Re: [BlindHandyMan] 14 gauge vs 12 gauge extension cord

2010-04-13 Thread Dan Rossi
This is not a very useful response to your question, Lenny. I have no idea about the losses, but I will comment on your problem with coiling the long extention cords. From my days in rock climbing, I learned that a regular circular coil is not the best way to handle long ropes. With each

Re: [BlindHandyMan] 14 gauge vs 12 gauge extension cord

2010-04-13 Thread Lenny McHugh
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Re: [BlindHandyMan] 14 gauge vs 12 gauge extension cord

2010-04-13 Thread john schwery
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[BlindHandyMan] Extension Cord Winder

2010-04-13 Thread Dave Mitchell
Some have asked if there are cord winders that work without twisting the cord. For my 100' cord, I have a winder that is round with a rotating center. The outer frame is fixed and the interior rotates with a knob. It also has a notch that allows a portion of the female end to protrude for

RE: [BlindHandyMan] hybrid water heaters

2010-04-13 Thread Dave Andrus
Hi, I have a friend who installed an instent hot water heater for his boss at work. He said that it was $1200. Before installing it he researched it for his boss and found that it would pay for itself in 4 to 5 years. It's a costly upfront cost, but if you are staying in your place for more than

RE: [BlindHandyMan] My mistake has turned into a puzzle

2010-04-13 Thread Dave Andrus
Hi I just asked my wife who does all the finishing work for my wood projects. She related that she has had polyurethane go on milky but it has always dried clear. This is both oil and water base. She also added that the way it is applied creates that milky problem. It is air mixing with the

[BlindHandyMan] handywoman question- needle threaders

2010-04-13 Thread lvmumford
I need to do some hand sewing and would like some advice about needle threaders. I am completely blind and I know there are needle threaders out there but don't know whick ones are the most blind user friendly. Much thanks, Linda

RE: [BlindHandyMan] handywoman question- needle threaders

2010-04-13 Thread Dave Andrus
Hi, I have used two types of needle threaders. My least favorite is the split head needle. Rather than a hole or eye, it has a V at the top. You place the thread in the V and then pull down hard. It spreads the V and the thread goes into the eye of the needle. I was always afraid that when

Re: [BlindHandyMan] handywoman question- needle threaders

2010-04-13 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
Aloha Linda, I agree with Dave's email. I have used both of those threading solutions. I keep the wire loop kind in my purse in case I am out somewhere and don't have the self-threading needles around. Before 911, I used to carry a self-threading needle in my purse, but not anymore of course.

Re: [BlindHandyMan] 14 gauge vs 12 gauge extension cord

2010-04-13 Thread Bob Kennedy
We have to talk about that one... The neighbors have been entertained watching me untangle extension cords. - Original Message - From: Dan Rossi To: handyman-blind Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 7:56 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] 14 gauge vs 12 gauge extension cord

RE: [BlindHandyMan] handywoman question- needle threaders

2010-04-13 Thread Ray Boyce
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Re: [BlindHandyMan] 14 gauge vs 12 gauge extension cord

2010-04-13 Thread Dale Leavens
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Re: [BlindHandyMan] hybrid water heaters

2010-04-13 Thread Dale Leavens
That is a different animal than one with a heat pump pre-heater. The instant demand heaters suffer longevity problems although they are getting better. they have been common in Europe, well Britain anyway for a very long time in the form of what are lovingly referred to as geysers or Ascots.

Re: [BlindHandyMan] handywoman question- needle threaders

2010-04-13 Thread Dale Leavens
I like the cheap little wire type on a thin metal sort of tag handle. The point is fairly easily pushed through the eye of the needle and once through it expands enough to fairly easily slip a loop of the thread into then pull back through the eye. They are often available at sewing supply

Re: [BlindHandyMan] handywoman question- needle threaders

2010-04-13 Thread jim
hi there any sewing store or maybe benfranklen stores or even a good drug store will have the threaders that are the looped wire kind you just ask and there not hard to find. there is no need to go through a products for the blind store cause that is just getting robbed. Jim [Non-text

Re: [BlindHandyMan] handywoman question- needle threaders

2010-04-13 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
Aloha, I think the web site was provided for the possible purchase of needles that are already threaded. I've seen the wire type needle threaders in the notions section of the grocery store. Many travel-sized sewing kits come with them inside with several colors of thread, a thimble,

Re: [BlindHandyMan] handywoman question- needle threaders

2010-04-13 Thread Rick Hume
I've had one that I got somewhere about 20 years ago. I sure wish I could tell you where to get one like it. It is very slick. There is a handle about the size of a dime. Coming out of it is a thin rigid type of wire that is in the preformed shape of a diamond (ex: baseball diamond). When

Re: [BlindHandyMan] handywoman question- needle threaders

2010-04-13 Thread Jewel
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Re: [BlindHandyMan] handywoman question- needle threaders

2010-04-13 Thread Dale Leavens
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[BlindHandyMan] changed fuse wire?

2010-04-13 Thread Tom Fowle
What is fuse wire? Only thing I know called fuse wire is almost solder used in some weird equipment as fuses. What I've seen wouldn't be springy. Tom Fowle

Re: [BlindHandyMan] handywoman question- needle threaders

2010-04-13 Thread Jewel
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Re: [BlindHandyMan] changed fuse wire?

2010-04-13 Thread Jewel
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Re: [BlindHandyMan] changed fuse wire?

2010-04-13 Thread Dale Leavens
Mostly it isn't all that springy but quite malleable. When I lived in England, many of the older circuits had porcelain fuse holders, a device with prongs which push into a slotted panel something like one of our plugs only larger. The holder has a couple of screws, you select a length of fuse

Re: [BlindHandyMan] changed fuse wire?

2010-04-13 Thread Bob Kennedy
I used to work with something called fuseable links. They were lengths of wire that were soldered in line along a circuit. They were designed to melt at a specific range to make sure whatever was at the end of the circuit didn't fry. Don't know if that's what they mean or not. -

[BlindHandyMan] Fuses

2010-04-13 Thread Dale Leavens
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Re: [BlindHandyMan] Fuses

2010-04-13 Thread Jewel
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Re: [BlindHandyMan] handywoman question- needle threaders

2010-04-13 Thread Spiro
the metal loop type are the easiest. However, thin thin fishing line is also very good. Take a 6 inch piece of the thinest fishing line in the sporting shop. tie it in a loop, and then squeeze what would be the point of the loop into a point. You can shove that point through the eye of the

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Fuses

2010-04-13 Thread Dale Leavens
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RE: [BlindHandyMan] handywoman question- needle threaders

2010-04-13 Thread Spiro
the split eye needle will not easily let the thread back out as it is a mini lobster clasp not just a V. i forgot about these. On Tue, 13 Apr 2010, Dave Andrus wrote: Hi, I have used two types of needle threaders. My least favorite is the split head needle. Rather than a hole or eye,

Re: [BlindHandyMan] handywoman question- needle threaders

2010-04-13 Thread Dale Leavens
I seem to be able to pull the thread out of the split eye needles. Somehow I often seem to cut the thread as I press it over the split as well. Still, they are useful if sometimes frustrating. I am a poor sewer by hand though, even find buttons frustrating. I prefer a sewing machine but don't

RE: [BlindHandyMan] oil base poly is milky My mistake has turned into a puzzle

2010-04-13 Thread Tom Vos
Good thought, but I only stirred it gently until the gunk was off the bottom. Blessings, Tom From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Lenny McHugh Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 9:29 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re:

RE: [BlindHandyMan] My mistake has turned into a puzzle

2010-04-13 Thread Tom Vos
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[BlindHandyMan] television remote control

2010-04-13 Thread Lee A. Stone
Hi, I have a small television which I listen to thru some headphones. I also have a remote which in the past always like most must be pointed pretty much in a direct path to a small beam on the television. more recently it does not work that wayl I seem to have to nearly point the