, and figured that I saved about 20 percent
in heating costs.
Good luck and I hope that this deal works out for you.
Paul Franklin
- Original Message -
From: Scott Howell
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 7:03 AM
Subject: [BlindHandyMan]
'm sticken to it.
Paul Franklin
- Original Message -
From: wstep...@everestkc.net
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 2:25 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Freakin termites.
Dan: I thought it would be really cool to use a cu
. Another solution
might be to call a scrap iron dealer who might be happy to come to your home
and hall away the pig for the value of the iron.
Paul Franklin
- Original Message -
From: Dan Rossi
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 9:58 PM
saw online. I currently have
a commercial grade Stihl with a 20 inch bar which has cut a lot of fire wood I
don't remember the model number. At this point I'm in the market for a smaller
Stihl with a 16 Inch Bar for cutting up the smaller stuff around my yard.
Good luck with your n
t off bees in hot
persute.
Paul Franklin
- Original Message -
From: John Sherrer
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 4:10 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] chain saw
The only time I got hurt with the chain saw is tripping of a log that
I agree with John, Every cut is different. You need to think ahead and plan
every cut. One tip that I would add would be, to always keep the chain tension
properly adjusted on the bar.
Paul Franklin
- Original Message -
From: John Sherrer
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Jeff, that's an approach that I never considered. I'll give it some serious
thought and see what I can come up with.
Thanks for the idea:
Paul
- Original Message -
From: Geoff Eden
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2010 7:04 AM
S
Thanks Spiro, I agree humping a bulky air conditioner up a flight of stairs
with out digging new wholes in the walls is no picnic. Maybe recruiting a
helper is the best way to go.
Paul
- Original Message -
From: Spiro
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday
Hi Dave, thanks for the idea. Your two wheeled carrier sound like it might
work for moving air conditioners. Have you tried it on stairs?
Paul
- Original Message -
From: Dave Andrus
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2010 11:09 AM
Subject: RE
st doesn't work while hugging a 50 pound air
conditioner. If anyone has any tips, tools or techniques for moving air
conditioners, I would like to hear about them.
Paul Franklin
- Original Message -
From: Dale Leavens
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: F
Some stoves have a draw at the bottom usually used for storage of pots and
pans. If you can remove this draw it can sometimes provide greater access to
reach and clean under the stove with your hand or a brush.
Good luck:
Paul
- Original Message -
From: Dale Leavens
bill collectors and the
tool borrowers out.
Paul
- Original Message -
From: Dan Rossi
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 10:54 AM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Driveway Alarm
Hey Paul,
Why don't you also investigate some compu
ks for any info that you might be able to provide.
Paul Franklin
- Original Message -
From: Dan Rossi
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2010 8:28 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] multipurpose tool
I own a Gerber as well. I like it very m
basement. Why not
set up the generator at ground level and run the power cable through a whole
through your rim joist into your basement?
Paul Franklin
- Original Message -
From: William Stephan
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 4:35 PM
out $89 for the one that I have, and I consider it to
be worth the price.
Paul Franklin
- Original Message -
From: Dave Mitchell
To: blind handyman
Sent: Sunday, December 06, 2009 11:30 AM
Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Cordless Hedge Trimmer
Hi All, Back
driven nailer.
Good luck with your project:
Paul Franklin
- Original Message -
From: Alan & Terrie Robbins
To: Blindhandyman
Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 12:47 PM
Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Auto Hammers
Looking @ Ryobi and/or craftsman auto hammers. Since
experiment was conducted with a simple blanket, that was a huge pain to
setup however, so I am planning to buy some foam that could either be
propped against the door, or stand mostly by itself with a couple of clips
tied on to the curtain rod above the door.
Thanks
Paul
I love the idea of the builder's tape, do you just get that from a hardware
store?
Thanks
Paul
on the end of what I
was measuring. Has anyone else had this problem? How'd you deal with it? Or
did you just have someone hold the end of the tape measure for you?
Thanks
Paul
I love this idea, but how do you cut that piece in the middle out?
Thanks
Paul
ters the
most useful.
I don't really have that much room to buy the big stuff for rough carpentry,
but it still interests me.
Thanks
Paul
;t use this jig often, but it's nice
to know that it is hanging on the shop wall when the need arises.
I think that it has taken me longer to describe this stuff than it took to
build it. Sorry for being so long winded.
Paul Franklin
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F
them with bolts or threaded rod through pre
drilled wholes.
Paul Franklin
- Original Message -
From: Dale Leavens
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 10:30 AM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] stiffening inadequate floor joists?
Hi,
Dale, it seems to me that the simplest and most cost effective way to stiffen
up your floor would be to sister dimension 2 by 8 lumber on to the existing
rough cut 2 by 8 joists. After jacking and leveling each joist you could glue
and bolt the dimension 2 by 8 beams to the rough cut joist keep
to be paid after you see how the project holds up for the
first year. You can always add the polymer sand at a later date if the beach
sand settles or washes out.
Paul Franklin
- Original Message -
From: Dan Rossi
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday
you should
be able to Easily get them up onto the log splitter by yourself.
Paul Franklin
- Original Message -
From: Rob Monitor
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 3:29 PM
Subject: [BlindHandyMan] chainsaws..
HI, What I&#
Jewel, these Dingos move slow enough so that with a little practice something
like that might work.
Paul Franklin
- Original Message -
From: Jewel
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 8:32 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] wilst we are talkking
s
of outside stairs, I might try a heavy duty industrial 2 wheeled hand truck
with long handles and large inflatable tires. You could carie 2 or 3 blocks at
a time and you could cary sand or sement in 5 Gal. Buckets.
Good Luck:
Paul Franklin
- Original Message -
From
columns to support wooden decks. I am
confident that I could operate this machine as a totally blind person however
the main drawback is that I would probably be stopping and walking around to
find out what was in front of me pretty regularly.
Paul Franklin
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controls of a backhoe, I think I could still dig a pretty good
ditch.
Paul Franklin
- Original Message -
From: Dan Rossi
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 3:07 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] wilst we are talkking about building
mped by raising one end of the bathtub. Depending
on what your hauling it can be pretty heavy if you fill it too full. I seems
to get the job done quite a bit faster if I happen to be moving material down
hill.
Paul Franklin
- Original Message -
From: eastwinddancer
To
Claudia:
First off, I think I would please ask my father if he could make for sure that
all the pipes were tight under your sink and once this is accomplished. I
would go to the hardware store and ask for something called Liquid Fire. Poor a
very small amount down your drain and see if this sol
Ray, the 16 amp fuse should work just fine.
- Original Message -
From: Ray Boyce
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 16:29
Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Question to Electricians on this List
Hi
I have a fuse box in the shed where I am going to p
Larry thanks for reminding me about replacing the clamps and saving me from
making a second trip to my friendly auto parts store. What do you recommend
for a good fuel system cleaner / additive?
Paul
- Original Message -
From: Larry Stansifer
To: blindhandyman
definitely don't want to push
into the carburetor. Now I have to find a ride to the friendly auto parts store
to buy about 8 feet of fuel line.
Thanks again for your help:
Paul
- Original Message -
From: Arthur Rizzino
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tu
will need to slip the fuel line off of several fuel system components.
After slipping back the clamps I have tried pulling and twisting the fuel
line without any success. I would like to break the connection without
having to replace the fuel line. Any ideas or tips will be appreciated.
Paul
x27;t last all that long.
They were a handy tool to have in my shop and I have looked for another set
with out success, for the last couple of years.
Paul Franklin
- Original Message -
From: Dale Leavens
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 11:
through a disk cut
with a whole saw. If you can't find a punch with a 1 quarter inch shank you
might try rapping a few layers of tape around a punch with a smaller diameter,
or even try marking the center using an old quarter inch drill.
Paul Franklin
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.
Paul Franklin
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From: "David W Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 2:37 PM
Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] lathe
> Michael - extraordinary as I was given a similar one a short while ago -
> still also finding out
The 2 cycle engine on a string trimmer will run just fine with the shaft
disconnected.
Paul Franklin
- Original Message -
From: Bob Kennedy
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 7:25 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] weed eaters
I've
The only reason that I didn't send it back to
be repaired is that I felt that it had far exceeded its life expectancy. Maybe
the older models were better. You have to wonder if Cobolt has cut a few
corners in the design or production of its newer tapes.
below incase you decide to fix
your tape measure.
Good Luck:
Paul Franklin
Cobolt Systems Ltd
The Old Mill House, Mill Road, Reedham,
Norwich, Norfolk NR13 3TL
U.K.
Tel: 01493-700172
Fax: 01493-701037
Email:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web Site: cobolt.co.uk
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large blocks and
slide them under adjacent un cut sections of ice and let the two layers
freeze together. The next morning we could cut 8 inch ice. That was only
the first of the many steps required to get ice cubes for our summer time
lemonade back in the 40s.
Paul Franklin
t the top. The blocks were then guided along a channel with long
handled ice pikes to the shore and stored in the ice house, or fished out of
the water and loaded on to trucks to be stored else where.
Paul Franklin
we use about 11
gallons in a 24 hour period. Even at to days gasoline prices, paying $35.00 a
day makes better scents than letting the food in the freezer spoil or letting
the pipes freeze in cold weather. .
Paul Franklin
- Original Message -
From: Lee A. Stone
To
and track loaders.
Probably none of these engines would pass to day's clean air requirements.
Paul Franklin
- Original Message -
From: Michael Baldwin
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2007 7:38 AM
Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Wh
high traffic bathroom with no
problems. A job that I thought would be a horror show, turned out to be kind
of fun and a blind friendly project.
Paul Franklin
- Original Message -
From: Larry Stansifer
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 4
Keep up the good work Dale. I for one find your long and descriptive
responses to be very helpful.
Paul Franklin
- Original Message -
From: Dale Leavens
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 10:45 AM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Yankee
Robert, Could the whining noise in your truck be caused by a warn or dirty
speedometer cable?
Paul
- Original Message -
From: Robert J. Moore
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 7:45 PM
Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Whiny truck
Does
lines from your emergency generator.
Paul Franklin
- Original Message -
From: "David Ferrin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 10:14 PM
Subject: [BlindHandyMan] instructions for wiring up a generator
> It occurs to me that this subject at
Sorry folks, I guess I missed the fact that there was 2 switches on the
circuit, in the original post. Just helps to confirm the fact that I must be
loosing it.
Paul Franklin
- Original Message -
From: Robert J. Moore
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday
Lenny can't you tell if the circuit is on by the position of the switch?
Usually when the handle of the switch is in the up position, power is on to the
circuit.
Paul Franklin
- Original Message -
From: Lenny McHugh
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, Janua
version of the jig
is mounted on a block which straddles the groove for the sliding strip. When
this thumb screw is tightened, it pinches the sliding strip and the strip is
then lock in position to transfer the measurement.
Paul Franklin
- Original Message -
From: Ralp
find around the home or shop. Let me
know if you come up with any better ideas for measuring jigs. If you plan to
purchase some kind of a measuring device, you would probably be better off to
invest in a rotormatick rule or a talking tape measure.
Paul Franklin
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s for sharing your idea:
Paul Franklin
- Original Message -
From: Tom Huhn
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 8:06 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Two measuring gages or jigs
About ten years ago I made something like these measuring device
I think that it has taken me longer to describe this stuff than it took to
build it. Sorry for being so long winded.
Paul Franklin
- Original Message -
From: Lenny McHugh
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 11:08 PM
Subject: [
Robert, you can remove the plug in the sink trap by turning it counter
clockwise with channel locks or an adjustable wrench. Have a can or a cup
ready when you take out the plug to catch the water in the trap.
Paul Franklin
- Original Message -
From: "Robert j. moore&quo
n. Thanks again Lew, You have got me thinking
along the write track and to morrow I'll go out and experiment a little.
Paul Franklin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 4:33 PM
Subject: Re:
.
Finally my question is, has anyone come up with any ideas for checking
engine oil without sighted help? I enjoy this list vary much and I would
greatly appreciate any suggestions or ideas from list members.
Paul Franklin
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