaged the tail piece of the sink? or maybe even the gasket between the drain basket and the body of the sink? The thing is to discover where the water is coming from. Eyes can often see small drips forming but once the fingers are damp they don't see a damn thing. I have sometimes found that a supply of paper towel so you can dry thoroughly and then wrap a dry piece around the pipe helps to discover that damp point where the water appears. You move your way up and down the pipe with pieces of this paper towel until you locate the source. It isn't always obvious and may not be where you think. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Tom Fowle [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 11:21 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] slip joint leak: I messed up? so I tried to clear a kitchen double sink drain with a plunger,it's worked in the past, and noticed a couple days later water all over the floor! We had a large plastic drawer under the sink in the cupboard for cleaning stuff, and that had filled up with drain water before spilling over so we'd notice. So we hadn't needed cleaning stuff in the meantime. So we drug it all out, tossed the stuff that was soaked, mopped, mopped and mopped and got it more or less dry. then we remembered we have at least two wet dry vacuums which might just have made things easier? groan I found a slip joint nut at the end of the drain just below the sink that had split. so I took the thing apart and took the little 2 inch long connector piece with two nuts on it, and a little plastic flange that presumably is a washer between the drain end and the flange of the pipe and went down to our nice old ace hardware store. I got four new nuts knowing how things go. Came in little plastic packages with rubber washers and all. Only a buck and a half each, cheap! got home this evening after a day of 400 emails and downloads and meetings and so on, and put things back together. I was so, so carefull not to cross thread the nuts. I tightened up on the upper nut that's against the drain first, cause the lower one is the one that is a real slip joint. got it all fairly tight and put a pair of slip joint pliers on it just to get it firm, not too hard. Drip, drip, drip, and blasphemy! I was stamping around wondering what was wrong, and hit something small with my large blind foot. It was the little plastic flange that was supposed to go on top of the pipe, against the drain end. took it all apart, it isn't really that hard, and put the flange in. Put it back together and when tightening up the upper nut, it popped loose just as it was tight. More speaking to spirits of the sewer in their language! wondered if I'd stripped the top nut somehow so took it all apart again and replaced the upper nut. Put it all back again, so, so, so carefully! Drip,drip, drip! Well onlyh with a heavy flow of water. So I guess I may have stripped the threads on the end of the drain its self. That takes a huge rench, bigger than i believe is my largest crescent. And what happens when you undo that huge nut that's been there for over 30 years? Other stuff will undoubtedly bust, I just know it. So, oh wise and wonderfull handy persons, where did I go wrong? Besides using too much force on a 30 yeaar old sink wwith a plunger? Now be nice, tell me I didn't mess up, it was just age. Like how I'm falling apart after sixty! It's just age. that's what my doc says when I complain about sstuff that annoys me, it's just age. sorry its so long, my wife isn't here to hear me speaking nasty things so I just had to go off. Tom Net-Tamer V 1.13 Beta - Registered To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.4/476 - Release Date: 14/10/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp
