Re: [BlindHandyMan] Out of touch for a few days

2009-11-21 Thread Lee A. Stone
good luck wiring Bob,. you should take along Bob the Baker with y9ou;. Lee On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 08:13:04PM -0500, Bob Kennedy wrote: > I am off tomorrow to rewire my house in charlotte. This will be a complete > from the new breaker box to the outlets with new wire in between. Whoever >

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Re: another measuring device:

2009-11-21 Thread Tom Vos
Very good. I suppose it wouldn't be too hard to make a square stick either. I just started with pvc, and my mind naturaally wen to a round dowel. Let us know how the finished product works. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com]on

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Re: another measuring device:

2009-11-21 Thread Tom Vos
Not necessary, but one will keep the dowel from sliding all the way out. The other keeps it from sliding all the way in, and provides a mounting for whatever kind of end you put on it I put a matching piece of pvc on mine, but someone had a good suggestion about putting a small square block on that

Re: [SPAM] [BlindHandyMan] Bathtub calking

2009-11-21 Thread Arthur Rizzino
Hello Max, you might want to think about filling the tub with water before calking. This should help the tub be settled to its lowest point, this will make up for if it moves any when humans get in to it. Art - Original Message - From: Max Robinson To: Blind Handyman Sent: Sa

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: another measuring device:

2009-11-21 Thread jim
well the square stick is a good idea but you will have to glue a stop on the back end so you don't have to keep messing with putting it back in. toms original idea solved that problem. Jim [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Bathtub calking

2009-11-21 Thread Donnie Parrett
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Re: [BlindHandyMan] The Lone Measurer

2009-11-21 Thread Agent086b
Right, know what that is. thanks for that. Max. Original Message Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] The Lone Measurer From: Tom Hodges To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, 22 November 2009 08:57:33 > It is somewhat like a thumb tack. It has a shaft like a Thumb tack but

RE: [BlindHandyMan] The Lone Measurer

2009-11-21 Thread Tom Hodges
It is somewhat like a thumb tack. It has a shaft like a Thumb tack but the rest of it is plastic. It is used to hold paper to a bulletin bosard normally.,s From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Agent086b Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 4:19

Re: [BlindHandyMan] The Lone Measurer

2009-11-21 Thread Agent086b
Hi, I am not familiar with the term push pin. is it also called a thumb tack or drawing pin? Max. Original Message Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] The Lone Measurer From: Tom Hodges To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, 22 November 2009 08:08:32 > I had exactly the prob

RE: [BlindHandyMan] The Lone Measurer

2009-11-21 Thread Tom Hodges
I had exactly the problem and my remedy was to place a push pin in the first little hole in the tape. It works well except when your tape turns off automatically after so many seconds of not using it. The remedy for this is to move the tape case out or in an inch or so now and then, just to keep

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Re: another measuring device:

2009-11-21 Thread Tom Hodges
Hello Tom. I just spent about an hour and a half at Lowes playing around with the dowels and plastic pipes. Here's what I found: They had a thin wall PVC pipe and a thicker (schedule 40) PVC pipe. Theyy only had one half round and it was five eights. They also had square sticks rig

[BlindHandyMan] Bathtub calking

2009-11-21 Thread Max Robinson
As I write this Sue is scraping away the old calking from the bathtub in preparation to recalking. She uses the hard stuff. She is wondering outloud if there is some easier way than using a hand scraper. Is there? Regards. Max. K 4 O D S. Email: m...@maxsmusicplace.com Transistor site htt

Re: [BlindHandyMan] The Lone Measurer

2009-11-21 Thread Max Robinson
I use a little piece of blue painter's tape to hold the end of the tape measure in place. Regards. Max. K 4 O D S. Email: m...@maxsmusicplace.com Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com To subsc

Re: [BlindHandyMan] The Lone Measurer

2009-11-21 Thread Dale Leavens
Hi, I consider this to be another inadequacy of the Cobalt talking tape measure, the base is too thick and so the hook does not stick well. Usually there is enough room to hold one end and pull the tape out but once you get beyond a certain distance the trick is to seat the hook well down, the

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: another measuring device:

2009-11-21 Thread Dale Leavens
It is not necessary to have full round ends either is it? - Original Message - From: Tom Fowle To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 11:02 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: another measuring device: tom, I don't think you could do mu

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Reviving NiCd Batteries

2009-11-21 Thread Tom Fowle
Gill, this can work if individual cells in the pack are actually shorted. This is usually proven when after a charge attempt the pack voltage is down by 1.2 volts or some multiple of that. You're correct this must be done while monitoring the pack voltage and doing it in short bursts of time. I'

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: another measuring device:

2009-11-21 Thread Tom Fowle
tom, I don't think you could do much with a plane, the plane needs long spaces ahead of and behind it so you'd maybe just be able to make a curved dent in the middle. You might drill holes off center along the dowell and finish them off with a flat chisel or a scroll saw, but it'd be the devil of

Re: [BlindHandyMan] The Lone Measurer

2009-11-21 Thread Bob Kennedy
When I can't hold the tape on something, I'll take a spring clamp and clamp to the board and aim for the center of the tape. - Original Message - From: Paul To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 11:53 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] The Lone Measurer

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Reviving NiCd Batteries

2009-11-21 Thread john schwery
Gil, I wonder if a place like batteries plus could rebuild them more cheaply than buying the components? earlier, Gil Laster, wrote: > > >Somewhere I came across an article on the >Internet about reviving NiCd batteries (nickel >cadmium) that no longer hold a charge. The >method is to "jolt" t