I can't tell you how often I have cut a board more than once only to find it was still too short.
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: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 7:20 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Seeing is believing, Not >I just did something you won't want to include on your video. I am >building > a bookcase headboard. > > This afternoon I put the sides, one of the shelves, and a front panel > together. Having learned from my mistakes and other people's advise, I > measured the diagonals to make sure everything was square. And, amazingly > enough, it was. > > Then I take the piece of quarter inch plywood that will serve as the back > to > the headboard and lay it down. Oh no, something isn't right! It fits > just > right at the bottom but is too narrow at the top. > > After giving it some thought (clearly not enough thought) I realize the > top > was a quarter inch too long and so forced the sides to spread too far > because I screwed them together at each end of the top. > > Not a problem, I'll just cut a quarter inch off the top piece and > everything > will be fine. > > As a matter of fact, the back piece did fit fine. Then I got the bright > idea of using a square to make sure all the corners are 90 degrees. > > As my square informed me that both top corners were greater than 90 > degrees, > it hit me!! I had somehow messed up when cutting the quarter inch plywood > back. The top had been the right length after all. But now it's a > quarter > inch too short. > > I should have known when I left for the Post Office without the mail and > so > had to go back and get it and then left the post office without getting > the > package waiting for us that it was not a day to put much stock in my > ability > to think. > > So, while I might make the blind bloopers, you don't want me on a video > made, at least in part, to show sighted people how competent we blind > folks > really are. > > 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/[email protected]/ > 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/[email protected]/ 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/
