I am not real sure since they were a gift. I think I had marked pages in a
Harbor Freight catalog at the time for them to pick gifts from..
Ron
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From: "Cy Selfridge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 5:22 PM
Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] handheld
Hi
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Bill,
Two simple guides essentially the same only one goes under the entire saw
except for the bit of the shoe plate to the right of the blade, the other is
used on the right side of the shoe plate.
You use a length of thin material, tempered hardboard or Luan plywood for
the base and a length
Sorry about those duplicate messages. I don't know why that happened.I think it
has something to do with my new spam filter.
I wanted to say though that there are a number of do-it-yourself saw guides and
they have been discussed here in the past. One point of confusion I remember is
which side
Hi gang,. It's almost show time again. First up this week. on the handy show
this week. We discuss some list mail. one question, we all almost had to
pass on, listen to find out what that was.
Are guest this week is Barry Levine. he will talk with us about something
called pack ratism.
Tom,
Are you using a direct drive or a worm drive circular saw. The direct drive
saw has a wider foot print and seems like it would be harder to get an
accurate cut with.
At 11:17 AM 8/24/2006 -0700, Tom Fowle wrote:
>Bill,
>Several types of guides have been bilt just a board tacked alongside
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which look good to me. I don't se one 8 feet long here but will keep looking.
I am thinking I might get one though for cross cutting and routing dadoes.
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which look good to me. I don't se one 8 feet long here but will keep looking.
I am thinking I might get one though for cross cutting and routing dadoes.
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Hi Boop
Here is what I found
Adult Western Conifer Seed Bug (Actual Size is approx. 3/4 inch long)
The western conifer seed bug, Leptoglossus occidentalis (Heteroptera:
Coreidae), is becoming a nuisance pest to some New York residents. The
bug has the
habit of entering buildings at the onset of co
I think it is a combination of the noise and the fact that the head can move
around and it is very difficult to find any point of reference you could
feel to get your bareings.
With a table saw you have either the rip guide or the cross cut device to
depend on. (I can not think of the name for that
I'm also in NW Pennsylvania. The Asian lady bugs
are around here too, but they just look like
regular little lady bugs, right? These bugs are
about an inch long and have a brown diamond shape
on their back. We sprayed one with all the bug
killers we could find, and after a few days in the
jar, t
Did you get that jig from Sears?
That is exactly what mine was like. Now, where did you say you got it? (LOL)
Cy, the Ancient oKie...
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On Behalf Of R & S Enterprises
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 4:51 PM
To:
Hi Jim,
Nope, these aren't beetles. I talked to
the agriculture extension agent and he said they
are call Western conifer seed bugs, and they
didn't even know how to get rid of them. That was
also the only name for them. I told them I had
some suggestions for names, but he declined. I'v
Andy,
These saws go from as little as about a hundred and fifty bucks to in excess
of eight hundred, maybe a thousand in some cases. The cheaper ones only drop
down into the wood so the width of cut is limited to usually about 8 inches,
sometimes less. That is at 90 degrees.
The more expensive
Radial arm saws have always scared me. I'm not sure exactly why. You can
certainly hurt yourself on any moving blade. But, there's something about
that radial arm saw...
Actually, now that I'm thinking about it, I'm not crazy about bandsaws
either.
--Barry
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From:
The make a variety of guides the easiest being a 1 x 2 or 1 x 4 clamped down
with two c clamps and use the left hand to make sure the circular saws left
table edge runs tight against the guide board. Working slow and carefully
you can make a straighter cut than pros using their eyes. The secret i
William,
The source that was supposed to make the 36" extensions is the Iowa Department
for the Blind. They always used to have them in stock, but have not had them
for years. They have Rotomatics and extensions made for them either by a
private machinist or a machine shop. They use steel fo
Thanks Micky for the info. If you have a source, or decide to make some of
these yourself, I'd definitely be interested in a couple or three three-footers.
Bill Stephan
Kansas City, MO
(816)803-2469
William Stephan
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From: "Mickey Fixsen"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: 8/22/
Thanks
Tom, I think I need one of these until I get a miter saw.
Bill Stephan
Kansas City, MO
(816)803-2469
William Stephan
-Original Message-
From: "Tom Fowle"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: 8/24/06 1:17:13 PM
To: "blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com"
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] handheld circ saw
Getting sloppy in old age,
the guide article is, I think, actually, maybe, perhaps:
vol15no2.txt
using lynx browser I had to go to
ftp.ski.org
and drill down through the directories,
Pub
Rehab
Fowle
tom
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Skunk bugs? That's still a much nicer name than I
have for them. Have one of those drop 2 inches
from your dinner plate, or land on your nose in
the middle of the night, THEN we'll compare some
names. We still haven't found anything that kills
them, other than a fly swatter. The spray we use
is
Thank you for all the responses that you sent me on the compound saws. I will
look at Sears for one that will suit my needs. Andy
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I just checked my article is in
vol15#2.txt
on the ftp site
I hope.
Tom
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hi boop i think they are called japanies beetles.
when you smash them they smell like wet old cardboard at least to me.
another friend of mine says they smell like diesel fuel.
anyway what we did for them was put a loop of duct tape with the sticky
side out hanging next to a ceiling light, leave
hi boop just to let you know wasps can fly about 20 miles an hour.
i know be cause i had a nest in my truck fender, grrr one got me.
so we snuck in through the other door and took the truck for a ride.
the wasps followed till we hit 20 grin then we left them behind.
when we lost all the wasps we d
Sadly enough I have saw similiar fixtures. Different ones were put together
differently. If it is all painted up options become limited.
Well you or your wife probably will not like this one. Unless you really
want to repair, rewire these for the antique value the most expediant thing
to do is u
Si,
This has always been my feeling about radial arm saws. I don't much like
backing the blade into the work and I would certainly be uncomfortable using
it to rip. Like you I too have cut wide boards by turning the board over and
when I was putting the vertical siding on my gable ends and coul
I am not sure where you live, but here in NW Pennsylvania we have Asian lady
bugs that appear in the spring and then again around October. They sound like
the bugs you are talking about. Ortho makes a spray that is suppose to keep
them out of your house and I also found that it will kill them
I think you would be hard pressed to find a recent model without a laser.
Even circular saws, drill presses and jig saws are now being equipped with
them. There won't be any significant saving except perhaps in that an older
model has been discounted until the stock is sold out. You may find in
William,
I use bot the Rotomatic and the click rule. They are both extremely accurate
with the Rotomatic being a bit more accurate. They both have their advantages
and disadvantages, but work quite well.
It is too bad that the threads on the two devices aren't interchangeable from
the fact
Well, for that matter, I have used a 1x4 clamped to the wood I was cutting.
I used 2 C clamps to hold the board in place.
I do like the idea of the guide holding the saw in line though. Think I will
take a look at those plans.
Cy, the Ancient Okie...
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From: blindhandyman
Bill,
Several types of guides have been bilt just a board tacked alongside where the
saw will travel is the simplist.
I did one that runs along a piece of aluminum angle you screw dwon
to the waiste side of the material, and it fitted into
the fence slots of a skill saw.
If you want to see the some
They're known in some parts as skunk bugs.
At 08:49 PM 8/23/2006, you wrote:
>Boop wrote.
>
>We my try this stuff on the western conifer seed bugs too. I have other
> names for them, but we won't go there on the list.
>
>Are those the ones that are known in polite circles as love bugs? They ha
RJ said:
"I live on 9 acres in the middle of the
lot, where there are only 2 acres that are cleared
and the rest is woods."
We have the same set up here. Most of the
trees all around us are pine trees, with some
maple, wild cherry and some others thrown in the
mix too. As long a
Yes, in fact, Sears used to sell a saw guide.
It may be in their tool catalog. It is an aluminum "bar" conposed of 2 4
foot sections and another section about 2 foot long to join them together.
Each 4 foot section haa a clamp which can clide up and down the bar. This
clamp will hold the guide in pl
There is a lot of paranoiac nonsense going around the internet about
Aspertaim, in reasonable amounts it is not toxic to humans.
which says nothing about ants. There is a very old hoax article with fake
researcher's names and thelot about how poisonous it is, known hoax.
Just cause you see it on
I could just imagine all those bees high
on the sugar and caffeine. They would be flying
so fast in so many directions they would just wear
themselves out.
Thank you all for your suggestions. So
far, it looks like Tom's last spraying may have
done the trick. Third times the charm
Any of you folks have experience with handheld circular saws? Aside from the
obvious danger factor, is it possible to build a guide so straight cuts can be
made with one?
Bill Stephan
Kansas City, MO
(816)803-2469
William Stephan
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From: "John Schwery"<[EMAIL PROTEC
Dear Boop:
If you can get to the wholes cleanly, place a clear glass jar over both
wholes. The best results are obtained when this is done at night. The bees
or yellow-jackets will not normally dig another whole, but will instead,
keep trying to fly out through the glass. You will need to
Dale, thanks, I'm saving this for when I actually go look at what's available.
All good points.
Bill Stephan
Kansas City, MO
(816)803-2469
William Stephan
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From: "Dale Leavens"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: 8/23/06 5:46:09 PM
To: "blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com"
Subject: R
Guys,
Their is a product on the market called "Grease Sweep," it's inexpensive
and you can reuse it. The other cool thing about is if you get it down
quickly even on an unsealed surface you probably won't have a stain after
it has been swept up. For all of you wood guys, Saw dust isn't a half b
Well, well.
Sure sounds like you have a house with the same old fixtures as our old
house used to have.
There are seveal concerns here. First concern is the condition of that old
wireing. It sure sounds like it is the cotton or whatever material they used
to use for insulation. That stuff is very,
To get rid of those bees simply take a pail and a quart of mountain Dew, be
sure it's the kind with sugar in it. Pour the Mountain Dew into the pail and
set the pail in the area of the bees and in two days, no more bees. You can
then empty the pail of bees into the trash.
To listen to the sho
speaking of. a few years back I herd of a product called spill magic. the
radio advertised the heck out of it for a while and then I've never herd
anymore about it.
>From what I know it's a powder that you brush over any liquid spills and it
turns it in to little pellets that you scoop up.
a
You might try using a utility knife. Cut around the edge of the
fixture to cut away built up paint, and then you can pull it away. It
will take a few cuts depending on how much paint, but shouldn't be to
hard, and if it does take some ceiling out. The damage won't be as much to fix.
At 12:06 AM
Andy, line up the edge of the blade with your mark so the blade won't
cut away whatever you want to keep. Dale asked which is more
versatile, a table saw or miter saw. I have never used a miter saw
so I can't speak for those. It seems that one can't rip too easily
with a miter saw so I would
Thanks Ray for digging this out.
Do you folks think there'd be any point in trying to find one of these without
a laser, or are lasers not that expensive.
Bill Stephan
Kansas City, MO
(816)803-2469
William Stephan
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In our old house in the upstairs bedrooms are ceiling fixtures which are a
small ceramic cylinder about 2 inches wide and about the same length. There is
a small dome on the bottom and out of the center hole hands a forlorn cord -
actually two old fuzzy cords brittle with age -- and at the end
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