RE: [BlindHandyMan] hybrid water heaters
And what do they cost relative to a gas or electric unit? Al -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com]on Behalf Of Shane Hecker Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2010 11:54 PM To: blindhandy...@yahoogroups. com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] hybrid water heaters Has anyone seen the hybrid water heaters? If so, what do you think of them? If you have one, how do you like it. For those who don't know, the hybrid water heaters use a combination of a heat pump and electric elements to heat the water. This is supposed to result in significant savings, making it cheaper to run than a natural gas unit. Shane. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [BlindHandyMan] hybrid water heaters
I don't know much about them, the little bit of research I have done has been on geothermal heat pumps. The heat recoverable is relatively low, about 110F so these are really pre-heaters. You can certainly save some money but the cost is very high and unless you are using the heat pump equipment for other things like heating or cooling the home so that the capital cost is expressed over more intensive and varied applications it doesn't seem to me to be very effective. The emersion heater is needed to raise the water temperature another 20 degrees all of the time and much more than that during heavy water use. As a pre-heater though warming the water entering the tank with heat generated from the air conditioning for example serves water heat savings as well as improving the efficiency of the air conditioning. The cost of a single purpose heat pump system must be relatively high, just think of a small room air conditioner. It is very similar technology. If I was Han Solo I'd probably pet my wookie - Original Message - From: Alan Terrie Robbins To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 7:11 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] hybrid water heaters And what do they cost relative to a gas or electric unit? Al -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com]on Behalf Of Shane Hecker Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2010 11:54 PM To: blindhandy...@yahoogroups. com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] hybrid water heaters Has anyone seen the hybrid water heaters? If so, what do you think of them? If you have one, how do you like it. For those who don't know, the hybrid water heaters use a combination of a heat pump and electric elements to heat the water. This is supposed to result in significant savings, making it cheaper to run than a natural gas unit. Shane. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[BlindHandyMan] room addition
Hello all, Well the roof is on, the walls sheathed , the window in. Only lacking a door and lawn grading and dirt removal and trash removal. The door from the garage of the walkout basement was cut and installed Friday. Things are looking up. May set some electrical boxes later today or Monday. Ron
Re: [BlindHandyMan] o.t Blind runners needed
Sorry but this is a bit off the track for the list. David Ferrin www.jaws-users.com Life is what happens after you have already made other plans. - Original Message - From: Blaine Deutscher b.m.deutsc...@sasktel.net To: Undisclosed-Recipient:; Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2010 11:53 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] o.t Blind runners needed Perhaps someone knows someone who fits this profile. ***38) Summary: Vision Impaired Trail Runners Name: Will Laughlin (National Magazine) Category: Sports Email: query-...@helpareporter.com Media Outlet: National Magazine Deadline: 07:00 PM EST - 16 April Query: I'm seeking vision impaired or blind runners to interview for anarticle for a mainstream running magazine. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Send any questions regarding list management to: blindhandyman-ow...@yahoogroups.com To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemasterPAGE_user_op=view_pagePAGE_id=33MMN_position=47:29 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/JAWS/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following address for more information: http://www.jaws-users.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: blindhandyman-h...@yahoogroups.comyahoo! Groups Links
Re: [BlindHandyMan] o.t Blind runners needed
- Original Message - From: David Ferrin To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 6:56 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] o.t Blind runners needed Sorry but this is a bit off the track for the list. David Ferrin www.jaws-users.com Life is what happens after you have already made other plans. - Original Message - From: Blaine Deutscher b.m.deutsc...@sasktel.net To: Undisclosed-Recipient:; Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2010 11:53 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] o.t Blind runners needed Perhaps someone knows someone who fits this profile. ***38) Summary: Vision Impaired Trail Runners Name: Will Laughlin (National Magazine) Category: Sports Email: query-...@helpareporter.com Media Outlet: National Magazine Deadline: 07:00 PM EST - 16 April Query: I'm seeking vision impaired or blind runners to interview for anarticle for a mainstream running magazine. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Send any questions regarding list management to: blindhandyman-ow...@yahoogroups.com To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemasterPAGE_user_op=view_pagePAGE_id=33MMN_position=47:29 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/JAWS/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following address for more information: http://www.jaws-users.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: blindhandyman-h...@yahoogroups.comyahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[BlindHandyMan] Braille overlays for Whirlpool
Dear List Members: I agree with Michael's assessment of the Whirlpool Duet front loading washer, however, I tried recently to obtain a Braille overlay for our machine, which is a Duet Steam, and was told that Whirlpool no longer provides Braille overlays for their washers, as there was not a sufficient demand for them. Yours Truly, Clifford Wilson __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5017 (20100411) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Maytag Neptune Washer Bearing Problem
Clifford, I have one of these machines and been told by a serviceman and a couple retailers that the new machines by who ever is making them don't hold up and I would be better off keeping the old machine. The Maytag top loader I had only one for 25 years and gave it to a friend, who use it for years. And the frontloader Maytag, so far has been a good one for near 7 years. I am going to hate to have to replace any appliances, for looking at them at our local dealers, they aren't made in the good old U S A, just assembled here. And have you noticed the warrantee? Sure aren't the 5 year, but one. RJ - Original Message - From: clifford To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2010 23:34 Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Maytag Neptune Washer Bearing Problem Dear Gil: You saved yourself quite a sum by doing the work yourself. I received a quote of five hundred bucks to repair our Neptune, which was one of the first ones out. Since the machine had some years on it, we elected to replace it. I understand that the Neptune was the cause of Maytag going under. That is a real shame, as Maytag was one of those names that was equivalent to long lasting high quality American made products. The company name lives on, but the products are not the same. We bought a Whirlpool with steam, and while it performs fairly well, my first wife would prefer to have a new Neptune, as she liked the old one better. Yours Truly, Clifford Wilson - Original Message - From: Gil Laster To: Blind Handyman Cc: jgatt...@gmail.com Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 5:24 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Maytag Neptune Washer Bearing Problem Jim, You mentioned having replaced the control board on your Maytag Neptune washing machine and now the bearings are roaring. I have a 2002 model. The control board failed at 14-months and after some fussing Maytag relented and replaced it for me as a warranty item. The bearings began to roar at 6-years. My wife had not been very happy with the machine so thinking that I might have to buy a new washer I did some research on the Internet, bought bearings and a seal, improvised a bearing puller, and fixed it myself. My wife later admitted that she was hoping that I would fail. I had never worked on such a machine before. There was much on-the-job learning. It took me about 24-hours of effort, but I believe that I could do it again in about 4-hours. The job would have been much easier with a proper bearing puller, but I was too cheap to rent it at $80. I will write more details if you or anyone else wants to know more. - Gil Laster, Charlotte, NC [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5011 (20100408) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5016 (20100410) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[BlindHandyMan] Maytag, the good old days
Dear R. J. and list members: My mother has a 1932 ringer washer by Maytag, that came originally with a gasoline engine and an exhaust that ran about forty feet out in to the lawn. It was modified for an electric motor in the fifties. It still works, although she turned it in to a back-up machine, when she bought an automatic washer. My mother, being the frugal person she is, refused for a long time to allow the automatic washer to empty all that hot water after only one run of wash. My first wife and I have had a Maytag top loader for well over 25 years, which was turned over to our rental house when we bought the Neptune. Maytag was an automatic buy for us back in the good old days, and those commercials showing the lonely Maytag repairman, were on the mark. I am one of those old fogies that believe that we are happily destroying this country, by allowing our industrial capacity to be outsourced to off -shore locations. I thought then, and I still think today, that the treaties we have signed on trade are formulas for disaster. According to the history channel, the first manufacturing operation started in the U. S. was a company making shovels. I wonder how long it will be before there will no longer be a shovel made in the U. S. A. I am told by a machinist friend that our capacity to make and sell industrial tooling is being shifted abroad, and that many machines used in industry here are imported. Given all of the trends, I am not at all optimistic about our future. Whether it be a power saw, invented in this country, or an outboard motor, also invented here, the U. S. manufacturers are slipping away. My first chain saw was a Homelite , which gave good service and I would have gladly bought another, had they kept up with developments. I will quit with this line of thought before the sensors become outraged. Yours Truly, Clifford Wilson __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5017 (20100411) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Maytag, the good old days
Clifford, Once the company my son worked for as a industrial engineer, would manufacture the equipment by order of the customer. Now they rebuild and modify what China send into this country that doesn't fit the bill. After a year or two, he left that position, and found greener pastures in a inter national company.. - Original Message - From: clifford To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 12:00 Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Maytag, the good old days Dear R. J. and list members: My mother has a 1932 ringer washer by Maytag, that came originally with a gasoline engine and an exhaust that ran about forty feet out in to the lawn. It was modified for an electric motor in the fifties. It still works, although she turned it in to a back-up machine, when she bought an automatic washer. My mother, being the frugal person she is, refused for a long time to allow the automatic washer to empty all that hot water after only one run of wash. My first wife and I have had a Maytag top loader for well over 25 years, which was turned over to our rental house when we bought the Neptune. Maytag was an automatic buy for us back in the good old days, and those commercials showing the lonely Maytag repairman, were on the mark. I am one of those old fogies that believe that we are happily destroying this country, by allowing our industrial capacity to be outsourced to off -shore locations. I thought then, and I still think today, that the treaties we have signed on trade are formulas for disaster. According to the history channel, the first manufacturing operation started in the U. S. was a company making shovels. I wonder how long it will be before there will no longer be a shovel made in the U. S. A. I am told by a machinist friend that our capacity to make and sell industrial tooling is being shifted abroad, and that many machines used in industry here are imported. Given all of the trends, I am not at all optimistic about our future. Whether it be a power saw, invented in this country, or an outboard motor, also invented here, the U. S. manufacturers are slipping away. My first chain saw was a Homelite , which gave good service and I would have gladly bought another, had they kept up with developments. I will quit with this line of thought before the sensors become outraged. Yours Truly, Clifford Wilson __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5017 (20100411) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [BlindHandyMan] hybrid water heaters
This is not a separate heat pump add-on that you install on the water heater. The heat pump is actually integrated with the unit. Cost is around $1500. Shane - Original Message - From: Dale Leavens To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 7:50 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] hybrid water heaters I don't know much about them, the little bit of research I have done has been on geothermal heat pumps. The heat recoverable is relatively low, about 110F so these are really pre-heaters. You can certainly save some money but the cost is very high and unless you are using the heat pump equipment for other things like heating or cooling the home so that the capital cost is expressed over more intensive and varied applications it doesn't seem to me to be very effective. The emersion heater is needed to raise the water temperature another 20 degrees all of the time and much more than that during heavy water use. As a pre-heater though warming the water entering the tank with heat generated from the air conditioning for example serves water heat savings as well as improving the efficiency of the air conditioning. The cost of a single purpose heat pump system must be relatively high, just think of a small room air conditioner. It is very similar technology. If I was Han Solo I'd probably pet my wookie - Original Message - From: Alan Terrie Robbins To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 7:11 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] hybrid water heaters And what do they cost relative to a gas or electric unit? Al -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com]on Behalf Of Shane Hecker Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2010 11:54 PM To: blindhandy...@yahoogroups. com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] hybrid water heaters Has anyone seen the hybrid water heaters? If so, what do you think of them? If you have one, how do you like it. For those who don't know, the hybrid water heaters use a combination of a heat pump and electric elements to heat the water. This is supposed to result in significant savings, making it cheaper to run than a natural gas unit. Shane. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [BlindHandyMan] hybrid water heaters
I am aware of that, 15 hundred is a pretty expensive tank. My remarks were just to say that the technology would be similar. A standard electric emersion tank here would be under $400 and so far we pay under 6 cents per KWH. would have to use a load of hot water to recover 1100 bucks at 6 cents per KWH. Of course we can expect that price to climb over coming years. As part of a more complete heat pump system and particularly part of a geothermal system it would really begin to make sense though the pay-back still seems to be in excess of 10 years according to most of the supposed experts. If I was Han Solo I'd probably pet my wookie - Original Message - From: Shane Hecker To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 2:19 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] hybrid water heaters This is not a separate heat pump add-on that you install on the water heater. The heat pump is actually integrated with the unit. Cost is around $1500. Shane - Original Message - From: Dale Leavens To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 7:50 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] hybrid water heaters I don't know much about them, the little bit of research I have done has been on geothermal heat pumps. The heat recoverable is relatively low, about 110F so these are really pre-heaters. You can certainly save some money but the cost is very high and unless you are using the heat pump equipment for other things like heating or cooling the home so that the capital cost is expressed over more intensive and varied applications it doesn't seem to me to be very effective. The emersion heater is needed to raise the water temperature another 20 degrees all of the time and much more than that during heavy water use. As a pre-heater though warming the water entering the tank with heat generated from the air conditioning for example serves water heat savings as well as improving the efficiency of the air conditioning. The cost of a single purpose heat pump system must be relatively high, just think of a small room air conditioner. It is very similar technology. If I was Han Solo I'd probably pet my wookie - Original Message - From: Alan Terrie Robbins To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 7:11 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] hybrid water heaters And what do they cost relative to a gas or electric unit? Al -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com]on Behalf Of Shane Hecker Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2010 11:54 PM To: blindhandy...@yahoogroups. com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] hybrid water heaters Has anyone seen the hybrid water heaters? If so, what do you think of them? If you have one, how do you like it. For those who don't know, the hybrid water heaters use a combination of a heat pump and electric elements to heat the water. This is supposed to result in significant savings, making it cheaper to run than a natural gas unit. Shane. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[BlindHandyMan] For Every project, a mistake
To complete the subject line, For every project, a mistake to learn from. Or so it seems. This project is a dresser hutch combination that has to be ready for use as a grand daughter change table. She's due on Friday this week. It needed to be very dark to match the crib. I used a two part water base stain, first a dark under coat, then a top coat of the final stain. My mistake came when I was putting polyurethane on it. I spread poly thinned down half and half with mineral spirits. Works well. My mistake came when I got down to the end of the can of poly, and noticed that I had not stirred up all the gunk from the bottom of the can when I started. Without thinking, I dumped in some extra mineral spirits and stirred it up. The next coat had a lot of milky streaks in it. I couldn't see them, but my wife had to keep telling me, It's not right! Once it dawned on me what had happened, I got a new can of poly. But we had to sand down the pieces that had the streaks. By then we were starting to wear through the stain. Fortunately it worked to spread a new layer of stain, even though it was a water based stain, over top of whatever stain and poly was still on the pieces. Now my wife pronounces them to be good. Since the basement is cool and getting more damp, she let me take over the dining room and family room for the finishing. What a wife! Hope you can learn from my mistake. Blessings, Tom [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Maytag, the good old days
A year and a half ago we bought a Bosch washer and dryer. They are made on the cost of North Carolina. A army buddy of mine had a job for many years servicing machines that made intergrated circuits. He lost his job since all that work went to China. John http://WhiteCane.org http://BlindWoodWorker.com http://HolyTeaClub.comcom\whitecane http://anellos.ws - Original Message - From: clifford To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 12:00 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Maytag, the good old days Dear R. J. and list members: My mother has a 1932 ringer washer by Maytag, that came originally with a gasoline engine and an exhaust that ran about forty feet out in to the lawn. It was modified for an electric motor in the fifties. It still works, although she turned it in to a back-up machine, when she bought an automatic washer. My mother, being the frugal person she is, refused for a long time to allow the automatic washer to empty all that hot water after only one run of wash. My first wife and I have had a Maytag top loader for well over 25 years, which was turned over to our rental house when we bought the Neptune. Maytag was an automatic buy for us back in the good old days, and those commercials showing the lonely Maytag repairman, were on the mark. I am one of those old fogies that believe that we are happily destroying this country, by allowing our industrial capacity to be outsourced to off -shore locations. I thought then, and I still think today, that the treaties we have signed on trade are formulas for disaster. According to the history channel, the first manufacturing operation started in the U. S. was a company making shovels. I wonder how long it will be before there will no longer be a shovel made in the U. S. A. I am told by a machinist friend that our capacity to make and sell industrial tooling is being shifted abroad, and that many machines used in industry here are imported. Given all of the trends, I am not at all optimistic about our future. Whether it be a power saw, invented in this country, or an outboard motor, also invented here, the U. S. manufacturers are slipping away. My first chain saw was a Homelite , which gave good service and I would have gladly bought another, had they kept up with developments. I will quit with this line of thought before the sensors become outraged. Yours Truly, Clifford Wilson __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5017 (20100411) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [BlindHandyMan] hybrid water heaters
I wish I could get electricity for that. I'm paying about 14 cents per kwh. Shane - Original Message - From: Dale Leavens To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 2:39 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] hybrid water heaters I am aware of that, 15 hundred is a pretty expensive tank. My remarks were just to say that the technology would be similar. A standard electric emersion tank here would be under $400 and so far we pay under 6 cents per KWH. would have to use a load of hot water to recover 1100 bucks at 6 cents per KWH. Of course we can expect that price to climb over coming years. As part of a more complete heat pump system and particularly part of a geothermal system it would really begin to make sense though the pay-back still seems to be in excess of 10 years according to most of the supposed experts. If I was Han Solo I'd probably pet my wookie - Original Message - From: Shane Hecker To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 2:19 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] hybrid water heaters This is not a separate heat pump add-on that you install on the water heater. The heat pump is actually integrated with the unit. Cost is around $1500. Shane - Original Message - From: Dale Leavens To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 7:50 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] hybrid water heaters I don't know much about them, the little bit of research I have done has been on geothermal heat pumps. The heat recoverable is relatively low, about 110F so these are really pre-heaters. You can certainly save some money but the cost is very high and unless you are using the heat pump equipment for other things like heating or cooling the home so that the capital cost is expressed over more intensive and varied applications it doesn't seem to me to be very effective. The emersion heater is needed to raise the water temperature another 20 degrees all of the time and much more than that during heavy water use. As a pre-heater though warming the water entering the tank with heat generated from the air conditioning for example serves water heat savings as well as improving the efficiency of the air conditioning. The cost of a single purpose heat pump system must be relatively high, just think of a small room air conditioner. It is very similar technology. If I was Han Solo I'd probably pet my wookie - Original Message - From: Alan Terrie Robbins To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 7:11 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] hybrid water heaters And what do they cost relative to a gas or electric unit? Al -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com]on Behalf Of Shane Hecker Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2010 11:54 PM To: blindhandy...@yahoogroups. com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] hybrid water heaters Has anyone seen the hybrid water heaters? If so, what do you think of them? If you have one, how do you like it. For those who don't know, the hybrid water heaters use a combination of a heat pump and electric elements to heat the water. This is supposed to result in significant savings, making it cheaper to run than a natural gas unit. Shane. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Maytag, the good old days
I believe it is time to put this thread to bed. moderator - Original Message - From: John Sherrer j...@whitecane.org To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 4:49 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Maytag, the good old days A year and a half ago we bought a Bosch washer and dryer. They are made on the cost of North Carolina. A army buddy of mine had a job for many years servicing machines that made intergrated circuits. He lost his job since all that work went to China. John http://WhiteCane.org http://BlindWoodWorker.com http://HolyTeaClub.comcom\whitecane http://anellos.ws - Original Message - From: clifford To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 12:00 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Maytag, the good old days Dear R. J. and list members: My mother has a 1932 ringer washer by Maytag, that came originally with a gasoline engine and an exhaust that ran about forty feet out in to the lawn. It was modified for an electric motor in the fifties. It still works, although she turned it in to a back-up machine, when she bought an automatic washer. My mother, being the frugal person she is, refused for a long time to allow the automatic washer to empty all that hot water after only one run of wash. My first wife and I have had a Maytag top loader for well over 25 years, which was turned over to our rental house when we bought the Neptune. Maytag was an automatic buy for us back in the good old days, and those commercials showing the lonely Maytag repairman, were on the mark. I am one of those old fogies that believe that we are happily destroying this country, by allowing our industrial capacity to be outsourced to off -shore locations. I thought then, and I still think today, that the treaties we have signed on trade are formulas for disaster. According to the history channel, the first manufacturing operation started in the U. S. was a company making shovels. I wonder how long it will be before there will no longer be a shovel made in the U. S. A. I am told by a machinist friend that our capacity to make and sell industrial tooling is being shifted abroad, and that many machines used in industry here are imported. Given all of the trends, I am not at all optimistic about our future. Whether it be a power saw, invented in this country, or an outboard motor, also invented here, the U. S. manufacturers are slipping away. My first chain saw was a Homelite , which gave good service and I would have gladly bought another, had they kept up with developments. I will quit with this line of thought before the sensors become outraged. Yours Truly, Clifford Wilson __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5017 (20100411) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Send any questions regarding list management to: blindhandyman-ow...@yahoogroups.com To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemasterPAGE_user_op=view_pagePAGE_id=33MMN_position=47:29 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/JAWS/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following address for more information: http://www.jaws-users.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: blindhandyman-h...@yahoogroups.comyahoo! Groups Links __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5017 (20100411) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5018 (20100411) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Maytag, the good old days
Clifford and others, We all have similar thoughts here in Canada but, the bottom line remains that we want cheap products. There is nothing new in this! Your Boston tea party was all about trade and taxes, laws governing trade restrictions. You probably remember as do I when about everything we wanted to buy came from Japan and that was synonymous with poor quality. German electronics and optics before that now Chinese. We all want Wal-Mart prices but the only way to get them is with Wal-Mart quality. of course quality and price aren't necessarily related. I can buy for example 200 250 mg. tablets of aspirin for about 8 bucks. The same number of 81 mg. are 12 bucks. The low dose of course is prophylactic and taken by many many thousands of persons who can be screwed by the manufacturer. Clearly it is not the quantity of active ingredient responsible for either the cost or the value, can it be the greed of the manufacturers? If I was Han Solo I'd probably pet my wookie - Original Message - From: clifford To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 12:00 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Maytag, the good old days Dear R. J. and list members: My mother has a 1932 ringer washer by Maytag, that came originally with a gasoline engine and an exhaust that ran about forty feet out in to the lawn. It was modified for an electric motor in the fifties. It still works, although she turned it in to a back-up machine, when she bought an automatic washer. My mother, being the frugal person she is, refused for a long time to allow the automatic washer to empty all that hot water after only one run of wash. My first wife and I have had a Maytag top loader for well over 25 years, which was turned over to our rental house when we bought the Neptune. Maytag was an automatic buy for us back in the good old days, and those commercials showing the lonely Maytag repairman, were on the mark. I am one of those old fogies that believe that we are happily destroying this country, by allowing our industrial capacity to be outsourced to off -shore locations. I thought then, and I still think today, that the treaties we have signed on trade are formulas for disaster. According to the history channel, the first manufacturing operation started in the U. S. was a company making shovels. I wonder how long it will be before there will no longer be a shovel made in the U. S. A. I am told by a machinist friend that our capacity to make and sell industrial tooling is being shifted abroad, and that many machines used in industry here are imported. Given all of the trends, I am not at all optimistic about our future. Whether it be a power saw, invented in this country, or an outboard motor, also invented here, the U. S. manufacturers are slipping away. My first chain saw was a Homelite , which gave good service and I would have gladly bought another, had they kept up with developments. I will quit with this line of thought before the sensors become outraged. Yours Truly, Clifford Wilson __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5017 (20100411) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [BlindHandyMan] security light with motion detector
Years ago when I had a place in a mobile home park, my two trash cans started coming up missing. With some help from some friends and family, we finally found that the thief was the wind. It was often windy in the park, and the wind would pitch the cans over on their sides and roll them down the street. We finally took care of the problem by running a dog chain through one of the handles on each can and then latching them together. I attached the other end of the chain around my mail box pole. I never had a problem with them after that. I even talked the waste disposal company into reconnecting them after they were emptied. - Original Message - From: Brice Mijares To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2010 11:57 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] security light with motion detector Well there will be no way a tree branch would set it off. My mobile home has a covered car port that goes the length of the mobile home it's self. plus I have a tough shed at the end of the car port that's half under the awning. This is where I'd like to set up some kind of security system. This way I'd get full security of the car, the patio and anyone trying to get into my shed. - Original Message - From: Tom Hodges tomhod...@fuse.net To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2010 6:58 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] security light with motion detector Two things. A friend bought a security system from Home Depot but that was about four years ago and I don't know if they carry them any more. It had a motion sensing camera and a VCR recorder. When someone went in front of the camera it automatically turned on the recorder and ran for about a minute, but if there was continuing movement, it would keep running. Secondly, no matter what type of motion sensor you use, there is always the problem outside of having the wind blowing tree branches or shrubs, etc. and setting it off. If this happens often, you start to ignore it. Once you start ignoring it because you think it is a tree branch, you might as well not even have one. From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Brice Mijares Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 10:35 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] security light with motion detector Hello Betsy, I thought of putting one of those alarms that have a pull pin but decided against it. Once I'm in bed, I wouldn't want to get up and turn it off. With a 300 watt light being turned on by a motion detector or heat sensor and lighting that area like it was day time I think it would scare the hell out of a thief. It would also be nice to get the person on camera. - Original Message - From: Betsy Whitney braill...@hawaii.rr.com mailto:brailleit%40hawaii.rr.com To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 4:48 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] security light with motion detector Aloha Brice, How about putting some sort of an alarm on it so if the can is moved it will squeal. Now that aluminum cans are worth money, I suspect that people wander around looking for them. Betsy At 01:30 PM 4/9/2010, you wrote: Can you believe this. We move into a senior citizen mobile home park in December. I had a regular trash can that I saved our aluminum cans that I always smash. Well last week, I went outside to dump some and couldn't fine the trash can. Some lousy sum bitch stole the trash can and all. Now I need some ideas. I want something like a motion detector that will not only light up the area, but also start a cam recorder or the likes. It had to be someone from outside the park that did this as I found out others had there cans stolen. __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5014 (20100409) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.comhttp://www.eset.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5014 (20100409) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5014 (20100409) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5015 (20100410) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com
Re: [BlindHandyMan] security light with motion detector
I have that trouble occasionally too. I built a large framed trolley with three divided wells for garbage cans. I made a small hole in the lids to run the end of a rope through and tie off, the other end has a dog clip on it which I snap around a top rail of the cart so when they pull the lids they don't disappear. I have wheel barrow like handles which flip up to lift one end, the other end is on two 10 inch wheels. The bottom is a big 'X' so that snow doesn't so easily collect in it although in big falls it still sometimes takes quite a bit of power to get it moving. I only usually have two cans in the trolley the third well gets filled with cardboard or bagged yard waste which doesn't go through the chipper. I just run the cart down to the street on garbage day and back when I get home from work at night. If I was Han Solo I'd probably pet my wookie - Original Message - From: Rick Hume To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 6:32 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] security light with motion detector Years ago when I had a place in a mobile home park, my two trash cans started coming up missing. With some help from some friends and family, we finally found that the thief was the wind. It was often windy in the park, and the wind would pitch the cans over on their sides and roll them down the street. We finally took care of the problem by running a dog chain through one of the handles on each can and then latching them together. I attached the other end of the chain around my mail box pole. I never had a problem with them after that. I even talked the waste disposal company into reconnecting them after they were emptied. - Original Message - From: Brice Mijares To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2010 11:57 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] security light with motion detector Well there will be no way a tree branch would set it off. My mobile home has a covered car port that goes the length of the mobile home it's self. plus I have a tough shed at the end of the car port that's half under the awning. This is where I'd like to set up some kind of security system. This way I'd get full security of the car, the patio and anyone trying to get into my shed. - Original Message - From: Tom Hodges tomhod...@fuse.net To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2010 6:58 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] security light with motion detector Two things. A friend bought a security system from Home Depot but that was about four years ago and I don't know if they carry them any more. It had a motion sensing camera and a VCR recorder. When someone went in front of the camera it automatically turned on the recorder and ran for about a minute, but if there was continuing movement, it would keep running. Secondly, no matter what type of motion sensor you use, there is always the problem outside of having the wind blowing tree branches or shrubs, etc. and setting it off. If this happens often, you start to ignore it. Once you start ignoring it because you think it is a tree branch, you might as well not even have one. From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Brice Mijares Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 10:35 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] security light with motion detector Hello Betsy, I thought of putting one of those alarms that have a pull pin but decided against it. Once I'm in bed, I wouldn't want to get up and turn it off. With a 300 watt light being turned on by a motion detector or heat sensor and lighting that area like it was day time I think it would scare the hell out of a thief. It would also be nice to get the person on camera. - Original Message - From: Betsy Whitney braill...@hawaii.rr.com mailto:brailleit%40hawaii.rr.com To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 4:48 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] security light with motion detector Aloha Brice, How about putting some sort of an alarm on it so if the can is moved it will squeal. Now that aluminum cans are worth money, I suspect that people wander around looking for them. Betsy At 01:30 PM 4/9/2010, you wrote: Can you believe this. We move into a senior citizen mobile home park in December. I had a regular trash can that I saved our aluminum cans that I always smash. Well last week, I went outside to dump some and couldn't fine the trash can. Some lousy sum bitch stole the trash can and all. Now I need some ideas. I want something like a motion detector that will not only light up the area, but also start a cam recorder or the likes. It had to be
Re: [BlindHandyMan] For Every project, a mistake
recently I tried to get one last use out of a bottle of glue that had almost dried. Same thickening at the bottom as yours not stirred. Didn't work. No go, had to remove the next step and start over. Good for learning. On Sun, 11 Apr 2010, Tom Vos wrote: To complete the subject line, For every project, a mistake to learn from. Or so it seems. This project is a dresser hutch combination that has to be ready for use as a grand daughter change table. She's due on Friday this week. It needed to be very dark to match the crib. I used a two part water base stain, first a dark under coat, then a top coat of the final stain. My mistake came when I was putting polyurethane on it. I spread poly thinned down half and half with mineral spirits. Works well. My mistake came when I got down to the end of the can of poly, and noticed that I had not stirred up all the gunk from the bottom of the can when I started. Without thinking, I dumped in some extra mineral spirits and stirred it up. The next coat had a lot of milky streaks in it. I couldn't see them, but my wife had to keep telling me, It's not right! Once it dawned on me what had happened, I got a new can of poly. But we had to sand down the pieces that had the streaks. By then we were starting to wear through the stain. Fortunately it worked to spread a new layer of stain, even though it was a water based stain, over top of whatever stain and poly was still on the pieces. Now my wife pronounces them to be good. Since the basement is cool and getting more damp, she let me take over the dining room and family room for the finishing. What a wife! Hope you can learn from my mistake. Blessings, Tom [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
