Re: [BlindHandyMan] New toy.

[Dale Leavens]

That it is sir,

This has a 5 and a half horse Honda engine and weighs 200 lb. You can get a 
water kit for it but since I don't intend to be tamping hot bituminous 
materials like asphalt I didn't order that.


  - Original Message - 
  From: Lee A. Stone 
  To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 11:34 PM
  Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] New toy.






  Dale , can you better describe this walk behind tool. is this a 
  tamper / compactor you use before putting down a new patio? Lee

  On Tue, 
  Jun 16, 2009 at 11:05:48PM -0400, Dale Leavens wrote:
  > Well, while on the subject I just ordered a Bomag walk-behind vibratory 
plate compactor with wheel kit and protective pad for patio stone. They are a 
lot more expensive here than I see them priced in the States. Hopefully I can 
sell it again when I am done with it.
  > 
  > Now I have to arrange a ride to go buy a bunch of retaining wall blocks and 
about 3000 square feet of lock stone.
  > 
  > 
  > 
  > - Original Message - 
  > From: Lee A. Stone 
  > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com 
  > Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 10:50 PM
  > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] New toy.
  > 
  > 
  > 
  > 
  > 
  > 
  > may I suggest that if you are going to buy something do not stop now 
  > because of shipping as the prices will continue to climb. I do not 
  > see it in my lifetime of shipping charges coming down. we have a 
  > brother who is a long distance hauler and it costs plenty to run a 
  > big rig. also I note when I bought something from sears, like the 
  > replacement water filter. again the cost of shipping is wait out of 
  > line. so when in albany at sears we stop at their large appliance 
  > department. all hooks which shuld have those filters ae empty and we 
  > are told we wasted the gas. so buy now if you have the money as 
  > shipping costs, again will not reduce. Lee
  > 
  > On Tue, Jun 
  > 16, 2009 at 04:51:32PM 
  > -0500, wstep...@everestkc.net wrote:
  > > Speaking of new toys
  > > 
  > > I recently bought the talking level and the tactile tape measure from 
Blindmicemart.com, and though I haven't had time to play with them yet, they 
look OK. I also bought the talking tire pressure gauge I mentioned, and that is 
really handy, since the pressure in my garden cart tires was way way lower than 
it should have been. I got the multimeter we talked about here as well, and 
after I scan the little bit of documentation there is, I'll doubtless have 
questions for the luminarians on this great List.
  > > 
  > > I've been having trouble finding Schrader valves, though they do have 
them on Amazon.com if you're willing to pay four times the value of the valve 
for shipping. 
  > > I was told that the reason these are more scarce than in the past is that 
unless you have a license, you can't buy refrigerant any longer, and that was 
why say lumber yards used to have them but tend not to unless they trade with a 
lot of refrigeration contractors.
  > > I have a friend at work who's a good guy and pretty handy and tomorrow at 
lunch we're going to go to an industrial hardware store on the north side of 
the Missouri River where I know I can get them. 
  > > Enjoy your sawdust Dan, it's always great to get new tools etc.
  > > 
  > > 
  > > Bill Stephan 
  > > Kansas Citty MO 
  > > Email: wstep...@everestkc.net 
  > > Phone: (816)803-2469
  > > 
  > > 
  > > - Original Message -
  > > From: Dan Rossi 
  > > Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 4:12 pm
  > > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] New toy.
  > > > I just ordered one of those spiffy sounding Bosch Colt Palm 
  > > > routers, along 
  > > > with the edge guide and a set of seven templates. The router and 
  > > > edge 
  > > > guide were $109 bucks from amazon with free shipping. The 
  > > > templates and a 
  > > > round subbase for threaded template guides was another 40 bucks. 
  > > > Probably 
  > > > didn't need the rest, but threw it in there for the hell of it. 
  > > > 
  > > > The 109 bucks for the router and edge guide was the best I found 
  > > > other 
  > > > than a refurb unit on CPO Bosch. 
  > > > 
  > > > Can't wait to make some saw dust with it. 
  > > > 
  > > > -- 
  > > > Blue skies. 
  > > > Dan Rossi 
  > > > Carnegie Mellon University. 
  > > > E-Mail: d...@andrew.cmu.edu 
  > > > Tel: (412) 268-9081 
  > > > 
  > 
  > -- 
  > Politics is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next
  > week, next month and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to
  > explain why it didn't happen.
  > -- Winston Churchill
  > .
  > 
  > 
  > 
  > 
  > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
  > 

  -- 
  Politics is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next
  week, next month and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to
  explain why it didn't happen.
  -- Winston Churchill
  .


  

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Finding my curb box.

[Lee A. Stone]

is your shut off frozen open in the house or outside  ? if it is 
outside your town or /city might take care of that. one hint about the 
one inside is to  get that fixed and once you do mark it down on the 
calander   to  maybe twice or three times a year slowly turn it all the 
way off and then slowly back on. . Lee

 On Tue, Jun 16, 
2009 at 11:34:38PM -0400, Spiro wrote:
> my shut off is frozen open.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, 13 Jun 2009, Dan Rossi wrote:
> 
> > So, in preparation for some plumbing work, I had to find my curb box,
> > where they turn the water off to the house.  Most of my neighbors you can
> > easily find their curb boxes, they are either right in the side walk in
> > front of the house, or in the lawn, but uncovered.
> >
> > Teresa did a survey of our lawn, but no visual sign of anything.  I have a
> > large metal stake and started probing the lawn for a bit each evening.
> > After only about 15 minutes of probing I did find the shut-off
> > for the gas, but no joy on the water all week.
> >
> > This is not a large area and I probed the hell out of it and pulled a good
> > sized pile of rocks, some quite large out of the lawn.  It looks like a
> > deranged gopher had at my yard.
> >
> > Today I went and rented a metal detector.  After practicing for a few
> > minutes, finding the gas shut-off a few times, I started sweeping the
> > lawn.  I found a few more rocks.  Then I kept getting a hit in this one
> > area.  I would get a hit, probe with the stake, but didn't find anything,
> > a large rock, but no cap for the shut-off.  I kept getting a strong hit
> > though.
> >
> > I started digging in that area and eventually found out why my probing had
> > not found the shut-off.  The cap was missing and the pipe filled with
> > dirt.  So, when I was probing, I might have hit it, but only the edge of
> > the pipe, so more probing wouldn't have shown me that there was a large
> > flat cap there.
> >
> > I dug, scraped, and shop vacked out the dirt until I got down to the
> > actual shut-off valve.  I think I might have a problem as the head of the
> > valve seems to be up against the side of the vertical pipe, possibly it
> > has shifted.
> >
> > I think I have done as much as is required to save me the money of the
> > time required to pay someone else to find it, but I am thinking I might
> > leave it up to someone else to turn it off since, if they break it, it
> > should be their problem, not mine, to replace.
> >
> > Nothing is ever easy on an 80-odd year old house.
> >
> > -- 
> > Blue skies.
> > Dan Rossi
> > Carnegie Mellon University.
> > E-Mail: d...@andrew.cmu.edu
> > Tel:(412) 268-9081
> >

-- 
What this country needs is a dime that will buy a good five-cent bagel.
.

Re: [BlindHandyMan] New toy.

[Lee A. Stone]

Dale , can you better describe this walk behind  tool.  is this a 
tamper / compactor you use before putting down a new patio? Lee

On Tue, 
Jun 16, 2009 at 11:05:48PM -0400, Dale Leavens wrote:
> Well, while on the subject I just ordered a Bomag walk-behind vibratory plate 
> compactor with wheel kit and protective pad for patio stone. They are a lot 
> more expensive here than I see them priced in the States. Hopefully I can 
> sell it again when I am done with it.
> 
> Now I have to arrange a ride to go buy a bunch of retaining wall blocks and 
> about 3000 square feet of lock stone.
> 
> 
> 
>   - Original Message - 
>   From: Lee A. Stone 
>   To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 10:50 PM
>   Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] New toy.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>   may I suggest that if you are going to buy something do not stop now 
>   because of shipping as the prices will continue to climb. I do not 
>   see it in my lifetime of shipping charges coming down. we have a 
>   brother who is a long distance hauler and it costs plenty to run a 
>   big rig. also I note when I bought something from sears, like the 
>   replacement water filter. again the cost of shipping is wait out of 
>   line. so when in albany at sears we stop at their large appliance 
>   department. all hooks which shuld have those filters ae empty and we 
>   are told we wasted the gas. so buy now if you have the money as 
>   shipping costs, again will not reduce. Lee
> 
>   On Tue, Jun 
>   16, 2009 at 04:51:32PM 
>   -0500, wstep...@everestkc.net wrote:
>   > Speaking of new toys
>   > 
>   > I recently bought the talking level and the tactile tape measure from 
> Blindmicemart.com, and though I haven't had time to play with them yet, they 
> look OK. I also bought the talking tire pressure gauge I mentioned, and that 
> is really handy, since the pressure in my garden cart tires was way way lower 
> than it should have been. I got the multimeter we talked about here as well, 
> and after I scan the little bit of documentation there is, I'll doubtless 
> have questions for the luminarians on this great List.
>   > 
>   > I've been having trouble finding Schrader valves, though they do have 
> them on Amazon.com if you're willing to pay four times the value of the valve 
> for shipping. 
>   > I was told that the reason these are more scarce than in the past is that 
> unless you have a license, you can't buy refrigerant any longer, and that was 
> why say lumber yards used to have them but tend not to unless they trade with 
> a lot of refrigeration contractors.
>   > I have a friend at work who's a good guy and pretty handy and tomorrow at 
> lunch we're going to go to an industrial hardware store on the north side of 
> the Missouri River where I know I can get them. 
>   > Enjoy your sawdust Dan, it's always great to get new tools etc.
>   > 
>   > 
>   > Bill Stephan 
>   > Kansas Citty MO 
>   > Email: wstep...@everestkc.net 
>   > Phone: (816)803-2469
>   > 
>   > 
>   > - Original Message -
>   > From: Dan Rossi 
>   > Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 4:12 pm
>   > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] New toy.
>   > > I just ordered one of those spiffy sounding Bosch Colt Palm 
>   > > routers, along 
>   > > with the edge guide and a set of seven templates. The router and 
>   > > edge 
>   > > guide were $109 bucks from amazon with free shipping. The 
>   > > templates and a 
>   > > round subbase for threaded template guides was another 40 bucks. 
>   > > Probably 
>   > > didn't need the rest, but threw it in there for the hell of it. 
>   > > 
>   > > The 109 bucks for the router and edge guide was the best I found 
>   > > other 
>   > > than a refurb unit on CPO Bosch. 
>   > > 
>   > > Can't wait to make some saw dust with it. 
>   > > 
>   > > -- 
>   > > Blue skies. 
>   > > Dan Rossi 
>   > > Carnegie Mellon University. 
>   > > E-Mail: d...@andrew.cmu.edu 
>   > > Tel: (412) 268-9081 
>   > > 
> 
>   -- 
>   Politics is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next
>   week, next month and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to
>   explain why it didn't happen.
>   -- Winston Churchill
>   .
> 
> 
>   
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> 

-- 
Politics is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next
week, next month and next year.  And to have the ability afterwards to
explain why it didn't happen.
-- Winston Churchill
.

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Finding my curb box.

[Spiro]

my shut off is frozen open.





On Sat, 13 Jun 2009, Dan Rossi wrote:

> So, in preparation for some plumbing work, I had to find my curb box,
> where they turn the water off to the house.  Most of my neighbors you can
> easily find their curb boxes, they are either right in the side walk in
> front of the house, or in the lawn, but uncovered.
>
> Teresa did a survey of our lawn, but no visual sign of anything.  I have a
> large metal stake and started probing the lawn for a bit each evening.
> After only about 15 minutes of probing I did find the shut-off
> for the gas, but no joy on the water all week.
>
> This is not a large area and I probed the hell out of it and pulled a good
> sized pile of rocks, some quite large out of the lawn.  It looks like a
> deranged gopher had at my yard.
>
> Today I went and rented a metal detector.  After practicing for a few
> minutes, finding the gas shut-off a few times, I started sweeping the
> lawn.  I found a few more rocks.  Then I kept getting a hit in this one
> area.  I would get a hit, probe with the stake, but didn't find anything,
> a large rock, but no cap for the shut-off.  I kept getting a strong hit
> though.
>
> I started digging in that area and eventually found out why my probing had
> not found the shut-off.  The cap was missing and the pipe filled with
> dirt.  So, when I was probing, I might have hit it, but only the edge of
> the pipe, so more probing wouldn't have shown me that there was a large
> flat cap there.
>
> I dug, scraped, and shop vacked out the dirt until I got down to the
> actual shut-off valve.  I think I might have a problem as the head of the
> valve seems to be up against the side of the vertical pipe, possibly it
> has shifted.
>
> I think I have done as much as is required to save me the money of the
> time required to pay someone else to find it, but I am thinking I might
> leave it up to someone else to turn it off since, if they break it, it
> should be their problem, not mine, to replace.
>
> Nothing is ever easy on an 80-odd year old house.
>
> -- 
> Blue skies.
> Dan Rossi
> Carnegie Mellon University.
> E-Mail:   d...@andrew.cmu.edu
> Tel:  (412) 268-9081
>

Re: [BlindHandyMan] New toy.

[Dale Leavens]

Well, while on the subject I just ordered a Bomag walk-behind vibratory plate 
compactor with wheel kit and protective pad for patio stone. They are a lot 
more expensive here than I see them priced in the States. Hopefully I can sell 
it again when I am done with it.

Now I have to arrange a ride to go buy a bunch of retaining wall blocks and 
about 3000 square feet of lock stone.



  - Original Message - 
  From: Lee A. Stone 
  To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 10:50 PM
  Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] New toy.






  may I suggest that if you are going to buy something do not stop now 
  because of shipping as the prices will continue to climb. I do not 
  see it in my lifetime of shipping charges coming down. we have a 
  brother who is a long distance hauler and it costs plenty to run a 
  big rig. also I note when I bought something from sears, like the 
  replacement water filter. again the cost of shipping is wait out of 
  line. so when in albany at sears we stop at their large appliance 
  department. all hooks which shuld have those filters ae empty and we 
  are told we wasted the gas. so buy now if you have the money as 
  shipping costs, again will not reduce. Lee

  On Tue, Jun 
  16, 2009 at 04:51:32PM 
  -0500, wstep...@everestkc.net wrote:
  > Speaking of new toys
  > 
  > I recently bought the talking level and the tactile tape measure from 
Blindmicemart.com, and though I haven't had time to play with them yet, they 
look OK. I also bought the talking tire pressure gauge I mentioned, and that is 
really handy, since the pressure in my garden cart tires was way way lower than 
it should have been. I got the multimeter we talked about here as well, and 
after I scan the little bit of documentation there is, I'll doubtless have 
questions for the luminarians on this great List.
  > 
  > I've been having trouble finding Schrader valves, though they do have them 
on Amazon.com if you're willing to pay four times the value of the valve for 
shipping. 
  > I was told that the reason these are more scarce than in the past is that 
unless you have a license, you can't buy refrigerant any longer, and that was 
why say lumber yards used to have them but tend not to unless they trade with a 
lot of refrigeration contractors.
  > I have a friend at work who's a good guy and pretty handy and tomorrow at 
lunch we're going to go to an industrial hardware store on the north side of 
the Missouri River where I know I can get them. 
  > Enjoy your sawdust Dan, it's always great to get new tools etc.
  > 
  > 
  > Bill Stephan 
  > Kansas Citty MO 
  > Email: wstep...@everestkc.net 
  > Phone: (816)803-2469
  > 
  > 
  > - Original Message -
  > From: Dan Rossi 
  > Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 4:12 pm
  > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] New toy.
  > > I just ordered one of those spiffy sounding Bosch Colt Palm 
  > > routers, along 
  > > with the edge guide and a set of seven templates. The router and 
  > > edge 
  > > guide were $109 bucks from amazon with free shipping. The 
  > > templates and a 
  > > round subbase for threaded template guides was another 40 bucks. 
  > > Probably 
  > > didn't need the rest, but threw it in there for the hell of it. 
  > > 
  > > The 109 bucks for the router and edge guide was the best I found 
  > > other 
  > > than a refurb unit on CPO Bosch. 
  > > 
  > > Can't wait to make some saw dust with it. 
  > > 
  > > -- 
  > > Blue skies. 
  > > Dan Rossi 
  > > Carnegie Mellon University. 
  > > E-Mail: d...@andrew.cmu.edu 
  > > Tel: (412) 268-9081 
  > > 

  -- 
  Politics is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next
  week, next month and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to
  explain why it didn't happen.
  -- Winston Churchill
  .


  

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: [BlindHandyMan] New toy.

[Lee A. Stone]

may I suggest that if you are going to  buy something do not stop now 
because of shipping  as the prices will continue to climb. I do not 
see it in my lifetime of shipping charges coming down. we have a 
brother who is a long distance hauler and  it costs plenty to run a 
big rig.  also I note  when  I bought something from sears, like the  
replacement water filter. again the cost of shipping is  wait out of 
line. so when in albany at sears we stop at their  large appliance 
department.   all hooks which shuld have those filters ae empty and we 
are told we wasted the gas. so buy now if you have the money as  
shipping costs, again will not reduce. Lee

 On Tue, Jun 
16, 2009 at 04:51:32PM 
-0500, wstep...@everestkc.net wrote:
> Speaking of new toys
> 
> I recently bought the talking level and the tactile tape measure from 
> Blindmicemart.com, and though I haven't had time to play with them yet, they 
> look OK.  I also bought the talking tire pressure gauge I mentioned, and that 
> is really handy, since the pressure in my garden cart tires was way way lower 
> than it should have been.  I got the multimeter we talked about here as well, 
> and after I scan the little bit of documentation there is, I'll doubtless 
> have questions for the luminarians on this great List.
> 
> I've been having trouble finding Schrader valves, though they do have them on 
> Amazon.com if you're willing to pay four times the value of the valve for 
> shipping. 
> I was told that the reason these are more scarce than in the past is that 
> unless you have a license, you can't buy refrigerant any longer, and that was 
> why say lumber yards used to have them but tend not to unless they trade with 
> a lot of refrigeration contractors.
>   I have a friend at work who's a good guy and pretty handy and tomorrow at 
> lunch we're going to go to an industrial hardware store on the north side of 
> the Missouri River where I know I can get them.  
> Enjoy your sawdust Dan, it's always great to get new tools etc.
> 
> 
> Bill Stephan 
> Kansas Citty MO 
> Email: wstep...@everestkc.net 
> Phone: (816)803-2469
> 
> 
> - Original Message -
> From: Dan Rossi 
> Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 4:12 pm
> Subject: [BlindHandyMan] New toy.
> > I just ordered one of those spiffy sounding Bosch Colt Palm 
> > routers, along 
> > with the edge guide and a set of seven templates.  The router and 
> > edge 
> > guide were $109 bucks from amazon with free shipping.  The 
> > templates and a 
> > round subbase for threaded template guides was another 40 bucks.  
> > Probably 
> > didn't need the rest, but threw it in there for the hell of it. 
> > 
> > The 109 bucks for the router and edge guide was the best I found 
> > other 
> > than a refurb unit on CPO Bosch. 
> > 
> > Can't wait to make some saw dust with it. 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Blue skies. 
> > Dan Rossi 
> > Carnegie Mellon University. 
> > E-Mail: d...@andrew.cmu.edu 
> > Tel: (412) 268-9081 
> > 

-- 
Politics is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next
week, next month and next year.  And to have the ability afterwards to
explain why it didn't happen.
-- Winston Churchill
.

Re: [BlindHandyMan] help needed

[Ward & Kathy Dudley]

Hello Brice,

I have that very same router.  Their support page is pretty good and I have 
used their Network Magic software.  The basic Network Magic is free and has 
worked good.  They also have online chat support from their web page which I 
have used in the past.

Ward
- Original Message - 
From: "Brice Mijares" 
To: 
Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 9:51 AM
Subject: [BlindHandyMan] help needed


>Has anyone out there been able to hook up a  and receive a wireless
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> Linksys WRT160N Ultra Rang... and was able to get it working with my 
> desktop
> because it's hard wired into the router, slipped in the disk and followed
> the directions.  But, when It came to getting my laptop connected 
> wireless,
> I was unsuccessful.  My wife can see, but I didn't ask her for 
> help,because
> she is totally clueless dealing with computers.
>
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Re: [BlindHandyMan] New toy.

[john schwery]

Bill, where did you find the tire gauge?

earlier, wstep...@everestkc.net, wrote:


>Speaking of new toys
>
>I recently bought the talking level and the tactile tape measure 
>from Blindmicemart.com, and though I haven't had time to play with 
>them yet, they look OK. I also bought the talking tire pressure 
>gauge I mentioned, and that is really handy, since the pressure in 
>my garden cart tires was way way lower than it should have been. I 
>got the multimeter we talked about here as well, and after I scan 
>the little bit of documentation there is, I'll doubtless have 
>questions for the luminarians on this great List.
>
>I've been having trouble finding Schrader valves, though they do 
>have them on Amazon.com if you're willing to pay four times the 
>value of the valve for shipping.
>I was told that the reason these are more scarce than in the past is 
>that unless you have a license, you can't buy refrigerant any 
>longer, and that was why say lumber yards used to have them but tend 
>not to unless they trade with a lot of refrigeration contractors.
>I have a friend at work who's a good guy and pretty handy and 
>tomorrow at lunch we're going to go to an industrial hardware store 
>on the north side of the Missouri River where I know I can get them.
>Enjoy your sawdust Dan, it's always great to get new tools etc.
>
>Bill Stephan
>Kansas Citty MO
>Email: wstep...@everestkc.net
>Phone: (816)803-2469
>
>- Original Message -
>From: Dan Rossi <d...@andrew.cmu.edu>
>Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 4:12 pm
>Subject: [BlindHandyMan] New toy.
> > I just ordered one of those spiffy sounding Bosch Colt Palm
> > routers, along
> > with the edge guide and a set of seven templates. The router and
> > edge
> > guide were $109 bucks from amazon with free shipping. The
> > templates and a
> > round subbase for threaded template guides was another 40 bucks.
> > Probably
> > didn't need the rest, but threw it in there for the hell of it.
> >
> > The 109 bucks for the router and edge guide was the best I found
> > other
> > than a refurb unit on CPO Bosch.
> >
> > Can't wait to make some saw dust with it.
> >
> > --
> > Blue skies.
> > Dan Rossi
> > Carnegie Mellon University.
> > E-Mail: d...@andrew.cmu.edu
> > Tel: (412) 268-9081
> >
>

John


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Re: [BlindHandyMan] help needed

[Trouble]

you can take the tool they give and connect the laptop with ease, or 
you can go into the router and turn on encryption and right down the 
key it gives you. Then all you have to do is plug in the info when 
you click connect to the SSID that your router broadcasts.
you will have to use a cable with the tool, but it does the 
connection very nice and in only a few minutes. it secures the router 
and sets up the wireless connection.

At 09:51 AM 6/15/2009, you wrote:
> Has anyone out there been able to hook up a  and receive a wireless
>connection to your laptop with out sight?  I bought a
>Linksys WRT160N Ultra Rang... and was able to get it working with my desktop
>because it's hard wired into the router, slipped in the disk and followed
>the directions.  But, when It came to getting my laptop connected wireless,
>I was unsuccessful.  My wife can see, but I didn't ask her for help,because
>she is totally clueless dealing with computers.
>
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Re: [BlindHandyMan] New toy.

[wstephan]

Speaking of new toys

I recently bought the talking level and the tactile tape measure from 
Blindmicemart.com, and though I haven't had time to play with them yet, they 
look OK.  I also bought the talking tire pressure gauge I mentioned, and that 
is really handy, since the pressure in my garden cart tires was way way lower 
than it should have been.  I got the multimeter we talked about here as well, 
and after I scan the little bit of documentation there is, I'll doubtless have 
questions for the luminarians on this great List.

I've been having trouble finding Schrader valves, though they do have them on 
Amazon.com if you're willing to pay four times the value of the valve for 
shipping. 
I was told that the reason these are more scarce than in the past is that 
unless you have a license, you can't buy refrigerant any longer, and that was 
why say lumber yards used to have them but tend not to unless they trade with a 
lot of refrigeration contractors.
  I have a friend at work who's a good guy and pretty handy and tomorrow at 
lunch we're going to go to an industrial hardware store on the north side of 
the Missouri River where I know I can get them.  
Enjoy your sawdust Dan, it's always great to get new tools etc.


Bill Stephan 
Kansas Citty MO 
Email: wstep...@everestkc.net 
Phone: (816)803-2469


- Original Message -
From: Dan Rossi 
Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 4:12 pm
Subject: [BlindHandyMan] New toy.
> I just ordered one of those spiffy sounding Bosch Colt Palm 
> routers, along 
> with the edge guide and a set of seven templates.  The router and 
> edge 
> guide were $109 bucks from amazon with free shipping.  The 
> templates and a 
> round subbase for threaded template guides was another 40 bucks.  
> Probably 
> didn't need the rest, but threw it in there for the hell of it. 
> 
> The 109 bucks for the router and edge guide was the best I found 
> other 
> than a refurb unit on CPO Bosch. 
> 
> Can't wait to make some saw dust with it. 
> 
> -- 
> Blue skies. 
> Dan Rossi 
> Carnegie Mellon University. 
> E-Mail: d...@andrew.cmu.edu 
> Tel: (412) 268-9081 
> 

[BlindHandyMan] New toy.

[Dan Rossi]

I just ordered one of those spiffy sounding Bosch Colt Palm routers, along 
with the edge guide and a set of seven templates.  The router and edge 
guide were $109 bucks from amazon with free shipping.  The templates and a 
round subbase for threaded template guides was another 40 bucks.  Probably 
didn't need the rest, but threw it in there for the hell of it.

The 109 bucks for the router and edge guide was the best I found other 
than a refurb unit on CPO Bosch.

Can't wait to make some saw dust with it.

-- 
Blue skies.
Dan Rossi
Carnegie Mellon University.
E-Mail: d...@andrew.cmu.edu
Tel:(412) 268-9081

Re: [BlindHandyMan] New Roller Door Now Installed.

[Lee A. Stone]

every handman  concern Ray. waiting for that nod.  my goal and only 
goal is  to get up and out of this valley or back  in a house on a 
slab.  and now they tell me we will need a new pool next year.  I 
don't think so .I'll go for the  large  hot tub first or  start 
digging a good frog pond. Lee

On Tue, 
Jun 16, 2009 at 04:20:45PM 
+1000, Ray 
Boyce wrote:
> Hi Lee
> 
> I have another job in mind but have to save up about 5,000 to do it.
> 
> When I get the nod from the wife I will let you know what I would like to
> do.
> 
> Concreting the garage floor , doing most of the electrical wiring myself and
> buying the roller door can get rid of large chucks of money very quickly.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Ray
> 
>  
> 
> From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com]
> On Behalf Of Lee A. Stone
> Sent: Tuesday, 16 June 2009 2:23 AM
> To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] New Roller Door Now Installed.
> 
>  
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> and there is another job waiting for you Ray in Hudson after you 
> finish up in Pittsburgh.. Lee
> 
> On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 09:44:04AM -0400, 
> Dan Rossi wrote:
> > Sounds like a job well done, Ray. Will you be coming to Pittsburgh for 
> > the blind handyman get Dan's house ready for baby, gathering?
> > 
> > -- 
> > Blue skies.
> > Dan Rossi
> > Carnegie Mellon University.
> > E-Mail: d...@andrew.cmu.edu  
> > Tel: (412) 268-9081
> 
> -- 
> Politics is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next
> week, next month and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to
> explain why it didn't happen.
> -- Winston Churchill
> .
> 
> 
> 
> 
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-- 
Politics is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next
week, next month and next year.  And to have the ability afterwards to
explain why it didn't happen.
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Re: [BlindHandyMan] painting glass

[Jennifer Jackson]

I think this would work very well.  They recommend that kind of thing on the 
home shows all the time.  Lenny, maybe you and the handy grandson could 
volunteer for the job.  Pick up a couple of vases and give it a little 
experimental spraying.


Jennifer
  - Original Message - 
  From: Betsy Whitney 
  To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 9:53 PM
  Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] painting glass





  Aloha Lenny,
  I think that your wife may very well be correct on this one. The 
  painting could be very time consuming and troublesome. What about 
  buying some color that is kind of neutral, beige or something, and 
  covering them with fabric. We did this exact thing for a wedding. The 
  fabric can be glued on and removed if needed later. Usually you can 
  get remnants pretty cheap at a fabric store. Or, maybe there is some 
  fabric left over from the dresses if they are being made.
  And where is my invitation? Grin...
  Betsy
  At 01:59 PM 6/15/2009, you wrote:
  >For my daughter's upcoming wedding she is trying to find about 40 white bud
  >vases. Since she is having problems locating them, I suggested getting a
  >bunch from the dollar store and painting them.
  >Would this work? my wife does not think it is practical.
  >---
  >Please visit my home page; it is motivational, inspirational and humorous
  >with many resources for the blind.
  >http://www.LennyMcHugh.com
  >
  >
  >
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  >ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/
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  >Various List Members At The Following address:
  >http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/
  >
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  >
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  >following address for more information:
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Re: [BlindHandyMan] painting glass

[Joy Cyr]

Besides, it will say on the container if the paint can be used on glass.  I 
agree that the best way to go would be spray paint if there's a suitable area 
for it.

Joy
Please take a few moments to browse and enjoy
my original artwork at:
www.tigerfeathers.ca

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