Dan,
Have you looked into portable conveyer belts?
I've seen them used to remove trash from a basement, wonder if one could
move your blocks and how much to rent one.
tom Fowle
Build everything out of spray foam with foam core board as forms. nothing
heavy to carry.
Tack chicken wire on the outside and glop it up with stucco and spray paint
If the chemicals don't get you the neighbors or the wife will! GRIN
tom
this, but I doubt it.
tom Fowle
I think the maker has a decision to make regarding whether to get power from
the system, or just from batteries. I bet there are a wide variety of
interfaces that would require different electronics to get power from them,
so the makers of talking units choose to use batteries and thus save the
, eighty thousand would hardly build you a
shack.
Tom Fowle
Recent program I heard about Bucky Fuller, of geodecic dome fame, says they
didn't last well because the seals around the triangular pieces didn't hold
up using practical materials.
A friend't mother had one somewhere in Texas on a river, up on stilts, which
was built from a kit. They loved it
of there charge just sitting around not
working. They therefore will just loose there charge due to internal losses
long long before the energy would be used by the thermostat. Use alcaline
cells that are fresh and have a long off date on the package and you won't
have to fuss for years.
Tom
.
Tom Fowle
Yes vertical mill or drill press.
Tom
Ray,
Wouldn't those old rails make good firewood? Or are they soaked with
creosote?
Tom
On Fri, Aug 07, 2009 at 06:30:08AM +1000, Ray Boyce wrote:
Hi All
Well we replaced the last 88 feet of wooden 3 x2 fence rails yesterday with
top cap 50 galvanised steel channels.
These channels are
I've always wanted a fire place, but know lots of people whove had them
and had them removed for the mess. Of course around here burning is pretty
much frowned upon lots of the time.
Tom
Ed,
That's a huge set of specs, I doubt there is anything.
sounds to me like the fix is going to be more trouble than
just replacing the siding, but then I'm not there.
I'll ask.
Tom
if no better results are given.
Tom Fowle
Smith-Kettlewell RERC
stuff, although handihams is better at
accessibility.
73s (best regards)
tom Fowle WA6IVG
with not
much load, it may do.
Good one's cost a lot, luckilly I don't need one here.
best
Tom Fowle
Victor
Very unlikely 850 watts will hack the freezer. Check it's power rating,
make sure it's well under the generator's capabilities, cause you know
you're going to want to run more stuff on it than the freezer.
tom
Yep, I should have said that for both digital and HD so they claim.
Tom Fowle
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 02:45:48AM +0100, carl wrote:
is this antenna sutable for dijatle?
- Original Message -
From: Max Robinson
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009
it out.
Tom Fowle
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To: Tom Fowle fo...@ski.org
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Build a T.V. antenna.
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:02:11 -0500
From: Terry Klarich te...@klarich.net
Hey Tom:
Thanks for the discription of the antenna. I
power systems.
the darned thing is supposed to be cheap if you want to spend money
buy a commercial antenna.
tom Fowle
tom Fowle
Hey Ron,
I thought the link was in the descriptive post, but---
http://www.digitalhome.ca/ota/superantenna/
tom
to build the Gray-Hubberman U.H.F. T.V. antenna
Tom Fowle
Smith-Kettlewell Rehab Engineering Center
San Francisco
This antenna will seem strange to anybody with experience in normal
looking
TV. antennas, it looks like it'd be seeing the sky but it seems to work.
Materials:
1 piece of wood; 1 by 3
, but I'd not run it
for more than a couple hours.
Also the shutdown unit is set too low, 11 volts on a car
battery is too low and drawing it down
like that will drastically lessen the battery life.
Sorry not the answer you wanted, just best that can be had GRIN
Tom Fowle
to the ground bus
in the fuse or breaker panel and through to the service ground.
Some people might just replace the sockets and tie the grounding screw to the
boxes, but who can tell if the boxes are grounded, bad idea.
Tom Fowle
with both NFB and the moderators GRIN
Tom Fowle
On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 09:58:39AM -0400, Dale Leavens wrote:
Never could see the point in that sort of technology. It isn't much good to
have your car take you to some corner of a mal parking lot if you can't find
your way to the door. And once you
tom
The most obvious example is if working with wiring of almost any type
where standards for color codes exist E.G. home wiring. If you were installing
new wiring you'd better get the black and white wires in the right places.
Tom Fowle
Some linux users still use hardware synths because you can have speech right
from bootup and follow all the system load messages. For geeks only GRIN
I think there is a list something like blindbuysell
I happen to be a big fan of doubletalks, might get in touch off list.
Tom Fowle
I wonder if lubricating the blade with a light oil while cutting would help
keep it from melting? I've used automotive transmission fluid for ssimilar jobs
and it works well. Assuming it wouldn't penetrate
the nylon.
TomFowle
evaluation
projects on my some day list.
I hope manufacturers are getting over this stupid idea that they
have to have proprietary interfaces to all gizmos so you have
to buy there add on-s and cables. It's like ink printers
the printers are cheap but the ink kills you.
tom Fowle
I'd look for plastic cleets, they have some U.V. resistant ones now that are
pretty good for relatively light duty work. Avoids the whole metal problem.
Tom Fowle
nobody understands saturation.
Once you have a signal with no drop outs, more amplification is bad.
as it does as detailed above and causes distortion and interference from
intermodulation between unwanted signals.
tom Fowle WA6IVG
handle, adjust for desired flow and you're done.
Tom Fowle
Somebody mentioned using twin lead, I'd not consider that a viable
way to go any more except for the shortest runs. Most antennas and all
T.V.s and digital boxes are designed for 75 ohm coax and even
using proper transformers to convert impenances, those are pretty lossy, so
there is no
where
the drill is when it's straight. But I agree drilling, especially into
the end grain of a board, makes me nervous.
tom Fowle
and
spiro,
Pack the hole and pipe in dynomite and wait for him to drive over it again!
Hoping there are no Iraq vets here, but technique works too well there.
Kidding of course
tom
Hi Cliff,
You might give the motor a good cleaning and try re lubricating the bearings
I've been jockying ours along for years because replacement motors don't fit
properly and I don't want to go top side to change the entire unit out.
tom Fowle
Googone found at big drug stores etc. is just what you want,. Kind of
expensive but worth it because it actually works.
Leave it soak just a bit if it doesn't start working instantly.
I think it's yet another of these citris extractives, smells like it anyhow.
tom Fowle
to jam and/or
break bits and have flying bits about that could blind you.
Oh no, not that!
Tom Fowle
reaction sounds reasonable, it should
probably be well bonded to the electrical service ground and anything else
that wants to be earthed.
Tom Fowle
On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 11:46:21AM -0400, Dan Rossi wrote:
So, I have been getting some quotes from plumbers on moving my water line
that runs
There is an outstanding article by our very own dale Leavens on
soldering copper pipes on the BHM files page.
tom Fowle
Yeah dan and where should we deliver that new three D braille display
and the self driving car whilst we're at it? GRIN
And the house stretcher to fit the
family and guests you'll be expecting too.
tom
Terry,
both the trucks? Does that mean that after you drove
the first one you had to go buy another rite away? GRIN
Kidding, just had an image of a truck into something solid.
I know Dale has said that sometimes he would rather do something
hard than wait for help that may take a long time to
know of any worse effects unless you really got
the stuff deeper in the old bod.
Tom Fowle
I would question using bondo for patching a hole which I assume is an inch
and a half in diameter or so. That seems like a very large amount of the stuff
and unless applied in several layers might never dry inside the mass and thus
not be strong. Seems to me that if the hole is that kind
of size
, and if it doesn't fit, don't force it.
tom Fowle
On Mon, Jun 08, 2009 at 08:36:23AM -0700, Dave Mitchell wrote:
Greetings All: The fan that exhausts to the side in my desktop computer is
failing.
Are these just plug-in units?
I have not explored further but I would appreciate tips from anyone
there is a mechanics list but I want the concise version for engineers
who just want to know what to tell them!
Off list is fine if you don't want to clutter it up.
fo...@ski.org
Any advice muchly appreciated.
thanks
Tom Fowle
have to stand back from the work a bit to get a good straight pull.
I am no joinery crafts person, can barely cut to follow scribed marks straight
but these are easy to use when you keep them going straight so they don't
bind, and I think they bind less than push
saws.
Hope that helps
Tom Fowle
such devices
take three readings and see if they agree before deciding it might just be
kinda close.
tom Fowle
On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 08:05:47AM -1000, Betsy Whitney wrote:
I saw this item and wondered if anyone had any experience with it. I
also want to know if the price is reasonable
Scott,
Yes, it has a frequency meter and measures capacitance, and maybe some other
stuff i forget now. It also has LEDs at the probe tips
if you care.
The jacks that hook the probes to the meter are non-standard so replacement
probes might be an issue.
but for that price, you can't go very
thanks all who replied about the compressor, i don't need it
regulated, think the portable car one sounds like a plan.
Tom
clarification.
There was a basic review of converter boxes in AFB's Access world a few isues
back.
Luck
Tom Fowle
Embedded Systems Developer/ Rehab engineer
Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center
The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute
2318 Fillmore St.
San Francisco, CA 94115
415-345-2123 (Voice)
fo
And, since I'm feeling rebellious and anti establishment today,
Here's something somebody might try which would be quite illegal.
Take the digital to analog converter box, which
presumably has been set up with power and an antenna.
Connect its R.F. output, which would be set to either chanel 3
Spiro,
Nope, the converter boxes output on analog VHF chanel 3 or 4, just so as to
work
into almost any old piece of junk everybody has.
tom
at the moment, I wmay not be back to read
answers till Monday.
Thanks for any suggestions.
Tom fowle
of license usually
has some effect. If she went with an unlicensed contractor, then civil court
is her only backup and good luck to her.
Tom Fowle
Balsa grows on trees, (No really?)) in central
and south America.
Maybe should say in trees, not on them.
Tom Fowle
Be carefull there, didn't you know that cold ones are
by there very nature grounded and if you suck too hard whilst
dragging the cord, you're likely to end up flat on your--
GRIN
Sorry the picture was just too good to miss.
tom fowle
Dan
Have you ever looked to see if they have model with any kind of port for
output?
Tom
The wind turbines I've been around, some on boats, some huge
commercial ones, are pretty noisy. I'd check pretty
carefully before investing.
Were I in a position to go solar, I'd do it for
break evenzies in money just to reduce dependance
on gas or coal. Can't do it in a rented house
thanks Dan will look
Tom
tom,
This may be late, but my guess is that ther is a near short
in wiring to the fixture and the bump caused a temporary short. which
blew the electronics in the dimmer but not the switch.
I'd turn off the power and have a close look at the wiring to the fixture
for worn insulation etc.
Tom
much fuss you want to go to now
to get better materials versus how often you wanna fix it. GRIN
Tom Fowle WA6IVG
of standard is that there are so many to choose
from! GRIN
Tom Fowle
it in an extension cord
that's not plugged in till you think it fits well, then let it go
till the prong actually breaks, hopefully it doesn't
break off in a socket. I've re-bent many prongs and never had a problem.
tom Fowle
Is there a developing standard for ears?
I've never found an In the ear type that stays in my pinnae.
tom fowle
I do seem to recall that european fuses may be blow' at rated current
and U.S. are'flow through at rated current.
changing fuse ratings should make no difference to how
the device operates, fuse resistance is minuscual compaired to the impedance
of the device.
Reminds me of a guy who called us
Silver solder melts at a much higher temp than tin/led and creates a much
stronger bond mechanically. It'll stand the temp shock of refrigeration
much better than tin/led
You wouldn't use silver for audio cause it's more expensive and
there is no point, unless maybe in a very corosive
ray,
We'll see what Ron thinks, but I'd not bother changing for just an ampere of
difference.
The rating of the fuse is the current it will pass in normal operation
NOT, as some think, the current required to blow it. You're only up by an amp
even if the caravan pulls its full 15 amps, so no
Problem might be that you don't know for sure that the 2 120 volt lines are
actually from the two sides of the service. There may be an easier way, but
I think you'll need an A.C. voltmeter that goes at least to 250 volts
to chec between the two hots to see that they are
actually 240 volts
with tubes group send an email to,
funwithtubes-subscr...@yahoogroups.com
- Original Message -
From: Tom Fowle fo...@ski.org
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 1:08 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question to Electricians on this List 4 wire to
3
long. Check around pipes
doors dryer vents and anywhere else anything penetrates the walls/floors.
Our landlord won't allow cats, so no experience with them.
good luck
Tom Fowle
This is probably getting to esoteric for this list, but
the only situation I know of where a grounded mast might be an issue is with
a vertically polarized beam type antenna, which T.V. antennas are not.
In that case, the mast might look to the antena like another partial,
and non resonant,
Dan,
I assume you have some noteworthy electrical storms there, and if so, I think
whatever protection you can manage may; help. But it does have to be pretty
serious, just a small wire to a water pipe or the like isn't worth the trouble.
It needs to be at least no 10 wire to a very good ground,
Way to go Betsy, gloat all you want.
Tom
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 04:48:34AM -1000, Betsy Whitney wrote:
Aloha all,
We got the shower fixed about a month ago, but I didn't get around to
a follow-up message. This is one of those things that people who are
blind do best.
The problem was
Bill,
first, of course, stay the heck away from power lines but you know that.
Every year or so hams are fried to death trying to put up a big beam
or something too close to the power lines.
Most short wave receivers are designed to be not very pickey about
antennas just because randomness is
that covered a couple hundred acres. He said
it was the best receiving antenna he'd ever had, so I guess the old guy
wasn't kidding after all.
Bill Stephan
Kansas Citty MO
Email: wstep...@everestkc.net
Phone: (816)803-2469
- Original Message -
From: Tom Fowle fo...@ski.org
Date
with function and pop up meus
it's a mess.
Always the cynic, and sometimes even correct!
Tom Fowle
.
Tom Fowle
wire from the mast to
a very good ground may help drain off some of the energy in a close miss.
Tom Fowle WA6IVG
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 09:57:36AM -0600, Gerry Leary wrote:
Hello Dan,
WB6IVF Gerry Leary here. First I don't know much about the antenna you have,
so I don't know what
Another way to tell if a remote is stuck or working at all is with an
audible light probe if you have one. All the photo sensors I've tried that
might be used in probes pickup the infrared from remotes pretty well. Just
hold the sensor of the probe within an inch of the business end of the
it is a problem and they need to replace the remote
or send you a supply of batteries GRIN
Tom Fowle
, but much better than buying new cells all the time.
Tom Fowle
On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 06:49:54PM -0400, Scott Howell wrote:
I ended up switching to rechargeable batteries because our Dish remote
seem to be eating them rather quickly as well.
On Apr 15, 2009, at 6:33 PM, Claudia wrote
at half an amp which
meets the USB power standard.
If you have trouble finding one, I can ask my wife if she can find
specific info on the one we bought.
That'd be a good gizmo for the mice to get.
Tom Fowle
On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 03:28:46PM -0400, Lenny McHugh wrote:
I planned on loading my mp3
Kevin,
I assume you used to be able to turn the drum by hand?
If this is a top loader, does the top rim of the drum look like it
may have shifted position at all in relation to the housings
around it?
Sounds like a destroyed main tub bearing to me, but hope not.
Tom Fowle
donny,
So far as i've heard they will have a longer shelf life if stored
in the refrigerator, not the freezer.
Presuming they're alcaline that is, not sure about zinc carbon.
tom Fowle
can, then you could
drill out some holes in the middle to make cleanout easier.
You could try cleaning up the edges with a wood chisel held vertically with
the flat sides out, but either press only or tap very gently to avoid
cracking. then file it clean.
tom Fowle
David
How many, how accurate holes? is this like sheet vynl or more like
harder acrylic?
If it's fairly hard, I'd say a drill and a square file.
You won't find an actual punch like that I think unless you need a large
number of holes the cost of a real punch with dye would be pretty high.
Tom
quickly. but when really sharpened on a razor stone and a proper
leather strop, will be much sharper than a modern blade.
Not that i have the guts, or the spare blood, to try one on the old dial
tom Fowle
the upcomming over the air' digital TV, then any of
the available digital to analog converter boxes has audio out jacks that can
be dealt with as above. Of course the accessibility of the converter boxes
leaves some to be desired, thanks FCC and republicans once again.
Tom Fowle
Dale,
You have a point there, yes Kindle does use several proprietary formats and
will have access to materials before they get to one of the bat systems.
And yes there is that silly worry about synthetic speech taking market from
audio books.
Being cheap, I would rarely pay for books I can get
.
As a total bat, it seems silly to spend lots on the fancy
Kindle display, although if they had large fonts, low vision folks might find
it very helpfull.
A rare situation in which it might turn out that devices made for the bat
market could actually be price competative with visie' market stuff.
Tom
to be in the crawl space and I've
not been down there and have no desire to go! GRIN
Few years back, I nearly moved in to a mobile home that had
not a single shutoff anywhere. I'd have fixed that quick.
Tom Fowle
Ground loop isolator, This is a stereo cable with RCA plugs on both ends
comes with 1/8Th inch adaptor. presumably has two magnetically shielded
transformers.
Price $16.99
Catalog #270-054
They don't give the length but it may help
Tom Fowle
a larger surface?
Thanks
Tom Fowle
On Wed, Mar 04, 2009 at 04:27:09PM -0600, Terry Klarich wrote:
Hello all:
I just wanted to send a short email discussing the installation of my attic
or whole house fan. My Wife and I decided to install a
whole house fan to hopefully lessen the need
Hi Scott,
Max's idea of using ballanced inputs may work if your mixer has them, but I
doubt that it does, that's usually limited to commercial audio gear.
What you probably need to do is break the ground to one or other of the
computers, probably the laptop. Now, of course, just breaking
the
Mat,
I'd try sixty watts, don't think I've seen many fixtures that wouldn't take
that.
but I doubt using the wrong bulb would cause bulb burnout, more likely
premature fixture failure
Tom
Scott,
I'm told radio shlock makes cables of the type you may want, They might be
called isolator cables or ground loop prventers or the like.
I'll have a colleague look when I have time.
tom
the hole in the striker plate and
jam is the bolt its self.
Hope that helps
Tom Fowle
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 07:09:00PM -0600, Kevin Doucet wrote:
Hi Dan,
I already have a door knob with a key lock and it does have the extra
part on the slide. I am just asking what is the suggested way to make
know you've applied it where it
s
needed. If applied over and around the cut pretty well, it forms a coating
that keeps the cut closed and clean, assuming you wash first, for maybea day.
At least you don't have a messy bandaid comming off and getting caught up
in things.
tom Fowle
Ouch, with all that open surface area, that would hurt.
Tom
it all, and I'm not there yet and hope nobody
else is.
tom Fowle
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