the errors, and it's a real bucket of worms that I
havn't yet got working to get a repeatable reliable result.
And don't tell me they put them in cell phones, I know that and they don't
work very well.
Tom Fowle
Smith-Kettlewell RERC
On Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 04:13:34PM -0400, Edward Przybylek wrote:
Hi
Should be obvious it needs to sound like what it is! a car.
The stupid thing is that they are going to make it optional for the
idiot drivers.
What other safety feature is optional?
Tom Fowle
On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 02:16:07AM -0400, Spiro wrote:
I can understand wanting to cut down
Definitely NOT each rechargable type must work with cells of similar type
E.G. nicads, NIMH, and several forms of lithium. Charging needs for each
type vary as does amp hour capacity and some times terminal voltage.
Just don't mix buy batteries in the size packs you need and keep em
together.
draw so much current as to get cells hot if not designed
with proper current limiting circuits.
So be good and do it right, you'll get better battery life and less
excitement.
tom Fowle
OnSat, Aug 14, 2010 at 06:17:11PM -0400, Spiro wrote:
okay, Tom or someone explain this to me:
a toy my kid
And yes the capacity of different cells vary so you're guaranteed to not get
even discharge and best life.
tom
On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 06:44:46PM -0700, Tom Fowle wrote:
spiro
You shouldn't mix battery types because both there voltage and internal
resistance differ between types.
Thus
is damaged, or if, as is likely there is real roof damage,
a pro is the onlyanswer since you've no experience working out there.
Trying to fix roof damage from the inside will likely just make the water
go make a mes somewhere else.
AndAlan is quite right, sooner is better.
Good luck
Tom Fowle
couldn't
set your self, but which could turn on a beeper or the like when outside
the preset limits. This could be much cheaper. Try looking for
dial indicator with limit switches if this kind of deal might do for you.
Tom Fowle
Smith-Kettlewell RERC
On Sun, Aug 01, 2010 at 08:38:56AM -0400, Bob
haptors!
good luck
Tom Fowle
On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 07:27:48PM -0400, Bob Kennedy wrote:
There are a couple ways. Try putting a putty knife between the top and the
front. You'll have to slide from the outside edge toward the center. There
should be a clip on each side. When you run
or you're locked for ever
I don't think it'd take much sticking force to keep the screws from being
removed.
tom Fowle
On Tue, Jul 06, 2010 at 02:36:21PM -0500, Jennifer Jackson wrote:
So this time I had the good sense to Google glue metal to metal, instead of
gorilla glue. I learned that Crazy
Pipe clamps mount to standard pipe sizes and can be expanded as far
as you want to fasten lengths of pipe together.
tom foowle
On Thu, Jul 01, 2010 at 08:36:10AM -0400, Alan Terrie Robbins wrote:
I am replacing the surface of my 12 by 16 deck with 16 foot
long five quarter by 6 decking. I
Hi Clifford,
Any time there is a spark some ozone will be created, but I'd not
worry much about that occasional snap.
tom Fowle
On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 11:14:03PM -0400, clifford wrote:
Dear List Members:
Ozone is used quite extensively in bottled water to be sure no bacteria
The last place you should go is a company that also fixes the
roblem, it's one of the big current scams out there.
Molds and mildew and th like are everywhere and apparrently not usually a
real problem. unless you've had long term water remaining in your place.
County health dept. sounds like a
is go to a mold removal and testing
company cause they will find it whether it's there or not.
Also don't go to doctors who specialize in mold or allergy testing
unless they are board certified allergologists
Tom Fowle
- Original Message -
From: Tom Fowle
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 12:48 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Testing for Mold?
The last place you should go is a company that also fixes the
roblem, it's one of the big current scams out
.
but since capitalism can sell it it's considered legal.
Just like the suplement industry.
Tom Fowle
- Original Message -
From: Tom Fowle
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 12:48 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Testing for Mold?
The last place you should go is a company that also fixes the
roblem, it's one of the big current scams out
be able to get a good mercury unit.
Just cause it's digital doesn't mean it's accurate.
Tom Fowle
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 11:32:35AM -1000, Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press wrote:
Aloha Lenny,
Just a note about this. I complained that my oven was off. When the
guy came out, he said that after
I wonder how much the air temp would fall in that 10 seconds
while the probe unit was guessing.
Accuracy ain't so easy
Tom
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 02:52:57PM -0700, Alan Paganelli wrote:
The talking probe thermometer works even if you just stick it in the hot air
in the oven. It takes only 5
the good mechanical devices.
Tom Fowle
On Wed, Jun 09, 2010 at 01:19:14PM -0500, Tony wrote:
The last ones I got from Harbor Freight a couple of years ago have 96 slide
pins around the outer edge of the dial, one for each 15 minutes of the day.
You push them toward or away from the center
It is possible to have concrete put in through a hose from a truck, but
probably very expensive and would have to be done by a contractor.
Probably prohibitively costly, the high end method.
tom Fowle
And there are the easier to use text archives at:
http://www.jaws-users.com/jaws/handyman/
Tom Fowle
I didn't send my previous one about the text archives twice, I'm sure? or
I think I'm sure, or maybe not!
but I got it twice!
Tom Fowle
If the world isn't going to h---, then what am I doing in this handbasket?
Irma Bombeck
I get the 404 error too, but going to the jaws-users.com
site then finding the blind handyman files page shows the identical
url and works from there.
Used too work and probably will when the moon changes phases
Weird
Tom Fowle
On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 05:10:41PM -0400, Lenny McHugh wrote:
I
-
From: Tom Fowle fo...@ski.org
To: blindHandyMan blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 16:59
Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Re: list archives
And there are the easier to use text archives at:
http://www.jaws-users.com/jaws/handyman/
Tom Fowle
should go in and edit
the footer message to reflect that fact.
David Ferrin
www.jaws-users.com
Life is what happens after you have already made other plans.
- Original Message -
From: Tom Fowle fo...@ski.org
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 18:43
flakey, That's why
I have 3 computers on my desk at work! GRIN
tom Fowle
On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 01:16:38PM -0400, Lenny McHugh wrote:
Rick,
Well I ran the fix disk Then did a through virus scan. The scan was clean it
checked over 208,600 files. I also ran regscrup and cleaned up about 20
errors
Jim is correct about USB adapters too, you can get USB to parallel and
serial ports easilly and almost anythinng else you havn' heard of.
Tom Fowle
Art,
You're correct, try A.C. first,and test between the two terminals., I doubt
anything in that circuit should be grounded.
Tom Fowle
On Tue, May 04, 2010 at 09:00:49PM -0400, Art Rizzino wrote:
Thanks for the comments so far.
By the way where the wires came apart was near what I think
together.
Most of these bell transformers are designed to take a momentary short
circuit without burning out, but don't short it out if you can help it.
Hook up one button and try it, then the other.
Take care and have fun
tom Fowle
On Mon, May 03, 2010 at 09:37:50PM -0400, Art Rizzino wrote:
Hi
to check how hard, or accessible, changing the code is to do
if someone undesirable gets hold of it.
Sounds like making something simple harder to no purpose.
Tom Fowle
On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 11:32:42AM -0500, Claudia wrote:
Does anybody know how reliable these things are?
I've just been
Lenny,
Again, some allow you to easilly change the combination,
and some don't.
Boy that's a pretty raw deal if you have theaes in a care home.
Tom
On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 03:22:44PM -0400, Lenny McHugh wrote:
Does anyone use the push button padlocks. I have a brother who is in a
personal
but dance rite there in the street to get in. It's
pretty funny.
tom Fowle
On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 02:41:09PM -0500, wstep...@everestkc.net wrote:
I work in a secure facility which is currently having its systems updated.
We used to have key pads at secure points of entry, then the security
don't know if more trouble than keys would be.
Tom Fowle
On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 06:16:54PM -0400, Lenny McHugh wrote:
One of those key cards caused a very embarrassing moment. Where I use to
work also had them. I had mine in my wallet and went into a department
store. I do not know why
depending on the amount of ampherage it is expected
to carry, but,
essentially, it is very fine flexible wire
Jewel.- Original Message -
From: Tom Fowle fo...@ski.org
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 11:58 AM
Subject: [BlindHandyMan
Thanks Dale, and yep, I remember, be sixty fourin june!
Always wondered how one mended a fuse, now I know! GRIN
Tom
I'd like to have the old kind where you can replace the wire,
much easier to see if a fuse is bad although it could be sticky unplugging
the holder if the wire is exposed.
Not that screw in fuses are hard to test or anything.
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
We bought sears front loader pari maybe 5 years ago
and they both have good old fashioned knobs with pointers that are easy to
deal with.
As I remember when we looked, whirlpool also had easy looking controls.
Tom Fowle
these days, most of it
made up from nonsense and ignorance.
Not to excuse overzealous lawyers and those who hire them.
Tom Fowle
coupling will not provide the necessary issolation.
Tom Fowle
On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 04:50:04PM -0400, Edward Przybylek wrote:
Hi Spiro,
What's the difference between mix and couple. As I said in my earlier post,
I simply want to combine the output of two sound cards through a single set
of the unknown object. The identifier is doing exactly what
you asked it to do, you just have to ask the right question.
Tom Fowle
dishes particularly in cool weather, and
wouldn't give up the space for an automatic washer. but then there are only
two of us, probably if we had rug rats I'd feel differently.
like poor, harrassed and frightened! GRIN
Tom Fowle
Betsy,
It may well not have aplug may be wired right
to the box where the switch is.
If the original installation is 30 years old, things may not be quite as they
should be re: fittings, locations etc. which could make repaacing it
a hastle with no experience.
I'd get a pro to deal with it.
tom
, it's very easy to duplicate
this
device.
If interested, let me know and I'll bung up a brief text
discription of how it goes together for you.
Again, sorry I don't know where you can just buy one.
Tom Fowle
smith-Kettlewell RERC.
On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 02:23:31PM -0400, Edward Przybylek wrote
stuff that is actually sent to the
land fill these days, or so they clai.
Tom Fowle
Suburban Hayward CA.
it.
Look for luggage carriers, will take some care to keep things ballanced but may
work
Tom Fowle
Hi Betsy
Got them at local grocery store rite near the laundry soap. They are lint
catchers and fasten on with a regular cable tie. They weren't expensive at all.
Tom Fowle
On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 10:47:37AM -1000, Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press wrote:
Aloha again,
A few weeks ago we discussed
of 1 by 2 inch
wood. Might have to cut notches into the ends to hold the door frame
or maybe temporarilly tack the spreader in place with hot glue that
should come off pretty easilly.
Just off the top of head.
Tom Fowle
wood
and company if there latest whizbang
can be used by the blind is worse than a waiste of time.
Tom Fowle
At least here in the U.S. circuit city is dead.
Check Marlin P. Jones's web site, I think they have at least a link called
international sales?
http://www.mpja.com
look under test equipment, then digital multimeters,
Tom Fowle
quality junk as we so often do.
Tom Fowle WA6IVG
Smith-Kettlewell Rehav Engineering Research Center.
to bring them in and sell them as long as they
could get them and sell.
Hope that does the trick.
She didn't seem worried at all by the prospect of selling to blind folks.
tom Fowle
Dan,
I'd hang a piece of cardboard or something else to run into at the top of
the empty shaft to help remind you. Of course it will just annoy you and
you'll push by it anyhow but maybe worth a try.
Maybe a nice hippy bead curtan.
Tom
On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 01:38:34PM -0400, Dan Rossi wrote:
.
I've had some reports of problems with the leads on the MPJA meters,
but overall they're pretty good.
Tom Fowle
Dan,
Put a glass jar just where the door will push it down the non-stairs
when it opens if it swings the right way that is: the crash
should get yor attension.
Or the bucket of ice water on top of the door may do and would be
more fun for us to imagine about
Tom
On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at
design.
tom Fowle WA6IVG
claudia,
That's O.K. we'll just see that you both get the BHM virus
that makes you need to buy lots and lots of tools! GRIN
Tom
On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 01:35:21PM -0600, Claudia wrote:
I'm sorry; I didn't mean to post this here, so if it's inappropriate, again,
I apologize.
Claudia
it with regular wire
and a 12 volt battery but I wonder if the heat rise in the wire
wouldn't be so fast as to burn the wire before transferring much
heat to the glass.
Tom Fowle
Max
It's twelve volts and each usb port can supply up to 500 MA
however there is software negotiation to allow that much current draw,
I don't know the pin configuration of the usb ports.
Tom Fowle
On Tue, Mar 02, 2010 at 08:30:12AM +1100, Agent086b wrote:
Hi all,
does anybody know
It would be D.C. positive with respect to ground.
Tom Fowle
On Tue, Mar 02, 2010 at 08:36:40AM +1100, Agent086b wrote:
Sorry for this.
I forgot to ask if it is AC or DC current.
Max.
Original Message
Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Output valtage from a USB
From: Agent086b
I'll have to deferr to Ray's obviously reliable source
and yell at the tech here who told me it was twelve volts
Sorry
Tom
On Tue, Mar 02, 2010 at 09:03:51AM +1100, Ray Boyce wrote:
Hi Max
USB voltage:
Supplied voltage by a host or a powered hub ports is between 4.75 V and 5.25
V. Maximum
Peter,
I hope the meter available fro, Marlin P. Jones enterprises is
still around, it's $42.00 and although not a professionalk quality meter, is
quite adequate for hoby work.
http://www.mpja.com
go to test equipment, then multimeters and it should be there.
Tom Fowle
On Mon, Mar 01, 2010
still there model 16562 talking multimeter with lighted leads
$39.95 available several hundred in stock
There is a manual and review on the BHM text site.
tom Fowle
Dan,
If the wind is in your face, all that steam is going to come rite up at you.
Oh well you probably won't freeze!
Seriously I think the torch is too much of a point source to do a big
area.
Tom Fowle
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 08:13:57AM -0500, Dan Rossi wrote:
So, how about strapping a tank
and the
house. There may well be building code issues both front and back.
Tom fowle
I think it likely you charged alcaline cels, if you could be very sure they
were rechargables then that would mean something very wrong with the charger.
The goop that came out is not acid any more it is alcaly and thus you should
really use acid, vinegar, for cleanup. White vinegar is fine.
reduce clogging. My first filter has lasted 6 months and still isn't full.
You just toss the filter in the trash when it starts to impeed the drain flow.
Tom Fowle
also heard of but not tried whiite vinegar soaks, but care with
finishes is required there.
Tom
On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 05:05:07PM -0500, Spiro wrote:
how does one undo hide glue?
Very interesting, thanks
On Sat, 30 Jan 2010, Tom Fowle wrote:
With celos and bases when we were
intake adjustment valve that
the local gas company adjusted for the particular local gas BTU rating.
I would definitely get both of these professionally checked.
Tom Fowle
On Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at 04:44:54PM -0500, Rick Hume wrote:
Good question Jerry! And since you asked, I am wondering why my
losing any old wood
is not an option.
Tom Fowle
On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 11:12:20PM -0500, Spiro wrote:
is it true that with wood and the older wood glues, the wood should be
wetted or damp first?
I've heard this several times.
On Wed, 27 Jan 2010, Tom Hodges wrote:
Depends
glue won't help if things aren't
clean, fitting and stable while drying.
Hope that gives you some ideas
tom Fowle
run up on an amperage
limit if the circuit is very old and maybe fused for only 10 amps or so.
But unless you run big braille embossers and lots of other gizmos I doubt
you'll have a problem.
Tom Fowle
and therefore not be practical, but
you should reallyy have a fairly short run of cords to a properly installed
and grounded 3 prong socket
I think a 15 amp circuit is plenty as long as it isn't shared with other
heavy appliances, heaters etc.
Tom Fowle
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 07:36:14AM -0500, Dan
Betsy,
The tape is marked withdots every 6 inches. To measure, you lign up the
tape dot that is short of your measure,ment with the end of the 6 inch ruler
and use the ruler to get the remaining measurement.
I find it a huge pain but it's cheaper than the overpriced talking rulers.
Tomm Fowle
to
the shuroffs.
Tom Fowle
On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 07:25:14PM -0500, Lee A. Stone wrote:
yes it is a dual handle only idifference is it has a high neck on
the faucet . I was hoping this was some new design. oh well stuff
happens.
thanks
On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 06:52:18PM
I doubt a filler will hold screws,
If you have the space, how about drilling out the screw holes to maybe 3/8ths
inch and gluing dowels in them to take the new screw holes then filling in the
rest with plastic wood before sand and finishing. Drill for the dowels as deep
as you dare to give yiu
a cassette and will be even easier than a tape machine to
operate.
Tom Fowle
On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 09:50:07PM -0800, Annely Rose wrote:
I have seen the new NLS player. One of my client's has one. It looks really
great. Her husband and she like it very much. It's about 1/3 the size
Very best wishes to all of you contributers, owners moderators and quiet
readers. for the new year.
Hopefully the second dacade of this century will be an improvement on the
first.
Tom Fowle
, the center of the original tree is one edge of each board.
I think the main advantage is visual, but there may be some strength
advantages. The stock for violin family backs and tops is always quarter
sawn.
tom fowle
Thanks for this review, it's about time this kind of thing came down in
price and size.
Tom Fowle
really need one,
and again, don't buy from Omega and tell them you're blind,
they're paranoid.
Tom Fowle
Lenny,
Yep, about as universal as universal design
Tom
On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 06:24:33PM -0500, Lenny McHugh wrote:
Tom, great report. When I first stumbled upon the site it sounded like
something that the blind community could benefit.
- Original Message -
From: Tom Fowle fo
people suing them.
We'll buy one here and give it a run for it's money and report.
Thanks for bringing this to my attension, it may be very usefull when properly
combined with the appropriate sensors.
Tom Fowle
Embedded Systems Developer/ Rehab engineer
Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center
of inventors, they don't want to cooperate or do
there homework. everyone wants to do there own thing there own
way.
Tom Fowle
On Wed, Dec 09, 2009 at 06:11:53PM -0500, Lenny McHugh wrote:
I tend to agree. I just wonder if it could be used to make some digital
tools talk.
- Original Message
Jennifer,
I've worn braille watches while sailing and got them briefly
splashed, they survived O.K. but I wouldn't bet on it.
I'm pretty sure that actual emersion would be fatal.
It's just not possible to properly seal the lid.
tom Fowle
On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 11:10:35AM -0600, Jennifer
, thus
very little danger.
I used to see a coffee can with a crank built up as a temptation to turn the
crank which got you quite a noticable shock.
Using a single coil will also work but probably with not as high an output
spike.
Tom Fowle
On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 11:34:35PM -0500, John Sherrer
the blade and fence.
You still have to make sure you're at 90 degrees.
You can also put a regular tri square on the outside or opposite side of
the blade and add the blade cut width to your measurement.
I believe NFB has something about international sales on there store web
site, that may help.
tom
considering the cost of Lenny's motion sensor, if you cn tape it down to work
as needed, and if you can get one, this might be a good thing to try.
tom Fowle
everyone in
the house too.
Maybe just a wireless baby monitor placed near the plate would give you enough
sound to start yelling at him.
What you don't want is false positives, if the thing goes off when it shouldn't
the dog will quickly learn to ignore it because he doesn't know what it means.
Tom
techniques etc.
Tom Fowle
. but the system made for pets
might be good if it's not too expensive.
Tom Fowle
of smartness, question is will it be proof
enough for Buddy!
the combination you need, or so i think from my position of inexperience,
of brains and disciplin is a tricky ballance I bet, but I'm sure you'll do it
right.
tom Fowle
bet the real collar smelled
different possibly because of the batteries involved.
Tom Fowle
The booster is a radio frequency amplifier you put on the output
of the transmitter, between it and the antenna. That should work fine if the
transmitter is made to drive a 75 ohm antenn system.
The cheaper transmitters are made to drive a short whip directly which may
not be a 75 ohm match. the
Max,
Yeah, of course you're right, especially since you don't
need the full possible output of the amplifier.
Have fun and let us know how it works.
Tom Fowle
On Tue, Dec 01, 2009 at 10:34:53PM -0600, Max Robinson wrote:
Impedance mismatches cause power loss. That matters if you are running
if nobody
closer offers.
You don't have to solder wires, small wire nuts' should do the job, just strip
wires, twist together and maybe add a bit of tape.
Rest is obtaining the box, parts and deciding how to mount stuff.
does this help any?
tom Fowle
Jewel,
Make sure what ever alarm you get does not sound too much like
you're smoke alarm, you don't want to be yelling at the dog when
you should be putting out fires GRIN
Let me know if more is required.
Just realized one of our engineers will be available tomorrow so we can look
up shlock
Max,
that will probably work, since those wide band boosters have to produce a
relatively high amount of total power out, many low powered chanels added
together with one input gives you one pretty big boom, you may get
as much as 2 watts or so out of them. this according to our
friend Richard
the pack will not really get back to full capacity and
will probably develop more shorts in the not very far future, but heck it
gives you some more capacity on the pack.
Tom Fowle
avoiding the need for the half flat. Also might be more stable with the
square outside.
Just pondering how to make it all much too fancy and hard GRIN
Neat design.
Tom Fowle
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