Lenny my man,
My dear old dad always told me lending your tools is a lot
like lending your wife. They never come back quite the way
you let them go.
I remember seeing something similar to what you are
describing on one of the tool trucks. I'm thinking it was
Mac tools. In the mean time if you
Max,
The joist hangar nailer I was talking about is a neumatic nailer. I am
really loving these neumatic nailers. You can tack things together so
easily. There is much less issue with knocking things around as you try
to hand hammer in a nail. Very little movement, just pull the trigger
David Sorry about posting the wrong link. Thanks for the correction.
Robert
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Lee,
Do you remember the old Rambler American station wagon?
For those who don't the American was about the size of the infamous Ford
Pinto wagon only a little taller and not nearly as stable. Anyway, I was
driving to visit my Grandmother and hauling right on down the road when
traffic suddenly
I would like to say in the last 32 years my wife and I have lived in
three houses. each of those houses ended up with first a pair of
pliers, screwriver and a hammer. However soon they became the catch
all drawer. Oh yesh, got to keep that black electrical tape handy and
of course first
Sure do reamember those Ramblers and their station wagons. My brother
Gary had one that the rear tire fell off from One of my Uncles had a
wagon and a good friend up until about 5 years ago still had his
tank as he called it. I rode in that car . the watgon and in the middle
of a snow
Shane. those Cutlass cars were hot in my book. Never owned one but a
friend of mine used to race on as a regular street machine. Lee
--
A mind is a terrible thing to have leaking out your ears.
-- The League of Sadistic Telepaths
Dale. I've got about a dozen no bake chocolate cookies left if you need
them. Lee
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-- The League of Sadistic Telepaths
Lenny. a lesson to be learned. any tool . loaned to a friend or
especially relatives should be signed out. and call every two days to
get that tool back. I loaned out a house screw jack almost 8 years
ago and I remind that guy he is a cannot use those words here and I
tell his sister
OK, I am kicking around ideas for railings for my deck.
Let's start with the premise that I will use 4X4 posts that will be
notched. Thus there will be a 9.5 inch long tung of the notch running
down the inside of the rim joist and the mouth of the notch will be
sitting on the edge of the rim
Dan
Shaft encoders aren't much, but the accurately punched tape that won't crack
seems to my little cynical brain to be the problem.
I've wondered about taking the Cobolt unit and gutting it, using only the
case and tape and encoder/sprocket and re-doing the microprocessor.
Wish I could just
The cobolt unit has a tape with a holes that run through a sprocketed wheel
inside the box.
This, presumably, turns a digital shaft encoder that tells the
microprocessor how many counts it's moved. These encoders can count several
hundred counts per revolution of a shaft, so accuracy isn't a big
Hi Dan,
A hole right through is called a through mortise and a hole that ends is a
blind mortise.
What you do with the lower rail that has a slot in it is to fill the slot with
spacers between the balusters. These can be shaped to add interest, stand proud
or be flush.
You could make the
Hey Tom,
So, I've got a tape measure that isn't so happy. If I coughed up some
bucks for a shiny new shaft encoder, a micro processor, and give you the
nicely sprocketed tape from my unit. You think you can crank out a new
tape measure chock full of new features? or at least one that works
It shouldn't be too difficult to replace an existing thermostat, especially if
you can find a simmilar one with matching connections.
As for why do they put them at shoulder highth, I have wondered that too and
figure it is to make it harder for children to reach them and also they wold be
Oh,
I would have thought it was optically counting the holes through the tape. I
assumed that is why the base is so thick that the hook at the end of the tape
won't grab anything.
Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada
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I'm pretty much guessing about the sprocketed shaft encoder, that's how I'd
do it. I believe if they were using optical counting
the holes would be smaller.
But if Dan sends me one and I open it up maybe I'll be able to tell for sure
Tom
Dan,
My colleague Josh Miele has a busted one also and I've thought about doing
just that. Not sure I can fit it in the case because I don't
have circuit board fabricatin techniques available
Wouldn't need the new encoder, have to see if the one they have may still work
If you have one that
I'd think the optical way is more precise since the shaft will be turning
faster and faster the more tape you pull out, just like a standard tape.
Point is, it doesn't reely seem it's worth the money.
Matthys.
Dan, if this is too simplistic, please forgive...
The type of railing construction we have on our deck is quite simple. The
railings were constructed on the work bench, then simply toenailed into the
support posts. It's significantly sturdier than it sounds.
The actual rails were constructed
Bary,
I would really wonder about the strength or holding
power of the railings to the the deck.
I guess if you had a couple corners strongly fastened together that might
help but your nails aren't in sheer but in tension when somebody leans on
the rail hard and that's not the strongest direction
Matthys,
The tape is still moving as fast and being optically counted just like
the rotating shaft.
I'd go with the shaft encoder because they're s standard
part and that's better than manufacturing your own optical
encoder and the necessary light proof guides to keep the tape moving
in a stable
I've had a Cobalt talking tape measure for several years. It helps me work with
my buddies - they can be up on the roof and call out measurements - i can cut
them whatever they need and then hand them the wood to nail in. I am painfully
allergic to hammers so I stay away from that kind of work.
Hey Lee,
I owned a 1965 Cutlass 330 cubic inch that had a Rochester 650 cfm quad.
That car was a runner until my now wife had a mishap and the car ended up in
the bone yard.
Funny, I could never see well enough to drive but had an old Rambler
American flat head 6 then the Olds. I had friends
The radius of the coil doesn't matter, I believe the tape would be read where
it enters the case whether it has a sprocket the holes ride in, or it's done
optically.
Tom
Hi Lenny,
You can purchase a collapsing magnetic device from auto zone. There 5 inches
when closed, and extend to a whopping 2 feet. This device is the thickness
of your pinkie finger, and it also has a clip on it, just like a pen. I paid
under 2 dollars for it.
HTH
Roger C Bachelder 3rd
Well Victor, if you would sine up for woodworking for the blind you would
know what I'm talking about. It's like one of those carvings that you might
have seen where there is a ball in a cage and no way to get it out. This is
a cube made the same way. You make it using wood bits and some
Thanks Dan. I have looked at them at Lowe's and home depot. I would have
to get a compressor too and the total price has kind of put me off. Maybe I
should reconsider.
Regards.
Max. K 4 O D S.
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What I remember about the Rambler is the fold down front seats. A friend of
mine called his the make out wagon.
Regards.
Max. K 4 O D S.
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Sounds kind of steep for just a battery tester. You can get a talking DMM
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Regards.
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I would tend to agree with max, except that if the tester provides a proper
test load for each type of cell it may give more reliable info
than just a meter.
Tom
Isn't that just typical of adaptive technology!
The talking multimeter is half the price and measures precisely the voltage
(and/or amperage) and a hole lot more for about 40 bucks. Of course it wasn't
intended for the blind or adapted for adaptive requirements.
Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario
Hi Max,
I'm I to assume that you are building this puzzle for your own enjoyment, or
is this to screw with the minds of the various family members that come
over? Smile.
In any case, is there an actual solution, or is it designed to be built just
for show?
Victor
Hi Dale,
Multimeters are great for those who understand volts, amps, etc. Most
people I know don't have a clue about these things and would benefit greatly
from a battery tester that requires knowing that three means good, two means
still has some life and one means time to think about
Victor. There is no solution. The article says that kids will just play
with it but it drives adults out of their minds trying to figure it out.
Yes. I like messing with the minds of my relatives.
Regards.
Max. K 4 O D S.
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Transistor site
The encoder shaft would not be on the center shaft that the tape is wound
around. So, it would not spin any faster as the tape was extended. The
encoder shaft would be separate and have a sprocket that would fit into
the holes on the tape. So as the tape leaves the case, it turns the
Thanks for the ideas Barry. It did get some thoughts kicking around in my
head. Always a dangerous thing.
--
Blue skies.
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Carnegie Mellon University.
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Dale,
Couple of good ideas there. The first idea with the 2X6 and 2X4 attached
to the outer face of the posts and the balusters nailed to the inner face
is definitely a possibility.
I wonder what round balusters might look like. That would make the whole
mortising thing a lot easier. No
Dear Dan:
My deck is octagon shaped , or rather like one half of an octagon, with
five sides away from the house side, and they are all made up of benches which
have a nice tilt to both seat and back, but the rail around the top is level
and made of a 2 by 6. With all those angles, it was
Edward,
You are correct of course and that is not my point. I have nothing against such
a device, it just gets on my ti*ts that, for example Energizer batteries have a
strip on their packaging which tells the optically enabled the state of the
batteries sold within, essentially for free.
Dale
Dear Dan and list members:
We have a screened in porch and the old fashioned swing my father built had
chains which became very rusty. I recently bought some small log chain and
some of the links that have a threaded nut which allows one to open one side of
the link and then close it after
Hi,
While I like the idea of benches, the possibility of a child crawling up onto
one and tumbling over the back which is the rail always put me off.
Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada
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Roger,
Thanks there is a store just a few miles away. The one that I had was 1/4
diameter and when put together was about 36 long.
I will pick one up(no pun intended) tomorrow.
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You cannot measure the strength of a battery accuratly with a multi meter.
Matthys
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Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 1:48 AM
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