Thanks Robert, I have the telescoping magnet, and you're right, they're a life saver.
Bill Stephan Kansas City, MO (816)803-2469 William Stephan -----Original Message----- .From: "robert moore"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> .Sent: 6/27/07 11:29:07 PM .To: "[email protected]"<[email protected]> .Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Workshop disaster wasToilet Blowout. . .I got this one from a locally owned hardware store so that wont help you .any but I do believe that the one I saw last year when I was not ready to .spend the money on one was at either Manards or Home Depot.I would just ask .around. .I think they are probably becoming fairly easy to find. I think nost of your .major home centers like home depot, Manards, Lows. Or fleet farm should have .them. .I cant tell you how frustrating it is when you drop a bolt or screw or .worse yet a small clip on the ground and to make matters worse is if you are .out working on a gravel driveway. . .While you are at it make sure to get a small telescoping magnet for reaching .down into small places where you might drop a small nut or bolt. . . .I found with working on a car that you dont need to have perfect aim to use .the thing. Just poke around where you think it is and once you get near it, .it will snag it. You will know when you got it you can defiantly feel when .it picks up a loose part. .It is kind of like fishing. .I will never be without one any more. Robert . .-----Original Message----- .From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] .Behalf Of William Stephan .Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 10:33 AM .To: [email protected] .Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Workshop disaster wasToilet Blowout. . .Robert, where did you find one of these? .Thanks. . .Bill Stephan .Kansas City, MO .(816)803-2469 .William Stephan . .-----Original Message----- ..From: "robert moore"< [EMAIL PROTECTED] .<mailto:robertjmoore%40embarqmail.com> > ..Sent: 6/27/07 12:50:33 AM ..To: " [email protected] .<mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> "< [email protected] .<mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> > ..Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Workshop disaster wasToilet Blowout. .. .. Just baught a magnet about 12 or 14 inches long and about 1 inch square .and ..it has a wheel on each end and a handle in the middle and you use it like a ..push broom. Unless the rivets and whatever else you said you spilled are ..stainless or aluminum that would be the perfet tool for the jobl. I think ..those rolling magnets is a tool that no blind mechanic should be without. I ..think I only gave about 12 to 15 bucks for that tool. .. .. ..-----Original Message----- ..From: [email protected] .<mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> ]On ..Behalf Of William Stephan ..Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 5:36 PM ..To: [email protected] <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> ..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] .<mailto:max%40maxsmusicplace.com> ..<mailto:max%40maxsmusicplace.com> > ...Sent: 6/26/07 4:28:49 PM ...To: "Blind Handyman"< [email protected] .<mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> ..<mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> > ...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. 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