Dear Robert:
Condensation between the two layers of glass simply means you have lived
long enough for a leak to have developed in the seal between the two panes of
glass, or in some cases, moisture has failed to exit through the vents provided
for that purpose.
Some of the more expensi
Madam Chairperson:
I second Dan's motion with regard to his nomination of trekking poles as a
necessity for blind hikers, or for off road travel around the farm. The
telescoping model described by Dan is especially handy when traveling, as it
will fit in to the luggage.
I also own sol
Dan:
And then the surveyer calls for poles in your property discription.
Yours Truly,
Clifford Wilson
- Original Message -
From: Dan Rossi
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 11:05 AM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyM
Dear List Members:
The farm boys and girls on the list also know that newly cut hay goes
through a heating process while curing, and if the hay is bailed too soon or
stacked in a barn before the heating process is completed, a fire will result.
Many barns have been lost in this way, and wit
Dear
I do know that crickets make good bate for trout and bass fishing. The
logical thing to do is to set a trap for the critter and then one would have
the choice of catching a lunker with it, or taking it to the great out of
doors, where it can fend for itself.
Yours Tr
Dear Tom and list members:
I live in a remote valley here in East Tennessee and in order to have a
local signal from Knoxville or Chattanooga, it was necessary to mount an
antenna on the roof with an in line amplifier, and even then the signals were
less than great. I have long since change
Dear Dan:
I don't have the measurements of your basement, but assuming you have the
room, I would suggest the building of peers of either treated six by sixes on
their ends, or by using concrete block which could be filled with concrete.
Constructing a number of these in a line through the
Dear Brice:
I am not sure what cement tiles are. Tile roofs in general are long
lasting. Fiberglass shingles, which are popular in hillbilly country,
generally have a guarantee which will last for fifteen to thirty years,
depending upon the quality of the product.
Your
Dear Lee:
My handsets which have a plug in type connecter, have a small notch on the
side of the square hole where the latch from the cord fits. If this sounds
like your handset, then check to see if yours has the notch.
Yours Truly,
Clifford Wilson
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Dear List Members:
A good part of the area around our home is wooded, and in many shady spots
we have a wonderful carpet of moss. It grows to a height of approximately one
to one and a half inch in height, it is soft to bear feet, and it does not need
mowing. Our roof even has a patch of t
Dear list members:
In the early seventies I had a client who owned an auto parts store in our
little town. The city was called to come out and try and find the source of
that smell which is put in natural gas to alert folks to a leak. The city
crew shows up and start the search. The fell
Dear Gene:
All shotguns are not the same. The pump and automatic shotguns load by
sliding the shells in a tube at the bottom and putting one in the chamber
requires no more time than pulling the slide on a Glock or Colt automatic. I
do agree that smaller guns are more maneuverable than t
Dear Jennifer:
My office is in a building which was constructed of hand made brick in
1915, and the bricks are held together by a mixture of horse-hair, lime and
sand. These bricks are not fired like modern bricks and they are
deteriorating as a result. Before I bought my building in 1982
Dear David:
I have used insulation in stud walls as a sound deadener. I have stuffed
six inch bats in to a standard 3.5 inch space, and this works fairly well.
There are materials out there which are designed to be used for sound
deadening purposes, but they are not as available as ordin
Dear Jewel and list members:
My son has a Mantis, can not guarantee the spelling, which is a gasoline
powered rotary tiller which is light enough to be carried. Unlike the larger
models, this one has no wheels and it is great for land-scaping work. His
machine uses a clutch system, much l
Dear Larry:
I would suggest a five quarter oak tongue
and groove floor would go nicely, and provide great strength.
One way to save money would be to buy your own small saw-mill, there are
some nice band-saw model, and the cost of oak logs is much less per thousand,
than those boards
Dear Lee:
I constructed an outdoor incinerator
which
was
on a concrete slab, but above ground. I used fire brick for the walls, and
until it was struck with a backhoe, it held up nicely. These fire bricks were
solid, and therefore there were no places for water to collect and then freez
Dear Dan and list members:
A well engineered heat pump can operate on one twelfth or less of the
electricity required to operate strip heaters, at outdoor temperatures above
thirty degrees F. When the temperature drops below thirty, the efficiency
drops, and there is a point, near zero F,
Dear Dan:
In the case of my water source heat pump, we are using water from our
spring, which is discharged in to a creek. The flow required is six gallons
per minute , so the creek is not noticeably altered. I suppose if a large
number of folks did the same, the temperature of the creek m
Dear Dale:
I had not thought of using a siphon to take the discharge back down to at
least thirty-two feet, to help the pump bring the water up to the heat
exchange, as I had always intended to also build a water feature, if I pumped
spring water to my home. Thirty-two feet is the most you
Dear Dan:
I agree that a deep well pump can pump water to great heights, but when
using a siphon on the down side to help save energy for the pump, I believe any
vertical distance above thirty-two feet, on the down side, would not result in
any gain in efficiency, as a vacuum would not resul
Dear Larry:
An electric nail gun will easily handle nails of one and a half inches in
length, however, I am not sure about the head size, since I don't know how
large you mean.
If you are talking about a head the size of a roofing nail, then I doubt
that my gun will handle them, but I
Dear Dale:
I am just now in the market for a talking glucometer, and when I saw your
comment about a thirty dollar glucometer, my interest was peaked. Could you
give me the name of this meter?
I own an older model which cost ten times that much, but it has developed
problems and I thoug
Dear Ed:
I have an electric nail gun made by DeWalt, which will drive finishing
nails up to two and a half inches. It is an eighteen volt model, and I have
found it to be a great plus to my tool collection. I am not talented with a
hammer and the smaller finishing nails, so the electric n
Dear list members:
I am running windows XP home edition on my home computer with JFW 8. I use
outlook express as my e-mail program. For reasons I don't
understand, e-mail which is in my "in box" will disappear without a trace.
It does not go to my deleted messages file, nor to the recy
Dear Bob and Glenn:
I still wish to have back my 69 Torino Gt convertible with a Cleveland high
performance engine. My first cousin in the same year bought a Shelby GT 500
convertible, which she still has in mint original condition with less than
fifty thousand miles on the meter. She is
Dear Sarah:
If your washer is on the same circuit as the light, a dimming of the light
at start-up or when the washer is starting to turn, is not a huge worry. I
would have an electrician check out the breaker box, as there should not be any
noise coming from it just because your washer is
Dear Ron:
Your problem sounds like the classic case of a water-logged tank. This
simply refers to the situation where the air in the top of the tank has been
dissipated and There is little left to act as the pressure regulator.
There are two fairly simple ways to test this theory.
Dear Carl:
You can pick up a tire gage from Radio Shack for under ten bucks which will
speak the pressure readings in either English or Spanish.
A tread measurement can be done with most small measuring tools. I
normally just feel for the markers in the grooves to see how much tread stil
Dear Brice:
If your spreader has a spinning device which throws the fertilizer in a
pattern which is wider than the
spreader itself, you should be able to spread seed with good results. If
your spreader simply drops fertilize underneath the spreader, I would think
you would have a hard ti
Dear Jim:
I have no vision these days and I prefer to use the hurricane spreaders
that you carry. They have a canvas bag that will hold twenty plus pounds of
seed a strap that goes over your shoulder and head. Once you get it loaded, it
is fairly comfortable to carry with the load on your
Dear List Members:
When I was a few years younger, a product called penetrating oil was used
to assist with the removal of rusted nuts when threaded on to studs or bolts.
The liquid wrench and wd40 became popular later.
Yours Truly,
Clifford Wilson
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Dear Dave:
I would suggest that taking the plug to any good auto-parts store should
result in the purchase of a similar plug. I googled for cross reference
spark plugs and came up with an extensive list. Champion, might be a good
choice.
Yours Truly,
Cliff
Dear Ray and list members:
Rubber-made sells a kit which is enclosed in a vinyl soft case, which
includes the hammer, measuring tape, bullet level, channel locks, pliers, an
assortment of nails, and at a price at Wall-mart of thirty bucks. I should say
that this
price is a couple of years
Dear Jo:
There are times that all of my tools, or those I need at the moment, seem
to disappear. My son has not learned that tools should be put back in their
place, before the owner of same discovers that they are missing.
I do reciprocate and allow my first wife to use my saws-all,
Dear Jim:
You have already received several good tips on this subject, but I like to
keep things simple. I would suggest that you find a five foot piece of lumber
and then nail a piece at ninety degrees at one end which is nine inches from
the other plank to its end. Find the steepest part
Dear Dan:
When a big job is too much, make it several small jobs. I have a Milwaukee
saws-all which will make fairly short work of the radiator. Hauling ten loads
of forty pounds would be much easier than one trip with four hundred pounds. A
good metal blade on one of these saws will surp
Dear Ray:
I found most of the handy tips useful, but I did not understand one tip.
That was the one that recommended using a nail to make holes in the trough
which forms the top edge of the paint can, claiming that these holes do not
interfere with the resealing of the can of paint, as the
Dear Robert:
I would suggest a hand-saw which cuts on the pulling stroke. The
hand-saws I used as a young man were designed to cut on the push stroke,
which results in the bending of the blade when one gets carried away with
the sawing or gets in a hurry.
When the cutting occurs on the
Dear Cy:
I have always known that the sound of a creek, splashing along, was so
nice and you are correct, few if any sharp stones and no chiggers. A very
good suggestion!
Yours Truly,
Clifford Wilson
- Original Message -
From: "Cy Selfridge" <[EMA
Dear Max, Henry and list members:
One of the first cases I studied in law school in the products liability
course was one where a stage coach company, Wells Fargo as I recall, sued a
shipper for the destruction of one of its stations along with its contents and
several people killed. It se
Dear Boop:
If you can get to the wholes cleanly, place a clear glass jar over both
wholes. The best results are obtained when this is done at night. The bees
or yellow-jackets will not normally dig another whole, but will instead,
keep trying to fly out through the glass. You will need to
Dear Robert:
My father would always use a torch to burn them out after dark. If the
nest is in a location where an unwanted fire would be caused, then this
method will not work, but burning them out will work fine if the torch is
placed at the opening and held there a sufficient time while
Dear Joe and list members:
It has been my experience that dry wood is much harder to split than green
wood. I have only used oak, hickory, maple, and assorted soft wood in my fire
place, so I can not claim to have split all species of hard wood, but with
these varieties, splitting the wood
Dear Max and list members:
VW and some others use magnets to capture metal in engine oil as well as in
transmission fluid. Some of these applications use a magnet in the oil plug
itself. That makes cleaning the magnet a breeze.
Placing a magnet on the end of a filter is a more hit or mi
Dear Robert:
Unless there is an area in the filter where the filtrate is out of the
flow of the oil passing through the filter, there is always a risk that the
small metal particles will be drawn back in to the engine. In the case of
an oil plug, those usually are recessed so that any parti
Dear List Members:
I had a good flight home from Houston yesterday, and the power stayed on at
Houston international Airport during my departure. Saturday night at our
convention headquarters, we were greeted with a different sight. Just as the
celebration was getting under way, all of th
Dear Edward:
You might want to try peanut butter as a solvent to remove the sticky
material. Removing the residue of the peanut-butter is usually not
difficult.
If the stickiness is from tape, lighter fluid will often do the trick,
and with some material, rubbing alcohol will cut it.
Dear Dan:
You overlooked the possibility that the owner of the relocated fire place,
could cut a large whole directly over the location of the fire place in the
manner adopted by tent dwellers, which would allow the smoke to escape.
Yours Truly,
Clifford Wi
Dear Otis:
I own several cordless screwdrivers the larger of which also works as a
drill. My favorite small model is theMilwalkee
. It is small enough to fit nicely in to the pocket of most work pants and it
is light weight. The gearing makes it a slow moving tool, but powerful. I
pref
Dear Otis:
I will furnish the model number of the little Milwaukee screw driver I
have, but that will be in a day or two, since I am not returning to my home
until late and my wife will be sleeping upon my return. I don't have the nerve
to disturb her sleep with a question about the model n
Dear Robert:
If you are a carpenter, an air nailer would be great, if you work with
metal quite a lot, a grinder would be nice for cleaning up welds or for
sharpening
These tools are on display at Lowes or Home Depot. A steel brush is also
nice for cleaning rust or other material from m
Dear Darla:
One problem which reoccurs at our home is the accumulation of sand in the
screen in the shower head. If you screw off the shower head, you will likely
find a screen or a piece of plastic with wholes in it which is designed to
catch sand or other particles. Cleaning this screen
Dear Darla:
After rereading your message, I felt a little stupid, as changing the
shower head should have addressed the problem I highlighted. If there is a
cut-off in the lines to the low-volume shower, you might try opening and
closing the cut off and make sure it or they are wide open.
Dear Max:
I have an outbuilding which we wired by using a fifty amp 220 breaker in
the home breaker panel and then run an underground 220 cable to my outbuilding
where we then installed a small breaker box out of which we pulled the circuits
for lighting, outlets, a small water-heater, etc.
Dear Scott:
Accurately measuring the long side of the trim and cutting the length while
the saw is set at 45 degrees is the best for me.
My father was an excellent finish carpenter and his preferred method was to
put the first piece in by cutting it square on both ends and going wall to
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