get the kids to doe it? lol grin ----- Original Message ----- From: William Stephan To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 11:36 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Workshop disaster wasToilet Blowout.
Wow,, talk about good timing Max. You guys are familiar I'm sure with the part storage systems that have divided plastic tray that slide into slots. I have a set of about sixteen of these, and one of them contains 4-piece snaps for leather, about five sizes of pop rivets, perhaps five sizes of the 2-piece tap rivets, two sizes of key posts and some small wassiers. Saturday evening I was working on a damaged step ladder, and was using some pop rivets. There were some large packs of batteries on the shelf below my parts cabinet that I hadn't gotten around to putting away yet. To make a long story short, I left the tray open and setting on top of the batteries, it became unbalanced, and pitched headlong off the shelf, of course landing face down. Now I've been putting rivets in this thing for probably twelve years, and I buy 'em faster than I use 'em. So, there were thousands of pieces, all over the basement floor, as well as being inside a few pieces of equipment. It was time for scotch, the cleanup could start Sunday. I had a cassette eraser, and that actually worked well for the tap rivets and wassiers. I'd get a big glob of rivets on the thing and just release the switch over a can. The pop rivets and key posts though were not Ferris metal, and I had to clean out my nasty shop vac and suck 'em up that way. I can't even imagine how long it's going to take me to sort all that stuff out, but I guess it can be an excuse for those times when I would rather be in the basement with the machines. Bill Stephan Kansas City, MO (816)803-2469 William Stephan -----Original Message----- .From: "Max Robinson"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> .Sent: 6/26/07 4:28:49 PM .To: "Blind Handyman"<[email protected]> .Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Toilet Blowout. . .Yesterday I was moving some tools and a tool chest from the house to my new .shop. I came back in after moving the chest and heard a roaring sound from .the bathroom. It was like the toilet filling up but louder. I took the top .off the tank and found the water level was almost to the top and rising .fast. I flushed the toilet and investigated where the water was coming in. .The plastic float valve had cracked and there was no stopping the water. .There isn't a shut off valve on the toilet. I got the meter shut off tool, .flushed the toilet again and ran out to turn off the water. Sue was at the .radio station answering phones for their fund drive. I called her and told .her we had an emergency and she needed to come home. While she was on the .way home I bailed out the tank, a turkey baster comes in handy for that, and .took the old valve out. We made a trip to the hardware store, me in my .t-shirt and sweat band. We got exactly what we needed, a new float valve, .made of plastic of course, and costing 10 dollars, took it back home and .installed it. Today no leaks have shown up and it's working fine. It must .have blown out only a few seconds before I came back into the house. Much .longer and we would have had a major flood in our bathroom. This time luck .was on our side. . .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] . [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
