Re: [BlindHandyMan] new talking watch

Greetings, If I buy myself a watch, it had damned well better last me longer than a month. I don't care what I pay for it. Even a $2 watch purchased by a sighted person at Walmart will last longer than four weeks. If someone sells me a watch that dies within a year of the purchase, they are

RE: [BlindHandyMan] New toy.

What is a tactile tape measure? Also, what does a talking level do? I have a level that beeps when it is level, but don't kknow what a talking level does. What brand are these tools? Thanks, Tom From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of

RE: [BlindHandyMan] New toy.

I think the problem with shipping costs are that most vendors show shipping charges that are obviously two to ten times higher than actual. The next time you receive a package that you paid shipping on, take it to the post office and ask how much it would cost to ship it back to where it came

RE: [BlindHandyMan] New toy.

I’m so confused. The subject, new toy, was about a router, now it’s about a compactor. Help! From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Bill Stephan Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 9:55 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re:

[BlindHandyMan] New router: was new toy

Dale can tell you more about what you can do with the Bosch Colt router, but I plan on trying it out to see if I can cut a profile on a 2X6 in the shape of my basement floor using the edge guide. Basically, it is a small hand-held router. Probably great for edge trimming and such. -- Blue

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RE: [BlindHandyMan] New router: was new toy

Dan and all: Is it possible to use one of these, or a larger router to cut grooves in metal, or is that something that requires a lathe? Bill Stephan, Kansas City MO Email: wstep...@everestkc.net Phone: (816)803-2469 -original message- Subject: [BlindHandyMan] New router: was new toy

RE: [BlindHandyMan] New router: was new toy

Bill, I have no idea if you could use any router, in general, to do metal work. I would think you might want more horsies under the hood than this little router, and probably a half inch shank, possibly with special bits. Depends on how much metal you want to hog out. I mean, a milling center

RE: [BlindHandyMan] New router: was new toy

Dan, could you give me the madel numger of that new router? Thanks, Tom From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Dan Rossi Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 10:43 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] New router: was new

RE: [BlindHandyMan] New router: was new toy

There isn't enough oil in the world to lubricate and keep cool a bit turning that fast! Remember, a mill turns at less than 1,000 rpm while a router turns at up to 25,000 rpm. Darrin Darrin Porter Senior Technical Engineer United Ocean Services, L.L.C. 601 South Harbour Island Boulevard,

RE: [BlindHandyMan] New router: was new toy

Thanks Darrin, I figured someone else would know more about it than I do. I thought that mills turned faster than that though. But then again, routers turn pretty damn fast. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: d...@andrew.cmu.edu Tel:(412) 268-9081

Re: RE: [BlindHandyMan] New router: was new toy

Thanks, I had no idea routers ran that fast. Bill Stephan Kansas Citty MO Email: wstep...@everestkc.net Phone: (816)803-2469 - Original Message - From: Darrin Porter darrin.por...@united-mar.com Date: Thursday, June 18, 2009 10:30 am Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] New router: was new

Re: [BlindHandyMan] New router: was new toy

Main problem with carving metal with a router is that the speeds are way too high. Wood, plastic etc. can be machined at pretty high speeds, but the harder the material the lower the cutting speed you must use. If some router can be slowed way down, probably to a thousand rpm or less, then it

RE: [BlindHandyMan] new talking watch

RiverWind asked how one avoids buying a dud-watch and from whom you should buy it. well, I don't have a clue, but you should keep in mind that a talking watch with an analog face runs on two batteries. I suppose that doubles your chance of having battery problems. One battery is for the analog

Re: [BlindHandyMan] New router: was new toy

A lathe cuts in a circular motion. You could cut a groove in a piece of steel on the lathe as long as you wanted it to run around the circumference of the steel piece. You can also cut threads in a round piece of steel with a lathe. A milling machine can cut grooves, slots, in metal or

[BlindHandyMan] removing glue

A few weeks ago my son-in-law did some outside touch up painting for me. He could not find enough masking tape so he used duct tape on some white aluminum. This would have been ok if he would have immediately removed it. It started to rain so he left it on for about two weeks. Now when the tape

Re: [BlindHandyMan] removing glue

I have found that alcohol works about as well as anything on tape sticky. There is another product which is highly rated but which I have never used, something like Goof Off or something like that. - Original Message - From: Lenny McHugh lmch...@verizon.net To: handyman-blind