yep, same thing with wire, it only gets shorter. or you just bent it, when you knew that one more bend would break it.
On Sat, 21 Oct 2006, Dale Alton wrote: > How about cutting a piece of trim in the wrong direction time and time > again. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dale Leavens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 7:35 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Seeing is believing, Not > > >> 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! 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