Knowing my fumble fingers, it would be nice to find a way that you can check the level without sending the plumb bob swinging all over the place. Something like the tactile compasses. Ralph _____
From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Edward Przybylek Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 10:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] A Very Simple Verticle Level, Blind Technique Hi Tom, I like that idea of using a plumb bob for leveling. If the device had a flat bottom and one flat side, it could be used for both verticle and horizontal measurements. Time to put my son, the mechanical engineer to work. He loves coming up with these types of gadgets. The $100 audible level I was talking about is made by Macklanburg Duncan and is called the Smart Tool Audible level. Take care, Ed Przybylek At 12:20 PM 10/22/2006, you wrote: >Ed, >that kind of technieque works fine for vertical. I've also seen >an idea where you create a rectangular frame with a hanging plumb >bob in its center so that when the plumb is vertical, you'll know >the bottom piece is horizontal. > >But if you're trying to level a fence rail or a shelf, you need >at least three hands. > >The Zercon level, although not very audible, is much less than >$100.00, it beeps only when level, so you never know which way to >adjust, but some find it better than nothing. > >Which audible level are you proposing to pay $100.00 for? I agree >that's a lot, must be made by a blindness company. > >Tom > > >Net-Tamer V 1.13 Beta - Registered > > >To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio. <http://acbradio.org/handyman.html> org/handyman.html >or >ftp://ftp.acbradio. <ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/> org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > >The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. >http://www.acbradio <http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday> .org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > >The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. >http://www.gcast. <http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml> 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- <http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/> users.com/handyman/ >Visit the new archives page at the following address >http://www.mail- <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> archive.com/[email protected]/ >For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy >Man list just send a blank message to: >blindhandyman- <mailto:blindhandyman-help%40yahoogroups.com> [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/[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/
