RE: Moving the 400 pound cast iron pig RE: [BlindHandyMan]

2007-05-08 Thread Dan Rossi
Hi Robert, thanks, I will definitely give the refrigerator dolly a strong consideration. the collapsing stairs is an issue only because my basement steps are in pretty bad shape. Apparently, there was termite damage about 12 years ago. The stairs were eaten up pretty badly and no one has

Re: [BlindHandyMan] The radiator has been disconnected.

2007-05-08 Thread Dan Rossi
Spiro, I really like the idea of cutting a whole through the floor and sliding the radiator down. That is actually almost worth considering. I wouldn't need a crane. A couple of ropes and belay devices and it could be done pretty easily. Now getting my wife on-board with that one may be a

RE: Moving the 400 pound cast iron pig RE: [BlindHandyMan]

2007-05-08 Thread William Stephan
Robert, I think an appliance dolly could handle the weight. As long as it had the stair tracks on the back, it'd probably be OK. I had a piano escape from me while I was unloading it off a van once, and it was not pretty. So, I tend to be a little over-causious. So, I'd still want a block

RE: [BlindHandyMan] The radiator has been disconnected.

2007-05-08 Thread Dan Rossi
Well, the floor isn't quite done yet, so I could cut a hole without messing up the new hardwood. the ramp idea has been at the top of the list from day one. I would still use rope and belay to control the slide down the steps. The alternative is for me to put on my dress and heels and strap

Re: [BlindHandyMan] The radiator has been disconnected.

2007-05-08 Thread Tom Fowle
Dan, Jeez another crazy successfull mechanical engineering job! congrats! Do you have a nearby window out of which you can just heave the thing and have it land somewhere near a cellar window? If the stairs are that bad, what leads you to believe there is anything high to which to hang all the

[BlindHandyMan] disposing of old radiator

2007-05-08 Thread cliffwilson
Dear Dan: When a big job is too much, make it several small jobs. I have a Milwaukee saws-all which will make fairly short work of the radiator. Hauling ten loads of forty pounds would be much easier than one trip with four hundred pounds. A good metal blade on one of these saws will

Re: Moving the 400 pound cast iron pig RE: [BlindHandyMan]

2007-05-08 Thread Max Robinson
I don't think a refrigerator will come to any more than 200 pounds if that. They are mostly empty space and light weight foam insulation. Regards. Max. K 4 O D S. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net Vacuum Tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net Music

Re: [BlindHandyMan] disposing of old radiator

2007-05-08 Thread Rob Monitor
HI, When I was working for a guy helping him with sum heating stuff we came across a radiators now the ones we worked on mite have bin steam heat not hot water can't remember. But the thing is we could take the radiators a part they where bolted together so every two or three of the big iron

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Brewing

2007-05-08 Thread Kevin Doucet
Hi Keith, I am still a young brewer. I boil water and malt extract in the kitchen just the way you started. I don't get as elaborate as you. I buy brue kits and all the ingredients are pre measured to achieve a particular brew. I may get in to a larger set up and do more envolved brewing when

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Brewing

2007-05-08 Thread Kevin Doucet
Hi Keith, I am still a young brewer. I boil water and malt extract in the kitchen just the way you started. I don't get as elaborate as you. I buy brue kits and all the ingredients are pre measured to achieve a particular brew. I may get in to a larger set up and do more envolved brewing when

[BlindHandyMan] Sump pump maintenence

2007-05-08 Thread Lee A. Stone
Is there such a thing you might ask, such as any type of sump pump maintenence .Well there really is not, in my opinion except keeping debris from the area of the impellers. I say this as most newer pumps that set totally underwater are sealed units. Recently we discoverd that it

[BlindHandyMan] Lubrication Question

2007-05-08 Thread Edward Przybylek
Hi all, The beater bar on my vacuum cleaner has developed a really annoying squeak. The noise is coming from a small wheel at the front of the beater bar. I'd like to lubricate it but I'm not sure what to use. My guess is that most lubricants would cause dust and dirt to build up on the wheel.