Re: [BlindHandyMan] removing rust

2009-11-07 Thread Tom Fowle
I think Naval Jelly is still around, but it's very nasty stuff, has more warnings on it than your average politician. tom Fowle On Thu, Nov 05, 2009 at 09:02:10PM -0500, clifford wrote: Dear List Members: Back when I was tackling more handyman type jobs, I used a product called, Naval

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Level or square, pick one.

2009-11-07 Thread Tom Fowle
Dan, I think it would be critical to make sure the angles between the header and the vertical frames where the hinges will be mounted are 90 degrees Otherwise the doors won't move parallel to the header. Then shim up the bottom track if necessary. Tom fowle

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Talking tape measures

2009-11-07 Thread Tom Fowle
Eric We bought one at work in hopes it would do better than the Cobolt. the technology used to keep track of the tape seems identical in both. The voice is a lower quality than the cobolt but very similar. the function of buttons is different but not dramatically so. It uses 2 AA cells rather

Re: [BlindHandyMan] accessing a verizon modem

2009-11-07 Thread Dan Rossi
If admin / password doesn't work, try admin / admin. Trouble can probably answer this definitively, but don't you connect to it via 192.168.1.1 -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: d...@andrew.cmu.edu Tel:(412) 268-9081

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Bought an electric staple gun

2009-11-07 Thread Spiro
I used to use an electric stapler doing speaker fabrics, before I found a good way to use hot glue. Work with it, learn it. Probably good for medium to light woods as the harder woods will give you a proud staple with a dent in the middle that you'll have to screwdrvier home with a few taps of

Re: [BlindHandyMan] accessing a verizon modem

2009-11-07 Thread Trouble
To clear a few things up here. You only have modems with dsl all other verizon hook ups are with routers. To get into them its the 192.168.1.1 with admin and password1. also you don't have to unplug the router just depress the reset button for a factory reset for 20 to 30 seconds, and your back

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Talking tape measures

2009-11-07 Thread Dale Leavens
OK Tom, Why don't we attack this problem? Is the sprocket method really the most reliable means of indexing a digital tape measure? How about a LED and photo sensor, count the flashes. Now there must be a number of talking chips particularly with limited vocabulary. I have a very old Sharp

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Talking tape measures

2009-11-07 Thread Agent086b
Well, put me down for both if the price is at all reasonable. I sure would like a better tape measure. Max. Dale Leavens wrote: OK Tom, Why don't we attack this problem? Is the sprocket method really the most reliable means of indexing a digital tape measure? How about a LED and photo

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Talking tape measures

2009-11-07 Thread Scott Howell
Yeah you aren't kidding and I'd certainly be interested if there was one that was reliable and reasonably durable. On Nov 7, 2009, at 3:28 PM, Agent086b wrote: Well, put me down for both if the price is at all reasonable. I sure would like a better tape measure. Max. Dale Leavens wrote: