I've heard of this just as I was getting out of the "shooting sports". They use a "peak-limiter" in the circuitry. I agree, *sounds great! (having not heard them)
On Thu, 27 Dec 2007, Lenny McHugh wrote: > Dale, the hearing protection sounds great, no pun intended! Who is the > manufacturer I really could use something like that. I have some great ear > muff style protection but the problem is that when I turn off my power tool > for a few minutes I can not hear if someone is calling me. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dale Leavens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 7:12 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] new tools > > > I got a couple of tools for Christmas, a pair of Japanese saws, I used one > already, a rather spectacular little hand saw. I also got a ratcheting hand > pruner, a rather fine plumb bob and a rather good sliding bevel. It uses a > thumb clamp to lock in the angle so you can operate it with one hand and it > presses flat so you don't have a wing nut in the way. > > I also got an earmuff style electronic hearing protection. When the sound is > below a certain level a microphone activates so you can hear, there is a > volume control. When a sudden noise happens or the background is beyond a > certain level it shuts down. > > Otherwise I bought myself the Wayfinder Navigator GPS software for my cell > phone and a Holux GPS receiver. Trouble is there isn't hardly any > information for this area. So far I haven't figured out much but I haven't > had much time. I also bought a Cirius satellite receiver which I am also > figuring out. > > Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Skype DaleLeavens > Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. > > > [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 > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > If you would like to join the Blind Computing list, then visit the following > address for more information: > http://jaws-users.com/mailman/listinfo/blind-computing_jaws-users.com > > 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 > > > > >
