Brice:
You're a better man than I am. Just the thought of holding a drill up with my head mashed against a joist or two for as long as it would take to drill a respectable hole in the I beams in my basement is enough to make me go out and spend Dan's money. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brice Mijares Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 15:31 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] perforating an I beam. great idea if Dan was drilling allot of holes, not worth it for one hole. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Stephan" <wstep...@everestkc. <mailto:wstephan%40everestkc.net> net> To: <blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 12:27 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] perforating an I beam. > Dan: > We used to have a couple magnetic drill presses specifically meant for > what you're thinking about. The ones we had had a 3/4 inch chuck and an > extremely powerful electromagnet in the base. Obviously, the magnet > operated independently of the drill motor. I think ours were made by > Black and Decker. A good equipment rental outfit ought to have one of > these. We provided a piece of chain or cable with ours after one was > destroyed when the power went out unexpectedly. > > > > Bill Stephan, > Kansas City MO > Email: wstep...@everestkc. <mailto:wstephan%40everestkc.net> net > Phone: (816)803-2469 > > -original message- > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] perforating an I beam. > From: Dan Rossi <d...@andrew. <mailto:dr25%40andrew.cmu.edu> cmu.edu> > Date: 01/13/2009 10:22 > > OK, this is probably a silly question. I know that you can perforate a > joist to run piping or wiring. Can you perforate the web of a steel I > beam for the same? If so, what would you use to drill through that > sucker? > > -- > Blue skies. > Dan Rossi > Carnegie Mellon University. > E-Mail: d...@andrew. <mailto:dr25%40andrew.cmu.edu> cmu.edu > Tel: (412) 268-9081 > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > blindhandyman- <mailto:blindhandyman-owner%40yahoogroups.com> [email protected] > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://www.acbradio <http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_ page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29> .org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_ position=47:29 > 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 > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws- <http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/> users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail- <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> archive.com/[email protected]/ > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following > address for more information: > http://www.jaws- <http://www.jaws-users.com/> users.com/ > 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.comYahoo> [email protected]! Groups Links > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
