Hi Lee
Good to have you back again, how are you going.
I have just put a cement pad down for my BBQ and I should have perhaps put a
date and my name in the wet cement for posterity but alas you do not think
of these things at the time.
Regards
Ray
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From: Jewel
Hi All
Name of product: Halogen Table Lamps
Units: About 97,000
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There is an old saying when working with concrete. You don't work the
concrete, the concrete works you! Another words, once you start pouring the
concrete time is essential, No stopping for a break for a beer, cigarette
ETC. As the concrete sets up pretty fast.
To listen to the show
I've done quite a bit of woodworking using only my clickruler.
My question today is what other adaptive tools have been useful to you such as
talking measuring tapes, audible levels, metal blocks of certain thicknesses,
etc. What is useful, where did you get the tool, etc.
Thanks.
David
Hello David,
I never used a click ruler.I have a talking measuring tape that I use a lot.
I have the original roto matic measuring device. I believe that NFB sells
that item. I have some metal blocks that were made for me by a machinist
friend. Since then I purchased the brass setup bars from
I don't have an air compressor anymore but I do have some canned air that I
use to clean the inside of my computer and circuit boards. It's worth a
try. And you're right, any excuse to use a tool ...
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From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Robert
joist spacing could be a problem, requiring jacks and so on. but depending
on the site you were replacing the floor, maybe too far outside the box.
On Tue, 8 May 2007, Dan Rossi wrote:
Spiro,
I really like the idea of cutting a whole through the floor and sliding
the radiator down. That
2 8ft sheets of ply cut to make a slide and there ae no corners to catch
now ya need ropes and back muscle. that dolly can do it now.
Too bad you can't put partial breaking on those dolly wheels
On Tue, 8 May 2007, Brice Mijares wrote:
Hell, I'd get some 3 quarter inch plywood and make a
I hesitate to use graphite because I think it will probably stain carpeting.
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From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Brice Mijares
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 7:30 PM
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Lubrication
With those stairs, the ramp sounds good. Once you get it on the top
of the ramp. You can let it go down fast and smooth. The quicker it
hits bottom. The less weight the stairs have to take, and the ramp
would disperse the weight also.
At 12:47 PM 5/8/2007, you wrote:
Well, the floor isn't
That's correct, it will stain.
David Ferrin
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From: Edward Przybylek [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 10:24 AM
Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Lubrication Question
I hesitate to use graphite because I think it will probably
This may be overobvious, but a high quality square, with tactile (the good
ones for sighties have fingernail notches) is a necessity, 4ft for roofing
or just a 1 ft. You can always use your adapted ruler to make the
measurement, but (embarrassed) when I started using a square, things
started
I think my best tool was a talking level. a three footer which I got
from Cobalt. Problem is David is I cannot find it. I'm sure its here
someplace. if one of you folks is an engeneer figure out how to make
those talking tools also respond to a where am I beeping tone. Lee
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Insufficient
David,
You've pretty much said it, click is faster but not as accurate,
roto is a bit slower but can give you 1/64Th accuracy.
The rotomatic base ruler is only 6 inches long whereas the click
is 12 inches case and measuring bar combined.
I have and use both and so should you all if you can
I have a delta unisaw, a jointer, plainer, drill press, router and router
table. I'm wondering if some other tools will be worth buying. Here are a few
random questions I have.
Is a scrollsaw of any use to a blind person?
Can a blind person resaw wood with a bandsaw? I'm tired of wasting wood!
Do what they did in the old days .. use a hatchet and a bowie knife. I'm not
kidding either, they give you more accuracy than a table saw. If you know what
you're doing. Which I don't. But I know that you can build a house with nothing
but an axe, a hatchet and a good knife. No joke.
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you sure don't!
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From: GenePoole [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Scroll saws, band saws, cutting shapes
Do what they did in the old days .. use a hatchet and a bowie knife. I'm
Has anyone made louvered doors? I am in the planning stages for a new future
project. I want to make a small shoe cabinet. I am concerned a little about
ventilation.
I have a few choices. The simplest is to let most of the back open and use
panel doors on the front or louvered or slotted
I would cut 45 degree or greater slots into two square posts and fit the slats
into these and then glue some sort of thin trim over the posts to hide the
slots. I wouldn't glue the slats into place, but the top and bottom rails to
the posts or styles to allow for expantion of the slats.
Or, you
I'm too impatient to wait for wood to dry. Lol. Waiting a year for wood to be
useable... No thanks.
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From: GenePoole
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 3:46 PM
Subject: [BlindHandyMan] hand tools, was Scroll saws, band saws,
You can build a house with mud and straw and thatch and probably using
only your hands, but you wouldn't want to live there in the rain.
You can get your food by hunting and gathering if you live some places
but I'd not take any bets on most modern people surviving that way
including my self of
And if you are having a really good day you can use those
same tools to thump dinner in the head.
Regards
Larry Stansifer
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From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
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GenePoole
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 2:29 PM
To:
Yes! Now you're getting the idea! lol
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From: Larry Stansifer
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 2:02 PM
Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Scroll saws, band saws, cutting shapes
And if you are having a really good day you can use
Wait!
Don't forget the bucket and shovel you'll need to mix up the couple hundred
gallons of mud you'll need to make this fit together without too many obvious
gaps.
Bill Stephan
Kansas City, MO
(816)803-2469
William Stephan
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Hi Everyone
Applying Roofing Shingles
Laying Shingles in Roof Valleys
Whether you're replacing a few damaged shingles or starting a complete
re-roofing job, the following step-by-step instructions can make your project
easier.
Take a few minutes to read the instructions carefully before
hi lenny no doors but you could use peg board for the back.
jim
At 03:36 PM 5/10/2007, you wrote:
Has anyone made louvered doors? I am in the planning stages for a
new future project. I want to make a small shoe cabinet. I am
concerned a little about ventilation.
I have a few choices. The
I have tried 5 times to ubsubscibe from this list.
Moderator please do it manually or check the automatic process which
is not workiung.
To listen to the show archives go to link
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Hi, Well I recently got one of the raised drawing boards and I have bin
experimenting with it. What I bin doing is I draw a shape on a piece of paper
using the raised drawing board and then I tape that on a piece of plywood and
cut it out with my scroll saw. Well it works but it takes a lot of
So, it's possible to direct the plywood where you want it and still know where
the blade is in relation to your hands and the lines? I've never tried a
scrollsaw before.
David
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From: Rob Monitor
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, May 10,
The router and a template is the only thing I found works for me for cutting
shapes.
The band saw with a good fence set up and some careful aligning, works quite
well for resawing wood. I found that anything beyond a 1x6 is very difficult
to keep straight!
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Soon as I get around to it you will be removed just as you wish.
David Ferrin
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From: Alan Siman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 6:17 PM
Subject: [BlindHandyMan] RTrying to unsubscibe
I have tried 5 times to ubsubscibe
Yes and no You can get real close to the blade with your fingers at least with
the scroll saw I have. You will have to do what I did just get a lot of scrap
wood and just practice following the lines going up to the blade and learning
when to turn and do things like that...
ROB from
Problem is, too many modern folks like their table saws and power tools. Bit
give em n axe and a hatchet and usually you're average backyard woodworker is
lost. If you're building a cabin in the wilds of Alaska, you're not gonna have
access to electricity too often unless you run a generator
Well, it finely happened, we had a full house, yes a quorum for a change. I
must say it felt good to have all the original show members together.
Our guest is Gail Crow from somewhere in North Dakota as I remember. Gail
had been on before but a long time ago. Gail has the distinction of
I think what most people are forgetting is that early American Indians, and
indeed, most aboriginals from all over the world just used a hatchet and a
knife of some kind to build their shelters back in the day.
Granted, they must have found ways of making their work easier.
For example, A
Gene, I like your comments on hand tools. One hand tool I used to have
and might find it if I ever move from here , but it was a Stanley brace
and bit set up. you know the one you might lean on and then if you wish
to go the other way you flip a little do dad and instant reverse. . I
got
If you descide later not to make the fancier doors Lenny you could
frame up the door and do Masonite peg board panels with or without a
good coat of paint and then you have your venting.Lee
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