RE: [BlindHandyMan] room addition

2010-02-28 Thread Tom Hodges
Just curious, what are you using the 12 - 3 with ground for? From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Ron Yearns Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2010 10:00 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] room addition Hello

Re: [BlindHandyMan] electric snowblower

2010-02-28 Thread Dale Leavens
Blowing snow in that way wouldn't be much fun. You have to make sure you are blowing down wind because once you lift the flakes the environmental air currents will take it and usually return it directly into your face. Once any compaction has taken place it won't blow at all. The term snow

[BlindHandyMan] Pig tails

2010-02-28 Thread Lee A. Stone
could someone explain what the term pig tails is : I am referring to when a appliance like a hot water or hot air furnace is hooked up thru a pig tail to be able to run off a generator .. thanks Lee -- It takes all kinds to fill the freeways. -- Crazy Charlie

Re: [BlindHandyMan] electric snowblower

2010-02-28 Thread Blaine Deutscher
I don't see what the huge issue is for taking a shovel and shoveling it? Not to sound rude or anything but do we get that dissoriented that we get lost walking down are driveway? Majority of the blind people that I know are able to take a shovel and shovel their driveway or snowblow it, try it

Re: [BlindHandyMan] electric snowblower

2010-02-28 Thread Blaine Deutscher
awe and I'm sure she is use to having snow on her car. After all they get a lot of snow there where she lives. How often does she get there. I prefer gas blowers and before I finished reading your post I thought to myself that it's really stupid to blow snow because if you blow in the wind but

Re: [BlindHandyMan] room addition

2010-02-28 Thread Ron Yearns
the 12 three is being used between two three way switches and from one switch to the light.. In this case the main power is coming into one of the switches from below. Ron - Original Message - From: Tom Hodges To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2010

Re: [BlindHandyMan] electric snowblower

2010-02-28 Thread Dale Leavens
Angela doesn't get here much especially in the winter. They don't get all that much snow in Calgary though really and when they do it tends to melt pretty quickly. The mouth of a snow blower rides just a little above the surface. If you want to clear right down to the pavement always assuming

Re: [BlindHandyMan] electric snowblower

2010-02-28 Thread Dale Leavens
Nothing gets it all off but if nothing has been over the snow there won't be a lot left, maybe quarter of an inch but having gone over it with the machine it packs. Subsequent snow falls layer more on top. Ultimately it packs to form ice, often several inches thick by the end of the winter.

Re: [BlindHandyMan] electric snowblower

2010-02-28 Thread Scott Berry
Just out of curiosity is the electric snow blower sometghing that a totally blind person can run and if so what brand is recommended. - Original Message - From: Dale Leavens To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2010 15:40 Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan]

[BlindHandyMan] gas powered leaf blowers for snow

2010-02-28 Thread Lenny McHugh
I was talking to a friend that was the maintenance manager for the local hospital. They have some very long sidewalks and he told me that they found that the gas powered leaf blower is the best tool for the job. He went on to say that it clears the snow down to the concrete and any spots that

[BlindHandyMan] question for members on this list

2010-02-28 Thread Blaine Deutscher
Hello there. Whenever I join a list I try and find two types of people. 1. Lawyers 2. golfers If there are any of those on this list please feel free to e-mail me at: b.m.deutsc...@sasktel.net I'm hoping to be a future lawyer and a golfer as well. Talk to you all later. Blaine [Non-text

Re: [BlindHandyMan] electric snowblower

2010-02-28 Thread Dale Leavens
An electric snow blower isn't any more difficult than a gasoline powered one from the perspective of blindness except that it is quieter I suppose. You don't have to carry gasoline home but otherwise it comes down to keeping your hands on the handles and keeping the cable out of the mechanism.

Re: [BlindHandyMan] gas powered leaf blowers for snow

2010-02-28 Thread Dale Leavens
I'll bet they are out there immediately as the snow is falling. We don't bother moving small amounts of snow like that except maybe with a quick pass with a scraper. I like my 36 inch wide scraper for light snow, tilt the blade slightly and walk down one side of a walk pushing the snow to one