. very good flavor and never gets gooie
like white.
Hope that helps, maybe others have more comments.
Have fun and good breading
tom Fowle
I had a friend who used to live up in the siera where power cost her for gas
or propane and she had lots of wood.
She had a cupboard built above the kitchen range just for proofing.
As the range almost never was allowed to cool off, the cupboard
was always just right.
And bread baked in a wood
bill,
that surely seems to be one of Epson's target markets, and I
don't now see why not.
More when i've seen the demo and got myhands on one.
I'm not sure how hard the FPGA package is to mount, i don't think they
can be soldered to a board but must be put into a special socket.
Doubt that is a
Did I say it backwards? I meant, I think, maybe,
that cheapie cables are fine except perhaps over long distances.
Standing on it's little blind head.
Tom
robert,
yep, the quality of the insulation is probably more important than that of
the wire its self but that's nit picking. I think the USB limit is fifteen
feet anyhow, so I doubt cables matter much in that length.
Depending on the type of signal being sent,
there are all kinds of issues that
Just FYI, I've been in touch with folks at local epson sales office.
they are just comming out with what amounts to a dec talk on a single
chip for about $10.00. Only minor problem is it is in a very strange
package so we'll have to see how we can make it possible for small
manufacturers and
Dale,
I think system access allready has an USB flash drive withthere program
on it, using software speech of course.
The package is what's called a FPGA something grid array.
If you've ever seen a pentium out of its socket, with a small square chip
maybe an inch on a side and an entire grid of
good, some real facts rather than hysteria. I did know these bulbs
weren't to be put in the land fill, we have a box of em somewhere to be recycled
Glad to find out that OSH will take them as our local county center is
inaccessible by pub trans.
I suspect the handling instructions for broken
I picked up a little pack including a so-called USB A to A cable
and a set of adaptors from USB A to several things. This was at a local
Big Lots store and didn't cost more than a few bucks.
Anybody tells you not to use cheap USB cables, unless over a very long
distance, is nuts, cheapies work
Max,
there about 4 standard connectors.
That means your camera has an USB client port and the
host is on the computer
The only good thing about standards is that there are so many
to choose from!
Tom
This smells of internet hoax, has anybody checked it with
a reliable source?
Tom
2 to 10 miligrams of mercury is piddleingly small.
and since the vapor pressure and temp are pretty low it will be no longer
vaporized very quickly and thus of no real danger.
Who says incandesant lights don't flicker, just listen to one
with a light probe and tell me that's a stable light
spiro,
I've no idea how much stem the sparkplug socket will take, after all a plug
is a fairly long stem, but I've not used one in years.
Just seemed like something that might be close.
Maybe your local hardware store rents tools, some do, and they
might have sockets for the purpose
Tom
spiro
I'm sure radio shlock carries sonalert type sounders they beep don't
buzz but they can be pretty loud and piercing.
Tom
Lenny,
Now-a-days the microcontroller would have the eprom built in and they can
Code protect the internal memory so you can't copy it.
Yep, whenever I seem no user serviceable parts inside, it makes my fingers
itch for tools!
Like the upcomming talking book digital players from NLS are gonna
A few years ago a lot of people tried to promote a universal consumer
electronics
bus, they had a mess of perfectly usable standards for communicating between
various appliances etc. It would have been a great thing for us as many devices
would have been remotely readable and controllable.
But
I've also written to Wixey including an offer of free engineering help
from Smith-Kettlewell RERC if he wants.
Tom
Dan,
didn't know they'd moved to RS232, they used to use a proprietary interface
whose spec I have around somewhere. They made a takbox for a while and Tom
Benham
also made a very expenwive talkbox for they're tools.
I'll check it out and we can buy one.
Hopefully they have other tools with
I just wonder if a spark plug socket might just fit in there
and be the correct size? They come in all kinds of cheapie socket sets.
That's a real nerve wrecker, break it off in there and you got a real mess.
luck
Tom
I've had a reply from Barry Wixey and he seems pretty positive.
His plan would be to add a serial port at a standard baud rate etc.
so folks with speech enabled portable computers, BNS and the like
should have no problem accessing it.
He's a mechanical guy so depends on chinese electrical
Hi Jewel,
Well, we designed one and the design is in the Smith-Kettlewell Technical file
for all the good that does you unless you're into building electronics.
it's called the Little Go Beep
An engineer with the Handyhams folks, ham radio, designed a low power
gizmo that sends a single character
Here's what I found right off,
from the braillebookstore and RNIB
Hope I included enough info,
not sure either is what you want but starts.
Tom
Future Aids, The Braille Superstore
1-800-987-1231
Wireless Sound Beacon
Audible Pager:
shane,
I'd complain to the manufacturer,I assume it is under some kind
of guarantee and if you messed with it you'd void that.
There are any number of ways of building this kind of button but
most are sealed to keep gunge out, so not worth messing with a
nue unit unless the manufacturer won't to
It is surely true that in theory anything with a digital display
could be made to talk.
And it is pretty easy when done at design phase rather than a
retrofit.
Retrofitting used to be a bit easier when stuff had more individual
(discrete) parts and they wer larger. Now-a-days everything is
Don,
I don't think there is a practical way to test the breaker, if it happens
more often chanigng the breaker is a first try if the A.C. otherwise
seems to be cooling fine when it does start.
If it seems to take a while to get cool enough it may need a bit of
charge in which case you'll need
This is probably borderline off topic, and I don't
want to start a major thread but how many of you U.S. folks
who are stuck with ATT phone service are insulted at the discontinuance of
the popcorn time service?
Not that there aren't many other ways to set a clock, but I'd bet lots of
older folks
Thanks Dan,
I'd forgotten about TellMe and not tried it will do.
Tom
Bill,
Didn't have the number will save it.
Thanks
Tom
don,
If it happens just as the compressor kicks on, it may be a loose connection
causing resistance so that the compressor can't start as fast as it should
and pulls too heavy a load for too long thus tripping a slowblow
breaker.
Or the lines or breaker may just be a bit marginal for the demand.
You can't usually raise the water level, there is an overflow tube
that's part of the tank's mechanism which
sets the water level.
It seems to me that some of the rubber flapper valves are supposed to float
after being pulled up. That would make the flapper stay away from the
seat till the
It's just possible that changing the chain position or length just a bit
will make it come above the water surface when it's pulled up, thus letting
it get a breath of air to help it float.
but I have used many toilets on which you had to hold down the
handle as you discribe, so it may be a plan?
As Dale suggests, there are places where you can't drive an 8
foot rod deep enough, My colleague Bill Gerrey lives in a section
of San Francisco where there is a layer of serpentine rock maybe
4 feet below the surface of the ground, and apparrently it's
nearly impossible to get through. A friend
Gee robert, I hope you don't actually hot up those electric
fences along your garden rows, it would give you more of a
charge from gardening than is probably really necessary! GRIN
I suppose you could hot them up when you aren't going to be
working out there hoping the zaps will keep pests or
one wonder wha't's going on over there and what Sally
thinks of your SlaveLady GRIN
tom Fowle
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I think, in the U.S. now a days, the connection between the electrical
ground and water system is no longer used. I was under the imression that
the electrical safety ground should be tied only to the ground
rod that's directly below the meter box.
What I remember being very surprised at when we
Dale,
I have, I think, seen such a roll top, but it's been many years and I'm not
sure if it was really seen or imagined.
What I remember is that the slats tapered down towards what I'd call the
leading edge and had a small, maybe 3/16Ths inch round on that edge as though
they'd had 3/4ths of
I should think that since routers fall under the FCC's part 15 unlicensed
devices certification, the power would be strictly limited,
probably to 100 miliwatts. So, to improve range
you can either make a much more sensative receiver or improve antennas.
If you use a singel router for several
Phil,
Assuming these are AA sized batteries it should do fine. You'll
probably have to leave the charge on about twice the time as for
NICADS as NIMH batteries usually have nearly double the capacity
of NICADS.
If the charge is a fast charge' type, in other words if it
charged the nicads in just
Roger,
The cheapest continuity tester I know of is made by
production devices
http://www.productiondevices.com
It's a probe witha metal tip and a long cord out the back with a clip.
It will responde either to continuity or varying resistance between probe
and clip and to voltage also. I think
DMM digital
multi-meter if you need more exact measurements of voltage, current
resistance and so on.
Please be more specific so we can help.
Tom Fowle
Rehab Engineer
Smith-Kettlewell RERC
Ralph,
It would be called an A.C. amp meter and is perfectly possible, however I
don't know of an off the shelf unit that will do what you want
let alone one that is blind accessible. There are things called clamp amps
that have a fitting that goes around a single wire from an A.C. cord, this
Max is, of course correct, an amp meter would give you a fair approximation
but you really need a wat hour meter. I'm sure they can be bought,
I'll look around, maybe there is one with a serial port to hook to
a computer.
Tom
thanks ron,
the name might well help. From what you say I presume this is an
outmoded style, not surprising as it's at least from the 1980s.
tom
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.
Any ideas appreciated.
thanks
tom Fowle
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dale and all,
There are now high power amplifiers on a chip, except that the large capacitors
required for input/output D.C. blocking are still external.
The last one I saw was a 50 wat per chanel unit on a board that measured
maybe 3 by 3 by 2 inches including several large condensors.
The chip
Wouldn't the overall change in the temp of the aquifer depend on
the ballance of cooling versus heating in the overall system?
If you pull heat out of the underground water more than you push
it back in, maybe you'd eventually freeze the whole aquiffer up
and what might that cause! GRIN
Therese
there was a fairly recent review of drain cleaners in Consumer
Reports, and they warned against compressed chemical cleaners as
if you have a solid backup they can leak back and spray stuff in
your little blind eyes.
Same for the foaming types, they can apparrently foam back and
the chemical
Gaadz Spiro, you're making me work pretty hard today, and I thought
I was on bloody vacation this week GRIN
Most of the stuff on chips is transistors. These are made by
putting very small bits of impurities on to very pure silicon
wafers. these impurities make the silicon become a semi
of the magnetic field
reduces as the square of the distance.
Very very powerfull fields are needed to have any effect on
tissues at all and nothing sold to you on an infomercial will do
any good or harm other than to your credic card, and your
credulity.
there'se a start anyhow, hope it helps.
tom
software that will do the job, hope
Jay williams knows of what's current and accessible.
tom Fowle
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hate phones that give only a short burst of tone with a button
press, don't know who thought that was an idea.
Let me know how it works out, and maybe we can help persue ideas.
Tom fowle
smith-Kettlewell RERC
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in a handy place so all she need do is lift
it from the cradle for a few seconews. It won't be usable for
anything else but otherwise cheap and simple to use.
Tom Fowle
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a chunk of beever board
into which pins could be shoved to hold things in place. Perhaps push pins
or drawing pins, the ones with long plastic heads, might work?
Starting thoughts anyhow.
/tom Fowle
Dan
Shaft encoders aren't much, but the accurately punched tape that won't crack
seems to my little cynical brain to be the problem.
I've wondered about taking the Cobolt unit and gutting it, using only the
case and tape and encoder/sprocket and re-doing the microprocessor.
Wish I could just
The cobolt unit has a tape with a holes that run through a sprocketed wheel
inside the box.
This, presumably, turns a digital shaft encoder that tells the
microprocessor how many counts it's moved. These encoders can count several
hundred counts per revolution of a shaft, so accuracy isn't a big
I'm pretty much guessing about the sprocketed shaft encoder, that's how I'd
do it. I believe if they were using optical counting
the holes would be smaller.
But if Dan sends me one and I open it up maybe I'll be able to tell for sure
Tom
Dan,
My colleague Josh Miele has a busted one also and I've thought about doing
just that. Not sure I can fit it in the case because I don't
have circuit board fabricatin techniques available
Wouldn't need the new encoder, have to see if the one they have may still work
If you have one that
Bary,
I would really wonder about the strength or holding
power of the railings to the the deck.
I guess if you had a couple corners strongly fastened together that might
help but your nails aren't in sheer but in tension when somebody leans on
the rail hard and that's not the strongest direction
Matthys,
The tape is still moving as fast and being optically counted just like
the rotating shaft.
I'd go with the shaft encoder because they're s standard
part and that's better than manufacturing your own optical
encoder and the necessary light proof guides to keep the tape moving
in a stable
The radius of the coil doesn't matter, I believe the tape would be read where
it enters the case whether it has a sprocket the holes ride in, or it's done
optically.
Tom
I would tend to agree with max, except that if the tester provides a proper
test load for each type of cell it may give more reliable info
than just a meter.
Tom
We had a 1954 ford four door with the filler under a swing down rear
plate.
Later fifties cheveys and caddeys had it under a flip up left
rear tail light.
tom
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I believe the major blind/low vision catalogs cary some big
button, simpler remotes for just such purposes.
LSS maxi aids ila and so on.
or of course try the blind mice
tom
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MY wife tells me that Earthlink has a system like that and envokes
it without the customer knowing.
It's rude and a real pain for everyone.
so if you're a new list member using earthlink, or just changed
to earthlink, please check carefully with them to assure the
spam0 system isn't keeping you
Here here, whoever is using this verify 0 spam system
learn to use it before you bombard the entire list with the mess
it creates PLEASE!!!
Besides the fact that the user's name isn't in the message, so no way am I
going to clickiepoo on the linkiepoo.
yet another fix that makes things worse for
've got it made my wife likes to look around in hardware and tool stores at
least as much as I do!
Gloat gloat!
Tom
A sort of slang for food.
Tom
The pro caterere I knew in the 1960s used a broiler,
I know how very boring! GRIN
Tom
Honda and other manufacturers make relatively small portable
gasoline driven generators in the 500 watt to 1000 watt range.
the one I saw was a few years ago and was small enough you could
easilly pick it up with a provided handle.
I'd guess they cost at least a couple hundred bucks, and of
robert,
I think you're likely to damage the blade more than the door.
get a sanding block, hand type, and some coarse paper and just
do it by hand.
Much better controll and less danger of broken blades flying about.
tom
Hi Jennifer,
the supposed issue with high voltage wires and cancer is just
that, not an ounce of real data to back it up. some bad studies
promoted by people who don't know how to do science, and even
less how to do statistics. Of course many other environmental
issues are so very real, ground
Max and all,
surprisingly zink carbon cells are still around they're sold as
heavy duty 9 volt batteries for sure, I've seen some smoke
alarms which call for them, forgotten why.
Of course in the old days, when vaccuum tube portable receivers
were about, they had zink carbon packs of seriesed
good for you, you had the common sense and perception and
calmness to see problems and make sure your observations didn't
get lost in enthusiasm.
Way to go!
good luck
tom
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Rob,
Those monsters are called Fly cutters I think and they are very dangerous as
the cutter is on the end of that arm and flying around in open air near your
little blind body parts. Depending on the thickness of the sheet, you could
drill a series of small holes around the perimeter of the
There are some pop rivets which are threaded on the inside and claim to be
usable like installing a nut into a piece of sheet metal. They clain,
you can then install a machine screw in the rivet and remove it again.
don't believe em, the rivets will loosen up in the original sheet and turn
with
all
that much life to work with.
Also if you don't use the rechargables a lot, and they sit
charged or discharged a lot, they'll go poor.
Rechargables are not a panacia.
tom fowle
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Barbra,
Dale is probably correct and you'll most likely not be able to d
much your self except call service, but:
Two guesses, first, obviously there may be a freon leak..If the
compressor turns on but doesn't seem to change speed or sound
after it runs for a while, I think it isn't able to build
Jenniffer,
I also prefer hardwood floors as you say for the feel and the
ease of maintenance. I can't imagine what actual arguments could
be made about blind kids and a particular floor being better for
them, you get used to what you get used too.
I do have a ballance problem, and therefore find
Max has that right, any time they say unlimited anything or free
anything they're wrong. they said any climate, I defy them to get
much out of high desert air where you'd really need it.
Most student projects you hear of once and never again.
cynically as always
tom
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robert,
It would surely be true that the energy you collect with any
solar collector system would not be heating the ground over
which that collector rwas placed, but it is hard to imagine what
difference that might make when we get very large areas covered
with solar collectors.
I'd assume a
by
sound is out of bounds and will drive me away fast.
I will have nothing further to say on the subject.
Tom Fowle
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Lee,
No I don't, I'll ask a building inspector friend when I next
see him.
Tom
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I assumed that Dale Leavens wanted a probe type thermometer as in for chemistry
etc. and that the ones that Dale has would be for room temp etc.
Hope I'm wrong will go look at the mice mart.
I love to be wrong, you learn more that way GRIN
Tom
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Another interesting thing i happen to know about bearings:
Huge ball bearings are used under buildings to allow them to move, or actually
stay still, during earth quakes. A large cup, bigger than the ball by
quite a bit, is mounted on the foundation, and another inverted similar cup
on the
victor,
You're right, a motor whether A.C. or D.C. takes just so much
power to operate it, about 750 watts per horse power or so.
doesn't matter a dime whether it's A.C. or D.C. Except that the
power feeding your furnace is A.C. and has to be rectified to
make it D.C. some efficiency lost there I
Dale,
Since AFB stopped making their talking thermometer years ago i
havn't seen one.
Only hope I can hold out is Tom Benham's old company, now being
run by his wife Lee.
Science products for the blind
in Ballacynwyd P.A.
Don't have the phone here, will find it at work unless someone
else has
Drill presses do not have bearings which can handle the sideways
forces you find in routing. Also it is likely the chuck will work
loose with the sideways pressure. also routing requires much
higher speeds than drills can produce.
theyjust are not the same tool.
the least bad thing that will
Although i have an anti car bias, i think this society has become
way too much involved with cars, I would rather see everything
stay here unless the car stuff overwhelms the other areas of
interest.
so long as there is reasonable ballance on the list, as there is
now, I favor a single list.
Tom
If you live in earthquake country, you might look for wheels for
that island that can be raised and lowered so that it won't come
after you if there is a quake!
rumble, rumble, roll, roll, squash!
tom
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You've probably allready thunk of it and how to do it.
congratulations and best
Tom Fowle
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Hey Ray,
This was a great article, more than any of us need to know
about wire, very interesting
Everything I see on sail boats these days is stainless and so far as I know
wire cored. Mostly swedge fittings although I know one guy with old fashioned
ideas who uses spliced eyes in his standing
1960s for many years, it had wash and dry on a single timer
cycle. It used cold water to cool the excess heat from the dry
cycle and thus did not need an air vent. The dry was very hot,
but if the cloths could stand the temperature it did a good job
and no need to move cloths from one machine to
brice,
I had an old kenmoor that did just that, I found that wires had
become brittle and broken at several joints inside the back of
the machine. I suppose heat and vibration take their toll. I
just opened up the back after disconnecting the power of course,
and examined all the wiring and
Way to go Dan!
Bloody impressed good thinking through and well done.
tom
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We've had a sears washer and drier set with front loading whasher that's
supposed to use much less water for about 2 years now.
Everything boop and others wsay about this type of machine is true.
The spin, if set on fast, is a bit noisy but otherwise the machine is very
quite. Varriable rotation
Them stone biscuits, yummie, eat em for breakfast every day!
How do you think they build the pyramids! GRIN
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Agree with Victor, without wanting to be nasty, please enough of this topic
especially with the sniping! It's not in our spirit and is uncalled for.
Thanks
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The spade bits are not good for going entirely through the wood
unless you go part way through and flip the work to finish from
the other side.
with either tool, of course, keep hands away from the tool while
spinning.
I'd use the hole saw my self.
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afford em.
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You can build a house with mud and straw and thatch and probably using
only your hands, but you wouldn't want to live there in the rain.
You can get your food by hunting and gathering if you live some places
but I'd not take any bets on most modern people surviving that way
including my self of
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