I think the ice density thing may be a bit off. For one, ice is less
dense than water, thus ice floats. Secondly, even if the fact that the
ice is solid any advantage you might obtain from that would be lost due to
the energy lost converting ice to water. IE, it requires energy to
convert
I am usually wrong regardless of the male female ratio in the house.
A physics teacher of mine once got a test back from a student. The
question what are the three forms of heat transfer was answered by one
forgetful student with, Conduction, Convection, and setting a car on fire
and rolling
Quick story about home alarm systems and phone lines.
Several years ago I was talking on the phone with my girlfriend Beth. She
lived about 40 minutes drive from me, had three little kids, and a crazy X
husband. We were talking on the phone late one night. Suddenly, I heard
her alarm go
HI, I really don't have any thing in my house that is worth $900 really I do
but I also have insurance.- Original Message -
From: Dan Rossi
To: Blind Handyman
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 10:10 AM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Do you have $900 to spend on a door lock
My
Lenny,
Now-a-days the microcontroller would have the eprom built in and they can
Code protect the internal memory so you can't copy it.
Yep, whenever I seem no user serviceable parts inside, it makes my fingers
itch for tools!
Like the upcomming talking book digital players from NLS are gonna
A few years ago a lot of people tried to promote a universal consumer
electronics
bus, they had a mess of perfectly usable standards for communicating between
various appliances etc. It would have been a great thing for us as many devices
would have been remotely readable and controllable.
But
I just dropped a note to Wixey letting them know that I am also a blind
handyman and that speech on their digital devices would be wonderful. I
also mentioned that, although not perfect, even a beep tone for 90 degrees
and 45 degrees might have some use in at least checking out our saws.
I've also written to Wixey including an offer of free engineering help
from Smith-Kettlewell RERC if he wants.
Tom
Hey Tom,
Have you ever checked out the Mitutoyo Digimatic Universal Protractor? It
says it has an RS232-c output. Think you can sweet talk them out of a
demo model and let us know if you can get it to chat, even via a computer
is better than nothing.
--
Blue skies.
Dan Rossi
Carnegie
Dan,
didn't know they'd moved to RS232, they used to use a proprietary interface
whose spec I have around somewhere. They made a takbox for a while and Tom
Benham
also made a very expenwive talkbox for they're tools.
I'll check it out and we can buy one.
Hopefully they have other tools with
Thanks RJ for your response.
It seems as if this is not Delta, or cartridge type.
It seems as if what I need is either
a 90dg pliers, a deep socket that will allow the faucet stem to go
through, or some formof really deep t-handled thing.
I have a faucet in the tiled shower stall that is about
Ah you are correct that ice is less dense but the structure may allow for
easier conduction. The mass is also a good point and the latent heat required
to change state from solid to liquid but once the ice is liquid might the water
then conduct heat through the spaces?
I wonder how big a piece
Dan!
The computer might work better if you pulled your thumb out of your but.
I don't think I would like one of those locks either and for the same reasons.
Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada
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Skype DaleLeavens
Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear
I just wonder if a spark plug socket might just fit in there
and be the correct size? They come in all kinds of cheapie socket sets.
That's a real nerve wrecker, break it off in there and you got a real mess.
luck
Tom
My wife, who is also blind, has and really likes one of those robotic vacuums.
It makes a lot of sense for us, since if you use it frequently, you're probably
going to get better coverage than a blink with an upright would, and it does
seem to keep floors quite clean and presentable.
This
o if they could get it to talk!
On Sun, 23 Sep 2007, Boyce, Ray wrote:
Wixey Website -
http://www.wixey.com
Digital Angle Gauge
Wixey Digital Angle Gauge
Review
The Wixey Digital Angle Gauge has been a welcome addition to the woodworkers
tool kit for machine setup and accuracy. These
So if the user cannot service the parts then how can any one
else service them. Are the non users super human. Or perhaps they have some
special magic dust that they have to sprinkle on the part first that you and
I as users can not get.
Grin.
If I had a back ground in electronics I
- Original Message -
From: Wixey Digital
To: 'Lenny McHugh'
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 5:12 PM
Subject: RE: talking products
Hi Lenny;
Great to hear from you. Wow, have I been getting a lot of emails the last few
days from blind and low vision woodworkers. The talking
Why in the name of all things do they make stuff with non-customer serviceable
battery packs. The Victors did this and one or two others, the Optacon was a
wonderful example, a device one came to depend on and you have to ship it away
for days and risk loss and all that.
Would people accept
Right on guys!
We should do the same for that Beale angle gauge. Eventually someone may
provide us with useful affordable and accessible tools.
Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada
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Skype DaleLeavens
Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat.
-
I've had a reply from Barry Wixey and he seems pretty positive.
His plan would be to add a serial port at a standard baud rate etc.
so folks with speech enabled portable computers, BNS and the like
should have no problem accessing it.
He's a mechanical guy so depends on chinese electrical
Not sure, but, I was told that everything in Texas is big...Could be the
chickens are as big as ostriches!
Pass a drumb stick please?
- Original Message -
From: Dale Leavens
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 12:37
Subject: Re:
I once had a cassette deck that had that message on the bottom. It went on
to elaborate, Lamps are soldered in.
Regards.
Max. K 4 O D S.
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net
Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net
Music site:
Hi Jewel,
Well, we designed one and the design is in the Smith-Kettlewell Technical file
for all the good that does you unless you're into building electronics.
it's called the Little Go Beep
An engineer with the Handyhams folks, ham radio, designed a low power
gizmo that sends a single character
hi, i don't know if radio shack is down there but they sell a
portable door bell.
one little transmitter and one beper.
just put the beepper where ever you need it and cary the transmitter
and press the button .
they work grate for all kinds of locating things.
jim
At 05:57 PM 9/25/2007, you
Here's what I found right off,
from the braillebookstore and RNIB
Hope I included enough info,
not sure either is what you want but starts.
Tom
Future Aids, The Braille Superstore
1-800-987-1231
Wireless Sound Beacon
Audible Pager:
I am training a new guide dog and I want it, when crossing a road, to walk
directly from one corner to the opposite one, so I would want a battery-powered
device that emits a sound loud enough to be heard across the width of a
two-lane highway. Believe it or not! (As Douglas Riddley used to
Tom! That first one sounds as though it is just what I am looking for. The 25
feet might be a little short, but I can activate it after Domino and I have
advanced across the road a little.
Jewel
- Original Message -
From: Tom Fowle
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Hi Jewel,
I got one called Janet! I would send it to you but the shipping is prohibitive.
Would one of those battery powered door bells do? you could keep the button on
your person and press it when you get close to the location. My experience
though is that it is only good for 30 to 40 feet.
I was just watching The Daily Planet and they were demonstrating some of the
characteristics of water. One today was the resistance to change in
temperature. They touched a flame to an inflated balloon which immediately
popped. The balloon with water in it remained unaffected. This was
Yes
A newer style car that has a panic button. A bit over kill yes but you did
ask.
But really if you could take the basic commponants of that idea you would
have it
I have wanted some thing like that for myself for some time they sure would
come in handy out here on the farm to find the burning
I rang Dick Smith Electronics and they do stock a wireless door chime that
works over a distance of 70 metres. It ain't cheap but I might give it to
myself as a Christmas present.
Jewel Original Message -
From: Dale Leavens
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent:
sometimes it's made using parts that require tools that are only sold to
repair shops that sign a contract that they will not have the tools
copied.
Or in the case of an amp company I know. They had a chip of some kind made
for them, bought the whole supply Motorola made and put an agreement of
thanks Tom,
I'm envisioning a pair of slim duckbills that go 90dg to the jaws. But I fear
they either do not exist or aren't strong enough.
I am trying to avoid dis assembling the union above the shut offs where the two
pipes become one and go up he wall to the shower head. I don't know if I
That is good, nothing I have found so far is reliable much beyond 30 feet. I
thought to use one here in the winter to help locate the house which is well
back from the road and sometimes difficult to locate when the snow banks get
high. Trouble is the range is just at the limits so it is
They do make deep sockets it is true and a spark plug wrench is usually about 2
inches deep. They come in at least two common sizes but I don't have any idea
if one would fit. the good news is that you can get a spark plug wrench pretty
cheap.
Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada
[EMAIL
Hi Tom,
Surely there is a more convenient and economical way of doing this than an
outboard synth? I mean, there will have to be some supporting electronics to
drive a serial port already. If a tire gauge can talk for ten bucks and a
glucometer for 30 bucks and a multifunction multimeter for
This non-user servicable parts thing makes me think of the following.
I am a vender for audio parts. To the extent that I can recognize
companies I use, others I've used and those that are of their types.
Often times I will ask a manu of high end gear: could you ugrade the
cable or the RCA jacks
It's easy to tune up your lawn mower. If you don't do it yourself, have a
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Robert, yes there are three box shaped items very close to each other on many
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but for many years there has been a spark on the exhaust
I have been remiss in keeping everyone up to date on the progress on the
teddybear cottage. As you recall from the last episode, a trench had been
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On some transverse mounted engines one can gain access to the firewall side of
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Spero, I hope it is not to late for this reply.
There are a set of what looks like stamped metal sockets called plumber
sockets. I think I paid around $12.00 for my set. I think my set has ten of
these double ended sockets and a bar that is passed through holes in the socket
to be use as a
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