Re: [BlindHandyMan] Audible Levels

2009-08-16 Thread Max Robinson
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Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: following straight lines:

2009-08-16 Thread Max Robinson
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Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Cool Wall Paint?

2009-08-16 Thread Betsy Whitney
I did look on Google, but just couldn't believe what I read. According to what I found, it's about $10 more a gallon than other quality paints and is supposed to reflect 40 percent of the radiant heat. Curioser and curioser... At 03:55 AM 8/15/2009, you wrote: > > >Again, google is your friend.

[BlindHandyMan] RE: Audible Levels

2009-08-16 Thread Tom Vos
It might be better to just attach one audible level to a long carpenters level. That would give you greater accuracy if the short one is accurate to begin with. Blessings, Tom [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

RE: [BlindHandyMan] concrete slab

2009-08-16 Thread Ray Boyce
Hi Archie The thickness of concrete you are going to put down is six inches, you can cut your concrete costs by reducing this to three or if you like four inches. I have just put down an area of 44 x 18 feet which is four inches thick but has reinforcing mesh in the middle . Since then we have h

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: concrete slab

2009-08-16 Thread Dale Leavens
Are you mixing with a mixer? using already dry mixed or in a wheelbarrow? I think you said you are making the slab 4 by 3 feet. You should be just fine with a form made of 2 by 4, it is what the town here uses for forming up sidewalk slabs. If the ground under the slab hasn't been disturbed for

[BlindHandyMan] Re: concrete slab

2009-08-16 Thread eastwinddancer
Thanks Dale, I'll be forming and mixing myself, I though thicker was better, if not how thick. Floating does this require a special tool. What is spalling. Thanks for your patience. Archie --- In blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com, "Dale Leavens" wrote: > > Are you mixing the concrete yoursel

Re: [BlindHandyMan] concrete slab

2009-08-16 Thread Dale Leavens
Are you mixing the concrete yourself? Are you forming it up yourself? 6 inches thick is pretty hefty but with luck it shouldn't crack. If the concrete is being delivered the extra cost for that thickness isn't significant. If you are working the concrete the only thing to know really is to keep

[BlindHandyMan] concrete slab

2009-08-16 Thread eastwinddancer
Hi All, I just finished a wheelchair ramp, for my wife. Now I need to put a concrete pad at the bottom it will be 6" thick by 4' by 3'. This is my first concrete project ever, I got fiber reinforced concrete for extra strength. Any suggestions will be great, thanks. Also, a while back I as

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Audible Levels

2009-08-16 Thread Bill Gallik
I presume that if this guy were to use two levels, he would ask one of his sighted pals to check the accuracy before relying on either of the audible levels. Otherwise, I imagine that his thought would be that if both levels were off just a titch arrange them in the regular carpenter's level such

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Patio project update.

2009-08-16 Thread chiliblindman
Dale, that sounds like a job and a half at least of all the work you are doing. You make me proud to know you, keep it up. Satisfaction, after it is done, of doing it will last for years. .bob [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Audible Levels

2009-08-16 Thread Dale Leavens
Perhaps he was thinking one for the vertical and one for the horizontal? - Original Message - From: Tom Fowled To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2009 10:11 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Audible Levels I agree with Tom, if two levels agree, you

[BlindHandyMan] Re: audible levels:

2009-08-16 Thread Tom Fowle
I believe Stabila smart levels come in longer sizes if you really want to spend money, but I'd make a good effort at fitting your current audible unit into an I beam unit first. As per my previous message it's easy to check the accuracy of a level Tom Fowle

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Audible Levels

2009-08-16 Thread Tom Fowle
I agree with Tom, if two levels agree, you gain nothing. If they don't agree you loose Get a standard long level of the I beam type, and figure a way to fit your current audible level into it. You can check the accuracy of any level by putting it on any flat surface and getting it level with shi

Re: [BlindHandyMan] cooling computer

2009-08-16 Thread Tom Fowle
I'd take the stupid door off, it's an accident waiting to happen. Maybe just cut out the entire back of the compartment too. I'd bet much of the several hundred watts computers draw these days goes up in heat, and it gotta go somewhere. Never liked this stuff of hiding the computer in a compartm

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: following straight lines:

2009-08-16 Thread Tom Fowle
Max, I suspect you'd have some trouble with the tape join to the presumed pot on the helmet, and with the resolution of the pot. I actually think you'd get better resolution of the angle with my second idea, having a pointer on the digger, in front of you, to check against the tape. At work, we

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Audible Levels

2009-08-16 Thread tomhodges
If you use two levels, and one is correct and one isn't, then you have less accuracy. Bill Gallik wrote: > I have a very small audible level (about 1 foot long) that seems to be quite > accurate. But can anybody point me to where I could buy an audible level > that's a bit longer or one t

[BlindHandyMan] Audible Levels

2009-08-16 Thread Bill Gallik
I have a very small audible level (about 1 foot long) that seems to be quite accurate. But can anybody point me to where I could buy an audible level that's a bit longer or one that will slide into a regular carpenter's level? My thought is that if I had a pair of audible levels affixed to a regul

Re: [BlindHandyMan] a quick question

2009-08-16 Thread Bill Gallik
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