hey thanks for all the general advice. everyone should take care when using any tools.
i think machines such as this are designed to minimize whipping out chuncks of debris but i have never seen one, that is why i wanted to know if anyone has used one. i find it very sad that even on this list, some still have the 'get sighted help' attitude, without even knowing the facts. in my head i thought this would be a machine that would be set up and lowered mechanically, slowly and carefully. a reasonably tactile and audible feedback task On Mon, 13 Aug 2007, Larry Stansifer wrote: > As with any huge powerful and loud power tool I would > observe the following > > 1. Be very aware of your immediate surroundings and make > absolutely certain there is no debris such as rocks, metal, > wire, old pieces of fencing or anything else that can get > hung up in the machine. In fact I would probably take a > Maddox type tool and clean around the base of the stump > before starting. > > 2. Be very sure of the grinders features and functions > before you pull the trigger on this project. > > 3. I would probably start with one of the bigger stumps > because you will have a larger target to practice on. > > 4. Start early in the day to maximize the neighbor annoyance > factor. > > 5. Because this thing makes one hell of a noise make certain > that children and animals are safely chained up on another > part of your property. > > In my opinion probably the biggest challenge you will face > is convincing the bozo's at tool rental paradise to rent > this animal to a blind guy and then having the head bozo > walk you through the machine's operation in a manner that > makes sense to you. > You know... Liability insurance and all of that shit. > > Good luck my friend and make us all proud. > > -----Original Message----- > From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan > Rossi > Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 5:43 PM > To: Blind Handyman > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] using a stump grinder > > > Ah come on now Lee. Next you'll be saying that blind people > shouldn't > drive in car races or jump out of aircraft. *GRIN* > > -- > Blue skies. > Dan Rossi > Carnegie Mellon University. > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tel: (412) 268-9081 > > > 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 > > 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 archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ > > If you would like to join the Blind Computing list, then > visit the following address for more information: > http://jaws-users.com/mailman/listinfo/blind-computing_jaws- > users.com > > 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 > > > > > > -- > BEGIN-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS > ------------------------------------------------------ > > Teach InfoWest Spam Trap if this mail (ID 116108668) is > spam: > Spam: > https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=116108668&m=3c6b > 76acffcb&c=s > Not spam: > https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=116108668&m=3c6b > 76acffcb&c=n > Forget vote: > https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=116108668&m=3c6b > 76acffcb&c=f > ------------------------------------------------------ > END-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS > >
