[BlindHandyMan] microwave glass

2008-12-04 Thread Jewnnifer Jackson
The glass from my microwave tray is broken. Would it work to put a plate on the rotating part and use that as a temporary solution? Does the tray have an integral job, or is it just for easy clean up? Jennifer [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: [BlindHandyMan] microwave glass

2008-12-04 Thread chiliblindman
It is just good heavy glass that makes clean-up easy. Any glass that takes heat will work fine. Most things now list that they are microwavable. I use corningware all the time. No metal since it will destroy the megatron tube that produces the microwave. I do hope you have a

[BlindHandyMan] 1.5V Battery Terminal Corrosion

2008-12-04 Thread Gil Laster
Anyone know of a fix to prevent corrosion on 1.5V battery terminals? I find that as the batteries lose power or are in a device for a long time the battery and device terminals sometimes have to be cleaned to get proper operation again. - Gil Laster, Charlotte, NC [Non-text portions of this

Re: [BlindHandyMan] microwave glass

2008-12-04 Thread Jimmy Podsim
The rotating glass is to help the foods cook more evenly. ... 73 ... KD5QHH ... Jimmy ... http://www.podsim.us MSN or windows live... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype, jimmy.podsim ... please note the period between the names. Have a great day! - Original Message - From: Jewnnifer

Re: [BlindHandyMan] microwave glass

2008-12-04 Thread Jimmy Podsim
It she's talking about the glass on the bottom of the microwave, it serves as more than just an easy cleanup. I take it it's one of the microwaves with a rotating blass bottom because I haven't seen any without that in a long time. These were put into the microwaves to help the food cook more

Re: [BlindHandyMan] alternative to talking tape measure

2008-12-04 Thread Kevin Doucet
Grate info. This definitely solves my straight edge problem. Now if I can get comfortable with the measuring method you described I will be set. Still not discounting a tactile or talking measure. At 05:01 PM 12/3/2008, you wrote: When I was doing any amount of frame construction and before

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Using fire extinguishers as a bat

2008-12-04 Thread Spiro
I've actually faught a fire caused by a soldering iron making contact with a non-fire resistant cloth I used to clean up my work area. It was about 2ft high, and a foot wide. It surprisingly didn't mar the table surface. So, no, it didn't set the table on fire. (1950's fancy 8 person wooden

Re: [BlindHandyMan] microwave glass

2008-12-04 Thread Tom Fowle
The glass is, as was said, just a protection for the bottom of the machine and/or the rotating gizmo. Glass, unless it contains metalic components, is entirely transparent to microwaves. Use anything that's microwave safe. If you're not sure, put it in the oven for a few tens of seconds, if

Re: [BlindHandyMan] 1.5V Battery Terminal Corrosion

2008-12-04 Thread chiliblindman
Gil, I always used a lithium heat dispensive and electrical grease where needed. Don't hold me to the spelling of it. I always have good intensions of keeping good batteries in things, but find there are always items that get missed. I clean them with baking soda and a small acid brush,

Re: [BlindHandyMan] 1.5V Battery Terminal Corrosion

2008-12-04 Thread Tom Fowle
In the case of 1.5V batteries, most are alcaline so maybe a vinegar solution for cleanup would help ballance out the alcaline P.H. I've always wanted to try a very small dab of silicon grease, maybe spark plug boot grease if you can get it not too expensively. The heat transfer grease used

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Using fire extinguishers as a bat

2008-12-04 Thread Spiro
Just a tecnical question: If he was going to hold up the store; with what was he going to do it, and how did you keep him from using it? Curiousity strikes. On Mon, 1 Dec 2008, Bill Stephan wrote: I used one of the dry powder extinguishers on a guy who was going to hold up a store I ran

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Using fire extinguishers as a bat

2008-12-04 Thread Spiro
I had contents of a big plastic trash can go up once. I dragged it to the sink and dumped water into it. But the side melted out and the water escaped. I dragged the remaining mess outside and just elft it in the drive. I cleaned it up later after the basement clean up. I tell this as the sound

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Using fire extinguishers as a bat

2008-12-04 Thread Tom Fowle
We had a garage two houses from us go up many years ago, My wife and i actually reported it and called our neighbor whose house was right next the garage to get him awake and out of the way. He started to get a hose and try to keep the fire off his house and then remembered the idiots might have

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Using fire extinguishers as a bat

2008-12-04 Thread Bill Stephan
It's true, fire's a scarey sound. I got burned out in an arson fire in 1989. this was in a highrise where a transvestite janitor became infuriated because the manager wouldn't sleep with him/her and poured about five gallons of a salvent in his apartment which was directly above mine and lit

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Using fire extinguishers as a bat

2008-12-04 Thread Bill Stephan
the truth is Spiro, I don't know. The guy just said give me the money or I'll kill you, I grabbed the extinguisher and let it rip, and the guy ran out of the building, it all happened in about ten seconds I think. I had a crew out in our equipment yard but by the time I could get them to

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Using fire extinguishers as a bat

2008-12-04 Thread Tom Fowle
However I'd think that in an arson situation like that unless you caught him just as it was lit, things would go way to far way too fast for a hand held extinguisher to do any good. It's surely one of the difficult judgement calls to make when to try and when to run like h and scream for

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Shark Bights copper connectors

2008-12-04 Thread Spiro
I'm really kind of looking forward to giving it a shot. My first try at compression and pex was with a water filter that has a saddle off of the cold water pipe and it's own little faucet. All of the compressions seemed to work and hold fine, pressurized as it is. On Tue, 2 Dec 2008,

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Shark Bights copper connectors

2008-12-04 Thread Spiro
great thought. In the bathroom they are 3 feet at most. However this was the kitchen, and that's about 15 linear feet away. On Tue, 2 Dec 2008, RJ wrote: How far is your toilet from the sink. For if it isn't the kitchen faucet, it could be the float valve or ball cock causing the problem.

[BlindHandyMan] porter cable fn250 needs repair

2008-12-04 Thread Lenny McHugh
I was just using my finish nailer driving 2.5 nails. Halfway through the project something did not feel right. Here the plastic foot shattered. Does anyone know if there is something special about replacing assuming I can purchase the part? --- Please visit my home page; it is motivational,

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Using fire extinguishers as a bat

2008-12-04 Thread Spiro
this story warms my heart. Tough economy and all that, if things were better I'd buy you a new extinguisher just for the joy I got from this story. Sorry, maybe next year. Great sow! Well done and good job; will have to do for now. On Tue, 2 Dec 2008, Bob Kennedy wrote: The guy I used mine