RE: [BlindHandyMan] looking for some tools.
I did see just before Christmass Sears had some type of autable level. I think it may have been about 35 dollars. Could be way off on the price. I did not check it out to see how functional it would be I only know that it was autable. Might be worth checking it out. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bob Kennedy Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 3:43 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] looking for some tools. I've never heard of a talking level anywhere. The one at MaxiAids is about 10 inches long and it beeps when you are close to level or plumb and it makes a steady tone when you are level or plumb. I bought that one years ago and still have it. I used to keep it zip tied to my 4 foot level. Last spring I bought the new electronic level from Stabila which also beeps and gives a steady tone when level or plumb but it's much more accurate. I think I got mine through Amazon but if you do a search for Stabila levels on Google you can find lots of suppliers. A tip on searching though. If you type in something like audible levels you are going to get buried with links on things like acoustics and so on. Hope this helps - Original Message - From: Alan Terrie Robbins To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 4:29 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] looking for some tools. Bob Have you seen this talking level @ Maxi Aids lately? I've looked and not seen it. Let me know, maybe I'm missing it Al -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com [mailto: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com ]On Behalf Of Bob Kennedy Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 9:53 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] looking for some tools. You can get most of that at places like MaxiAids.com They have both types of tape measures, and a short as in 10 inch audible level. Places like Lowes or Home Depot have the Zircon stud finder. They make a decent model and the more you pay isn't always better with them. Their basic model buzzes when you find a stud. The more expensive models require you to choose between studs, wiring pipes and even more choices... So the basic model is all most will need unless you can see the screen to make choices. - Original Message - From: Angel L Adorno To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 9:27 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] looking for some tools. hi list, can any one tell me where I can get these tools. I need a brail tape mesure, or a talking one. a stud finder, that beeps or talks. I also need a leviler that talks or beeps. if any one owns or can tell me where I can get it, I would be very greatful. thanks. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [BlindHandyMan] Help needed with list setting.
Sorry I said I look forward to hearing Scott on the show. I see now I read wrong. It's Steve Scott. Sorry Steve. Regards Robert -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of robert moore Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 9:40 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Help needed with list setting. Hello moderators I have been suddenly called away this week I am leaving Tuesday Morning and will not be back until Next Monday. I don't know how to put this list on (for lack of a better term) Vacation mode. If I leave it on for the week I will come back to a mounhtain of emails that I won't have time to get to. Would one of you be so kind as to suspend emails for the week Please? Thanks Much. I don't know how to do that and don't have time tonight to figure it out. I really look forward to hearing from Scott on the BHM show. Should be good. Robert -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com [mailto: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com ]On Behalf Of Don Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 4:16 PM To: blind handy man Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Car repair. For the car rebuilding/racing/repair folks on list, and any one else. We found out about a guy, that will be our show guest this week, and all so will be joining this list in the next day are so, named Steve Scott. this guy builds dragsters, and does allot of auto rebuilding, and repair. Should be a great guest. and should bring some more repair knolege to the list. Regards Don [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[BlindHandyMan] Help needed with list setting.
Hello moderators I have been suddenly called away this week I am leaving Tuesday Morning and will not be back until Next Monday. I don't know how to put this list on (for lack of a better term) Vacation mode. If I leave it on for the week I will come back to a mounhtain of emails that I won't have time to get to. Would one of you be so kind as to suspend emails for the week Please? Thanks Much. I don't know how to do that and don't have time tonight to figure it out. I really look forward to hearing from Scott on the BHM show. Should be good. Robert -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Don Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 4:16 PM To: blind handy man Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Car repair. For the car rebuilding/racing/repair folks on list, and any one else. We found out about a guy, that will be our show guest this week, and all so will be joining this list in the next day are so, named Steve Scott. this guy builds dragsters, and does allot of auto rebuilding, and repair. Should be a great guest. and should bring some more repair knolege to the list. Regards Don [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [BlindHandyMan] Finding a manufacturer
Betsy My Brother also has invented and patented a product and is looking to manufacture and market it. I will check with him. If you like you can email me off list and I can put you in contact with him. Providing he has any ideas that could help. I am sure he would be glad to help if he can. He teaches adaptive PE so he does have an interest in adaptive products. What he invented was a hurdle that would collapse when it is run into and can be reset by just giving it a good bump with your foot. It is really neet. He got the idea from looking at my collapsible cane. [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Robert -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 5:41 PM To: blindhandyman-yahoogroups.com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Finding a manufacturer Aloha listers, We have designed and patented a wooden box that contains a Sudoku game that has both Braille and large print numbers on the cubes that are used to play the game. I have no idea how to find someone to make these things now. Does anyone have any experience with this? Maybe someone on the list has interest in this project? Betsy End of Message ** Dolphin Press can provide all of your print-to-Braille, large print and audio cassette solutions so you can provide effective, meaningful communication. Quick Response; ACCURATE TRANSLATION; REASONABLE RATES. Call toll free: 888-868-4717, or e-mail, [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:brailleit%40hawaii.rr.com , http://www.dolphinpress.biz. http://www.dolphinpress.biz. ** [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [BlindHandyMan] Brainstorming Design for Computer Desk
Only idea that I have for this project is if you want to make an l shape desk I might suggest you make two sections. One for your desk and then make another separate unit to make the other part of the L My wife has this type of desc and it makes it very nice if you want to move it to a different part of the room or if you decide to move all together. This way you dont have to take it all apart and you have more flexibility. HTH -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lenny McHugh Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 9:43 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Brainstorming Design for Computer Desk Bill, I have been entertaining the thought of constructing one when I re do this back room. I decided against the L shape a long time ago. I have an old L shape knock down unit that I changed for a long unit and built a small shelf between the printer stand and the main unit. If you are always be the only one sitting at the computer the L shape is fine. My kids and now my grandson like to sit with a friend and play games together. The single work station does not work very well for this. I still deserve a swift kick. A few years back the local hospital was replacing room doors. The old doors were solid 2 thick 4x6 foot mahogany and a friend wanted me to take these for future projects. I could have had about 75 to 100 doors but had no place to store them. What a fantastic top would they have made. - Original Message - From: Bill Gallik To: Blind Handy Man Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 9:51 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Brainstorming Design for Computer Desk Hi all you handy men (and gals), I'm posting here because I'm planning on building a computer desk and would appreciate any design features that you might think would be neat, clever, necessary and/or maximally functional. For example, I'd like this desk to have the following features: - L shaped to fit snugly in a corner of my basement - convenient to assemble/disassemble (just in case I move) - slide-out keyboard tray at the angle of the L - drawers to store paper, software, storage media, folders, file folders, etc. - peripheral shelves for printer, scanner, modem, router (would especially appreciate suggestions on this) Anyway, I suspect you get the idea. This would be a first time wood working project so I'd likewise appreciate advice on techniques for constructing drawers, shelves, centering drawer handles and anything you might think would be helpful for a totally blind maybe-not-so-handy guy to think about then taking on such a project. And here's a list of the tools I have at my disposal: - router with table and various bits - small portable ½ chuck drill press - bench top table saw - electric miter saw - small electric belt sander - the dowel joining tool discussed on this list last summer I have a fairly large heated garage where I'd build this desk and although I have used the above tools for various maintenance and repair I've never taken on building a piece of furniture before. I'm doing this because I'm somewhat bored and need a computer desk so I figured I'd kill two birds with one stone so to speak. I'd appreciate any suggestions no matter how technical or not so technical. Thanks! Bill Gallik E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:BillGallik%40centurytel.net - Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth. - Rex Stout [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [BlindHandyMan] Dodge Intrepid
Correct me if I am wrong but wouldn't a failed or failing oil pump be a prime suspect in this case? -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bob Kennedy Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 8:30 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Dodge Intrepid I worked for Dodge but I don't remember if that is a spade or ring connector. You may have to work at it when it is a bit warm to break it loose. Unfortunately a sending unit may not be the fix though. That is the easiest to change out though. Beyond that there are a few items that cost a little bit to replace if the engine hasn't warn out as a result. Keep working at the sending unit for a little while but listen for any new noises in the engine. - Original Message - From: NLG To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 3:25 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Dodge Intrepid I will have to keep trying. I tried pulling it off but it won't release. I tried feeling to see if there was a place to push on to get it to release but like I said, it is in very tight quarters. There isn't any oil leaking from the sending unit so it is clean. I am replacing it because the oil light is illuminated and won't go out. The engine oil level inddicates full on the dip stick. Thanks. - Original Message - From: Larry Stansifer To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 15:16 Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Dodge Intrepid Should just be a male/female push on connector. If it has been leaking for a while the wire and/or the connector will probably break off in your hand, but that is an easy fix. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com [mailto: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com ] On Behalf Of NLG Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 12:34 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Dodge Intrepid Any Dodge boys here? What kind of release is on the wire that attaches to an oil sending unit on a 2000 Dodge Intrepid? with the 2.2 engine? It is Hard to get at and when I finally get my fingers on it, I have very little room to maneuver. Thanks. To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ 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 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/JAWS/handyman/ http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following address for more information: http://www.jaws-users.com/ http://www.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] mailto:blindhandyman-help%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links -- BEGIN-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS -- Teach InfoWest Spam Trap if this mail (ID 149331993) is spam: Spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=149331993m=0094609f6423c=s https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=149331993m=0094609f6423c=s Not spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=149331993m=0094609f6423c=n https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=149331993m=0094609f6423c=n Forget vote: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=149331993m=0094609f6423c=f https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=149331993m=0094609f6423c=f -- END-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[BlindHandyMan] not much traffic.
Hi folks. Happy new year. I have seen little or no traffic today and yesterday. Are my emails getting hung up some where or has there jjust been very little traffic because of the holidays and people have better things to do than to post to the BHM. Hope you all had a safe and enjoyable holidays.
RE: [BlindHandyMan] not much traffic.
Don My post came back to me and I got your post. All is well. Thanks. Robert -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Don Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 10:17 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] not much traffic. Hello Robert, the list has been a bit slow, it will pick up some now that the holidays, are behind us. Don - Original Message - From: robert moore To: Blind Handyman Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 9:49 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] not much traffic. Hi folks. Happy new year. I have seen little or no traffic today and yesterday. Are my emails getting hung up some where or has there jjust been very little traffic because of the holidays and people have better things to do than to post to the BHM. Hope you all had a safe and enjoyable holidays. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[BlindHandyMan] A new tool from Santa
I got an adjustable wrench, What most of us know as a cresint wrench or also known as a knuckle buster. This one is kind of cool. It has a battery that runs a little motor that when you hit the open and close button it will self adjust to the size of what ever nut or bolt you are wanting to turn. Does any one have any experience with this nifty little gadget? Do they work well and are they durable? I don't think it really is designed for serious mechanic work but I think it would be handy as heck for those quick little jobs around the garage so that you can just grab the self adjusting wrench and not have to hunt for the proper size wrench. Any thoughts. ___ Blindmechanics mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://soundandscience.com/mailman/listinfo/blindmechanics_soundandscience.c om To unsubscribe, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and don't forget to reply to the confirmation email.
RE: [BlindHandyMan] A new tool from Santa
Bob You wrote. You got a hill billy socket set. You say that like it's a bad thing. Grin. I have a set of hill billy standard screw drivers too. But my Wife does not like me using them. She would rather use them to butter her toast. I will keep you all posted on what I use it for and how I like or don't like the way it works. It uses 2 triple a batteries. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bob Kennedy Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 5:14 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] A new tool from Santa You got a hill billy socket set. I've only read about them so you'll have to share with us after using it. - Original Message - From: robert moore To: Blind Handyman Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 3:40 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] A new tool from Santa I got an adjustable wrench, What most of us know as a cresint wrench or also known as a knuckle buster. This one is kind of cool. It has a battery that runs a little motor that when you hit the open and close button it will self adjust to the size of what ever nut or bolt you are wanting to turn. Does any one have any experience with this nifty little gadget? Do they work well and are they durable? I don't think it really is designed for serious mechanic work but I think it would be handy as heck for those quick little jobs around the garage so that you can just grab the self adjusting wrench and not have to hunt for the proper size wrench. Any thoughts. ___ Blindmechanics mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:Blindmechanics%40SoundAndScience.com http://soundandscience.com/mailman/listinfo/blindmechanics_soundandscience.c http://soundandscience.com/mailman/listinfo/blindmechanics_soundandscience. c om To unsubscribe, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:BlindMechanics-unsubscribe%40soundandscience.com and don't forget to reply to the confirmation email. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[BlindHandyMan] Magnetic tools
I love magnetic gagets for the garage. So far I have aquired a telascopeing magnet, the kind you use to fish out nuts and bolts and Jesus clips and so on that you have dropped down in the engine compartment. And a rolling magnet, these are great for when tools roll under the car. And the other thing I recently aquired is a small magnetic dish. It sort of looks like an ash tray there is a heavy duty magnet on the back to hold it to the radiater support or any where you can find, and the inside of the dish is also magnetic so your nuts and bolts and screws and sockets or what ever, does not roll away. Does any one sell megnetised quarter drive sockets, or is there some where that a guy could get them magnetized? -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lenny McHugh Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 10:29 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Another handy-dandy little gizmo Jewel, Sounds interesting. Just don't let my wife know about it. I like to torment her by keeping the small screws etc in my mouth. If Karen knew about that thing I probably would have more than one epoxied to my arm. - Original Message - From: Jewel Blanch [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:j.blanch%40e3.net.nz To: bhm blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 8:09 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Another handy-dandy little gizmo Amongst an assortment of small gifts from my sister was a magnetic wristband. It is not for arthritis, but has this strong magnetic plate in it that one can stick screws, nails and other such small items to. It beats having to fish around in a pocket or tool belt to find the next screw for that hinge. Jewel To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ 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 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/ http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ 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 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] mailto:blindhandyman-help%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [BlindHandyMan] Home Gyms
What I do for strength training is use a drive shaft with an automatic transmition welded on each side for curlles, and for dead lifting I have a couple of old retired Cat engines. That I do the same thing with. Ha Ha Ha I used to lift in High school and college but not any more. I always preferred the free weights.If one does not have much room which is the case for me. Dumbells can be a good option. Just be carefull you don't break some one or some thing. When you are going through the motions. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bob Kennedy Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 8:31 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Home Gyms You pay a lot more for Olympic weights. The type of bar and plate doesn't make any difference really. Very seldom do I workout with a partner thus no spotter. I've overloaded the bar before and my arms got too tired to push all the way back up. So if I think I'm going to train that hard I leave the collars off. At least if the bar has to come down on me I can twist and very quickly unload the bar. Makes a hell of a racket since my weights are in the upstairs... - Original Message - From: Little Freak [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 8:02 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Home Gyms hi, if you are doing free weights I would suggest anything over 100 to 150 pounds, that you get Olympus style weights. I also suggest if working out by your self that you get a bench and rack that will act as a self spotter. This way if you get in trouble all you have to do is let go and it will catch and lock in place and leaving you with the least amount of injury. I would say anything over 50 to 100 pounds a person need a spotter or a self spotter. This is especially you are blind. That small amount of with you might could get off of you anything more and you would be in trouble. Also if you are not trying to bulk up a lots or train for some kind of event, and are wanting to just stay tone and in shape with some bulk I would suggest resistant lifting with bands on a machine or your own body weight. You also could mix in some dumbbells along with these machines. I will give two machines that will work good for this method below. just one man thoughts. 1. the Total Gym will do good as a body weight resistant . 2. the Bow flex will do good as a band style resistant . thanks, Little Freak([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Kennedy Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 3:23 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Home Gyms I have a Wieder bench with the rack included. You can adjust the uprights high enough so you can also use it to squat with. The knee extension doubles as a ham string curl but I feel a lot safer doing 1 leg at a time. Then I only have to load half the weight on it. I welded some extensions on the rack part because it was pretty easy to shove the weights up and go over the top of the cradle. I just took a piece of angle iron and extended the back of the cradle up about 8 more inches. That makes it impossible for me to over shoot. I had angle iron in the shop and thought that may be stronger than just a piece of band iron. And since I didn't have any band iron at the time, I could convince myself with that argument... If you have a Dick's Sporting Goods near by they carry a bit of weight equipment. You definitely want the better stuff once you go over 150 pounds or so. - Original Message - From: Larry Stansifer To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 1:48 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Home Gyms I use free weights a lot in the gym and was actually considering buying a bench based system that includes a squott station, leg curl and quad curl station but when I tried it out in the store it felt really flimsy and like it wanted to come apart and that was just using the 110 LB included weight set. Most of that stuff looks like toys to me. A couple of guys on Carol's department have bowflexes but like the soloflex they make you look better than you really are. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com ] On Behalf Of Bob Kennedy Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 11:22 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Home Gyms I have free weights so I'm probably no help. I don't know if they still make it or not, but I can say beware of the soloflex gym. That was the one with resistance bands. A friend bought one and I could bench the highest resistance band which said it was 500 pounds. Great
RE: [BlindHandyMan] Home remedies-sewer traps
That's interesting, I always put the coffee grounds down the kitchen drain and I never have had a problem with it. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tony Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 10:51 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Home remedies-sewer traps My parents used to put coffee grounds and egg shells through the disposal. Rarely had any problems with the kitchen drain. Daddy did find about 6 inches of egg shell powder in the septic tank when he opened it after about 35 years. Tony -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com [mailto: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com ] On Behalf Of Rob Monitor Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 9:18 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Home remedies-sewer traps HI, You mite try using vinegar and baking soda.. Put a good amount of soda in the drain and then the vinegar... Let it set and work for a long wile and then run the water and see what happens... ROB FROM MINNESOTA- Original Message - From: Bob Kennedy To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 7:54 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Home remedies-sewer traps Depending on the severity of the clog, give something like Dawn dishwashing liquid a big squeeze directly into the drain and then dump some very hot water in after it. It may have to have a couple doses of hot water dumped in. If you see progress repeat it. If not no harm was done. But think about it. Dish soap is used to dissolve grease so using a larger amount of dish soap will make it stronger and the hot water helps to melt the grease as well. I've done this myself that's why I can pass it along. - Original Message - From: Lee A. Stone To: Blind Handyman Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 5:56 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Home remedies-sewer traps Long ago we had a discussion on her as to what works good in home sewer traps, like the ones under the kitchen sink and that main trap before things leafve the house. I have a feeling that someone here has not wiped a greasy pan out like after having cooked sausage or a burger. It was my turn to do the dish's today and I am positive I felt grease on the little dohangis that stops up the water. so besides buying liquid plumber what might be good for possible grease in a trap. is it baking soda, rock salt? any and all answers, suggestions would be appreciated. thanks.lee -- Did you hear that two rabbits escaped from the zoo and so far they have only recaptured 116 of them? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ 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 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/ http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ 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 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] mailto:blindhandyman-help%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [BlindHandyMan] A Better Mouse Trap
I have one of those live traps you are talking about and they work great. Once the mouse gets in the box it is quite literally impossible to get out. Even if a mouse had enough brainpower to figure out just how the thing works it would not be able to open the door because of the way it swings shut. Don't remember what I paid for it but they are quite cheep. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Little Freak Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 1:13 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] A Better Mouse Trap I have heard of one that catches it a live. it works like a box with a trap door. Then you just do what ever you want to distinguish them. If you have a pet snake or someone that does the snake will appreciate it, or just drown it and flush it. Don't know how well it works though. Oh They say rats and mouse can't see good and they use baseboards and other objects to guide them around. They use there nose for smell and whiskers to help them find stuff. Oh I also heard they have uncontrolling bladders and pee Constance. thanks, Little Freak([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jesus Is the Answer Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 12:35 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] A Better Mouse Trap Does anyone recommend a good mouse trap? I see even electronic ones made by the Victor Company, which has been making the traditional one for generations. The problem I have been having is that I think that the mice are getting smarter and more athletic. If caught, they manage to get out. However, most of the time they are able to lick the peanut butter off of the treddle without it snapping. Any ideas? ---Anthony [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.5/1191 - Release Date: 12/20/2007 2:14 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.5/1191 - Release Date: 12/20/2007 2:14 PM 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 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 * 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/
RE: [BlindHandyMan] A Better Mouse Trap
Can mice swim? If not I have just invented the perfect mouce trap. Now I just need to make a prototype. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jesus Is the Answer Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 11:35 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] A Better Mouse Trap Does anyone recommend a good mouse trap? I see even electronic ones made by the Victor Company, which has been making the traditional one for generations. The problem I have been having is that I think that the mice are getting smarter and more athletic. If caught, they manage to get out. However, most of the time they are able to lick the peanut butter off of the treddle without it snapping. Any ideas? ---Anthony [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [BlindHandyMan] Blender
Up here in Minnesota and North Dakota and I don't know where else, We have stores called Northern Hydrollics or Northern tool and equipment. Not sure really what the correct name is, I have heard it called both. Any way I saw a blender that was a Real Tim allen machine. Not shure if it was jus a fun display or if they really sold them but it was a blender that was driven by a very small gas engine. I suppose it was about the size of engine that you would find say on a small weed whipper. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bob Kennedy Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 5:45 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Blender This is just what you need to keep up with your friends. - Original Message - From: Dan Rossi To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 3:36 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Blender I have a hand cranked blender for use on car camping trips. There are two sets of gears, one for grinding and one for pureeing. After cranking out a bunch of daiquiris or margaritas I can't drink two fisted since my crank arm is nearly dead. *GRIN* -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:dr25%40andrew.cmu.edu Tel: (412) 268-9081 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [BlindHandyMan] used cell phones
Scott Email me off list and I will get you some contact info where you might be able to sell your phone. I think the max is $45 but the phones are placed with the military or people that need a phone but can not afford them. [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Scott Howell Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 6:57 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] used cell phones Hello folks, I know this is off topic, but I honestly do not know where to ask this question. I have a T-Mobile Dash in its original box, with all documentation, CDs, carrying case, charger, and phone. I no longer have any use for this phone. It works perfectly accept for the screen which for some reason no longer works, but this does not affect the phone itself. So, it would make a great phone for Mobile Speak Smartphone. I'd like to get mabye $50 or best offer, but I do not know where I'd really advertise it. I don't know if Ebay would be the best place since most shopping there probably wouldn't really want it since the screen no longer works. Any advice as to where I could possibly move this unit? tnx [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [BlindHandyMan] Generator Grounding Follow-UP
Ed First of all are you in a part of the country where the ground is not frozen? If so one thought that I would have is to get a post hole digger. This might not be a task for the week at heart and you will not be able to dig 8 feet down but it will give you a start. Just in case you don't know, and even if you do know, there may be a few on the list that might not know what a post hole digger looks like It has 2 wooden handles and 2 curved scoops on the business end and it is hinged just above the scoops. It works the opposite of a plyers or a sizzers. You slam it down into the ground and pull the handles apart and pull it and the dirt up and repeat the prosses until the job is finished or your hands are blistered beyond recognition. Which ever comes first. Now another idea is some type of auger. If any one on the list knows if any one makes a hand crank auger that would be useful for this type of job. One last thing that I just thought of is a gaget that we had when I was young It is a post hole digger but this one you turn it with a t handle and pull it up and knock out the dirt. You can get extentions with this so you can go down as far as you need. I don't know if they still make them but the people to ask are people that do water table testing. We used to dig holes this way and when we hit water we would take a measurement of the depth of the hole to see how far down the water table was. This is probably more info than you need but there you have it. Havfe fun. Can you dig it? -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Edward Przybylek Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2007 9:14 PM To: BlindHandyMan Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Generator Grounding Follow-UP Hi all, After all your replies, I decided to ground my new generator. Better safe then sorry. When the manual said that not grounding the generator could pose the threat of electricution, it made me decide it was the best course of action. I went to Home Depot to purchase the necessary supplies. I picked up a lenght of 10 gauge stranded copper wire and then went to search for the copper grounding rod. The thing you guys forgot to mention is that the freaking rod is 8 feet long. I asked the associate how much of the rod I should cut off the 8 foot length to pound into the ground. That's when he said All 8 feet. My first response was Are you for real! My soil is 5% dirt and 95% rock. Getting 8 feet of anything that deep in my yard is going to be a task meant for the Gods and not a mere mortal like myself. The last time I pounded any kind of rod into my yard was a galvanized pipe to support a newly planted evergreen to help it make it through the winter. It went down approximately 3 feet and stopped dead. I mushroomed the top of the pipe with a four pound mallet but the pipe went no further. Now you expect me to pound an 8 foot copper rod into the ground! Yeah, right. What I'm anticipating is a very bent rod and a flurry of filthy words that till make the ladies in the neighbor hood blush wildly and hurry their children indoors. From now on, gentlemen, make sure you mention the finer points of a task before making recommendations. big smile Let you know how it goes. Take care, Ed [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [BlindHandyMan] Generator Grounding Follow-UP
Oh ya if you use this method don't forget to fill in the whole once you place the rod down in the ground. Grin. Sorry couldn't help but to point out the obvious. Have funn. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of robert moore Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2007 10:56 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Generator Grounding Follow-UP Ed First of all are you in a part of the country where the ground is not frozen? If so one thought that I would have is to get a post hole digger. This might not be a task for the week at heart and you will not be able to dig 8 feet down but it will give you a start. Just in case you don't know, and even if you do know, there may be a few on the list that might not know what a post hole digger looks like It has 2 wooden handles and 2 curved scoops on the business end and it is hinged just above the scoops. It works the opposite of a plyers or a sizzers. You slam it down into the ground and pull the handles apart and pull it and the dirt up and repeat the prosses until the job is finished or your hands are blistered beyond recognition. Which ever comes first. Now another idea is some type of auger. If any one on the list knows if any one makes a hand crank auger that would be useful for this type of job. One last thing that I just thought of is a gaget that we had when I was young It is a post hole digger but this one you turn it with a t handle and pull it up and knock out the dirt. You can get extentions with this so you can go down as far as you need. I don't know if they still make them but the people to ask are people that do water table testing. We used to dig holes this way and when we hit water we would take a measurement of the depth of the hole to see how far down the water table was. This is probably more info than you need but there you have it. Havfe fun. Can you dig it? -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com [mailto: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com ]On Behalf Of Edward Przybylek Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2007 9:14 PM To: BlindHandyMan Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Generator Grounding Follow-UP Hi all, After all your replies, I decided to ground my new generator. Better safe then sorry. When the manual said that not grounding the generator could pose the threat of electricution, it made me decide it was the best course of action. I went to Home Depot to purchase the necessary supplies. I picked up a lenght of 10 gauge stranded copper wire and then went to search for the copper grounding rod. The thing you guys forgot to mention is that the freaking rod is 8 feet long. I asked the associate how much of the rod I should cut off the 8 foot length to pound into the ground. That's when he said All 8 feet. My first response was Are you for real! My soil is 5% dirt and 95% rock. Getting 8 feet of anything that deep in my yard is going to be a task meant for the Gods and not a mere mortal like myself. The last time I pounded any kind of rod into my yard was a galvanized pipe to support a newly planted evergreen to help it make it through the winter. It went down approximately 3 feet and stopped dead. I mushroomed the top of the pipe with a four pound mallet but the pipe went no further. Now you expect me to pound an 8 foot copper rod into the ground! Yeah, right. What I'm anticipating is a very bent rod and a flurry of filthy words that till make the ladies in the neighbor hood blush wildly and hurry their children indoors. From now on, gentlemen, make sure you mention the finer points of a task before making recommendations. big smile Let you know how it goes. Take care, Ed [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [BlindHandyMan] Cobolt Talking and other Tape Measures
I don't know where you would order one but the tape mesure that is used for sowing and such that are 5 foot are marked with a larger eyelet every inch and a smaller eyelet every half inch and a double eyelet marking every foot. HTH -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bob Kennedy Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2007 9:20 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Cobolt Talking and other Tape Measures Doing a quick Google of Braille tape measure brings up the 25 foot version. I remember when the 6 foot model came out in the 60s and thought I was really lucky. Shortly after they came out with the 20 foot version with the tab on the case. That lasted a couple years and then there was the 25 foot model. Clearly the thinking is that bigger is better. What you might consider is the fiber glass tape they use for sewing. That is 5 feet long but sewing doesn't require the accuracy of wood working. I don't know how fine that is marked. - Original Message - From: Howard Traxler To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2007 8:31 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Cobolt Talking and other Tape Measures Thank you all very much for all the thoughts about tape measures. My Cobalt still sits here on my desk unusable Many years ago, I had a Lufkin 6 foot tape measure that I bought from American Foundation for the Blind. In fact, I had two of them and they were wonderful. That was back in the sixties and seventies. I don't usually need to measure more than 6 feet. But they got broken and/or lost. Does anyone know about the availability of such a device now-a-days? If there is nothing, I will be forced to buy the 25 footer. But just don't like that extension on the case. My measuring (of less than 6 feet) need not be that accurate. Help? Maybe someone has one of those old Lufkins around that is not in use, huh? Thanks again. Howard K. Traxler, Technology Specialist www.TraxlerEnterprises.com /*-- THINK GOD --*/ - Original Message - From: Howard Traxler [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:htraxler2%40earthlink.net To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 11:55 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Cobolt Talking Tape Measure : Has anyone else bought the talking tape measure; I think it's from Cobolt? : Bought mine through SpeakToMe. : : It has stopped working a few times. I don't know what brought it back each : time, but this time I think it's gone for good. : : When I put the battery in, it starts to say error, memory clear, 0 : milimeters. Sometimes it gets out the whole announcement and sometimes it : doesn't get out the first sylable. After that, it's totally quiet except : for a slight click when I put the battery in and out. When it was working : last, it would continue to repeat the last measurement and not turn off. : The last measurement, of course, was zero, as I had just retracted the tape. : : So, has anyone else had such a problem and what did you do about it? Was it : a waste of money and can I get a good Braille tape measure somewhere? : : Thank you much, anybody. : : Howard K. Traxler, Technology Specialist : www.TraxlerEnterprises.com : /*-- THINK GOD --*/ : : -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.4/1147 - Release Date: 11/23/2007 9:19 AM [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [BlindHandyMan] Foam Insulation sheets
If you go with a hack saw blade I would get one of those handles that you put the hack saw blade in and it makes it kind of like a knife The blade sticks out the front so you can make a long cut without the frame of a standard hack saw getting in the way. Not sure what you call these. Have only seen one or two in my life but I am sure that you could get them at just about any place that caries tools. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Michael Baldwin Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 9:31 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Foam Insulation sheets Hacks saw blades work very well. Michael _ From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com [mailto: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com ] On Behalf Of Larry Stansifer Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 05:48 To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Foam Insulation sheets Ok guys... My mom has been complaining about not having an insolated garage door. It is one of those metal doors that is made up of a series of metal panels. The inside edges are double broken to a depth of 11/4. The inside dimensions of these panels is 415/8 long and 185/8 high. Although the package of insulation panels proclaims fits all standard garage doors. I know I will need to do some trimming and fitting. I have a square and a straight edge so I am not to concerned about getting it straight and even. My question is, what the hell do I cut this stuff with? Everything I own except for a couple of really good pocket knives and my new PC Circ saw is designed for cutting metal. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[BlindHandyMan] Wells Saws
Out side of the bar that the top of the blade goes into on this saw, How much different are they than the Saws all. Sounds kind of like the same thing. I have never seen or heard of the Well or Wells saw.
Bush hog. RE: [BlindHandyMan] Chain saws.
Bob When I was still at home in the 70's we had what was called a Jerry mower. As I recall it reminds me kind of like one of those front tine roto tillers. I think it may have only had 2 wheels and it had a sickel bar out front that was totally exposed. Is any one familiar with that kind of a rig and does any one sell such a beast? -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bob Kennedy Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 6:12 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Chain saws. Sounds like a mini bush hog. Probably had a sickle bar across the front that can go through about a 3 inch branch. - Original Message - From: William Stephan To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 3:41 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Chain saws. I used to have what I think was called a bushwhacker, which was nothing but a large rotary lawn mower with a heavier-than-average blade. The front half of the shield was cut away, and there were large bicycle wheels on the rear. You walked behind this thing, and you could knock down all manner of brush and grasses, even up to small saplings. Protective clothing as in chaps, safety boots and goggles was very appropriate. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com [mailto: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com ] On Behalf Of Bob Kennedy Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 7:47 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Chain saws. Ah man. Where do you come up with those? - Original Message - From: Larry Stansifer To: blindhandyman@ mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 8:19 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Chain saws. When I first bought this place the area behind the shop was seriously overgrown with some pretty nasty sticker bushes and punch bur weeds. My neighbor was so happy to see something being done he came over and lent me his brush hog. A little like a gasoline powered circ saw on a long handle. The damn thing sure made easy work of getting rid of the brush. Now instead of overgrown real estate he gets to gaze upon a couple of future projects. a 71 coota and an 89 Iroc Z convertible. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@ mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandyman@ mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Bob Kennedy Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 5:59 PM To: blindhandyman@ mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Chain saws. I don't recommend a chain saw for trimming bushes either. You can actually clog up and get the chain stuck with the little stuff. I have tried in the past and while the saw has never bit me, twigs and little branches put up quite a fight. I've had my face welted a few times until I started using pruning sheers for the little stuff. - Original Message - From: Dale Leavens To: blindhandyman@ mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 6:22 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Chain saws. It is true that these machines are totally unforgiving and often almost vicious when they do fight back. I have treated many unbelievably nasty chain saw injuries over the years. They are however far fewer now partly because they aren't much used in the forest industry these days except maybe for a bit of slashing and partly because the machines are much lighter and much better designed for safety. This means of course keeping the machine in good repair and all parts working well. There are a lot of chain saws out there being used by hobbyists, people bucking up fire wood and other non-professional users but still the injuries aren't appearing as they once did. I think that although the machines are dangerous enough the real danger for the blind is in the environment. How a tree falls, is there something hanging up in it, a series of escape routes should the thing fall in some unanticipated way. These are the patients I am seeing these days more than direct saw injuries. I don't have a chain saw but I don't have a lot of need for one as a urban warrior. A small one might be handy every couple of years to thin out some of my hedge and that wild lilac tree and some day I may do so but so far I have been making due with a monster blade in my reciprocal saw. It isn't as though I will be taking the pick-up into the bush and cutting up and loading logs for the winter any time soon. If ever I do go wood I'll buy the stuff delivered. So will most of us. Now a good splitting axe, that is another thing. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:DLeavens%40puc.net net Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear
RE: [BlindHandyMan] Project cars
I have a 1990 Grand Prix that I was going to fix up for my Wife to drive this winter so that I could keep the Grand Am off the road when they were sloppy and loaded with salt. I did not get that done because I ran out of time and money. It is a 2 door and the door handles are vertical and on the door posts just like the Chevy Berretta. I am not planning on going over board or putting a lot of money in this car but on the other hand the body is in fair condition and with a little TLC it could be put back in very good condition. My question is do you think that this car will ever have any potential to be wanted by any one as some thing more than a daily driver. I am sure that every thing becomes valuable to some one or another given enough time since in the next 30 years they will all have been crushed and if you have one of the few that did not get crushed it may be worth some thing just because there are so few left but I am talking about in the next ten years or so. It is not like I am enamored with this car but if I can fix it up and keep it in good condition it will at least be a nice little daily driver for my Wife. Let me know your thoughts -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Larry Stansifer Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 6:42 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Project cars I know I know most people without the disease would see it as a disaster. I see it staged next to a Yanco Comero or a Farelane thunder-bolt in the last round eliminations and putting either one of them on the trailer. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com [mailto: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com ] On Behalf Of Bob Kennedy Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 5:19 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Chain saws. It does sound like a project leach... Might need to raise up the mirror and drive a new one under it. - Original Message - From: Larry Stansifer To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 7:12 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Chain saws. Everything... I haven't even touched except to give it a thorough pressure washing and putting a car cover on it. It looks like to me that somebody started to install a big block possibly a 426 Hemi and ran out of talent. the inner fenders, radiator core support and fire wall are really */%^ed up. There is a pare of some weird after market motor mounts welded directly to the cross member and their is a huge hole torched in the trans tunnel. The rear fenders have been tubbed and it looks like it would accommodate at least an 18 slick. If it wasn't a Coota I would probably call the crusher guy. Carol tells me it is a hole to throw hundred dollar bills in but she said the same thing about my El Camino before it was finished. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com [mailto: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com ] On Behalf Of Bob Kennedy Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 4:48 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Chain saws. If I was closer I'd offer to help. But that would be more of a trip back in time. What's left to be done? - Original Message - From: Larry Stansifer To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 7:11 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Chain saws. It has been really butchered under the hood and I am actually thinking about one of the new generation 6-Leter hemi's. On the otherhand I have a guy who want's to trade me an 18-foot ski-boat with a freshly rebuilt Berkley jet pump and a blown up 454 sitting in it. Right now all of my free-time and energy are going to the Corvette. I have a drop-dead date of 25, JAN. to get it ready for NHRA Tech inspection. I am still hoping the Sheriff will give me a reprieve and we can go back to the outlaw run what you brung racing.*Progress I guess* -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com [mailto: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com ] On Behalf Of Bob Kennedy Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 4:06 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Chain saws. Are you putting a 440 in the Coota? Or staying with the 383? - Original Message - From: Larry Stansifer To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 9:13 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Chain saws. Trust me... They sound a lot nicer than they really are. I swapped a home grown Chevy 350 stroker for the camero and I
[BlindHandyMan] My 2 cents about safety
I am not an authority on safety but this is my 2 cents worth. Concerning chainsaws or any other potentially dangerous piece of equipment. Lets start with the assumption you know the proper use and technique for the tool. The bottom line as it relates to blind VS sighted is this. If any one gets hurt it is the same for sighted or blind alike. I think there are 3 root causes for any injury. First you are doing some thing stupid and or not paying attention. Second the element of the unknown, such as a piece of mettle in the wood that is completely concealed. Making it impossible for the sighted and blind alike to know it is there. And finally equipment failure. Even if the tool appears to be in working condition there is always the unexpected failure that cannot be anticipated. If any one wants to take issue or add to any of these points, please do. I am very safety conscious and any further comments on this topic I will not take offence to. Thanks for letting me rant.
[BlindHandyMan] spilled gasoline
To make a short story long I went out and dug out my snow blower and tried to start it and it would not start so I added some new gas. There was some in the tank but not much. I hooked up the electric start and after a while I gave up and went into the house. Well wen I went out to try it again I forgot that I had left the gas tank on the ground and once I got it started I began to clear some snow with it. Low and behold I found the gas can with the snow blower. It was junping around and then I started smelling gas and that is when I remembered the gas can. It is plastic. The two good things are that I did not blow myself up and the other good thing is that I cut into the back side instead of the front so I think I only lost maybe a quart to a half gallon. There is still a fair amounht in the can which I will use to top off the tank and probably put the rest in the car. My question is assuming I spilled say a half gallon on the ground in a pile of snow. How long do you think it might take for it to evaporate to the point that it would be safe to use the snow blower in that area? Also I wonder if I should just use the shovel to move that snow out of that spot. Am I really the only one that does that kind of dumb stuff.
RE: [BlindHandyMan] Dead battery
Dale Where can I get one of these solar trickle chargers,? And how do you keep them in the sun light and protected from the weather at the same time? -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dale Leavens Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 6:34 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Dead battery We don't have trouble with batteries freezing up here and it gets well down to 40 below. You have to run a vehicle quite a while to charge up a battery, 20 minutes occasionally might keep a really good and fairly new battery topped up but for that purpose you might be as well to trickle it up with a solar charger they do something like 15 watts all day and you spare the engine starting and running unnecessarily when it is cold and the oil all settled at the bottom of the sump. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:DLeavens%40puc.net Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: robert moore To: Blind Handyman Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 12:15 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Dead battery OK I did not get back out in time to start my truck. I think it has been about 3 days now and tonight I went out to start it and there was not even enough power to run the radio. I can take out the battery and put it in the basement to thawe it out but I wonder if it is worth trying to thawe it out and charge it up or if having it freeze like that would warp the plates. I am not going to take it out tonight which of cource will only compound the problem. My next question would be is there any reason at this point to disconnect the battery and take it out. Is the case apt to split when it gets like 40 below. I wonder for safety sake if I would be wise to chock this one up as a loss. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [BlindHandyMan] freezer problems
Lee Since you have freezer outside. I.E. the cold weather, You might want to start with defrosting the unit. The bad thing is with this is even if it is a frost free and it looks like there is no ice you probably want to let it sit unplugged for bare minimum of 24 hours I would do up to 48 if you can. Also make sure that all the fins undernieth and or on the back are not covered with fuz. If that does not work then call some one with test equipment that knows what the heck they are doing and have them scope it out. I think there are more commponants in these newr units that can fail than you might think. Keep in mind I don't know what the hell I am talking about but I did go through this problem last summer. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lee A. Stone Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 6:24 PM To: Blind Handyman Subject: [BlindHandyMan] freezer problems Hi, I know we recently had a lot of discussion on this list about side by side freezer/ refergirator problems. so maybe this is new or not We have a Maytag 23.5 cubic capicity machine which for awhile seems to be leaking water onto the floor on the freezer side. not a lot but enough so one needs to mop once a day. Now we find out that water is dripping inside and forming ice on the bottom part of the freezer. I would appreciate any and all ideas for resolving this problem. thanks. Lee -- Some stirring may be necessary to achieve proper consistency. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[BlindHandyMan] battery maintanance for the winhter
It has been in the teens and single digets up here and going to get colder. I have a very strong battery in my pick up. I don't want to take it out because I want to have the pickup available in the event that we need it as a back up in case we can't use the car for what ever reason. How often would you recommend starting it in order to keep the battery charged I am thinking I should run it for about at least 15 to 20 minutes each time I start it would that be long enough. Even when it gets really cold it should start OK. I used it all last winter and never had a problem starting it. and the plugs,wires, cap and roter are all pretty new. Robert
RE: [BlindHandyMan] Compressor question: to blow or no.
This thread causes me to ponder. I have an old compressor it has an electric motor that turns the piston in the actual compressor it looks kind of like a small gas powered 4 stroke engine, it is driven by a belt. As I said this thing is old, what I mean is that it is very very old. My question is this. Is it normal for some of the older units to bleed off by them selves with in about 10 minutes. Or do I have a worn out release valve or is there an adjustment that I need to make some where? Out side of that it works great. I have no problem with the way it performs. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dale Leavens Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 12:50 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Compressor question: to blow or no. I almost never blow my tank off though I do occasionally open the drain at the bottom and drip any water out of it. Some time ago I turned it over and poured an ounce or two of oil into the tank which settles to the bottom, My thinking was that since oil floats on water it would keep the lower part of the tank more or less oiled and possibly protected. The other thing is that I often forget to turn the compressor off after a week-end it may cycle every 6 or 8 hours for a couple of days when I am at work, I reason that I may need it some evening and the pressure will be there. My tank is 22 Imperial gallons I think so it takes a little time to charge at start-up. Now I am not recommending this procedure. My compressor doesn't get a lot of work either, I have had it probably 7 years now maybe 8. Sometimes when I shut it off I blow it off too but often I forget. So far it serves me well. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:DLeavens%40puc.net Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: William Stephan To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 12:36 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Compressor question: to blow or no. All: The operating instructions that came with my cheap compressor advise that you bleed off the tank if you're not going to be using air for over an hour. I understand this is to prevent the tank from rusting due to the condensation in compressed air. I know of some guys to do this religiously, and others who don't really worry about it, and I've never heard of rust being a problem, though that's not to say that it isn't or couldn't be. So, what do you folks think about this? Do you all blow out your tank regularly? This just seems like a real waist of energy to me, and I'd a lot rather keep air up so I can use it when I need to rather than have to fill the tank every time. Are some tanks made of metal that doesn't rust, and mine is not? Any thoughts will be appreciated. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [BlindHandyMan] Compressor question: to blow or no.
No It does not run continuaslly. It runs for a few minutes and shuts off for a while and continues to cicle that way. When it shuts off I can hear it bleeding down. I guess what I should have said in my earlier post is that It takes about 10 minutes for it to bleed off completely after I unplug it. What I do is plug it in when I need to use it and unplug it when I am done other wise it will cicle on and off every 5 to 10 minutes. Those times are just a wild guess. I have never really paid that close attention to how long it cicles on and off. One more question. I have a small tank that you can fill and then carry it to where ever you need to fill a tire. It looks to be about a 3 or 4 gallon tank. I only paid about 15 dollars for it at the local home center. This unit does not seem to have a valve for draining off watter that condenses in the tank. It does however have a spring loaded valve up by where you fill it. It has a ring that you can pull on to let out air. What is that valve for and could you turn it upside down and drain out the water that way or do these units not have a problem with water collecting in the tank. Hope my question is clear. Robert -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dale Leavens Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 5:02 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Compressor question: to blow or no. Does the motor run continuously? It may be that the compressor has a safety which regulates the top pressure rather than shut off the motor? Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:DLeavens%40puc.net Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: robert moore To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 4:59 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Compressor question: to blow or no. This thread causes me to ponder. I have an old compressor it has an electric motor that turns the piston in the actual compressor it looks kind of like a small gas powered 4 stroke engine, it is driven by a belt. As I said this thing is old, what I mean is that it is very very old. My question is this. Is it normal for some of the older units to bleed off by them selves with in about 10 minutes. Or do I have a worn out release valve or is there an adjustment that I need to make some where? Out side of that it works great. I have no problem with the way it performs. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com [mailto: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com ]On Behalf Of Dale Leavens Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 12:50 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Compressor question: to blow or no. I almost never blow my tank off though I do occasionally open the drain at the bottom and drip any water out of it. Some time ago I turned it over and poured an ounce or two of oil into the tank which settles to the bottom, My thinking was that since oil floats on water it would keep the lower part of the tank more or less oiled and possibly protected. The other thing is that I often forget to turn the compressor off after a week-end it may cycle every 6 or 8 hours for a couple of days when I am at work, I reason that I may need it some evening and the pressure will be there. My tank is 22 Imperial gallons I think so it takes a little time to charge at start-up. Now I am not recommending this procedure. My compressor doesn't get a lot of work either, I have had it probably 7 years now maybe 8. Sometimes when I shut it off I blow it off too but often I forget. So far it serves me well. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:DLeavens%40puc.net mailto:DLeavens%40puc.net Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: William Stephan To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 12:36 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Compressor question: to blow or no. All: The operating instructions that came with my cheap compressor advise that you bleed off the tank if you're not going to be using air for over an hour. I understand this is to prevent the tank from rusting due to the condensation in compressed air. I know of some guys to do this religiously, and others who don't really worry about it, and I've never heard of rust being a problem, though that's not to say that it isn't or couldn't be. So, what do you folks think about this? Do you all blow out your tank regularly? This just seems like a real waist of energy to me, and I'd a lot rather keep air up so I can use it when I need to rather than have to fill the tank every time. Are some tanks made
RE: [BlindHandyMan] Compressor question: to blow or no.
William what it does is build up to a certain pressure and then the motor stopps running. When it does this I don't hear a burst of air like on some compressors I have heard. Then it just slowly leaks down until it reaches a certain pressure and then turns back on. One thing to note is that it continues to bleed off air at the same rate whether it is running or at rest. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of William Stephan Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 6:02 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Compressor question: to blow or no. Robert: Does it actually sort of big hole the entire tank, or does it just blow off some air and shut off temporarily? -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com [mailto: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com ] On Behalf Of robert moore Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 3:59 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Compressor question: to blow or no. This thread causes me to ponder. I have an old compressor it has an electric motor that turns the piston in the actual compressor it looks kind of like a small gas powered 4 stroke engine, it is driven by a belt. As I said this thing is old, what I mean is that it is very very old. My question is this. Is it normal for some of the older units to bleed off by them selves with in about 10 minutes. Or do I have a worn out release valve or is there an adjustment that I need to make some where? Out side of that it works great. I have no problem with the way it performs. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@ mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandyman@ mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Dale Leavens Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 12:50 PM To: blindhandyman@ mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Compressor question: to blow or no. I almost never blow my tank off though I do occasionally open the drain at the bottom and drip any water out of it. Some time ago I turned it over and poured an ounce or two of oil into the tank which settles to the bottom, My thinking was that since oil floats on water it would keep the lower part of the tank more or less oiled and possibly protected. The other thing is that I often forget to turn the compressor off after a week-end it may cycle every 6 or 8 hours for a couple of days when I am at work, I reason that I may need it some evening and the pressure will be there. My tank is 22 Imperial gallons I think so it takes a little time to charge at start-up. Now I am not recommending this procedure. My compressor doesn't get a lot of work either, I have had it probably 7 years now maybe 8. Sometimes when I shut it off I blow it off too but often I forget. So far it serves me well. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:DLeavens%40puc.net net mailto:DLeavens%40puc.net Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: William Stephan To: blindhandyman@ mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 12:36 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Compressor question: to blow or no. All: The operating instructions that came with my cheap compressor advise that you bleed off the tank if you're not going to be using air for over an hour. I understand this is to prevent the tank from rusting due to the condensation in compressed air. I know of some guys to do this religiously, and others who don't really worry about it, and I've never heard of rust being a problem, though that's not to say that it isn't or couldn't be. So, what do you folks think about this? Do you all blow out your tank regularly? This just seems like a real waist of energy to me, and I'd a lot rather keep air up so I can use it when I need to rather than have to fill the tank every time. Are some tanks made of metal that doesn't rust, and mine is not? Any thoughts will be appreciated. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [BlindHandyMan] Compressor question: to blow or no.
Dale Sorry to hav confused you but The relese valve that I was talking about is on a different piece of equipment. What I was talking about there was a portable tank that you fill with your compresser and take with you to where ever you need to fill up a tire. Now back to my actual compresser I am sure that it has some sort of drain valve but I hav not even bothered to check. I will do that some time when I am bored but since I don't have a heated work area and it is cold up in MN I will just probably wait until spring since ice doesn't flow very well any way. Ha Ha -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dale Leavens Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 9:03 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Compressor question: to blow or no. Oh well, yes, you have a leak somewhere. The valve with the ring is intended to blow off the pressure when you turn the compressor off. This is probably a good thing to do, just that I don't bother. Mine seems to lose 20 gallons at a hundred pounds in fifteen or twenty hours or so. If not used it seems to cycle every six or eight hours. A smaller tank would cycle more frequently but not ten minutes or so. Your leak could be about anywhere. I am surprised if you can't hear it at that rate. Check your couplings though, even the one screwed into the outlet, might want a little tape on the threads and that might be all. You don't usually bleed water out through that pressure relief valve. I am surprised though that there isn't a valve or bolt or something at the bottom of the tank for drainage. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:DLeavens%40puc.net Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: robert moore To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 8:58 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Compressor question: to blow or no. No It does not run continuaslly. It runs for a few minutes and shuts off for a while and continues to cicle that way. When it shuts off I can hear it bleeding down. I guess what I should have said in my earlier post is that It takes about 10 minutes for it to bleed off completely after I unplug it. What I do is plug it in when I need to use it and unplug it when I am done other wise it will cicle on and off every 5 to 10 minutes. Those times are just a wild guess. I have never really paid that close attention to how long it cicles on and off. One more question. I have a small tank that you can fill and then carry it to where ever you need to fill a tire. It looks to be about a 3 or 4 gallon tank. I only paid about 15 dollars for it at the local home center. This unit does not seem to have a valve for draining off watter that condenses in the tank. It does however have a spring loaded valve up by where you fill it. It has a ring that you can pull on to let out air. What is that valve for and could you turn it upside down and drain out the water that way or do these units not have a problem with water collecting in the tank. Hope my question is clear. Robert -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com [mailto: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com ]On Behalf Of Dale Leavens Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 5:02 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Compressor question: to blow or no. Does the motor run continuously? It may be that the compressor has a safety which regulates the top pressure rather than shut off the motor? Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:DLeavens%40puc.net mailto:DLeavens%40puc.net Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: robert moore To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 4:59 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Compressor question: to blow or no. This thread causes me to ponder. I have an old compressor it has an electric motor that turns the piston in the actual compressor it looks kind of like a small gas powered 4 stroke engine, it is driven by a belt. As I said this thing is old, what I mean is that it is very very old. My question is this. Is it normal for some of the older units to bleed off by them selves with in about 10 minutes. Or do I have a worn out release valve or is there an adjustment that I need to make some where? Out side of that it works great. I have no problem with the way it performs. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com [mailto: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com
RE: [BlindHandyMan] Does it work?/talking tire gage
I have one that my sister in law gave to me and it works very well and seems to be quite accurate. It gives you the readings in even and half pounds. If you want I will see if I can find you the web site where to get one or the brand name. I will find out what I can. I did not buy it so I don't know what they cost or where to get them . I think she may have spent 30 or 40 dollars. Sounds like a lot but they are worth it when you figure the cost of poorly maintained tires if you have a spouce that will not check them until they are flat on the road. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Matt Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 6:49 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Does it work?/talking tire gage Hi, Has anyone bought a talking tire gage? If so, do they work? I often wonder if the non talking ones work. I never knew exactly how long to hold them on the stem. I figure it's a quick burst of air, and off right? the blind mice mart sight offers them and as with all cool blind teque adaptive stuff, I really would like for it to work! And I really want one, but... Ya know. Matt [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [BlindHandyMan] then and now
I am over a week behind on the list postings so this goes back a ways but As for the Plymouth Acclaim the Dodge equivalent is the Dodge Spirit. And for the Plymouth furi If I am not mistaken I seem to recall that they sported a v8. Really not sure on this one but a 360 comes to mind. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 6:44 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] then and now Dear Bob and Glenn: I still wish to have back my 69 Torino Gt convertible with a Cleveland high performance engine. My first cousin in the same year bought a Shelby GT 500 convertible, which she still has in mint original condition with less than fifty thousand miles on the meter. She is the smart one in this family. When a parade happens in their town, the congressman gets a ride in the Shelby. Yours Truly, Clifford Wilson - Original Message - From: Bob Kennedy To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2007 1:30 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] then and now Me too! - Original Message - From: Glenn Lemacher To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2007 10:31 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] then and now When I got out of the service my first car was a 68 Chevell SS 396 my last car before losing my sight was a 70 Camero Z28. Gosh I sure loved those days. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] __ NOD32 2685 (20071126) Information __ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com http://www.eset.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[BlindHandyMan] Driving sleds
I did that too but I had just enough sight to see the tail lights on the 2 sleds ahead of me I told the guys nhot to go too fasnt and I would stay behind and in between their sleds. Well not too fast turned out to be 70 MPH. Would not do it again but wow what a ride. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bob Kennedy Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 3:07 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] electric heaters I had a Polaris dealership for a couple years. But more fun was being able to build them to race. Only a couple times did I ever feel silly enough to open one of them up. Some of the clutches had stall speeds of 6 to 9000 RPMs and you can't imagine the snap you get when a clutch kicks in at 6000 RPMs. I tried to follow the sound of the other sleds when I drove. Not very accurate but I'm still around so obviously it worked... - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:spiro%40netaxs.com To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 11:36 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] electric heaters I was about 16 when I first went snowmobiling. This old guy who spoke in great wisdom, said to me it's bad luck if you hit a bush. I've heard lots of guys talk about luck. Well the guys were calling out to me the directions to go as they thought it was as fun as a video game. guys in college used to do this too, when directing me to a seat in class. Then I didn't something enough and hit a bush. No big deal. Till... I ... warmed... up!!! I was a striped hoppin numbass! that'ssome bad luck! hahaha But that Sariniac Black and Tan, if it's still made,it's worth the time to find it. On Mon, 19 Nov 2007, Bob Kennedy wrote: I went to Old Forge I think that's the town Jerry was talking about. I had a shop outside of Buffalo and I also rented U-Haul trucks. A group of us took snow mobiles up there for a weekend and I've never been so cold in my life. I was going to ride along and at the end of the driveway I got off my sled and told the guys I'd keep the fire going so it would be warm when they came back. I'm not sure but I think I froze some parts of me off up there... - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:spiro%40netaxs.com To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 10:42 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] electric heaters oh the home of the best black and tan available wide scale! On Sat, 17 Nov 2007, Jerry Richer wrote: I live in Northern New York State. Saranac Lake, twenty miles to the East is often reported on the Today Show as the coldest spot in the United States. In Saranac Lake they pay twelve cents per Kilowatt Hour. We mostly heat with electric because our municipal owned power supply only costs two cents per Kilowatt Hour. It's suppose to be about the most inexpensive power in the United States. Jerry [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [BlindHandyMan] Talking tire gage
Ya Scott I usually don't have much trouble with the people in the parts stores or the hardware stores either. I think for this guy it may have been an easy dig since I was not there to defend myself. I think who ever posted that I need not disend to his level is wright. I will just let it go. You know now that I think about it I probably get more doubtful comments from the guys then I do from the gals, when it comes to my circle of friends and family. My wife and I have a long trip ahead so I best get fresh batteries in my tire presser gage. Robert -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Scott Howell Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 5:32 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Talking tire gage You know its funny, I recently went and purchased several parts for my Jeep. Not once did the guys at the store give me any chatter about how I was going to do this or that. They just happily answered my questions. Even when going to the hardware store, I have always been able to get my questions answered and some guys would even pull the parts together and show me exactly how they would fit together etc. to get the job done. I guess I've been pretty lucky. And if anyone had asked how I would do something, they were very interested in knowing how I'd get it done and were impressed that I'd even take on the task. I think some just need to learn that just cause you can't see, doesn't mean you can't do the work. Once they realize this, why they generally become pretty helpful and very curious. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [BlindHandyMan] Say it Ain't So
calls them a receiver dryer, and you should replace it at the same time. That is where the air is dried before sending it into the car. If there is trash in there it can wreck your compressor. There is a little bag of desiccant that looks like a tea bag of sorts and it can break letting the insides run through the system. And that is a whole other type of problem. Tail light socket in a junk yard goes from $10 to $25. And the rims just depend on the junk yard. I haven't done the math but you did a good job recycling the parts and didn't have to pay for them. - Original Message - From: robert moore To: Blind Handyman Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 4:21 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Jimmy update The Jimmy is one shell of a truck. The engine and tranny are gone now. Some friends came and picked it up today. I only got $140 but I only paid $100 for the truck, I also sold the instrument cluster this summer for $50 so I am up $90. I also put the following parts from the Jimmy on to the S10. The radiator, break switch, Passenger side out side door handle, AC compressor pump. Tail light socket. I also took the nice alloy rims which are 15 inch and switched them for the old stock steel 14 inch rims that were on the S10. I am sure there are more parts that I have taken off for the S10 but I can not think of what they all are off the top of my head. Any one have a guess what all those parts would have cost me had I bought them at a salvage yard? That is not a retoricle question. I really would kind of like to know. Robert [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ 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 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/ http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ 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 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] mailto:blindhandyman-help%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links -- [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ 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 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/ http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ 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 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] mailto:blindhandyman-help%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links -- [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ 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 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/ http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ If you would like to join the Blind Computing list, then visit
RE: [BlindHandyMan] Talking tire gage
Negatory good buddy Mine has 2 of those batteries that look like a quarter. It also has a light at the end and the screene lights up so those that can see can use it at night. You can enter all 4 tires Not sure why. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bob Kennedy Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 6:01 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Talking tire gage If you have the same one I have it only has the one battery and it cost as much as the tool... - Original Message - From: robert moore To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 6:51 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Talking tire gage Ya Scott I usually don't have much trouble with the people in the parts stores or the hardware stores either. I think for this guy it may have been an easy dig since I was not there to defend myself. I think who ever posted that I need not disend to his level is wright. I will just let it go. You know now that I think about it I probably get more doubtful comments from the guys then I do from the gals, when it comes to my circle of friends and family. My wife and I have a long trip ahead so I best get fresh batteries in my tire presser gage. Robert -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com [mailto: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com ]On Behalf Of Scott Howell Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 5:32 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Talking tire gage You know its funny, I recently went and purchased several parts for my Jeep. Not once did the guys at the store give me any chatter about how I was going to do this or that. They just happily answered my questions. Even when going to the hardware store, I have always been able to get my questions answered and some guys would even pull the parts together and show me exactly how they would fit together etc. to get the job done. I guess I've been pretty lucky. And if anyone had asked how I would do something, they were very interested in knowing how I'd get it done and were impressed that I'd even take on the task. I think some just need to learn that just cause you can't see, doesn't mean you can't do the work. Once they realize this, why they generally become pretty helpful and very curious. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [BlindHandyMan]Maintaining a friends car. WAS Electric motor
When the sighted think that life ends with the loss of sight it is unfortunate. When the blind think like that it is a tragity. Robert -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of RJ Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 9:21 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan]Maintaining a friends car. WAS Electric motor How I agree. For the sighted world and some of the blind believe life ends with lost of sight. RJ - Original Message - From: robert moore To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2007 9:52 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan]Maintaining a friends car. WAS Electric motor I put new belts and plugs and a replacement headlight assembly on a friends car today. While I was replaceing the belts on our friends 1991 Plymouth Acclaim My wife and our friend took our car to the salvage yard to get a replacement headlight assembly. The headlight assembly got broken when she hit a deer. They got back with the part and I installed it and replaced the spark plugs. Well when I was all finished I put the garage door down and turned on the lights so they could look and see if the lights were pointing straight or if the replacement was pointing too far up or down. They were both surprised at that little test and both said they would not have thought of that.Leave it to a blind guy to make sure that the visuall part of the job was proper. My wife told me today after our friend left that our friend was a bit nervous about me working on the car the first time. That was about 4 years ago and now she always asks me first if I can fix her car before she brings it to a shop. If the job is more than I can handle I tell her. If It is some thing that I can handle I tell her that too. Now she tells people that she knows, about the blind guy that works on her car. In my humble opinion, any time some one asks you if you could fix some thing for them and you truly have the ability to perform the task, do it. It helps all of us. The more people here about a blind person doing a particular task that is one less person that you have to convince the next time. So that's my 2 cents worth for what it is worth. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com [mailto: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com ]On Behalf Of Don Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2007 5:56 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Electric motor Job well done, that is pretty cool - Original Message - From: RJ To: Handyman Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2007 4:10 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Electric motor Today a neighbor lady called and said the motor for the fan on her dehumidifier wasn't working and asked if I would take a look at it. Now that is some thing to ask a blind guy. But I did go down and tore the unit apart and found the motor is a throw away, no way to get at the bearing. I sprayed W D 40 over the motor, figuring I couldn't hurt the motor. any worse than it was. Sure wasn't turning the way it was, for the bearings and shaft were froze. Took the fan off the shaft and put my 1/2 inch electric drill on it. The shaft began to turn, and I had her drop some penetrating oil on the shaft. After a few minutes and a few more drops of the oil the shaft began to freely turn. Put the fan back on the shaft and it spin like a new one. Put every thing back together and the dehumidifier was working like a charm. Than she told me, her gas fire place wasn't working. This was a little more tricky, seeing I never felt around one of these. Tore the thing apart and cleaned up the electric points and moved a few wires around. Don't have the slightest ideal what I did, but it is also working like a charm. Guess now and than even a blind squirrel finds a acorn. RJ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[BlindHandyMan] Jimmy update
The Jimmy is one shell of a truck. The engine and tranny are gone now. Some friends came and picked it up today. I only got $140 but I only paid $100 for the truck, I also sold the instrument cluster this summer for $50 so I am up $90. I also put the following parts from the Jimmy on to the S10. The radiator, break switch, Passenger side out side door handle, AC compressor pump. Tail light socket. I also took the nice alloy rims which are 15 inch and switched them for the old stock steel 14 inch rims that were on the S10. I am sure there are more parts that I have taken off for the S10 but I can not think of what they all are off the top of my head. Any one have a guess what all those parts would have cost me had I bought them at a salvage yard? That is not a retoricle question. I really would kind of like to know. Robert
RE: [BlindHandyMan] Jimmy update
Well long as we are talking credentials I have spent 15 years Keeping 500 dollar pieces of junk on the road I buy what I can afford and when the tires fall off I call the junck yard and have them come and get it so I can make room for another old car to try and keep on the road.. Not a glamourous record but I feel pretty good about my record of very seldom having my wife stranded some where because of a broken down car. Now I have a grand am with only 46,000 miles that is in great shape so I think I should not have to replace it for quite a while. I do keep up on the maintainance. Hats off to you real pros. If I was in the area I would take my car to the mecanics on this list in a heart beat. Robert -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Larry Stansifer Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 8:59 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Jimmy update 10 4Good buddy I spent 30 years with Porsche -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com [mailto: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com ] On Behalf Of Bob Kennedy Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 5:08 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Jimmy update I was a mechanic of all types for about 30 years. Working in the Pontiac Buick and GMC as well as the Dodge and Chrysler dealerships in Charlotte NC. BTW, I've been a total since I was 12 so it can be done. - Original Message - From: Don To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 6:43 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Jimmy update Great pricing post, Bob. Interesting - Original Message - From: Bob Kennedy To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 5:22 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Jimmy update Well since I used to do this for a living I have a fair idea what they run. It does make a difference with junk yard pricing depending on where you live. Here in the South, The radiator will go for between $40 and $60. You can buy one new from Advance Auto for between $115 and $150. break switch I'm guessing you mean the one behind the pedal that works the tail lights, and you can often have those because junk yards don't usually mess with the little stuff. This is of course if you are pulling the parts. If they are pulling parts for you, plan on between $5 and $10. Passenger side out side door handle, usually in the area of $7 to $10. They are the cheap pot metal in the GM line and if you aren't careful taking one out you can break it. AC compressor pump. This can cost you down here. AC is a must in the South. A compressor will go for $50 and up. Again, you can go online with Advance Auto Parts and shop for the replacement pump. I've replaced them for anywhere from $89 to over $300. One little tip in replacing a compressor. Make sure to also replace the accumulator, Chrysler calls them a receiver dryer, and you should replace it at the same time. That is where the air is dried before sending it into the car. If there is trash in there it can wreck your compressor. There is a little bag of desiccant that looks like a tea bag of sorts and it can break letting the insides run through the system. And that is a whole other type of problem. Tail light socket in a junk yard goes from $10 to $25. And the rims just depend on the junk yard. I haven't done the math but you did a good job recycling the parts and didn't have to pay for them. - Original Message - From: robert moore To: Blind Handyman Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 4:21 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Jimmy update The Jimmy is one shell of a truck. The engine and tranny are gone now. Some friends came and picked it up today. I only got $140 but I only paid $100 for the truck, I also sold the instrument cluster this summer for $50 so I am up $90. I also put the following parts from the Jimmy on to the S10. The radiator, break switch, Passenger side out side door handle, AC compressor pump. Tail light socket. I also took the nice alloy rims which are 15 inch and switched them for the old stock steel 14 inch rims that were on the S10. I am sure there are more parts that I have taken off for the S10 but I can not think of what they all are off the top of my head. Any one have a guess what all those parts would have cost me had I bought them at a salvage yard? That is not a retoricle question. I really would kind of like to know. Robert [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio
RE: [BlindHandyMan] Show guest.
Larry Yes new blood is always appreciated but on the other hand I for one never tire of your witt and insight. Now I agree I think it should be bob's turn. Nice of you to be volunteered Bob. Look forward to hearing from you. Grin. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Larry Stansifer Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 9:03 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Show guest. I think it's Bob's turn... After all you guys are sick of hearing from me. Bob brings a wealth of knowledge to the domestic car service profession I simply don't have. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com [mailto: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com ] On Behalf Of Don Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 5:55 PM To: blind handy man Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Show guest. HI list, there has been some fine post come across the list lately. I need a show guest for this weeks show, before I start digging through the old show archive folder for a guest, Does any one have any thing going on, you like too talk about. You would need to be close to a phone, are skype, Tuesday afternoon at three twenty central time. We would call you. to record the show, If you have been on the show before, I probably have your contact info. If you have never been on a show, send me a number off list. [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:n5gbi%40yahoo.com I need to know either way just as soon as possible. Regards Don [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ 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 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/ http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ 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 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] mailto:blindhandyman-help%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links -- BEGIN-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS -- Teach InfoWest Spam Trap if this mail (ID 138470986) is spam: Spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=138470986m=9adbacfd3af2c=s https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=138470986m=9adbacfd3af2c=s Not spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=138470986m=9adbacfd3af2c=n https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=138470986m=9adbacfd3af2c=n Forget vote: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=138470986m=9adbacfd3af2c=f https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=138470986m=9adbacfd3af2c=f -- END-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[BlindHandyMan] Talking tire gage
My wife was out looking for a talking tire gage for me and she asked a guy at an auto parts store and he made some smart ass comment about why would I need one any way he can't drive. I was not there but she did say some thing about that I am the one that does most of the work on the car when it needs repair. And I think the guy just shrugged it off. If I ever see the guy I think I will have to give him an education. Any clever ideas as how to handle this clown? I really don't intend to cause a seen or any thing but I would like to set him straight. My sister in law did find me a tire gage and I really like it. Robert -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bob Kennedy Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 9:44 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Show guest. There is a newsletter that comes out once a week. The guy talks about cars and gives some tips and shares some opinions. A few weeks back he ran an article about the most useless tools. One of the things he listed was a talking tire pressure gauge. There was a rather nasty reply posted in the comments area talking about how would a blind person be able to check a tire anyway. So I posted a comment as well. I talked about working for a number of years and left them with the thought they should worry about more important issues like why the ATM is in Braille but it's on the driver side of the car... The list owner actually wrote to me off line. If an evening would work for your show I'd be happy to talk with you. But I work steady each day so the 3:20 time would cause a problem - Original Message - From: Don To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 10:26 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Show guest. Ha, I forgot to say in my last post, we will be calling you in the spring, for your summer driving auto update, grin. Regards Don - Original Message - From: Larry Stansifer To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 9:02 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Show guest. I think it's Bob's turn... After all you guys are sick of hearing from me. Bob brings a wealth of knowledge to the domestic car service profession I simply don't have. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com [mailto: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com ] On Behalf Of Don Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 5:55 PM To: blind handy man Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Show guest. HI list, there has been some fine post come across the list lately. I need a show guest for this weeks show, before I start digging through the old show archive folder for a guest, Does any one have any thing going on, you like too talk about. You would need to be close to a phone, are skype, Tuesday afternoon at three twenty central time. We would call you. to record the show, If you have been on the show before, I probably have your contact info. If you have never been on a show, send me a number off list. [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:n5gbi%40yahoo.com I need to know either way just as soon as possible. Regards Don [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ 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 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/ http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ 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 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] mailto:blindhandyman-help%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links -- BEGIN-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS -- Teach InfoWest Spam Trap if this mail (ID 138470986) is spam: Spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=138470986m=9adbacfd3af2c=s https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=138470986m=9adbacfd3af2c=s Not spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=138470986m=9adbacfd3af2c=n https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=138470986m=9adbacfd3af2c=n Forget vote:
RE: [BlindHandyMan]Maintaining a friends car. WAS Electric motor
I put new belts and plugs and a replacement headlight assembly on a friends car today. While I was replaceing the belts on our friends 1991 Plymouth Acclaim My wife and our friend took our car to the salvage yard to get a replacement headlight assembly. The headlight assembly got broken when she hit a deer. They got back with the part and I installed it and replaced the spark plugs. Well when I was all finished I put the garage door down and turned on the lights so they could look and see if the lights were pointing straight or if the replacement was pointing too far up or down. They were both surprised at that little test and both said they would not have thought of that.Leave it to a blind guy to make sure that the visuall part of the job was proper. My wife told me today after our friend left that our friend was a bit nervous about me working on the car the first time. That was about 4 years ago and now she always asks me first if I can fix her car before she brings it to a shop. If the job is more than I can handle I tell her. If It is some thing that I can handle I tell her that too. Now she tells people that she knows, about the blind guy that works on her car. In my humble opinion, any time some one asks you if you could fix some thing for them and you truly have the ability to perform the task, do it. It helps all of us. The more people here about a blind person doing a particular task that is one less person that you have to convince the next time. So that's my 2 cents worth for what it is worth. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Don Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2007 5:56 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Electric motor Job well done, that is pretty cool - Original Message - From: RJ To: Handyman Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2007 4:10 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Electric motor Today a neighbor lady called and said the motor for the fan on her dehumidifier wasn't working and asked if I would take a look at it. Now that is some thing to ask a blind guy. But I did go down and tore the unit apart and found the motor is a throw away, no way to get at the bearing. I sprayed W D 40 over the motor, figuring I couldn't hurt the motor. any worse than it was. Sure wasn't turning the way it was, for the bearings and shaft were froze. Took the fan off the shaft and put my 1/2 inch electric drill on it. The shaft began to turn, and I had her drop some penetrating oil on the shaft. After a few minutes and a few more drops of the oil the shaft began to freely turn. Put the fan back on the shaft and it spin like a new one. Put every thing back together and the dehumidifier was working like a charm. Than she told me, her gas fire place wasn't working. This was a little more tricky, seeing I never felt around one of these. Tore the thing apart and cleaned up the electric points and moved a few wires around. Don't have the slightest ideal what I did, but it is also working like a charm. Guess now and than even a blind squirrel finds a acorn. RJ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [BlindHandyMan] advice on cordless phones
One thing you could try is to put the base in the part of the house that is closest to your shop. At least as much as is practicle. The less obstruction you have the better. As for the type of phone I don't know. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of GLENN PERMAR Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2007 5:20 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] advice on cordless phones We have a cordless phone that works fine in the house but if I take it out to the storage room or work shop or a short distance from the house it has terrible reception and a lot of static. If anyone has any ideas on which phones have the best reception for the longest distances I would appreciate hearing from you. Thanks Glenn, - Original Message - From: Edward Przybylek To: BlindHandyMan Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 12:00 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Follow-up To Quartz VS Propane Heater Hi all, Thanks for all your responses to my query about quartz vs propane heaters. I decided to go with a propane heater and I picked one up at a reasonable price on eBay. It's a 20K unit and I've got it connected to a 20 pound tank. It's out in my two-car garage and it does a great job of keeping the entire garage quite warm. Again, thanks for everyone's advice. It helped a great deal in the final decision. Take care, Ed Przybylek [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [BlindHandyMan] Hanging Christmas Lights
Have you considered Zip ties? You can get them in just about any size that you need You should be able to find them at most any hardware store or Auto parts stores. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Steve Shannon Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 8:01 PM To: BlindHandyMan Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Hanging Christmas Lights Hello All, Looking for suggestions on how to hang Christmas lights on a porch with wood railings and wooden pickets without using staples or nails. Steve Shannon Today I married my best friend. The one that I laugh with, live for, love. October 11, 2003 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [BlindHandyMan] Hanging Christmas Lights
Dale If I understand what you are describing, that is what I was calling zip ties. Some are perminant and some of the larger, more heavy duty ones have a small flap in them that you can use to release them so you can use them over again. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dale Leavens Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 9:01 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Hanging Christmas Lights How about those plastic ties, the sort you pull the end through a one way eye in the other end? Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:DLeavens%40puc.net Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Steve Shannon To: BlindHandyMan Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 9:00 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Hanging Christmas Lights Hello All, Looking for suggestions on how to hang Christmas lights on a porch with wood railings and wooden pickets without using staples or nails. Steve Shannon Today I married my best friend. The one that I laugh with, live for, love. October 11, 2003 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [BlindHandyMan] Circular or table
Gee Larry That is exactly what I was thinking between reading your post and having read the post by Who was it again? I think it was dale. I would sure like to here that show. Robert -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Larry Stansifer Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 6:23 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Circular or table Damn... Nicely said... Don their is your next BHM show . -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com [mailto: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com ] On Behalf Of Dale Leavens Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 8:43 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Circular or table Hi Dale, I had a table saw long before I finally got a circular saw however I did have a jig saw which I used a lot for reducing plywood and other sheet goods down to manageable sizes. Thing is that even with a very big and top end table saw, wrestling sheet goods, even relatively light ones like quarter inch plywood around on a table saw is not only difficult but does add significant injury risk. You can add infeed and outfeed tables if you have enough shop space but it is still damn difficult and although I did quite a bit of it as a younger man I don't much fancy it today. If you are likely to do a lot of cabinet work into the future or where you need a high degree of accuracy to finished panels the table saw is what you want. Excellent work of most types can be accomplished with a hand held circular saw and a little care. It becomes somewhat more difficult to reproduce a series of identical cuts than with the fence on a table saw but again using jigs or other measuring sticks and such it certainly can be done. One can even cut dados and rabbets with care but it is more difficult. One can of course buy both a decent circular saw and a router or two and still have a pretty good chunk of change from the price of a decent table saw. A table saw certainly can be used safely by the blind. There are different techniques depending on your confidence and skill complement of course. You may wish to use path finding techniques to ensure safety, knowing that the blade is always in the same place means if you need you can locate some safe part of the machine like the far right near edge of the wing and near rail of the fence then follow that back to the fence and down to the switch for example. If on the other hand you are a little more sure of yourself you might, as I usually end up doing, kick the power switch on with the toe of my shoe. My saw is a 1975 vintage with a standard light switch for power. Kicking it off while controlling work and waiting for the blade to spin down sometimes requires a little imagination. Modern machines usually have something like a recessed push button for on and a big square panel you can hit with about any body part to turn it off. The beauty of a table saw is that it is relatively easy to set the rip fence to a suitable distance with a ruler or what ever, even an already cut piece can be slid up against the blade and the fence slid up to it. Using a circular saw with a decent shop made jig can be quite accurate too provided it is the sort where the base comes out where the saw has cut it flush so you can tell exactly where the blade will cut. Otherwise you must include an offset to the edge of the shoe for aligning the guide as I have to do since I still haven't got around to making such a jig. I recently saw a jig designed for cross cutting with a pivot for locking in an angle. It is interesting in a way, I well remember observers goggling my makeshift jigs in some kind of wonder and now 30 years later they sell them in major department stores albeit rather more refined (and expensive) than the blind pioneered of necessity. Unless you expect to continue a vigorous hobby into the future I think I would hold off the table saw. You will always want a circular saw anyway. It is well worth while to buy a good quality one. This can be said of all tools and it is also true of a table saw only a decent table saw will cost in the range of 800 to 1000 dollars. A cheaper one will disappoint and you won't be wanting to use it a lot. If you really get into the work you will soon regret not having bought a better one and your money will be wasted. It may discourage you from continuing. You can get a darn good little 7 and a quarter inch circular saw for a hundred and fifty bucks or less, I really like my little Makita MAG model for about a hundred and twenty five, good quality, light, toolless blade change, it is available in right and left side blade and should remain accurate as it is a well made tool. Doubtless there will be other opinions, there are a lot of stamped steel table saws for a couple of hundred bucks out there and I don't intend to
[BlindHandyMan] Back up on the roof.
Well I was back up on the roof again today. I have to admit that I was a bit of a weeny today. John was stretching out on the roof with his feet against the ladder. I could not quite seem to get myself into that position. I felt like my boots were going to slip off of the ladder rung. I don't know how he did it but oh well it is his moms roof any way and there was plenty of other things I was doing to help. I did get back on the roof when we got to the top piece and were able to lay the ladder flat on the roof with the legs of the ladder against the garage next door. Hush don't tell the guy next door. The bottom line is that the roof is now finally covered. I did not say it was finished just covered. All of the roofing is in place. John is going to go back up and finnish sealing a couple of small seams with some type of tar that comes in a calking toob and then nailing down the last little bit of rolled roofing that needs tacking down. I get to get back up on the ladder and help put back up the edge boards, I think they call them facia or some such thing. So now you all know every thing I know about roofing which is not much. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Don Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 11:06 PM To: blind handy man Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Almost show time. Well once again, it is almost that time. on the handy show this week, We call Tom Houston, then Don Patterson reads some list mail, then we talk with a guy that posted , what I thought was a great post on the fun and the trials, of roofing a garage to the handy list. So we talked too Robert More, the roof guy, and Robert had a great story too tell. On the blind like me show this week, Phil talked with a fairly new list member of the blind like me list, Stephen Guerra Stephen told us some things about his life, and some things he has going on at this time, and told Phil about beep base ball, most interesting. So to find out about that, well you will need to listen to our download this weeks show. Download links follow. BHM http://www.sendspace.com/file/uhgqdj http://www.sendspace.com/file/uhgqdj BLM http://www.sendspace.com/file/cg3c5n http://www.sendspace.com/file/cg3c5n Have a fine week. Don [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [BlindHandyMan] Killing off little spiders
Where can I get Neem oil? -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 9:14 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Killing off little spiders I've heard neem oilis unpleasant to bugs. On Mon, 22 Oct 2007, Lee A. Stone wrote: Bob,I would appreciate if you can get a brand name I am thinking my local Agway farm store might have this product which would seek and find those small white spiders. thanks.Lee -- Creativity is not always bred in an environment of tranquility; sometimes you have to squeeze a little to get the paste out of the tube. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [BlindHandyMan] Rats, Rats and Rats??
A big mean cat. Preferably a Tom. Make sure he is fixed but just as important, Make sure he is not de-clawed -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Andrew J. LaPointe Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 6:26 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Rats, Rats and Rats?? Hi, each year I get rats in the house. This usually happens in October. What does rats hate?? I use dcon and some traps and usually gets rid of them but,.what can I do so that they say, I'm out of here.. Andrew J. LaPointe Salem Commission on Disabilities 34 Raymond Ave. Salem, MA. 01970 Telephone: 978-745-4289 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [BlindHandyMan] Rats, Rats and Rats??
Max I dont have a clue how or if this would work but you and others on the list know a lot about electricity so possibly you could devise a system where you would run a wire or a piece of metel around the out side of the dryer vent out side the house on the wall and some how make it so that it would not pose a danger to people but would electrocute the rat as it tried to enter the vent hole by putting a charge to it so that when the rat stepped on the wire or the metel frame he would be taken out. Like I said I dont know how or if you could set some thing like this up but was just some thing to ponder. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Max Robinson Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 9:49 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Rats, Rats and Rats?? Interesting. We are having exactly the same problem right now. It comes in through the dryer vent and choose through the flex hose that goes between the dryer and the hole in the floor. We have some poison out right now. Hoping to get him tonight. Regards. Max. K 4 O D S. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:max%40maxsmusicplace.com Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net http://www.funwithtransistors.net Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net http://www.funwithtubes.net Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com http://www.maxsmusicplace.com To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:funwithtubes-subscribe%40yahoogroups.com - Original Message - From: Andrew J. LaPointe [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:alapointe89%40comcast.net To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 6:25 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Rats, Rats and Rats?? Hi, each year I get rats in the house. This usually happens in October. What does rats hate?? I use dcon and some traps and usually gets rid of them but,.what can I do so that they say, I'm out of here.. Andrew J. LaPointe Salem Commission on Disabilities 34 Raymond Ave. Salem, MA. 01970 Telephone: 978-745-4289 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ 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 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/ http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ 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 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] mailto:blindhandyman-help%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.8/1088 - Release Date: 10/23/2007 1:26 PM [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[BlindHandyMan] Sighted help or helping the sighted
The story is different for each and every one of us but as for me. I always wanted to learn to work on cars. But I had to wait until I was almost 30 years old before I had some one in my life that would let me get under the hood of the car. That would be my wife. I have almost never had any one get under the hood and actually show me how to do any thing. It has literally all been learned by picking peoples brains and just opening the hood and following belts. Hoses wires.and so on and just approaching it like a puzzle to figure out what various parts ar for by seeing what they are connected to. Count your blessings if you find some one that will take the time to show you how some thing is done instead of wanting to do it for you. Or even when you find some one that will stay out of your way and let you figure it out. My friend who's roof I helped with and her son have had me help with a lot of repair work around their houses. I learn a lot and get fed well and they get the help they need. Works out well for me. So yaa I will work for food. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dan Rossi Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 1:13 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] up on the roof Helping the blind handyman. Bob talked about when a sightling asks if they can help a blind handyman, what they mean is can I do that for you. This is exactly why I never asked my brother-in-laws for help on the deck. They would have done it for me while I stood around. It also caused some friction between Teresa and I at times. Since, for the most part, nearly everything is easier and faster if you have sight. She would get annoyed because I would set up a jig to do something, where she would want to just eyeball it and get it done quicker. Again, if I let her do only those things she could do faster because she has sight, I would have mostly just driven screws and stood around a lot. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:dr25%40andrew.cmu.edu Tel: (412) 268-9081 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[BlindHandyMan] I am done with the roof.
My friends garage roof is not finished but I am. Last weekend A friend of myne from out of town came down to help with my in town friends garage roof. We had to rip off all of the roof boards on the west side. I did not get involved in the ripping off of that side. I was on the east side taking off the 3 layers of shingles. Yesterday Lonnie and I finished re sheeting the west side and started putting on the whether gard which is a 3 foot wide roll of rolled roofing with an adhesive back. Wow that was a real pain. Today we finished up with the tar paper and we got all of the rolled roofing put down on the west side. Then it started to rain so I climbed up on the roof and tacked down the six inches or so of the rolled roofing that extended past the peak of the roof. I did not want to nail it down because the roofing that was going to be put down on the east side will need to be run undernieth it and if I nailed it down it would get tourn up when the nails were pulled out to tuck the east side roofing undernieth, so what I decided to do was to just fold it over the peak and lay 1 by 4 board on top of it along the edge. That way when the 1 by 4 boards got pulled up the roofing would be loose and not damaged. I am 46 and the guy helping me is 56. Now I don't consider either age to be what I call old, but as far as roofing goes, I was reminded why some would say that roofing is a young mans job. I mean 20's and if you push it maybe early 30's. It was hard work but I like a challenge so that aspect was gook. I said the roof was not finished but I was. I mean that my friends son is an over the road trucker and when he gets back he will have to find a friend to help him finnish. I hav had enough fun for a while. But I suppose he will get in a time crunch and cry for help I and I will probably end up back on that dambed roof again. Well if that happens I will go up on the roof fresh and there is not that much left to do. Any one that says a blind man should not be up on a roof, Well parden my language but they just don't know what the hell they are talking about. It is no more dangerous for a blind man than it is for a sighted man. There is a certain amnout of risk for either but not more for one than the other. If any one needs there roof done please give me a call. I can find you a good roofer. Grin. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Engebretson Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 11:46 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] blind mechanics list, was...taser treatments -Robert Send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:blindmechanics-subscribe%40soundandscience.com don't forget to reply to the confirmation email. cheers, david [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [BlindHandyMan] I am done with the roof.
Max Thanks for that bit of news. Really makes me feel better. I will keep that in mind. When I reach 75 I will make sure to quit doing any roofs. Grin. But really. Things like climbing up on a roof can be very dangerous. I am always very cautious when doing things like that. My father and mother raised 4 girls and 8 boys and When he had the auto salvage yard he always told us the three most important things when doing any thing out in the yard were safety, Safety and safety. So if any one ever thinks aboutgetting up on a roof and helping out. I wont tell you you shouldnt but never ever ever get careless or over confident. Robert -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Max Robinson Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 11:40 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] I am done with the roof. Did you hear about retired football player Max McGee who was killed as a result of falling off his roof. He was 75. Makes you stop and think, doesn't it. Regards. Max. K 4 O D S. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:max%40maxsmusicplace.com Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net http://www.funwithtransistors.net Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net http://www.funwithtubes.net Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com http://www.maxsmusicplace.com To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:funwithtubes-subscribe%40yahoogroups.com - Original Message - From: robert moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:robertjmoore%40embarqmail.com To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 9:40 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] I am done with the roof. My friends garage roof is not finished but I am. Last weekend A friend of myne from out of town came down to help with my in town friends garage roof. We had to rip off all of the roof boards on the west side. I did not get involved in the ripping off of that side. I was on the east side taking off the 3 layers of shingles. Yesterday Lonnie and I finished re sheeting the west side and started putting on the whether gard which is a 3 foot wide roll of rolled roofing with an adhesive back. Wow that was a real pain. Today we finished up with the tar paper and we got all of the rolled roofing put down on the west side. Then it started to rain so I climbed up on the roof and tacked down the six inches or so of the rolled roofing that extended past the peak of the roof. I did not want to nail it down because the roofing that was going to be put down on the east side will need to be run undernieth it and if I nailed it down it would get tourn up when the nails were pulled out to tuck the east side roofing undernieth, so what I decided to do was to just fold it over the peak and lay 1 by 4 board on top of it along the edge. That way when the 1 by 4 boards got pulled up the roofing would be loose and not damaged. I am 46 and the guy helping me is 56. Now I don't consider either age to be what I call old, but as far as roofing goes, I was reminded why some would say that roofing is a young mans job. I mean 20's and if you push it maybe early 30's. It was hard work but I like a challenge so that aspect was gook. I said the roof was not finished but I was. I mean that my friends son is an over the road trucker and when he gets back he will have to find a friend to help him finnish. I hav had enough fun for a while. But I suppose he will get in a time crunch and cry for help I and I will probably end up back on that dambed roof again. Well if that happens I will go up on the roof fresh and there is not that much left to do. Any one that says a blind man should not be up on a roof, Well parden my language but they just don't know what the hell they are talking about. It is no more dangerous for a blind man than it is for a sighted man. There is a certain amnout of risk for either but not more for one than the other. If any one needs there roof done please give me a call. I can find you a good roofer. Grin. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com [mailto: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com ]On Behalf Of David Engebretson Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 11:46 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] blind mechanics list, was...taser treatments -Robert Send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:blindmechanics-subscribe%40soundandscience.com mailto:blindmechanics-subscribe%40soundandscience.com don't forget to reply to the confirmation email. cheers, david [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html http://acbradio.org/handyman.html
RE: [BlindHandyMan] Killing off little spiders
Lee sinced you are no longer allowed to use a flame thrower in your house may I offer an idea. Do you have any friends that work in Law enforcement? If so you might see if one of them might be so kind as to len you one of those nifty little Tazer thingies that they like to use to torment little old ladies they catch jay walking with their walkers. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of chiliblindman Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 8:25 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Killing off little spiders Lee, those little white spiders bite like hell. I wait till fall than use flea bombs. It is almost time now. ..bob [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [BlindHandyMan] electrical cord
Dale All good things to consider. As for the way it might look. elegant.? This is my garage not Grandmas formal Dining room Grin -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dale Leavens Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 8:46 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] electrical cord I have not seen switched electrical sockets in North America though it is common in the UK and possibly other European countries. You could change out the box for a double box with a switch in one side wired to the plug on the other side, this is of course almost a very small rewiring job. Another satisfactory solution might be to make up your own supplementary short extension cord of very heavy duty extension cord (assuming your compressor is a high amperage machine) with a plug, inline switch and a socket. You could even buy a suitable length cord of sufficient gauge with moulded ends and cut it at a suitable point and insert an inline switch. Sometimes finding a satisfactory inline switch can be a challenge, something with big enough orifices to receive the heavy cable. I suppose you could use one of those plastic electrical boxes and a standard light switch, it wouldn't look quite so elegant. I did this some years ago to an extension cord for the Christmas tree since I always seemed to be crawling on my belly under the darn tree to plug it in or unplug it. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:DLeavens%40puc.net Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: robert moore To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 8:37 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] electrical cord This thread got me thinking. Does any one make what looks like a standard outlet like the ones that we see all over our house that you can put into a standard outlet with some type of on off switch on the side or bottome. I have my air compressor unplugged and I have to plug it in every time I want to use it. Not a huge deel but it would be nice to just flip the switch and turn it on and I don't intend on doing or having any one do any wiring in the garage. I could use a power strip I suppose but I was kind of thinking some thing like a power strip only more like a power block. I have seen ones that you plug into a 2 socket outlet that has six sockets but never one with a power on off switch. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com [mailto: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com ]On Behalf Of Larry Stansifer Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 3:05 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com ; blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] electrical cord Bill, You might also try craft or hobby shops. I have a collection of 1/18th scale formula one cars in a couple of show cases and they use somewhat the same setup to back light the displays. At 02:07 PM 10/18/2007 -0500, Bill Benson wrote: Dear List members, I have an electrical cord probably six feet long with a standard two prong plug on one end, an on-off wheel switch in the middle, and a socket on the other end into which you can screw a night light 7 watt bulb. This is to put inside various figurines, etc. that then light up. Would anyone know where I could find such a cord? I don't think Home Depot has them, though one would think they would. Hope someone can maybe help. Bill Benson e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:billben%40sbcglobal.net mailto:billben%40sbcglobal.net To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html http://acbradio.org/handyman.html http://acbradio.org/handyman.html http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ 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 http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday 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/ http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ If you
RE: [BlindHandyMan] electrical cord
This thread got me thinking. Does any one make what looks like a standard outlet like the ones that we see all over our house that you can put into a standard outlet with some type of on off switch on the side or bottome. I have my air compressor unplugged and I have to plug it in every time I want to use it. Not a huge deel but it would be nice to just flip the switch and turn it on and I don't intend on doing or having any one do any wiring in the garage. I could use a power strip I suppose but I was kind of thinking some thing like a power strip only more like a power block. I have seen ones that you plug into a 2 socket outlet that has six sockets but never one with a power on off switch. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Larry Stansifer Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 3:05 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com; blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] electrical cord Bill, You might also try craft or hobby shops. I have a collection of 1/18th scale formula one cars in a couple of show cases and they use somewhat the same setup to back light the displays. At 02:07 PM 10/18/2007 -0500, Bill Benson wrote: Dear List members, I have an electrical cord probably six feet long with a standard two prong plug on one end, an on-off wheel switch in the middle, and a socket on the other end into which you can screw a night light 7 watt bulb. This is to put inside various figurines, etc. that then light up. Would anyone know where I could find such a cord? I don't think Home Depot has them, though one would think they would. Hope someone can maybe help. Bill Benson e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:billben%40sbcglobal.net To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ 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 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/ http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ 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 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] mailto:blindhandyman-help%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links -- BEGIN-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS -- Teach InfoWest Spam Trap if this mail (ID 131180396) is spam: Spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=131180396m=1a5163834cadc=s https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=131180396m=1a5163834cadc=s Not spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=131180396m=1a5163834cadc=n https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=131180396m=1a5163834cadc=n Forget vote: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=131180396m=1a5163834cadc=f https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=131180396m=1a5163834cadc=f -- END-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [BlindHandyMan] find air flapper
Loren Unless they have changed the controls from about 1990 or 1991 your controls should slide up and down and the fan speed control runs left and right at the top of the control panel if this is the case then you should find 2 screws at the bottom of the control pamel they screw in vertically from the bottom. Remove the 2 screws and you can pull out the bottom and remove the pamel. Be carefull because behind it you will find 2 or 3 electrical connecters, 2 linkages and a searies of vacuum hoses. See if there is any thing binding or if there is any broken plastic or if any of the vacuum hoses are not connected. That is likely where the problem is. If every thing checks out OK there then you will want to check out the flappers them selves. You might have to get under the dash and remove the plastic covers take note of where every thing goes because they tend to put a lot of screws in those covers. I would start with the middle cover and see what you can find. I cant help you much beyond that since I dont have that model and am not sure exactly how it is set up . Good luck Robert -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Loren buntemeyer Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 10:51 PM To: Blind Handyman Subject: [BlindHandyMan] find air flapper Hello, I have a 1995 GMC Yukon. The flapper is not opening up when I turn the controller to defrost. The air flow is changing direction but will not come out. I can tell the flapper is sticking, and wondering where to look to locate it. Can I get to it from the duct coming from the fan under dash area? The less I have to remove, the better I will feel. Loren [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [BlindHandyMan] find air flapper
Loren That is a whole different animal. I can only assume that this system is controlled by some type of selinoid that switches the direction of the vacuum. If you can remove the inspection pammels under the dash and get at the vacuum hoses I would look to see if you have a vacuum leak some where -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Loren buntemeyer Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 12:14 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] find air flapper Robert, There are three knobs and three buttons on the panel. Left knob is fan speed, middle temp and right is selection of defrost, etc. When I switch the right knob, you can hear the air switching from front or floor vents to windshield vents, but the flapper is not moving. In the past, I have heard a delay in the flapper moving and have said I have to check on that. As you know I waited too long and the flapper cannot be heard now at all. Loren - Original Message - From: robert moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:robertjmoore%40embarqmail.com To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 10:28 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] find air flapper Loren Unless they have changed the controls from about 1990 or 1991 your controls should slide up and down and the fan speed control runs left and right at the top of the control panel if this is the case then you should find 2 screws at the bottom of the control pamel they screw in vertically from the bottom. Remove the 2 screws and you can pull out the bottom and remove the pamel. Be carefull because behind it you will find 2 or 3 electrical connecters, 2 linkages and a searies of vacuum hoses. See if there is any thing binding or if there is any broken plastic or if any of the vacuum hoses are not connected. That is likely where the problem is. If every thing checks out OK there then you will want to check out the flappers them selves. You might have to get under the dash and remove the plastic covers take note of where every thing goes because they tend to put a lot of screws in those covers. I would start with the middle cover and see what you can find. I can't help you much beyond that since I don't have that model and am not sure exactly how it is set up . Good luck Robert -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com [mailto: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com ]On Behalf Of Loren buntemeyer Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 10:51 PM To: Blind Handyman Subject: [BlindHandyMan] find air flapper Hello, I have a 1995 GMC Yukon. The flapper is not opening up when I turn the controller to defrost. The air flow is changing direction but will not come out. I can tell the flapper is sticking, and wondering where to look to locate it. Can I get to it from the duct coming from the fan under dash area? The less I have to remove, the better I will feel. Loren [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [BlindHandyMan] temperature controlled box
How about getting an incubater Or if you know any farmer types that might have one you could ask to see how they are designed. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of RJ Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 4:49 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] temperature controlled box One of the things you can do is use a stiafoam cooler, like they ship meat with. Add a heating pad and a towel over the pad, place the bread in the cooler and put the lid on it. This has worked well for me, both for making homemade yoga, and bread. RJ - Original Message - From: David Sexton To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 5:38 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] temperature controlled box I want to build a temperature controlled box for controlling the temperature at which my bread dough rises. I'm thinking a box with a heat lamp and some sort of thermostat. Any ideas for the heat and more importantly the thermostat to control it? David [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [BlindHandyMan] Ignition key cillender installed
Believe it or not none. Just a small dent in my wallet. But I do have a couple of new tools in my arsenal. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Larry Stansifer Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2007 6:16 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Ignition key cillender installed Yah, no shit... Nicely done Robert... How many new frustration dents are there in the car? -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com [mailto: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com ] On Behalf Of Roger Bachelder Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2007 4:16 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Ignition key cillender installed Hi Robert, Congratulations on installing the ignition key cylinder . I had no idea how to do this replacement. I found this thread very interesting. Roger C Bachelder 3rd [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:Bachelder3%40verizon.net _ From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com [mailto: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com ] On Behalf Of robert moore Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 9:30 PM To: Blind Handyman Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Ignition key cillender installed I got the ignition key cylinder installed and I only had to buy $40 worth of tools. Every thing is back together and working properly, only one problem. Just behind the steering wheel is a plastic cover and under that cover, when I took it off, there was a piece of plastic that looks kind of like a corner piece with a piece about 2 inches long and about a quarter to half inch wide sticking out one side. I don't know what it was supposed to do and I can't for the life of me find anywhere that it will fit. I know it belongs under the plastic cover because when I took off the cover it fell on the floor. Well I guess I will have to find some one with a book and see if it shows a picture. Some times on those types of things I think they may not always show every thing in the book. Now I just have to get the tires changed, remedy the power steering leak and the coolant leek and put the tabs on the car and have my wife drive it until I find more crap wrong with it. OH I guess while I am at it I might as well just go ahead and change the oil and pick up an air cleaner Robert [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ 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 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/ http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ 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- 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] mailto:blindhandyman-help%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links -- BEGIN-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS -- Teach InfoWest Spam Trap if this mail (ID 129974006) is spam: Spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=129974006m=fcf1 https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=129974006m=fcf1 6aafa201c=s Not spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=129974006m=fcf1 https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=129974006m=fcf1 6aafa201c=n Forget vote: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=129974006m=fcf1 https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=129974006m=fcf1 6aafa201c=f -- END-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [BlindHandyMan] THE ENGINE IS FINALLY OUT OF THE JIMMY
Lee and group. Mostly what I have been drinking is stout coffee but I did have a couple of beers through out the day.Yes Lee I am building a landing strip for Santa. Actually as Paul Harvey would say, here is the rest of the story. I did not give the whole story because it was very late and I had to get up early meaning for 2 nights in a row I was averaging about 4 or 5 hours of sleep. So heres the hole skinny. Saturday morning At about 7 AM Waldo picked me up and we went back and started ripping off the shingles on him and his wifes garage. About noon a friend of mine from out of town joined up with us and about sundown the funb began. Waldo dropped My friend and I off at my house and we through the engine hoist and floor jack in the back of my S10 and drove it out to the concrete slab where the Jimmy was awaiting surgery. We hooked up the hoist and as My friend slowly jacked up the motor I jacke up the tranny with the floor jack. I did this so I could lift the tranny off of the cross member. Once the bolt was free of the cross member I shoved the cross member out of the way landing it firmly on my middle finger causing me a bit of discomfort. OK really it hurt like hell. We jacked up the motor some more and pulled it out. Now for the fun part. We dragged it around to the back of the Jimmy. The motor and the arm of the hoyst would not both fit in the cargo space so we shortened the chain and still not enough room. We got in as far as we could and then repositioned the chain using only the back bracket on the engine. Now it was in about half way. With the motor and tranny together seeming to weigh several hundred pounds and the floor being carpet we had great fun prying and pushing and pulling. Some how we got it most of the way in. Now we still could not shut the back gate. He told me we still needed to go in another 3 inches or so. We had room to pivit the tail end of the tranny but we could not seem to get it to budge. Having been a wrestler I was used to using my legs and I lerned a lot about leverage. So I told him to step back and I sat on the tail gate, grabbed the back post of the jimmy and with my feet, gave it a good shuv and we were in. We put up the tail gate and called it a day. I Pitty the poor basterd that has to take it out. Now it is about 2 in the morning and I finally get to bed. 6 the nex morning up again to get on the roof. 7 We put up the new sheeting on the one side of the roof and then I climbed up on the roof to drag the tarp over to to cover the roof. OH did I mention it was raining the whole time. 8 Well after dragging and nailing several small and large tarps I climbed off the roof and we were done for the day. 9 That was more than enough fun for one week end. 10 So there you have it. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lee A. Stone Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 8:48 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] THE ENGINE IS FINALLY OUT OF THE JIMMY what have you been drinking Robert? your subject line says the engine is out of the Jimmy but you say you have been on the roof most of the day. do you have a roof project to tell us about? are you setting up a landing strip for Santa ? No way you have that engine mounted on the house roof or . did you? Now I've got to wait until tomorrow to hear the rest of the story.. Lee -- I might have gone to West Point, but I was too proud to speak to a congressman. -- Will Rogers [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[BlindHandyMan] THE ENGINE IS FINALLY OUT OF THE JIMMY
It is almost 1:00 AM andI need to get to sleep. Was on the roof most of today and need to finnish up tomorrow. Will be leaving the house at 6 :30 So I will tell you all about my big adventures tomorrow. robert
[BlindHandyMan] Pickup racing.
Lee I have that old 89 S10 that I have been keeping running now for the last couple of years. I will find a traylor and a driver and will be right there. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lee A. Stone Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 2:08 AM To: Blind Handyman Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Time to wake up . It is Saturday This is the last warm weekend in the Northeast to get those out of doors chores done before winter arrives. . I refuse to use the neighbors hot air blower to clean out the gutters. it just throws crap all over the place and reminded me I forgot to wear a cap. must be blind or something. I will not use the ladder because my next fall will put me in a nursing home and there is no repairs except to the bedlamp in a nursing home. so lets see what to do. Oh yes. I need to pull out the last of the basil and thyme from the raised bed garden pots and drive an extra pipe in the ground next to the mailbox before the snow plow knocks it over. Other than that I am wondering if there is any interested partners with buckos who want to race pick up trucks ? four wheel drive mud bog racing sounds good, and a tail gate cookout after . why be a blind handyman if you cannot enjoy life? must be still dark out as there is no birds singing. this is the greatest time for me to work outside . it makes the neighbors paranoid wondering what that crazy blind fella is up to . I was out doing my excersises and feeling up my neighbors six foot tall stockade fence where it meets up with mine and pow. pow again the bad words flew. his dog began to bark. ya know why? because his blank blank fence is falling down and my cane did not find the falling down fence. my chest did. just what I need is more black and blue marks. so I yelled thru the fence. need a good blind guy to fix this fence before it falls down.. all I hear is my husband has been busy lately Mr. Stone and then some wise blank blank comment . so I told her I might be blind but those words just hit my computer. so I will be back tomorrow with some two by fours and lag bolts . where can I rent a power nailer which I can shot from the hip with? just checking in. Lee -- Whistler's mother is off her rocker. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[BlindHandyMan] Stern lecture about subject lines.
OK I did not change topics with out changing subject lines that was the guy before me. But for continuing the new topic with the old subject line I am guilty as charged. I gave my self a good lecture about it so it will not happen again. Well just having a little fun with it but yes it is too easy to switch subjects without changing the subject line. I am done ranting now. Regards Robert
RE: [BlindHandyMan] rolling storage/workshop.
Wouldn't a shipping container be aufull expensive? And what kind of access doors do shipping containers have? I am not looking to spend a lot of money. I would think that a shipping container would cost a fair amount just to deliver and with the cost of steel being so high I hate to think what I would have to pay for a retired container even if I gave them scrap price for what it weighs. Don't get me wrong I think that is not a bad idea other wise. Regards Robert -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Christian Shinaberger Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 3:26 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] rolling storage/workshop. What about a shipping container? It'd have to be delivered, but it has no tires. At 11:03 AM 9/28/2007, you wrote: My Wife and I rent an old farmhouse and there is a lot of room out here. Since we don't own I am not going to put up a structure. I am giving some thought to finding a retired 40 foot closed trailor. Any one know where I might look for such a beast? If I do find one I wonder how one would go about putting in a service door. I thought some thing like a 30 or 32 inch house door would do the trick. I would rather not use the big roll up door in the back to get in every time If I could set up a more handy access. Then I would just need to set up a set of temporary set of steps to the door. This is of cource providing I am allowed by my Land Lord to do this. By the way there is a cement pad out here that is more than big enough to store this on. Last thought I had on this topic is what happens when the tires start to go flat? I am sure even if it had good tires, this is bound to happen. If I lost too much on one side or the other I think it might start to lean a bit too much. Any ideas. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: USB cables RE: [BlindHandyMan] New Tool Review
Tom So just to clarify for me and others that are not that knowledgeable about elictronics. Would it be true that the longer the distance data has to travel the more important quality of wire needed, becomes? -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tom Fowle Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 12:45 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: USB cables RE: [BlindHandyMan] New Tool Review Did I say it backwards? I meant, I think, maybe, that cheapie cables are fine except perhaps over long distances. Standing on it's little blind head. Tom [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [BlindHandyMan] speech chip update
Tom Now if Whorl pool and others would market this idea to the mainstream it would keep the cost down and possibly expand it's applications. What I am thinking is something like it being accessible for those who can see but some times need their glasses to read. This way they would not need to chase their glasses to use the stove. And if blind accessible appliances were put in all low-income housing units as they need to be replaced then if a blind person moved into the unit it would not need to be replaced or retrofitted. I am not saying most of us blind folks end up in low-income housing but it is a reality that it some times does happen. And just think of the senior high rises where a good number of residents are likely to loose some of their sight eventually. Now I don't want a bunch of political responses to the views in this post, please. I am just trying to make the point that the more main stream you can make any product regardless of what it is, the more viable and affordable it will be. Robert Every one brightens a room. Some by entering and some by leaving. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Don Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 5:58 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] speech chip update Really good info, Keep us posted on this. regards - Original Message - From: Tom Fowle To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 3:07 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] speech chip update Just FYI, I've been in touch with folks at local epson sales office. they are just comming out with what amounts to a dec talk on a single chip for about $10.00. Only minor problem is it is in a very strange package so we'll have to see how we can make it possible for small manufacturers and individuals to work with it. They are going to be selling them through a known supplier in small quantities, unlike some big companies who will only sell you thousands. This looks most promising. We'll be getting a demo and access to an engineer in the next few weeks. I'll report back when I know more. If this works out, when yo ask companies to make there stuff talk you will be able to give them a part number. with speech synthesis available for ten bucks, fancy pre-recorded digitized speech will be a thing of the past, except for talking books of course. This can't be me, I'm actually sounding optomistic, something will go wrong. Tom [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [BlindHandyMan] speech chip update
I am not an expert on either car but depending who you talk to I think it is about a toss up. They are both very good cars and I don't think you are going to be any happier with the replacement cost of parts on the VW than you are now with the Volvo. In my humble opinion what I would do is shop around for both and just pick the one that you like the best. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of mardal urwin Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 5:57 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] speech chip update excuse me does anyone know about volvos and vw whats the best for a car i have a volvo and i know parts cost a lot of money but i dont know about volks wagons i had a volks wagon in '87 and i loved it so can i get some info on it and whats the best to do Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:n5gbi%40yahoo.com wrote: Really good info, Keep us posted on this. regards - Original Message - From: Tom Fowle To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 3:07 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] speech chip update Just FYI, I've been in touch with folks at local epson sales office. they are just comming out with what amounts to a dec talk on a single chip for about $10.00. Only minor problem is it is in a very strange package so we'll have to see how we can make it possible for small manufacturers and individuals to work with it. They are going to be selling them through a known supplier in small quantities, unlike some big companies who will only sell you thousands. This looks most promising. We'll be getting a demo and access to an engineer in the next few weeks. I'll report back when I know more. If this works out, when yo ask companies to make there stuff talk you will be able to give them a part number. with speech synthesis available for ten bucks, fancy pre-recorded digitized speech will be a thing of the past, except for talking books of course. This can't be me, I'm actually sounding optomistic, something will go wrong. Tom [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] - Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [BlindHandyMan] Teddybear cottage, the floor.
Max you need to lift the building up a few inches and suspend it so that the floor is sitting there all by itself and when you are done putting down the flooring then lower the building back down onto the floor and you are good to go. Grin -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Max Robinson Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 7:30 PM To: Blind Handyman Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Teddybear cottage, the floor. Next, the floor. The floor provided by the builders was most unsatisfactory. First of all, some of the pieces of plywood were thicker than others. There were large headed nails driven in at an angle. The ones that were straight kept popping up. No matter how many times we pounded them down they kept rearing their ugly heads again. On the advice of the people in the flooring department at Lowe's, we put sheets of 3/4 inch MDF over the old flooring making sure not to use the same layout so seems would not coincide. It was fastened down with liquid nails and woodscrews in the corners. It came out nice and flat. Next, we put down laminated floor tiles with padding on the back. The tiles are approximately 4 feet by 1 foot and have edges something like a tung and groove with a catch on the tung that catches in the groove and holds them together once locked in place. These are on all four sides. The instructions say to alternate the short seams which gives a stair-step appearance. The first row was just laid down and locked together end to end working right to left. To start the second row the first tile had to be cut in half. These went down and the third row started with another whole tile. It wasn't quite as easy as the salesman said it would be. The long edges were fairly easy, just lift up the edge of the tile, lock it to the previously laid one and lay it down. It would lock in place. That was OK for the long edge but the second in a row, and all subsequent ones to the left, required that the newly added tile had to be slid to the right without being lifted up to engage the short seam. One of the half pieces was pressed into service for this. It was placed against the short seam which matched so considerable force could be put on it without damaging the wanted tile. The cut end could be pounded on with a hammer to force the good tile to move and engage the next one down. Then the tool could be removed leaving an undamaged edge for the next one in line. This piece of tile was a scrap that was of no further use. When the wall on the left was reached a tile had to be cut to fill the remaining space. The tool could not be used here because all the space had been filled. The tiles had to be cut short enough to allow something to be wedged in between the end of the tile and the wall to force it to the right. We started by prying with a large file but that wouldn't go far enough. Next we inserted the claws of a claw-hammer into the crack and pried against the wall. This resulted in some damaged paneling and also broken edges of the tiles. Most of the damage was covered by the base board and quarter round but there are still a couple of broken places showing both in the paneling and the floor tiles. Some well placed furniture will cover these mistakes. It seems impossible to make the last one in line lock in place without doing some damage to the wall and tiles. I wonder how the hell the pros do it. Regards. Max. K 4 O D S. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:max%40maxsmusicplace.com Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net http://www.funwithtransistors.net Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net http://www.funwithtubes.net Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com http://www.maxsmusicplace.com To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:funwithtubes-subscribe%40yahoogroups.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [BlindHandyMan] New Tool Review
Max The Client end of the USB cables have not been standardized. I only know this because my Wife has a Digital Camera and a digital cam corder and we have a all in one office machine and all three of them have a different type client end. That would be nice if they did standerdise them, and some day maybe they will. If they did and one cable went bad you could always just grab another one. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Max Robinson Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 5:07 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] New Tool Review I have a digital camera that plugs into the USB port. I have seen others. The other end of the cable is a tiny version of the USB connector. I don't know if the little end has been standardized yet or if each manufacturer uses their own standard. Regards. Max. K 4 O D S. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:max%40maxsmusicplace.com Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net http://www.funwithtransistors.net Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net http://www.funwithtubes.net Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com http://www.maxsmusicplace.com To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:funwithtubes-subscribe%40yahoogroups.com - Original Message - From: Tom Fowle [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:fowle%40ski.org To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 3:07 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] New Tool Review USb host ports are, so far, rare on small devices. There are two types of USB ports, host and client. Client ports are like on printers scanners synthesizers et. Host ports are on computers. You must have one of each to make a connection. So far as I know host ports are rare on small devices as they require a lot of software support. Tom To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ 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 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/ http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ 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 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] mailto:blindhandyman-help%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.14.0/1046 - Release Date: 10/3/2007 10:08 AM [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[BlindHandyMan] Uninteruptable power for a computer.
I think we had this discussion before but I am looking at getting an uninteruptable power system to plug my computer into. It does not need to have much run time. The only reason that I am thinking about getting one is that where we live the power tends to cut off for a few seconds and then come back on. We are really only talking literally about less than 5 to 10 seconds. That is just long enough to accomplish 2 things. One is to make my computer shut off and the other thing, which is related is to piss me off. I want one that is reliable but I don't think I need the top of the line. Does any one know where I can get one for a good price and what kind of price range might I be looking at? What I really need to hook up is 2 CPU's Thanks Robert
USB cables RE: [BlindHandyMan] New Tool Review
Tom If any one says not to use cheepies unless over a long distance? Correct me if I am wrong but as a general principle if quality is a concern would you not think that the longer the travle data has to go the more you might be concerned about the quality that is needed to cary the data? I am not an electronics guy but it just seems logical. Robert -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tom Fowle Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 6:07 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] New Tool Review I picked up a little pack including a so-called USB A to A cable and a set of adaptors from USB A to several things. This was at a local Big Lots store and didn't cost more than a few bucks. Anybody tells you not to use cheap USB cables, unless over a very long distance, is nuts, cheapies work fine. tom [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [BlindHandyMan] charging a car battery
I hooked up the battery to the charger again for about 5 hours yesterday and when I put it in the pickup there was not even enough charge to turn on the radio or honk the horn, so off to battery hill it goes. Thank you for your feed back. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 7:17 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] charging a car battery Your battery and charger should be fine they usually can take a bit of abuse - Original Message - From: robert moore To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 7:12 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] charging a car battery Hello folks I attempted to charge the battery last night for the pickup and I goofe . My jumper cables are rough textured on the positive wire and smooth on the ground wire. Well on my battery charger it is just the opasit. Well when I installed the battery in the pickup this morning it was completely flat. I realized that I had hooked up the charger backwards last night. I had it on 12v normal charge and set on 2 amp trickle charge. That was all correct but the leads were backwards. Did I likely fry the battery or do you think I can just take the battery out of the truck and put it back on the charger and hook it up the correct way this time and trickle charge it and if so for how long? A follow up question might be., did I put my charger at risk? robert -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com [mailto: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com ]On Behalf Of Don Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 11:20 PM To: blind handy man Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:blindlikeme%40yahoogroups.com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] This weeks show's. More show's coming to you. On the handy show this week, Don Patterson, reads, and we talk about some list mail. We talk with a Lady that I happen to know is on the blind like me list, and may very well be on the handy man list, not sure about that one. Any way Miss Suzy Barns, is going too tell us all about selling her condo, and hitting the road, moving on down the line. You will need to listen in too find out what that is all about. On the blind like me show this week Phil talks with some folks, that reside, around the Boston area, Marsha, and Steve Dresser. There going too tell us in fact about a handy type project, they have going on around there house,. A really large kitchen remodeling venture, they have, in the works. They will tell us some things about radio, and they will tell us about some job opportunities in there life's. Listen in to find out about all that. You can download the show's from the following links. BHM http://www.sendspace.com/file/bpl6qu http://www.sendspace.com/file/bpl6qu http://www.sendspace.com/file/bpl6qu http://www.sendspace.com/file/bpl6qu BLM http://www.sendspace.com/file/ym1gld http://www.sendspace.com/file/ym1gld http://www.sendspace.com/file/ym1gld http://www.sendspace.com/file/ym1gld Our you can listen in all the normal places. Have a fine week. Don Shaw [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [BlindHandyMan] Resawing planks.
I am going to give away a million dollar idea. Well maybe the idea will turn out to be worth nothing or perhaps this has already been done. How about if you had a table that had a band that ran horizontal just above the table. You could raise and lower the table that way if you wanted for example shave a quarter inch off the wide surface of a 2 by 4 or a 2 by 6 you could just lay the board flat and the blade would cut along the top of the board as you fed it through. As long as you kept the board flat you should end up with a perfect cut. For what ever that hair brain idea is worth. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dale Leavens Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 2:17 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Resawing planks. I think that the problem is that the band saw blade tends to deflect to one side or the other as you cut. It can apparently deflect far enough to come out the side. I would have thought you could just slice through by keeping the plank flat to a high rip fence and the blade would run true and straight but according to my reading this is inadequate. It is necessary to deflect the rip fence a few degrees off true straight so that the rear is further away from the direct line of cut than the front and in fact there are a variety of band saw rip fences actually built with a bow in them to allow for that deflection. Now I find that very interesting. It is the one unique and significant function those machines can perform I would have thought they would figure a way to get it right. There are several ways of cutting curves and shapes. I would have thought someone would have got resawing right. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:DLeavens%40puc.net Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Mike Rusk To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 4:21 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Resawing planks. Is there a way that you could attach some guide board to the front side of the board you are wanting to cut? That way you could guide it through and then remove the guide board when you are finished. I am thinking of perhaps a simmilar size board attached to the one you are cutting or perhaps a couple 1x2 boards fastened to the end so you could guide the board without getting your fingers in the cutting area. I guess it depends on how long the board is that you want to resaw. - Original Message - From: Dale Leavens To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 5:27 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Resawing planks. I've done that sort of thing with my table saw countless times too. I want to make two half in by 10 inch boards out of a rough sawn 1 by 10. The articles I read tell me to scribe a line then with a fence either deflected or a proper resawing fence which it appears is slightly crowned in line with the leading edge of the band saw I slowly guide the board on edge through the saw keeping it perpendicular using the fence but keeping the blade from wandering by steering the board following the line. I am not inclined to use my fingers to assist with this guidance. I am wondering though if there is a reasonable alternative or maybe another way which the optically enabled are less aware of since they have no need for it. I have a sense that there may be, there is a pretty big business in power feeders out there and it seems to me this may be one automated and useful application for them. As far as I know, power feeders don't watch a cut line particularly well either. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:DLeavens%40puc.net Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Cy Selfridge To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 7:13 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Resawing planks. I presume that, for example, you want to cut a 2x6 into two 1x6 boards? If that is the question, then no, I have not tried this with a band saw. I have, however, cut down a 1x5 board into two 1/2x5 boards using my table saw. It just took two passes to do it. Cy, the ancient oKie... _ From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com [mailto: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com ] On Behalf Of Dale Leavens Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 9:14 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Resawing planks. Just wondering if any of you on the list with band saws has successfully resawn planks? I don't have a band saw and probably won't get one unless I can resaw fairly wide planks to make twice as many thinner wide planks. Big
[BlindHandyMan] charging a car battery
Hello folks I attempted to charge the battery last night for the pickup and I goofe . My jumper cables are rough textured on the positive wire and smooth on the ground wire. Well on my battery charger it is just the opasit. Well when I installed the battery in the pickup this morning it was completely flat. I realized that I had hooked up the charger backwards last night. I had it on 12v normal charge and set on 2 amp trickle charge. That was all correct but the leads were backwards. Did I likely fry the battery or do you think I can just take the battery out of the truck and put it back on the charger and hook it up the correct way this time and trickle charge it and if so for how long? A follow up question might be., did I put my charger at risk? robert -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Don Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 11:20 PM To: blind handy man Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [BlindHandyMan] This weeks show's. More show's coming to you. On the handy show this week, Don Patterson, reads, and we talk about some list mail. We talk with a Lady that I happen to know is on the blind like me list, and may very well be on the handy man list, not sure about that one. Any way Miss Suzy Barns, is going too tell us all about selling her condo, and hitting the road, moving on down the line. You will need to listen in too find out what that is all about. On the blind like me show this week Phil talks with some folks, that reside, around the Boston area, Marsha, and Steve Dresser. There going too tell us in fact about a handy type project, they have going on around there house,. A really large kitchen remodeling venture, they have, in the works. They will tell us some things about radio, and they will tell us about some job opportunities in there life's. Listen in to find out about all that. You can download the show's from the following links. BHM http://www.sendspace.com/file/bpl6qu http://www.sendspace.com/file/bpl6qu BLM http://www.sendspace.com/file/ym1gld http://www.sendspace.com/file/ym1gld Our you can listen in all the normal places. Have a fine week. Don Shaw [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [BlindHandyMan] Resawing planks.
Dale If you are willing to give up half of the board you could plane it down to the thickness that you want. If not then I don't have any other ideas. Robert -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John Schwery Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 9:03 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Resawing planks. Instead of resawing, why not get the size wood that you need? earlier, Cy Selfridge, wrote: I presume that, for example, you want to cut a 2x6 into two 1x6 boards? If that is the question, then no, I have not tried this with a band saw. I have, however, cut down a 1x5 board into two 1/2x5 boards using my table saw. It just took two passes to do it. Cy, the ancient oKie... _ From: mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com [mailto: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com ] On Behalf Of Dale Leavens Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 9:14 AM To: mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Resawing planks. Just wondering if any of you on the list with band saws has successfully resawn planks? I don't have a band saw and probably won't get one unless I can resaw fairly wide planks to make twice as many thinner wide planks. Big saws though cost a lot of money. Was wondering about the experience of listers. Thanks. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada HYPERLINK mailto:DLeavens%40puc.net[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.36/1041 - Release Date: 10/1/2007 10:20 AM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.36/1041 - Release Date: 10/1/2007 10:20 AM [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.36/1041 - Release Date: 10/1/2007 10:20 AM John -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.36/1041 - Release Date: 10/1/2007 10:20 AM [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[BlindHandyMan] yard light replacement
The yard light out here burned out and they came out and replaced it. The bulb that was there was a murckury bulb. It gave off a humming noise that I could hear any where in the yard. The new one is what the guy called a high pressure sodium bulb. That is all good and fine but it is not as blind friendly. This new bulb does not emit any detectable sound. As a blind person I kind of liked the noisy bulb better It was a great audible beeken at night. Robert
RE: [BlindHandyMan] yard light replacement
Dale Yes My Wife works second shift and I usually stay up and wait for her. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dale Leavens Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 9:29 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] yard light replacement Robert! Did you really send this at 2:36 a.m.? That is the time stamp here. Does anyone know when time stamps are affixed? I noticed for example that message about mercury vapour lamps Barbara sent along I received just before 9:30 p.m. last night but it was dated September 30. I just forget where the fellow claimed to be from but some place in the north-east United States, I couldn't figure out how I hot it a day before it was apparently sent. Obviously it started a long way West of here, maybe Japan or Australia but clearly not North America as claimed. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:DLeavens%40puc.net Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: robert moore To: Blind Handyman Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 2:35 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] yard light replacement The yard light out here burned out and they came out and replaced it. The bulb that was there was a murckury bulb. It gave off a humming noise that I could hear any where in the yard. The new one is what the guy called a high pressure sodium bulb. That is all good and fine but it is not as blind friendly. This new bulb does not emit any detectable sound. As a blind person I kind of liked the noisy bulb better It was a great audible beeken at night. Robert [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[BlindHandyMan] storing a window air conditioner
I have a window air conditioner that I do not have room to store in the house. Is it safe to store it out in the garage throu the winter? I am thinking about putting it in a large heavy duty plastic bag to keep the cobwebs out of it. Any storage ideas are welcome. If I do need to bring it inside I could find some where to stuff it but I want to avoid this if I can. Robert
RE: [BlindHandyMan] storing a window air conditioner
Jim Thanks for the tip I did not think it would be a problem but I know I can always count on this group. BTW When I hear the Iron Range I think of Northern Minnesota. If you don't mind saying, what area are you in? I am down here in South East Minnesota. Not too far from Rochester. If I am not mistaken I think Roger might be from Minnesota also. We just might have enough people up here to have our own state or regional BHM get together. I think that would be a blast. Robert . -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of cheetah Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2007 1:46 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] storing a window air conditioner hi robert i live up here on the iron range. i just put my airconditioner on a shelf out in the barn. the bag is good so you don't have to dust it off but i don't even do that. it runs good after years of doing this. jim At 12:12 PM 9/29/2007, you wrote: I have a window air conditioner that I do not have room to store in the house. Is it safe to store it out in the garage throu the winter? I am thinking about putting it in a large heavy duty plastic bag to keep the cobwebs out of it. Any storage ideas are welcome. If I do need to bring it inside I could find some where to stuff it but I want to avoid this if I can. Robert No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.33/1037 - Release Date: 9/29/2007 1:32 PM [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[BlindHandyMan] the Cherry picker is on the way.
Hi All. My friend that has a Cherry picker is going to be bringing it out probably today, if not tomorrow. With any luck with the weather We should be able to get the 4.3 pulled out this weekend. If not I will have to wait forsome one else to help or I will have to do it myself. I think I can do it my self but since I have never done this before I really prefer to have an extra hand and a pair of eyes. Will keep you posted. robert
RE: [BlindHandyMan] the Cherry picker is here .
My friend John brought out the Cherry picker today. He did not have time to stay and pull the engine but he is hoping to get out here tomorrow and help me. If not At least I have the equipment here if I can find the help. Also the Grand Prix is now sitting up by the garage so I dont have to haull tools half way across the farm to get to it. Looks like I have a lot of work to do getting that thing ready for winter. It runs and drives but I dont know what I am going to be running into once we get it out on the road. Time and miles will tell So far I have tires, and will bring it to the tire shop to have them mounted and while I am at it I will have to stop by the radiator shop to see where I am loosing coolant. And I am also loosing power stearing fluid. I hope to hell it is not the rack and pinion because if it is, it is not going to get fixed. I am not prepared to deal with that myself and am not going to pay that much to fix a $400 car. If it is the resivour I can replace that myself with out too much trouble. It is plastic so I am thinking with 17 years and over 200g on the odometer that is very likely. dont like the looks of the belt or the lower radiator hose. Out side of that shs cherry Oh and I almost forgot. I still need to fix the Lock silender for the ignition. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of robert moore Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2007 2:38 PM To: Blind Handyman Subject: [BlindHandyMan] the Cherry picker is on the way. Hi All. My friend that has a Cherry picker is going to be bringing it out probably today, if not tomorrow. With any luck with the weather We should be able to get the 4.3 pulled out this weekend. If not I will have to wait forsome one else to help or I will have to do it myself. I think I can do it my self but since I have never done this before I really prefer to have an extra hand and a pair of eyes. Will keep you posted. robert [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [BlindHandyMan] the Cherry picker is here .
10 4 good buddy that is exactly where I got that line. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of cheetah Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2007 4:25 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] the Cherry picker is here . robert that post reminds me of the old cw mccall song classified you can fixer quick with an oily rag use a nail to start her i lost the key don't pay any attenchen to that wirring sound she uses a little oil but outside of that she's cherry jim [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [BlindHandyMan] WOW, FYI, News Release: Bulbs To Save Energy Are Very Dangerous To Children
And to think that California is trying to mandate these bulbs and make it illegal to use the old standard phyliment bulbs. Go figure. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Barbara Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2007 8:07 PM To: Undisclosed-Recipient:; Subject: [BlindHandyMan] WOW, FYI, News Release: Bulbs To Save Energy Are Very Dangerous To Children Bulbs To Save Energy Are Very Dangerous To Children September 30, 2007 Environmentally Friendly Bulbs To Save Energy Are Very Dangerous To Children By Thomas M. Dutkiewicz Forestville, CT - Why is the media acts so surprised that these new bulbs to save energy are dangerous? To say that these bulbs are environmentally friendly is an oxymoron. They are anything but friendly . . . they are dangerous to the environment and to all children. They are florescence bulbs and all florescence bulbs contain dangerous Mercury Vapor which is more dangerous than mercury liquid. For decades they have been putting mercury vapor in the bulbs. That's what make them work. Mercury in a liquid form can be seen and it balls up which is easier to clean up. Mercury vapor on the other hand can not be seen nor can it be detected by home owners. You need a special air monitoring device that detects the presences of mercury vapor along the floor. You will not find it in your breathing zone. The specific gravity of mercury vapor is heavier than air and will settle into your rugs and stay there. So next time you break one of these bulbs in your home, you are exposing your children to mercury vapor. So remember this when you place your baby or children on the floor. You need a special absorption pellet that absorbs mercury vapor on the floor. Then the hazmat team must vacuum it up and dispose of the pellet as a contaminated material. You then go in with monitoring equipment to see if there is any residual mercury left and if there is, you repeat the process. Every single florescence bulb in our schools, lunch rooms, grocery stores contain mercury vapor. The mercury vapor is dangerous to all humans especially children. Business should not be throwing florescence bulbs away in dumpsters which then ends up in our water systems. What's even more deadlier is all of the older ballasts that are running these florescence bulbs, they contain Polychlorinated Biphenyl's or PCB's. In business renovations these contaminated ballasts are thrown out which contain liquid PCB's which also gets into our water system. Home owners now have treat these bulbs as a hazardous material as defined by the EPA and the DOT and dispose of them properly. The cost of disposal will over shadow the cost savings. A couple of manufactures do print this mercury warning on the packaging but no one ever reads the packaging of a light bulb. The undersign has been in the hazardous waste, remediation and transportation business for many years. He has cleaned up mercury vapor as well as other numerous spills of various kinds. Thomas M. Dutkiewicz P.O. Box 9775 Forestville, CT 06011-9775 860-833-4127 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[BlindHandyMan] rolling storage/workshop.
My Wife and I rent an old farmhouse and there is a lot of room out here. Since we don't own I am not going to put up a structure. I am giving some thought to finding a retired 40 foot closed trailor. Any one know where I might look for such a beast? If I do find one I wonder how one would go about putting in a service door. I thought some thing like a 30 or 32 inch house door would do the trick. I would rather not use the big roll up door in the back to get in every time If I could set up a more handy access. Then I would just need to set up a set of temporary set of steps to the door. This is of cource providing I am allowed by my Land Lord to do this. By the way there is a cement pad out here that is more than big enough to store this on. Last thought I had on this topic is what happens when the tires start to go flat? I am sure even if it had good tires, this is bound to happen. If I lost too much on one side or the other I think it might start to lean a bit too much. Any ideas.
RE: [BlindHandyMan] rolling storage/workshop.
Yes as in a Tractor Trailor. That you would find Hauling cargo. As for not meating code I am looking for one that is already retired any way -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dale Leavens Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 5:40 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] rolling storage/workshop. Are you talking about the sort of cargo trailer thing pulled along a highway? Often they have a steel frame which you would have to cut and weld in a frame to receive the door. Might not meet highway code after that though. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:DLeavens%40puc.net Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: robert moore To: Blind Handyman Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 2:03 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] rolling storage/workshop. My Wife and I rent an old farmhouse and there is a lot of room out here. Since we don't own I am not going to put up a structure. I am giving some thought to finding a retired 40 foot closed trailor. Any one know where I might look for such a beast? If I do find one I wonder how one would go about putting in a service door. I thought some thing like a 30 or 32 inch house door would do the trick. I would rather not use the big roll up door in the back to get in every time If I could set up a more handy access. Then I would just need to set up a set of temporary set of steps to the door. This is of cource providing I am allowed by my Land Lord to do this. By the way there is a cement pad out here that is more than big enough to store this on. Last thought I had on this topic is what happens when the tires start to go flat? I am sure even if it had good tires, this is bound to happen. If I lost too much on one side or the other I think it might start to lean a bit too much. Any ideas. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[BlindHandyMan] non user servasable parts?
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 would no doubt tend to ignore that little note that says no serviceable parts. Grin -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tom Fowle Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 1:02 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: making things talk Re: [BlindHandyMan] New Tool Review 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 be great except they have a non user serviceable battery pack! Humbug! Tom [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [BlindHandyMan] a locator anyone?
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 barrel Not to mention target practice. Robert -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jewel Blanch Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 5:57 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] a locator anyone? Does anyone know of a portable locating device that will send out a loudish sound every few seconds? I want it so that I can mark a particular spot. The RNZFB equipment shop is absolutely useless. Jewel [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [BlindHandyMan] blind land speed record
Lee What the heck is a 1000 sheet rule? -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lee A. Stone Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 7:08 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] blind land speed record Dan had the right Idea Larry, that is for us all to meet in the Salt Flats. bring in all the handymen and women with their wrench's. we , Heather and I may have a line on a car. but 167mph ? I'll bring that 1000 sheet rool . thanks.Lee -- What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expect generally happens. -- Bengamin Disraeli [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [BlindHandyMan] Laundry Shoot Repair
Ed If this shoot is too lond to reach the entire length with your arm to clean it up or to sand it , Providing you don't have any nails that have popped out or metal that has torn and curled up, you might want to try using a sanding block. I don't know what they call them but you can get a sanding block that is about 8 inches by about 3 or 4 inches. It has a swivvle and it hooks to a wooden handle like a broom handle. Dry wall installers use this for sanding ceilings and they are also great for sanding floors. Just get in there with that and sand it down good and your clothes will go through like poop through a goose. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Edward Przybylek Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2007 12:11 AM To: BlindHandyMan Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Laundry Shoot Repair Hi all, The laundry shoot in my home is beginning to snag clothing on it's way down the shoot. Trying to replace the shoot is out of the question since it would require breaking through some walls. Are there any tools or techniques that can be used to smoothe the inner walls of a laundry shoot? Are there inserts made that could replace the inner wall of a shoot without requiring that the shoot be removed? Any help greatly appreciated. Take care, Ed [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[BlindHandyMan] Laundry shoot repair.
I have never messed with sheet metal duct work so I am just taking a shot in the dark here but I wonder if a company that installs duct work for heating and air conditioning might be able to fabricate and install a new sheet metal insert for you. Or perhaps you could measure and have them fabricate it and you could install it your self. I would think in this case that it would require more than one piece in which case you would want to make sure that where the 2 join, that the top part has a small fold such that it goes inside of the bottom part. Hope that made sence. BTW What are the inside dememtions of this shoot?
RE: [BlindHandyMan] What is the Difference Between a Two Stroke and Four Stroke Engine?
Ray Great post. The article said that you will never see a 2 stroke in a car. While that may be true there is at least one automotive acception to this. I will accept some clarification from any diesel man on the list. There is a diesel engine out there that is a 2 stroke engine that is used in semmy trucks. As I recall I think it is the Detroit motor and I am not sure but I seem to recall that it may be used in some of the Peter built trucks. That engine is killer in a truck pull. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ray Boyce Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 7:54 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] What is the Difference Between a Two Stroke and Four Stroke Engine? To understand the mechanical differences between a two stroke and four stroke engine, lets first consider how the four stroke engine works. The four strokes are: Intake: The piston travels down the cylinder while the intake valve is opened to allow a mixture of fuel and air to enter the combustion chamber. Compression: The intake valve is closed and the piston travels back up the cylinder thereby compressing the gasses. Combustion: The spark plug ignites the compressed gas causing it to explode, which forces the piston down. Exhaust: The piston rises up the cylinder as the exhaust valve is opened, allowing the piston to clear the chamber to start the process over. Each time the piston rises and falls it turns the crankshaft that is responsible for turning the wheels. This is how fuel is converted into forward motion. Of note here is that the spark plug only fires once every other revolution. Also, there is a sophisticated set of mechanisms working in synchronization to create the four strokes. A camshaft must alternately tip a rocker arm attached either to the intake or exhaust valve. The rocker arm returns to its closed position via a spring. The valves must be seated properly in the cylinder head to avoid compression leaks. In other words, a symphony of mechanical events occurs. In the two stroke engine, all four events are integrated into one simple downward stroke, and one upward stroke. Two strokes. Intake and exhaust are both integrated into the compression and combustion movement of the piston, eliminating the need for valves. This is accomplished by an inlet and exhaust port in the wall of the combustion chamber itself. As the piston travels downward from combustion, the exhaust port is exposed allowing the spent gasses to rush out of the chamber. The downward stroke also creates suction that draws in new air/fuel through an inlet located lower in the chamber. As the piston rises again, it blocks off the inlet and port, compressing the gasses at the top of the chamber. The spark plug fires and the process starts over. Significantly, the engine fires on every revolution, giving the two stroke its power advantage. However, at the lowest point of travel of the piston when the chamber is filling with fuel/air, the exhaust port exposed above allows some fuel/gasses to escape the chamber. This is easily seen with an outboard motorboat, evident by the multicolored oil slick surrounding the engine, but it happens with all two stroke engines. This - along with burning oil -- creates pollution and fuel-efficiency issues. For these reasons, two stroke engines are reserved for intermittent use, where weight-to-power ratio or orientation issues are important and where mileage isn't primary. Meanwhile manufacturers are looking for ways to add advantages to four stroke motors, making them smaller, lighter and more robust. To further understand the difference between a two stroke and a four stroke engine let us consider the advantages and disadvantages. Advantages of the two stroke: . Has more get-up-and-go because it fires once every revolution, giving it twice the power of a four stroke, which only fires once every other revolution. . Packs a higher weight-to-power ratio because it is much lighter. . Is less expensive because of its simpler design. . Can be operated in any orientation because it lacks the oil sump of a four stroke engine, which has limited orientation if oil is to be retained in the sump. These attributes make two stroke engines very popular for a variety of uses from dirt bikes, mopeds, jet skis, and small outboard motors, to lawn and garden equipment such as mowers, edgers, leaf blowers, chain saws and hedge trimmers. But there are other differences between the two stroke and four stroke engines that aren't so favorable, which is why you won't see two stroke engines in cars. Disadvantages of the two stroke: . Faster wear and shorter engine life than a four stroke due to the lack of a dedicated lubricating system. . Requires special two stroke oil (premix) with every tank of gas, adding expense and at least a minimal amount of hassle. . Heavily pollutes because of the simpler design and the gas/oil mixture that is released
[BlindHandyMan] Auto repair manuals online
OK I have found one sourse. I don't know how good it is or how screen reader friendly it is. What I found is that you can order for specific cars or trucks. It covers 1983 -2004 or 2005 I have forgotten which now. One week is 995 one month is about $14 and one year is $25 or $29. If any one wants to be a ginny pig for the rest of us, knock your self out. Good luck Robert. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of robert moore Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 12:36 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] changing spark plugs Larry All very good information. I have changed a lot of spark plugs so I am very fermiliar with all of these tips. Trouble is that I can not even get my hand back between the engine and the fire wall to reach the plug wires. So it looks like I am going to have to get undernieth and see if I can reach them that way. BTW Has any one ever found a sourse for down loading either owners or repair manuals? I think Larry you had mentioned at some point about repair manuals but I seem to have lost that info. I never did find any where to down load an owners manual. You know the kind that you keep in the glove box. Robert -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com [mailto: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com ]On Behalf Of Larry Stansifer Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 5:48 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] changing spark plugs Robert, The good news is that it sounds like you have a standard GM ignition system. I have very little experience with these transverse mounted drive packages but let's see what we can do. The front three plugs are no problem unless some hero in the past didn't put anti-seize compound on the steel plug threads when he installed them in the aluminum heads. Now let's talk about the three nearest the fire-wall. If memory serves I was able to remove all three from the top. I think I used a swivel style 5/8 spark-plug socket with a magnetic insert rather than the traditional rubber insert. 1. Disconnect the battery 2. Get hold of the first plug wire and carefully rotate the connector around the plug to whilst applying a steady upward pressure. Do not pull on the wire itself but rather on the connector or insulator portion that hooks to the plug. This may take some time and effort but keep at it they will come loose. Repeat this process on all of the wires. Until you have them all loose. 3. Take that swivel spark-plug socket and attach it to a 6 3/8 extension and ratchet. 4. Using the relieved portions of the cylinder heads where you just removed the plug wire connectors, snake the plug socket down until you feel it make contact with the plug, apply a gentle downward pressure and rotate the extension until you feel the socket lock on the hex portion of the plug. 5. Apply firm pressure counter-clockwise on the ratchet handle until you feel the plug break free. 6. Repeat this process until you have all six plugs out of the motor. A couple of watch outs: 1. If the plug turns excessively hard in the head rotate it back-and-forth until the threads free up. This probably means that some dork installed the plugs without anti-seize compound. 2. If the wires feel stiff or brittle now would be the time to change them. 3. A bit about anti-seize compound. You want nickel based compound because of it's conductive properties. Do not use aluminum based unless it is an absolute last resort. Never use any kind of petroleum based product of any type. The heat loads in this part of the motor will turn petroleum products to carbon. I have only done this on two GM cars. My Mom's 92 Olds 98 sedan with the 3.8 transverse drive package and an old girl-friend's 90 something Buick, and this was all 10+ years ago. Hope this helps you out. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com [mailto: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com ] On Behalf Of robert moore Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 7:37 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] changing spark plugs Larry I don't know much about those set ups exept to say that in the front of the engine, meaning just behind the radiator there is a straight bank of plug wires. What else should I be looking for. I will go out and take a better look. Can you draw me a mental picture of a coil pack set up. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com [mailto: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman
[BlindHandyMan] changing spark plugs
I have a 1990 Grand Prix with a 3.1 V6 and was checking it out today I just got it this summer and have not really looked at it. I baught it for $400.00 I was going to get it ready for winter so My wife could drive it on days that the road is wet and salty in order to try to save the body on the 96 Grand AM as much as possible. Looking at the back side of the engine, it is so close to the fire wall that I can't seem to get my hands back in there to get at the plugs. Do I really have to pop the motor mounts and jack the darnd thing to get at the back 3 plugs? Or is there another option. I think if I could find a 6 year old Mechanical genius that could get his little hands back there I would have it made. On the other hand since it seems to be running well enough I will probably just leave it alone but on the other hand, if I do have to deal with this problem either with this car or another in the future it would be good information to have stuffed up in my brain pan.for later retrieval Robert
RE: [BlindHandyMan] changing spark plugs
Larry I don't know much about those set ups exept to say that in the front of the engine, meaning just behind the radiator there is a straight bank of plug wires. What else should I be looking for. I will go out and take a better look. Can you draw me a mental picture of a coil pack set up. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Larry Stansifer Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 7:40 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] changing spark plugs Robert, Is that a coil pack motor or do you have individual wires running to each plug? -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com [mailto: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com ] On Behalf Of Michael Baldwin Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 2:33 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] changing spark plugs have you tried from underneath? Michael _ From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com [mailto: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com ] On Behalf Of robert moore Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 13:06 To: Blind Handyman Subject: [BlindHandyMan] changing spark plugs I have a 1990 Grand Prix with a 3.1 V6 and was checking it out today I just got it this summer and have not really looked at it. I baught it for $400.00 I was going to get it ready for winter so My wife could drive it on days that the road is wet and salty in order to try to save the body on the 96 Grand AM as much as possible. Looking at the back side of the engine, it is so close to the fire wall that I can't seem to get my hands back in there to get at the plugs. Do I really have to pop the motor mounts and jack the darnd thing to get at the back 3 plugs? Or is there another option. I think if I could find a 6 year old Mechanical genius that could get his little hands back there I would have it made. On the other hand since it seems to be running well enough I will probably just leave it alone but on the other hand, if I do have to deal with this problem either with this car or another in the future it would be good information to have stuffed up in my brain pan.for later retrieval Robert [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ 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 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/ http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ 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- 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] mailto:blindhandyman-help%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links -- BEGIN-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS -- Teach InfoWest Spam Trap if this mail (ID 124933011) is spam: Spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=124933011m=fb75 https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=124933011m=fb75 f037674ac=s Not spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=124933011m=fb75 https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=124933011m=fb75 f037674ac=n Forget vote: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=124933011m=fb75 https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=124933011m=fb75 f037674ac=f -- END-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [BlindHandyMan] changing spark plugs
Michael I did think about that but thought it would be an easier first step to post an email then to climb under a very low car Does this usually work on thos types of cars? -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Michael Baldwin Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 3:33 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] changing spark plugs have you tried from underneath? Michael _ From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com [mailto: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com ] On Behalf Of robert moore Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 13:06 To: Blind Handyman Subject: [BlindHandyMan] changing spark plugs I have a 1990 Grand Prix with a 3.1 V6 and was checking it out today I just got it this summer and have not really looked at it. I baught it for $400.00 I was going to get it ready for winter so My wife could drive it on days that the road is wet and salty in order to try to save the body on the 96 Grand AM as much as possible. Looking at the back side of the engine, it is so close to the fire wall that I can't seem to get my hands back in there to get at the plugs. Do I really have to pop the motor mounts and jack the darnd thing to get at the back 3 plugs? Or is there another option. I think if I could find a 6 year old Mechanical genius that could get his little hands back there I would have it made. On the other hand since it seems to be running well enough I will probably just leave it alone but on the other hand, if I do have to deal with this problem either with this car or another in the future it would be good information to have stuffed up in my brain pan.for later retrieval Robert [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [BlindHandyMan] changing spark plugs
Lenny You would think that it would be a lot easier for them to just put access holes in the fire wal so you could just put a socket and an extention through the hole and put the rubber plug back in the fire wall when you are done. Hmmm Makes me wonder if the Dealerships are collectively funding the engineering schools. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lenny McHugh Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 1:24 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] changing spark plugs I sure hope that is better than my old 3.2 1997 Grand Caravan AWD. I actually traded it because of spark plugs. From the dealer the estimate was $450.00 to change plugs. The top of the motor had to be removed. Loved to have slapped the designer of that beast. Lenny - Original Message - From: robert moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:robertjmoore%40embarqmail.com To: Blind Handyman blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 2:05 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] changing spark plugs I have a 1990 Grand Prix with a 3.1 V6 and was checking it out today I just got it this summer and have not really looked at it. I baught it for $400.00 I was going to get it ready for winter so My wife could drive it on days that the road is wet and salty in order to try to save the body on the 96 Grand AM as much as possible. Looking at the back side of the engine, it is so close to the fire wall that I can't seem to get my hands back in there to get at the plugs. Do I really have to pop the motor mounts and jack the darnd thing to get at the back 3 plugs? Or is there another option. I think if I could find a 6 year old Mechanical genius that could get his little hands back there I would have it made. On the other hand since it seems to be running well enough I will probably just leave it alone but on the other hand, if I do have to deal with this problem either with this car or another in the future it would be good information to have stuffed up in my brain pan.for later retrieval Robert To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ 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 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/ http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ 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 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] mailto:blindhandyman-help%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
