please don't take this as sarcastic; but how about a twig? How about 3 or 4 matches secured in a pair of long tweezers? Stagger the heads of 3 and 4 so they light later down the wood and give you renewed ignition. How about one of those long nozzled candle lighting devices? They take fluid like an older lighter, and have an anteater nose?
On Sat, 24 Feb 2007, William Stephan wrote: > We have two gas-fired lamps or lanterns on posts at the front of our > property. Occasionally, as happened yesterday or so, the wing gets just > right, and blows through the touch hold or whatever you call it and > extinguishes the flames. The hole I mention, is maybe a half inch in > diameter, and you have to stick a match or whatever through that to > ignite the gas. There's no thermocoupler or anything like that, the gas > just flows. > > Anyway, I can't for the life of me get a kitchen match to stay lit while > fumbling it into this hole. The wind doesn't seem to be an issue at > this momen. > > I have an idea I could make something out of three kitchen matches > wrapped in nychrome (sp) wire and hooked to a battery, but I don't > really want to do that. > > Does anyone know of a device, say something like one of those > battery-powered units you see on gas grills that I can buy to use for > this? > Thanks in advance for any ideas. > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/0It09A/bOaOAA/yQLSAA/86xolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
