Re: [BlindHandyMan] Cleaning A Rusty Toilet

2010-01-07 Thread Rob Monitor
WORKS TOILET CLEANER, Works is the only thing that I found that really works for bad rust.. You mite have to get the water out of the toilet. But then just use the Works cleaner and it should come clean it mite take two or three times but it will work.. Well I had a lot of rust in one of my hou

[BlindHandyMan] refrigerator

2009-12-29 Thread Rob Monitor
HI, I have a 10 year old sears refrigerator that makes a banging noise when it turns off.. Someone said that the compressor needs to be leveled so how to you do this.. Do you level the hole refrigerator this one has the little wheels on it for moving it and I can't see how to level it or is the

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Universal Verbalizer OMEGASAYS®

2009-12-09 Thread Rob Monitor
HI, Would someone please explain just what this thing does.. Well I did look at the web. site but I'm still not to clear what it does.. Maybe it's just me from living up here in the frozen north just don't understand.. ROB FROM MINNESOTA- Original Message - From: "Lenny McHugh" To:

[BlindHandyMan] small engin condenser

2009-11-15 Thread Rob Monitor
HI, I'm wondering if any one knows is there any way of testing a small engine condenser? Well I found some in a box in my garage and I need one for a old Brigs engine I'm working on and just was wondering is there away of testing them before putting one in the engine and trying it?? Would save a

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Locks?

2009-08-30 Thread Rob Monitor
HI, This is kind of funny. But I don't even know where my keys for my house are... Never lock my doors up here in the north woods of Minnesota... Also I can pee in my yard if I want... ROB FROM MINNESOTA- Original Message - From: Jennifer Jackson To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups

Re: [BlindHandyMan] chainsaws..

2009-08-19 Thread Rob Monitor
that stuff is a sona of a gun to split by hand, in my opinion. Lee On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 10:10:43PM -0500, Rob Monitor wrote: > HI, Well I meant the logs are 24 in diameter and I have about 15 of them I have bin cutting and splitting up the smaller ones just fine but the big ones

Re: [BlindHandyMan] chainsaws..

2009-08-18 Thread Rob Monitor
-- From: Rob Monitor To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 3:29 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] chainsaws.. HI, What I'm wondering is can a guy cut a log the long way with a chainsaws with out hurting the saw or himself?? Why I'm asking this is I hav

Re: [BlindHandyMan] chainsaws..

2009-08-18 Thread Rob Monitor
le to cut these without your saw hitting the ground? Bill Stephan Kansas Citty MO Email: wstep...@everestkc.net Phone: (816)803-2469 - Original Message ----- From: Rob Monitor Date: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 2:29 pm Subject: [BlindHandyMan] chainsaws.. > HI, What I'm won

[BlindHandyMan] chainsaws..

2009-08-18 Thread Rob Monitor
HI, What I'm wondering is can a guy cut a log the long way with a chainsaws with out hurting the saw or himself?? Why I'm asking this is I have a lot of oak logs that are about 24 inches around and up from there... So when I cut a 16 to 18 inch off the log I can't move it myself to put in the wo

Re: [BlindHandyMan] small engine problem

2009-08-15 Thread Rob Monitor
HI, is this thing a 2-cycle or a 4-cycle engine?? What I'm thinking is if it's a 2-cycle sounds like there is a leek in the oil injection system.. Or if it's a 4-cycle it mite be a baring.. ROB FROM MINNESOTA - Original Message - From: "Lenny McHugh" To: "handyman-blind" Sent: Sat

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Patio project update.

2009-08-03 Thread Rob Monitor
HI, Well I just got a yard cart from Home Depot it is a 4 wheeled cart and I use it for hauling fire wood and it works really great.. Think I payed about $80.00 for it you pull it like a wagon which is nice for me then with my other hand my Leader dog leads me where I'm going... ROB FROM

Re: [BlindHandyMan] question about remote garage door openers

2009-07-08 Thread Rob Monitor
OH BOY, now the thieves can still a Chrysler and brake in to all kinds of garages.. - Original Message - From: Michael baldwin To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 2:15 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] question about remote garage door openers

[BlindHandyMan] gas/electric refrigerator

2009-05-31 Thread Rob Monitor
HI, I have a old camper with a propane gas / 120 electric refrigerator in it.. Right now I have no gas to try the refrigerator but when I try it on electric Don't here any noise like a compressor starting.. This thing was given to me so this the first time trying this stuff.. Would the refrigera

[BlindHandyMan] garage door openers

2009-04-23 Thread Rob Monitor
HI, Does any one know any thing about garage door openers??? My opener today stopped working the motor comes on but the chain does not move.. Looks like the chain and cable are on right but the chain gear just will not turn.. Any ideas?? ROB FROM MINNESOTA [Non-text portions of this messa

[BlindHandyMan] washing machine

2009-04-08 Thread Rob Monitor
HI, Just wondering if the guy that had the washing machine problem got it fix?? Just happen I have a machine that is doing same thing.. So I would interested how he came out... ROB FROM MINNESOTA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: [BlindHandyMan] talking rain gauge

2009-02-13 Thread Rob Monitor
HI, I had at one time a weather rock.. The weather rock was on a string and hung out side and when it rained would be wet and when it snowed it would be white with snow and if it was winding it would swing back and forth... ROB FROM MINNESOTA - Original Message - From: Jeff Kise

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Sharpening blades

2009-01-15 Thread Rob Monitor
HI, Speaking of sharpening blades, has any one on the list seen or herd of the sharp-all machine.. The thing is so post to sharpen saw blades and almost any thing else.. Just wondering if a blind guy could use this machine or not.. ROB FROM MINNESOTA - Original Message - From: R

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Dealing with people

2008-11-17 Thread Rob Monitor
HI, Well I bin going a lot of medical stuff the last few months had a tumor in my throat and had to go for 6 weeks of radiation and kemo and a lot of other stuff. Well I'm fine now but dealing with all the nurses that I had there was only one that really new how to deal with a blind person... Do

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Generator Conversion Kits to Propane andNatural Gas.

2008-11-10 Thread Rob Monitor
Hi, could you till me what HP. your briggs and stratton engine is? Also do you have the float type carb. on it??? Thanks Rob from Minnesota - Original Message - From: NLG To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 5:47 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] G

Re: [BlindHandyMan] the nut with a bolt problems

2008-06-23 Thread Rob Monitor
HI, You mite try putting some Works toilet bowl cleaner on the nut and bolt sounds like there is a lot of corrosion from the water and Works will dissolve it... ROB FROM MINNESOTA - Original Message - From: rs_denis To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, June 23,

Re: [BlindHandyMan] mettle verses shingle roof

2008-06-20 Thread Rob Monitor
HI, I put a mettle roof on about 2 years ago. As far as hearing the rain with mine I have a lot of insulation in my attic and I don't hear the rain any more then a shingle roof. When we put it on we took off all the old shingles right down to wood and put a rubber membrane on then the mettle.. W

Re: [BlindHandyMan] ignition gaps on a Briggs and Stratton

2008-06-04 Thread Rob Monitor
HI, In most cases for the B AND S engines the flywheel gap is 1 and the points are 2 plugs are 3. That's why Band S engines are nice... ROB FROM MINNESOTA - Original Message - From: Robert j To: Blind Handyman Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 2:38 PM Subject: [Bl

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Setting air compressor gage

2008-05-21 Thread Rob Monitor
THANKS LARRY, I went out and looked at my air compressor gages and the top of them came right off. Now sense I never could read the gages before what are the two gages reading and which one is what??? Hope this question is coming out right. THANKS ROB FROM MINNESOTA - Original Message

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Setting air compressor gage

2008-05-21 Thread Rob Monitor
HI GUY, How would a guy tell if the face on a gage comes off?? Well I have sears air compressor it's about 5 years old it's a big one can't remember how big it really is but it's big... Also it's the diaphragm kind do you think this kind the face would come off??? THANKS ROB FROM MINNESOTA--

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Robotic vacuums

2008-05-13 Thread Rob Monitor
HI, What brand of vacuum do you have and does it have a beater brush on it??? Also if I'm may ask about how much did it cost you?? THANKS ROB FROM MINNESOTA - Original Message - From: Jeff Balek To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 4:41 PM Subject

Re: [BlindHandyMan] water softeners

2008-05-09 Thread Rob Monitor
about 1/3 of it capacity. RJ - Original Message - From: Rob Monitor To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 13:28 Subject: [BlindHandyMan] water softeners HI, I have a sears water softener and it seem to be working all right but the salt in it is all

Re: [BlindHandyMan] water softeners

2008-05-09 Thread Rob Monitor
chisel and a rubber mallet. It takes a little time but it's not difficult. Good luck. Take care, Ed Przybylek From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Monitor Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 1:29 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject:

[BlindHandyMan] water softeners

2008-05-09 Thread Rob Monitor
HI, I have a sears water softener and it seem to be working all right but the salt in it is all hard like a big peace of cement. Also it has not needed any salt for over 6 months now so I really wonder if it is really working right. Just to let you know I have a well here do you guys think I sh

Re: [BlindHandyMan] lime away

2008-04-13 Thread Rob Monitor
HI, Well I have found that works toilet bowl cleaner works the best on hard water and iron stains. You still mite want to ware gloves but it really works... When I lived in a different house then where I live now I had really bad iron water and I used works toilet bowl cleaner on all the sinks

Re: [BlindHandyMan] snap together flooring

2008-04-04 Thread Rob Monitor
HI, Another thing with the laminate flooring is there is electric pads the you can put under the flooring instead of regular padding and that way you can heat the room. Although I think for the electric pad you have to be putting the floor on a concrete floor. ROB FROM MINNESOTA - Orig

[BlindHandyMan] weed eaters

2008-03-31 Thread Rob Monitor
HI, I have a old weed eater that some one gave me not sure what kind it is but it's a cheep one. What I would like to find out is the flywheel on a weed eater heavy enough to run the motor with out the shaft on it?? Like most smaller lawn mowers have to have the blade on it to run does a weed ea

Re: [BlindHandyMan] talking tape measure

2008-03-04 Thread Rob Monitor
HI, I have two different kinds of the talking tape measures. One has the 9 volt battery and the other one has the AA battery. The AA battery one is I think the better of the two. My 9 volt one does all kinds of wild things and eats up batteries really bad... Can not remember the names of them ri

[BlindHandyMan] plasma power generators

2008-02-27 Thread Rob Monitor
HI GUYS, Here's good question for all of you. What in the hell is a plasma power generator??? Well if any of you guys know what this is please let me know just the short version... THANKS ROB FROM MINNESOTA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: [BlindHandyMan] modifying a step stool

2008-02-14 Thread Rob Monitor
HI, Here is the time when you should get out the wood working tools and build a new step stool out of wood. This mite be a good place for people to see what kind ideas they can come up with for it... ROB FROM MINNESOTA - Original Message - From: Lenny McHugh To: blindhandyman@yaho

Re: [BlindHandyMan] find home

2008-02-10 Thread Rob Monitor
HI, Well with both of my dogs from Leader dog I put a little radio in the window on loud enough just so I could hear it from the street. after about 5 or 6 times of coming home with the radio on my dogs new where to go... ROB FROM MINNESOTA - Original Message - From: Matt

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Propane a Way of KnowinggHow Much is Left in Tankk

2008-02-09 Thread Rob Monitor
n@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Monitor Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 18:02 To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Propane a Way of KnowinggHow Much is Left in Tankk I to have a 500 gallon LP tank in my yard.. There is a gage on it for

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Propane a Way of KnowinggHow Much is Left in Tankk

2008-02-08 Thread Rob Monitor
I to have a 500 gallon LP tank in my yard.. There is a gage on it for telling how much gas is there is in it but being a blind guy it don't do me any good. Also I heat my house mostly with wood but I have the gas for when I'm not home so I just call the gas CO. when I need gas that is why it wo

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Propane a Way of KnowinggHow Much is Left in Tankk

2008-02-07 Thread Rob Monitor
Well that idea would be a little hard with a 500 lb. tank... THANKS ROB FROM MINNESOTA - Original Message - From: Ray Boyce To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 3:31 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Propane a Way of KnowinggHow Much is Left in Tank

Re: [BlindHandyMan] New and questions about an oil gage

2008-02-07 Thread Rob Monitor
HI, I was wondering if there was some kind of gage that us blind guys could use to read a propane gas tank??? THANKS ROB FROM MINNESOTA P.S. I'M TALKING A BIG 500 GALLON TYPE TANK- Original Message - From: Lenny McHugh To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, Febr

Re: [BlindHandyMan] shower heads

2008-01-31 Thread Rob Monitor
ce too! > >On Thu, 31 Jan 2008, Rob Monitor wrote: > > > HI, I was wondering if there is a shower head that would control > the flow of the hot and cold water... What I mean is when I'm > taking a shower and my well pump comes on there is a change in the &

Re: [BlindHandyMan] shour heads

2008-01-31 Thread Rob Monitor
holy SHIT I could tare out the wall for less then that but thanks for the information... ROB FROM MINNESOTA- Original Message - From: chiliblindman To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 2:14 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] shour heads I chec

[BlindHandyMan] shour heads

2008-01-31 Thread Rob Monitor
HI, I was wondering if there is a shower head that would control the flow of the hot and cold water... What I mean is when I'm taking a shower and my well pump comes on there is a change in the flow of the water and the shower can turn a little cooler for a minute... Before any one tells me ab

Re: [BlindHandyMan] A Little mor on Smart Strips

2008-01-22 Thread Rob Monitor
HI, if I remember right allot of power strips will not protect your electronics if it is turn off... - Original Message - From: Tom Fowle To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 1:18 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] A Little mor on Smart Strips Did

Re: [BlindHandyMan] A Temporary Work-around!

2008-01-21 Thread Rob Monitor
HI, You also could use a wet dry vacuum if you have one to get the water out of the sink... - Original Message - From: Dan Rossi To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 8:39 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] A Temporary Work-around! Is there any chan

[BlindHandyMan] popular mechanics

2008-01-11 Thread Rob Monitor
HI GUYS, Does any one know where a guy or woman, can get the POPULAR MECHANICS Magazine on line or so that you can down load it like a e-book or book for the stream??? Hope this makes sense to you... There web site is not the best as far as I can till... ROB FROM MINNESOTA - Original

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Rat Zapper

2007-12-26 Thread Rob Monitor
On Behalf Of Rob Monitor Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 12:12 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Rat Zapper Well I really don't know if you could get more then one mouse at a time.. Thinking you could but it would use up the batteries faster.. The

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Rat Zapper

2007-12-26 Thread Rob Monitor
t have to be rearmed? Thanks. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Monitor Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 11:06 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Rat Zapper Hi, yes I have th

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Rat Zapper

2007-12-26 Thread Rob Monitor
Hi, yes I have the RAT ZAPPER and its works great... the ZAPPER is about 10 inches long and about 3 inches square and made out of plastic as far as the batteries go it depends on how many mice you get... Think I can get about 6 or 8 mice on one set of batteries so they last for a wile unless y

Re: [BlindHandyMan] A Better Mouse Trap

2007-12-24 Thread Rob Monitor
? On Fri, 21 Dec 2007, Rob Monitor wrote: > HI, I use the RAT ZAPPER and it works great really nice that you don't even have to handle the mouse... > - Original Message - > From: Jesus Is the Answer > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Friday, Decemb

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Home Gyms

2007-12-23 Thread Rob Monitor
Well guys I heat my house mostly with wood. So between cutting slitting and stacking the wood and all of the caring it into the house and other things that you have to do when heating with wood I really don't need to work out with weights and things like that HA HA ... MARRY CHRISTMAS FROM

Re: [BlindHandyMan] A Better Mouse Trap

2007-12-21 Thread Rob Monitor
HI, I use the RAT ZAPPER and it works great really nice that you don't even have to handle the mouse... - Original Message - From: Jesus Is the Answer To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 11:34 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] A Better Mouse Trap Do

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Home remedies-sewer traps

2007-12-20 Thread Rob Monitor
HI, You mite try using vinegar and baking soda.. Put a good amount of soda in the drain and then the vinegar... Let it set and work for a long wile and then run the water and see what happens... ROB FROM MINNESOTA- Original Message - From: Bob Kennedy To: blindhandyman@yahoogro

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Better Options to De-ice Your Driveway

2007-12-12 Thread Rob Monitor
HI, I like the one about hire some one to shovel your driveway... I really do have a guy that plows out my driveway but I shovel the walks myself... Wonder if that alcohol mix would work on a iced up step??? ROB FROM MINNESOTA - Original Message - From: Ray Boyce To: blind

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: heating oil fuel gage

2007-12-07 Thread Rob Monitor
hears is a idea for you... When I had a vending machine rout I had coffee machines and in them they had a over foal bucket and in the bucket there was a switch that turned off the machine if it got full.. Well what I'm getting to is the switch was a styrene foam ball on a little chain and when t

Re: [BlindHandyMan] radio direction finding project

2007-11-25 Thread Rob Monitor
How about some kind of a GPS system like they use for tracking cars and trucks.. rob from Minnesota - Original Message - From: Lenny McHugh To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 5:01 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] radio direction finding project

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Driving sleds

2007-11-20 Thread Rob Monitor
HI, Years ago when I could still see a little bit I had a old sled. Well I rode it on some trails that I new at that tine where old logging trails and as a kid I use to walk them a lot. When I took out the sled I would try to keep it in the middle of the trail but some times a dam tree would j

Re: [BlindHandyMan] DARPA Urban Grand Challenge

2007-11-14 Thread Rob Monitor
LOOK OUT HERE COMES us BLIND GUYS... Just think in a few years if we are still here we could be cruising around in are own vehicles... NO more weighting around for rides and be able to go and come when we like what a concept... ROB FROM MINNESOTA - Original Message - From: Jewel

[BlindHandyMan] more batteries questions

2007-11-11 Thread Rob Monitor
Just for the hell of ithere is another question about batteries.. Well if you had two 12 volt batteries and wanted to get 24 volts out of them would you hook the negative of one battery to a ground and the positive to the negative of the other battery and then would there be 24 volt coming o

Re: [BlindHandyMan] series or parallel

2007-11-11 Thread Rob Monitor
What I'm asking this for is years ago I new a person the had a pickup truck with two batteries in it for starting in the winter in northern Minnesota when it gets 30-50 below zero... Just was wondering how you would hook the batteries up for that... Now here is another one for you if you took th

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Quartz Heater VS. Propane Heater

2007-11-10 Thread Rob Monitor
Well my insurance guy said as long as my work shop had a wall between the work shop and garage it was all right... So my work shop is about 20 by 28 and the garage is about the same there is a big double doors between the garage and work shop that I can open to let the heat in to the garage wh

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Quartz Heater VS. Propane Heater

2007-11-10 Thread Rob Monitor
YES, that's why here in the northland of Minnesota I use a good old wood burning stove in the work shop and also in my house... There also is propane heat in the shop and house but I don't use the propane much last year I think used less then a haft of a tank of gas... ROB FROM MINNESOTA

[BlindHandyMan] series or parallel

2007-11-10 Thread Rob Monitor
HI, Here is a question for you guys that know about wiring. Here it goes if you had two 12 volt batteries and wanted to wired them so you could charge them both at the same time and keep them 12 volt would you run the liars from positive to positive and negative to negative?? Also is this call

[BlindHandyMan] Emailing: MaxiAids.com - VIP Talking Thermostat For The Blind or Low Vision.htm

2007-11-07 Thread Rob Monitor
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Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: audible level

2007-11-05 Thread Rob Monitor
hi, what is rnib and do they have a web site??? I would be interested in one of the ball-bearing level... ROB FROM MINNESOTA- Original Message - From: "David W Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 5:19 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Re: audible level >

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Circular or table

2007-11-02 Thread Rob Monitor
HI, I have a circular saw for cutting plywood and large things like that. My son got me a circular saw guide from sears with clamps that hook on the saw and you can cut up to 2 foot with it. Works really good... ROB FROM MINNESOTA - Original Message - From: William Stephan

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Rats, Rats and Rats??

2007-10-24 Thread Rob Monitor
HI, Here is a could example of a place that the RAT ZAPPER would be a good way of getting this pesky guy. You could just put the ZAPPER right by where he is chewing threw the hose and I bet you would get him... ROB FROM MINNESOTA - Original Message - From: Max Robinson To: bli

[BlindHandyMan] nail gun

2007-10-22 Thread Rob Monitor
- Original Message - From: Boyce, Ray To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 6:27 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] New Tool Review Hi Everyone GMC Website - http://www.gmcompany.com GMC 18v Magnesium Strike Allnailer Review So you have a nail to drive... what

Re: [BlindHandyMan] I am done with the roof.

2007-10-22 Thread Rob Monitor
HI, Yes the roof thing can be lots of fun. Well I heat my house about 90 percent of the time with wood. So about every two months or so I go up on the roof and clean my chimney with a chimney brush. That was not to bad tell two years ago I had a metal roof put on and now in the winter it can be

Re: [BlindHandyMan] electrical cord

2007-10-18 Thread Rob Monitor
Hi, why don't you take a plug and light switch and box and a outlet and box and make your own... OH YA don't forget the cord... Why I say this is because I just make one like it but I put it on a pole with a base it also has a light on it to for the sited people. This thing is nice for workin

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Winterizing Your Super Coupe and Your Other Toys

2007-10-16 Thread Rob Monitor
THANKS this the article that I was looking for. Just could not remember what it was called... THANKS ROB from MINNESOTA - Original Message - From: Ray Boyce To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 5:49 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Winterizing Yo

[BlindHandyMan] storing a car

2007-10-16 Thread Rob Monitor
Hi, I just went to the blind handy man web page and went threw all 400 and some thing like that. But I could not find the article about storing a car for the winter. The article talked about what kinds of things to do to your car for long time storage. Like how to keep out bugs and mice and t

Re: [BlindHandyMan] rolling storage/workshop.

2007-09-28 Thread Rob Monitor
HI, As far as the tires go you could just put some jack stands under it by the four corners. The door you could take off the out side skin and it should be a 2 by 2 frame and you just have to put in a header and frame a hole for the door and then you could use some plywood on the outside a

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Do you have $900 to spend on a door lock

2007-09-25 Thread Rob Monitor
HI, I really don't have any thing in my house that is worth $900 really I do but I also have insurance.- Original Message - From: Dan Rossi To: Blind Handyman Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 10:10 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Do you have $900 to spend on a door lock My

[BlindHandyMan] here is a nail gun for you

2007-09-01 Thread Rob Monitor
- Original Message - From: Boyce, Ray To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 6:27 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] New Tool Review Hi Everyone GMC Website - http://www.gmcompany.com GMC 18v Magnesium Strike Allnailer Review So you have a nail to drive... what

Re: [BlindHandyMan] What Do You Want Information ON?

2007-08-28 Thread Rob Monitor
HI, a wile back Ray had sent a thing on how gas refrigerators work could you send that again I lost it some how... The article talked about ammonia is used for cooling... - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 20

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Talking tape measures

2007-08-06 Thread Rob Monitor
HI, Just got my new talking tape from LSS PRODUCTS today... Well it seem to be built a lot better then the other one I got it feels a little smaller and just more sturdier. The buttons are little different but easy to learn. Have not dropped it yet so can't say how it will hold up to that. R

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Talking Tape Measures | Measuring Tapes - Talking Tape Measure

2007-07-31 Thread Rob Monitor
HI GUYS, Well I just ordered one of the talking tape that uses the A type battery. Will let you all know how it works when I get it.. ROB from Minnesota - Original Message - From: Lenny McHugh To: Handyman-Blind Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 9:20 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan]

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Loft

2007-07-31 Thread Rob Monitor
HI GUYS, At one time I was looking at web sites for the blind type stuff some thing to do one raining day. Well some where I seen a talking tape that used AA batteries instead of the 9 volt type but like ever thing else I don't remember which one it was... But if you find it maybe it would not

Re: question Rob, Re: [BlindHandyMan] air nibbler

2007-07-29 Thread Rob Monitor
: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 8:26 PM Subject: question Rob, Re: [BlindHandyMan] air nibbler Is 16 guage sheet stock the same as a 16 AWg wire? Always wondered if it was the same scale or different just to confuse us :) On Sun, 29 Jul 2007, Rob Monitor

Re: [BlindHandyMan] air nibbler

2007-07-29 Thread Rob Monitor
dyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Monitor Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 3:02 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] air nibbler HI, Well just yesterday I got my new AIR NIBBLER by good old UPS... Hope some one here knows some thing

[BlindHandyMan] air nibbler

2007-07-28 Thread Rob Monitor
HI, Well just yesterday I got my new AIR NIBBLER by good old UPS... Hope some one here knows some thing about the air nibblers. What happen to me is that I made about 6 cuts with this thing and it stopped cutting. Now does any one how a air nibbler works and maybe what is wrong with it the place

[BlindHandyMan] oiling air-tools

2007-07-27 Thread Rob Monitor
HI, I'm wondering if a guy could use a little 3 in 1 oil to oil air-tools?? Seems that I lost my air-tool oil and need to oil one of them and wont be going to town for a wile or if any ideas on any other type of oil to use... THANKS ROB from Minnesota [Non-text portions of this message hav

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Idea seeking

2007-07-24 Thread Rob Monitor
Hi, you mite try JB WATERWELD it's made for using in water you can get it at most auto parts stores... - Original Message - From: rs_denis To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 4:19 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Idea seeking would epoxy putty wor

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Plumbing Supplies, Pipe Fittings, Valves right here at Plumbing Fittings Direct!

2007-07-13 Thread Rob Monitor
ipe Fittings, Valves right here at Plumbing Fittings Direct! I went, no problem going through the links. I am using Window-eyes 6.1 and IE7. Looks like you can by a single item or bulk. ----- Original Message - From: Rob Monitor To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Frid

[BlindHandyMan] Plumbing Supplies, Pipe Fittings, Valves right here at Plumbing Fittings Direct!

2007-07-13 Thread Rob Monitor
Hi guys and gals, Can any one figure how to get this web site to work so I could order some things from them? THANKS ROB from Minnesota http://www.plumbingfittingsdirect.com/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Refrigerator collecting water

2007-07-10 Thread Rob Monitor
HI, I just had this with my refrigerator.. What I fond was in the back of the refrigerator at the bottom was a panel that I had to on screw and in there I found a drip tube that ran up in the wall of the refrigerator to the freezer. But yours is a side by side you mite still find a tube . Well

[BlindHandyMan] car help

2007-07-09 Thread Rob Monitor
Hi, a friend of mine has a 1984 Dodge 600. The car was given to him for the reason that when you start it up the engine has a miss in it. But when you drive it and get it up to about 30-40 miles a hour the miss stops. Well he replace the plugs and wires cap and roader also did a compression test

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Brazing Explained.

2007-07-08 Thread Rob Monitor
HI, Thanks Ray for this good information on brazing... This helps me out a lot. Now maybe I can try some brazing and hope it will work.. THANKS ROB from Minnesota- Original Message - From: Ray Boyce To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 5:24 PM Subje

[BlindHandyMan] spiral saws

2007-07-07 Thread Rob Monitor
Hi, I'm wondering if you can use a spiral saw to cut holes in a oil drum and is so what bits would you use?? THANKS ROB from Minnesota [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: [BlindHandyMan] mosquitoes

2007-07-04 Thread Rob Monitor
HI, This is Rob from Minnesota yes we have some of the biggest mosquitoes in the world. What I do is avoid being outside at don and dusk that seems to be time that they are the worst. Also I build a big screen porch on my house and that's the best way of being outside and not being bothered by t

Re: [BlindHandyMan] brazing

2007-07-04 Thread Rob Monitor
ikely candidate I would think, what is it you intend to braze? Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Rob Monitor To: blindhandyman@yahoogroup

Re: [BlindHandyMan] brazing

2007-07-04 Thread Rob Monitor
Inc., a US-registered 501(c)(3) tax-deductible nonprofit charity. . Privacy policy . About Wikipedia . Disclaimers list end Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat.

[BlindHandyMan] brazing

2007-07-04 Thread Rob Monitor
Hi, does any one know any thing about brazing?? So far I have got some MAP gas for my hand torch it's the same one that I have used for soldering. Also got some brazing rods now what I need to know do you more or less do the brazing the same as soldering??? THANKS ROB from Minnesota [Non-t

Re: [BlindHandyMan] home buying

2007-07-02 Thread Rob Monitor
HI, Yes your right on that damn title insurance and stuff.. My cousin down in Texas owns his own title insurance company and he is one rich S.O.B. - Original Message - From: Dan Rossi To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 12:20 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHan

Re: [BlindHandyMan] cock roaches cock roaches and more cock roaches

2007-07-01 Thread Rob Monitor
Hi, This is one good reason to live in a climate where you have cold weather where I live in northern Minnesota I don't think a roach would come around.. ROB from Minnesota - Original Message - From: Linda To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 1:59 AM

Re: [BlindHandyMan] quiet air conditioner

2007-06-28 Thread Rob Monitor
Hi, some where I herd about a air conditioner that comes in two parts. The compressor sets outside and all you put in your window is the fan and cooling coil and that makes it a lot quieter. - Original Message - From: Eugene Baroni To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thurs

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Cutting Circles in Sheet Metal

2007-06-28 Thread Rob Monitor
wash? Jewel - Original Message - From: Rob Monitor To: blindhandyman@Yahoogroups.Com Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 3:00 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Cutting Circles in Sheet Metal Hi, yes Know all about putting water and a little dish soap in the drum before cutting in

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Cutting Circles in Sheet Metal

2007-06-28 Thread Rob Monitor
wife and a young family, what a pitiful situation that was. Bill Gallik E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - "Nothing changes your opinion of a friend so surely as success - yours or his." - Franklin P. Jones - Original Message - From: "Rob Monitor&quo

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Cutting Circles in Sheet Metal

2007-06-27 Thread Rob Monitor
This is Rob again, Ray what I'm cutting the hole in is a 55 gallon oil drum top. Do you think this nail cutting thing would work for that?? Also I do have a router and could there be any way I could use that?? THANKS ROB - Original Message - From: Boyce, Ray To: blindhandyman@

Re: [BlindHandyMan] cutting a hole

2007-06-27 Thread Rob Monitor
Hi, it's me Rob, I do have a router could I use that any way to cut out this hole?? THANKS Rob - Original Message - From: Shane Hecker To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 9:08 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] cutting a hole I don't know ab

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