Re: [BlindHandyMan] question for the car guys

2008-08-14 Thread Lenny McHugh
Thanks, I will talk to them about that. - Original Message - From: NLG [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 9:04 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] question for the car guys I agree with Lary and will add this; Check that all your lug nuts

RE: [BlindHandyMan] question for the car guys

2008-08-14 Thread Larry Stansifer
PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] question for the car guys The tires were rotated and balanced. Karen just told me that it is now doing it at a lower speed 25 mph. Monday it goes to a garage - Original Message - From: allen dunbar [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [BlindHandyMan] question for the car guys

2008-08-14 Thread Arthur Rizzino
Lenny, not evenly torqueing the lug nuts will cause rotors to warp. Not saying this is your problem but thought I would put that thought out. Art - Original Message - From: Lenny McHugh [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: handyman-blind blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008

Re: [BlindHandyMan] question for the car guys

2008-08-14 Thread Bob Kennedy
A long shot but I bought new tires once and had a bad vibration right afterwards. When I got home I popped the cap off and found the problem right off. The idiot put the lugs on backwards so the tapered end faced away from the wheel... Diagnosing by email is much harder. By vibration we

Re: [BlindHandyMan] question for the car guys

2008-08-14 Thread Arthur Rizzino
Of Lenny McHugh Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 7:17 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] question for the car guys The tires were rotated and balanced. Karen just told me that it is now doing it at a lower speed 25 mph. Monday it goes to a garage

Re: [BlindHandyMan] question for the car guys

2008-08-14 Thread Lenny McHugh
] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 10:48 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] question for the car guys A long shot but I bought new tires once and had a bad vibration right afterwards. When I got home I popped the cap off and found the problem right off. The idiot put the lugs

Re: [BlindHandyMan] question for the car guys

2008-08-14 Thread Dale Leavens
Kennedy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 10:48 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] question for the car guys A long shot but I bought new tires once and had a bad vibration right afterwards. When I got home I popped the cap off and found the problem

Re: [BlindHandyMan] question for the car guys

2008-08-14 Thread Lenny McHugh
I will also ask about that. - Original Message - From: Dale Leavens [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 11:26 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] question for the car guys No one has mentioned the anti-lock breaks? Why they should become

Re: [BlindHandyMan] question for the car guys

2008-08-14 Thread Bob Kennedy
- From: Lenny McHugh [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 10:57 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] question for the car guys Bob, not sure how to describe it. I just asked Karen and she said it feels like a chatter in both the break peddle

Re: [BlindHandyMan] question on holding stock while using a router

2008-07-22 Thread Lenny McHugh
I used a lot of double faced tape for similar projects. Lenny - Original Message - From: Scott Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 5:21 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] question on holding stock while using a router Hey folks, I was

Re: [BlindHandyMan] question on holding stock while using a router

2008-07-22 Thread Dale Leavens
Hello, The usual way to do this without a router table is to lay the narrow board along with another on a work bench or table to widen the surface. They should be the same thickness. You then stick them down with double sided tape or if the parallel board is wide enough you can also clamp it

Re: [BlindHandyMan] question on holding stock while using a router

2008-07-22 Thread John Schwery
Dale, is a pilot bit the same thing as a bearing? earlier, Dale Leavens, wrote: Hello, The usual way to do this without a router table is to lay the narrow board along with another on a work bench or table to widen the surface. They should be the same thickness. You then stick them down with

Re: [BlindHandyMan] question on holding stock while using a router

2008-07-22 Thread Dan Rossi
Scott, If the 1 by 2 is longer than what you need, you can clamp it down at both ends, then run the router between the clamps. Then cut off the ends. I would also lay another board along side the 1X2 so that the router shoe has something wide enough to sit on otherwise you may rock the

Re: [BlindHandyMan] question on holding stock while using a router

2008-07-22 Thread Scott Howell
You know you guys are way smarter than me. I never thought of the double-sided tape and Dan you are correct, the piece is longer than what I need which I forgot. So, in fact it would be quite possible to if not clamp, surely tape. I really like the idea of the temporary router table and

Re: [BlindHandyMan] question on holding stock while using a router

2008-07-22 Thread john schwery
Scott, I doubt if your table saw would work because a router table needs an opening big enough for the plate that attaches to the router base. In this way, the plate that holds the router is on the same level as the table when the plate is put into the opening in the table. I have never seen

Re: [BlindHandyMan] question on holding stock while using a router

2008-07-22 Thread Scott Howell
Well that's a good question, I'd have to measure the router and the space on the table. I swear it looks like it would fit. Not sure how much space I'd need, but going to check it out for grins if nothing else. On Jul 22, 2008, at 3:32 PM, john schwery wrote: Scott, I doubt if your table

Re: [BlindHandyMan] question on holding stock while using a router

2008-07-22 Thread Dale Leavens
: [BlindHandyMan] question on holding stock while using a router Dale, is a pilot bit the same thing as a bearing? earlier, Dale Leavens, wrote: Hello, The usual way to do this without a router table is to lay the narrow board along with another on a work bench or table to widen

Re: [BlindHandyMan] question sump pump

2008-06-29 Thread Matt
it. Matt - Original Message - From: Bob Kennedy To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2008 10:29 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] question sump pump If you can find a way to pump the water back into the pool it would work. But the water won't be any

Re: [BlindHandyMan] question sump pump

2008-06-29 Thread Matt
it. Matt - Original Message - From: Bob Kennedy To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2008 10:29 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] question sump pump If you can find a way to pump the water back into the pool it would work. But the water won't be any

Re: [BlindHandyMan] question sump pump

2008-06-29 Thread Max Robinson
with tubes group send an email to, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Matt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2008 7:59 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] question sump pump No no, what I was wondering, is is the sump pump would have enough power

Re: [BlindHandyMan] question sump pump

2008-06-29 Thread Lee A. Stone
- From: Matt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2008 7:59 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] question sump pump No no, what I was wondering, is is the sump pump would have enough power, to make a sprinkler work, the old kind which hook

Re: [BlindHandyMan] question sump pump

2008-06-29 Thread Jennifer Jackson
it for a couple of days or so before empting. Jennifer - Original Message - From: Matt To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2008 7:59 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] question sump pump No no, what I was wondering, is is the sump pump would have enough power

Re: [BlindHandyMan] question sump pump

2008-06-29 Thread Matt
Hahah, only the price of the sprinkler. I don't have one, but I'll look around and try it. - Original Message - From: Max Robinson To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2008 10:43 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] question sump pump Well, why don't you

Re: [BlindHandyMan] question sump pump

2008-06-29 Thread Dale Leavens
butt or two. They aren't cheap but you can then hold the water until you have need of it. - Original Message - From: Matt To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2008 8:59 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] question sump pump No no, what I was wondering

Re: [BlindHandyMan] question sump pump

2008-06-29 Thread Bob Kennedy
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] question sump pump No no, what I was wondering, is is the sump pump would have enough power, to make a sprinkler work, the old kind which hook to a garden hose. I just mainly was looking for a way to use the water twice, instead of just once. As it is now, I

Re: [BlindHandyMan] question sump pump

2008-06-28 Thread Bob Kennedy
If you can find a way to pump the water back into the pool it would work. But the water won't be any cleaner going back in. - Original Message - From: Matt To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2008 9:55 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] question sump pump

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question about a shopvac

2008-04-16 Thread Victor Gouveia
Hi Matt, The shop vac does require a filter, which usually looks like an accordion style round tube that fits over the cage with the ball in it, otherwise the dust and sand will pop right out the exhaust hole on top of the unit. There are different types of filters you can buy, depending on

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question about a shopvac

2008-04-16 Thread Dan Rossi
Matt, Without a filter on it, a shop vac is just a really good blower. *GRIN* -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel:(412) 268-9081

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question about a shopvac

2008-04-16 Thread spiro
I had both a sleeve that wrapped around the motor housing and the cloth in a ring that sat atop the tub. I think there must be something finer as the exhaust smelled dusty, and it did bow a fine mist when working on floods. On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, Victor Gouveia wrote: Hi Matt, The shop vac

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question about a shopvac

2008-04-16 Thread Bob Kennedy
The little cloth thing is the filter. So I would say it's blowing a bit back in the air. You can take an old pillow case and large rubber band and make a new filter. - Original Message - From: Matt To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 11:58 AM

RE: [BlindHandyMan] question about fittings

2008-02-24 Thread David W Wood
@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dale Leavens Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 5:23 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] question about fittings I have seen these in England but I haven't ever seen them here in Canada. Doesn't mean they aren't available

Re: [BlindHandyMan] question about fittings

2008-02-23 Thread Dale Leavens
I have seen these in England but I haven't ever seen them here in Canada. Doesn't mean they aren't available of course but not any place I have bought fittings. - Original Message - From: Shane Hecker To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 10:54 PM

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question about Soot?

2008-01-19 Thread spiro
this is why I hate candles. Sorry On Fri, 18 Jan 2008, Claudia wrote: Hi Again, Here is another question for you all? I light candles, and since my fiancé and I are totally blind, I didn't know that there was soot on our ceiling and wall, near where I always light my candle! How can I

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question about Soot?

2008-01-19 Thread cheetah
hi hand the person that told you it was black the rag and let them wash it. jim At 08:15 PM 1/18/2008, you wrote: Hi Again, Here is another question for you all? I light candles, and since my fiancé and I are totally blind, I didn't know that there was soot on our ceiling and wall, near where I

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question about Soot?

2008-01-19 Thread Lee A. Stone
Hi, even a mixture of spic and span with warm water will take that soot off the walls and ceiling and a nice rinse job afterwards will brightne up the place for those sighted folks. Lee -- Breaking seal constitutes acceptance of agreement. Do you Jabber? I do. My JID is: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question about Soot?

2008-01-18 Thread Jewel Blanch
Claudia! Give a solution of baking soda and white vinegar a try. Jewel - Original Message - From: Claudia To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2008 3:15 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Question about Soot? Hi Again, Here is another

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question from a friend

2008-01-07 Thread Ron Yearns
Well using the same stripper you use on the rest of the stool I would us a small chisel or gouge that is close to the groove shape. Luckly I have a large assortment of such from when I refinished furniture. A x acto knife can also sometime work. Sometimes folding sandpaper to the shap needed

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question from a friend

2008-01-07 Thread Victor Gouveia
I think that a wire brush, along with mineral spirits or some other solvent to loosen up the finish will do the trick nicely. Victor Gouveia

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question about soaking the air cleaner oil foam in my new lawn mower

2007-05-06 Thread Jewel Blanch
Betsy wrote: Aloha Vicki, I don't know the answer but I am a supporter of reading manuals myself. I can't tell you how many jobs could have been done in half the time around here if my other half would have read even the very first page of a manual. close quote. There is much truth in what *

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Question about soaking the air cleaner oil foam in my new lawn mower

2007-05-04 Thread Larry Stansifer
Yes... The five hour oil change is essential. The reason is that the first oil-change gets any machining or assembly debris out of the motor. With respect to the air-cleaner, did the manufacturer spec a particular type of oil? Usually on a cleanable foam filter they require a special light oil

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question about soaking the air cleaner oil foam in my new lawn mower

2007-05-04 Thread Brice Mijares
I don't know about the air filter, I suppose adding a little oil to the air filter would help collect dirt and dust. As far as changing the oil after the first 5 hours, I'd do it. The first 5 hours or so the oil gets dirty from the motor breaking in. Meaning fine particles of the moving

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question about soaking the air cleaner oil foam inmy new lawn mower

2007-05-04 Thread William Stephan
@yahoogroups.com .Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question about soaking the air cleaner oil foam inmy new lawn mower . .I don't know about the air filter, I suppose adding a little oil to the air .filter would help collect dirt and dust. As far as changing the oil after .the first 5 hours, I'd do it. The first

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question about soaking the air cleaner oil foam in my new lawn mower

2007-05-04 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
Aloha Vicki, I don't know the answer but I am a supporter of reading manuals myself. I can't tell you how many jobs could have been done in half the time around here if my other half would have read even the very first page of a manual. Growlll... Betsy At 06:47 AM 5/4/2007, you wrote: Hi

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question About My Gas Stove

2007-03-05 Thread NLG
Hi :) If you have one burner running, and turn on a SECOND burner, does the flame on the FIRST burner drop? If not, it's not the regulator. If the regulator's stuck, when you turn on the second burner, the pressure drops and burner 1's flame will drop. The more burners you turn on, the lower

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question About My Gas Stove

2007-03-05 Thread Brice Mijares
the heat giving you a false reading for the 350 degrees setting? - Original Message - From: NLG [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 6:12 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question About My Gas Stove Hi :) If you have one burner running, and turn

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question About My Gas Stove

2007-03-05 Thread NLG
. - Original Message - From: Brice Mijares To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 10:59 Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question About My Gas Stove question; by messing with this regulator, is there a chance that the dial for setting the oven temperature

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Question

2007-01-16 Thread Trouble
To: mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.comblindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question I've never replaced one of those watch batteries. The neighborhood jeweler charges alllmost much money to replace the battery as it costs to buy a new one s I need some pointers. Gerry [Non-text

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question

2007-01-16 Thread David Ferrin
Remember folks to try and make subject lines a bit more clear than this so as to reflect the content of the message, thank you. David Ferrin To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Question

2007-01-16 Thread spiro
%40yahoogroups.comblindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Gerry Mack Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 1:54 PM To: mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.comblindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question I've never replaced one of those watch batteries

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Question

2007-01-15 Thread Robert J. Moore
:54 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question I've never replaced one of those watch batteries. The neighborhood jeweler charges alllmost much money to replace the battery as it costs to buy a new one s I need some pointers. Gerry [Non-text portions

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question

2007-01-14 Thread Gerry Mack
Thanks. I've already got the battery. I've never replaced them and I don't want to damage the watch. Er---er ... uh ... uh ... um... it's my wife's watch. You don't want me e-mailing from the back yard, do you? It's winter in Rhode Island! Gerry To listen to the show archives go to link

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question

2007-01-13 Thread Gerry Mack
I've never replaced one of those watch batteries. The neighborhood jeweler charges alllmost much money to replace the battery as it costs to buy a new one s I need some pointers. Gerry To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question

2007-01-13 Thread rj
Go to Kmart or Wal-Mart, they in this area just charge for the battery. - Original Message - From: Gerry Mack To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 2:54 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question I've never replaced one of those watch batteries

Re: [BlindHandyMan] question on Rotomatic ruler

2007-01-11 Thread Scott Howell
Thanks, mine doesn't seem to have that knotch, but will check again. Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Jan 10, 2007, at 6:58 PM, John Schwery wrote: Scott, the nut that looks like a regular nut, that is, the 6-sided nut, is the locking nut. If you will notice on the square nut, on one side of

Re: [BlindHandyMan] question

2007-01-10 Thread Lewisjalexander
for a blind user, you need to use a straight line to run the machine. even then there is a serious tendancy that because of the torque, the high speed of the collet and motor and the design of the machine that it will swurve away from the line and can even cause damage. I would only

RE: [BlindHandyMan] question

2007-01-10 Thread David Ferrin
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 4:03 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] question for a blind user, you need to use a straight line to run the machine. even then there is a serious tendancy

Re: [BlindHandyMan] question on Rotomatic ruler

2007-01-10 Thread John Schwery
Scott, the nut that looks like a regular nut, that is, the 6-sided nut, is the locking nut. If you will notice on the square nut, on one side of that nut is a little notch. That is the side you want to face up for measuring. Supposing you want to measure 2 and a quarter inches. The end

RE: [BlindHandyMan] question

2007-01-09 Thread Michael Baldwin
yes, [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of carlhickson Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 10:09 To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] question is thair a gardening email group? [Non-text portions of this

Re: [BlindHandyMan] question

2007-01-09 Thread Mickey Fixsen
They aren't very friendly for use by a blind person. They really need to be used with a jig by a blind person. The rotary action of the cutter makes the tool want to pull strongly in one direction. It might work for you, but it would depend on the task you want to perform. Without knowing

Re: [BlindHandyMan] question

2007-01-09 Thread carlhickson
chears - Original Message - From: Michael Baldwin To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 4:38 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] question yes, [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [BlindHandyMan] question

2007-01-09 Thread carlhickson
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 6:23 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] question They aren't very friendly for use by a blind person. They really need to be used with a jig by a blind person. The rotary action of the cutter makes the tool want to pull strongly in one

Re: [BlindHandyMan] question

2007-01-09 Thread William Stephan
. Bill Stephan Kansas City, MO (816)803-2469 William Stephan -Original Message- From: Mickey Fixsen[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 1/9/07 12:23:27 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.comblindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] question They aren't very friendly for use by a blind

Re: [BlindHandyMan] question

2007-01-09 Thread Lewisjalexander
spiral saws can be used by a blind or visually impaired person with the following recommended technique. I use a spiral saw now and again when I don't have the time to start the bandsaw. when cutting awkward shapes in materials with a spiral saw, use a scribe or blade to mark the way so

Re: [BlindHandyMan] question

2007-01-09 Thread Lewisjalexander
lets get this issue fixed guys spiral saws are NOT designed for cutting straight or paralell lines in anyway these are designed for curve cutting or roundings or specific work. and they run at 30,000 RPM so can jurk out of the hand. or burn the material being cut. if you are trimming down

spiral saws, was: Re: [BlindHandyMan] question

2007-01-09 Thread John Schwery
What is a spiral saw? earlier, [EMAIL PROTECTED], wrote: spiral saws can be used by a blind or visually impaired person with the following recommended technique. I use a spiral saw now and again when I don't have the time to start the bandsaw. when cutting awkward shapes in materials with a

Re: [BlindHandyMan] question

2007-01-09 Thread William Stephan
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.comblindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] question spiral saws can be used by a blind or visually impaired person with the following recommended technique. I use a spiral saw now and again when I don't have the time to start the bandsaw. when

Re: [BlindHandyMan] question

2007-01-09 Thread Mickey Fixsen
you want to cut. A circular saw would work great, too. - Original Message - From: carlhickson To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 2:15 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] question I am wanting to trim about half an inch of a board that I have

Re: [BlindHandyMan] question

2007-01-09 Thread William Stephan
lines. Bill Stephan Kansas City, MO (816)803-2469 William Stephan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 1/9/07 3:40:12 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.comblindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] question lets get this issue fixed guys

Re: [BlindHandyMan] question

2007-01-09 Thread Dale Leavens
and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: William Stephan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 5:51 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] question Lewis: I don't understand why a tool that can cut curves can't cut

Re: [BlindHandyMan] question

2007-01-09 Thread carlhickson
chears - Original Message - From: Dale Leavens To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 1:33 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] question Certainly you can use spin saws for cutting straight lines though I have never personally used one

RE: [BlindHandyMan] question

2007-01-07 Thread Robert j. moore
Yes you can get what is called a drill Doctor. You should be able to get them at most good home improvement stores. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of carlhickson Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 11:47 AM To:

Re: [BlindHandyMan] question on installing a temp sencer

2007-01-07 Thread Mickey Fixsen
Use 1/2 wide teflon tape. Wrap it around the threads holding the tape edge flush with the beginning bottom threads of the fitting. Rotate the fitting in the direction that you would to install it and keep tension on the tape so that it is quite tight on the threads as you rotate. Make about

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question for Audiophiles.

2006-10-27 Thread Tom Fowle
Hi victor, As max says,If you've only got a mike in port, yo're probably going to send it into overload and get a lot of 'clipping' distortion. But try it with the mike level set as low as you can and bring it up slowly see if you can get a low enough setting to make it work. If not go to radio

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question for Audiophiles.

2006-10-27 Thread Dale Leavens
So far as I can tell the line-in on this computer has no effect, it is all mike. What I did was buy what was called an attenuator cord which is fancy talk for a wire with plugs on the ends and a volume control in the middle. If the output of the VCR is over driving your mike input you can

Re: [BlindHandyMan] question building screens

2006-09-17 Thread rj
I found a good heavy wire fencing material to work for this. Something like fencing for a rabbit pen. - Original Message - From: Kevin Doucet [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 10:31 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] question building screens

Re: [BlindHandyMan] question building screens

2006-09-17 Thread Larry Stansifer
Kevin, The expanded metal grating would work really well accept that it is way to heavy for your application, it's expensive and a pain to work with. I just made security screens for my shop windows out of it and it was a real fist-fight. I would recommend going to your local home center and

Re: [BlindHandyMan] question building screens

2006-09-17 Thread jim
there is stuff called hardware cloth. it is screen mesh about quarter inch square holes in it. pretty strong stuff. just get some treated 2 by 2s and make a frame and staple it on. jim At 01:27 AM 9/17/2006, you wrote: I found a good heavy wire fencing material to work for this. Something like

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question for the Engineers

2006-09-08 Thread Victor Gouveia
Thank you Dan, I knew you'd step up to the plate and hit a homer. I'll try it and let you know. Victor Gouveia [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question for the Engineers

2006-09-08 Thread Victor Gouveia
Hi Robert, I knew there was something I liked about you. Oh, and by the way, I'm not going to consider kicking this thing until I've exhausted all options, but I have the bigger boot available if needed. Victor Gouveia [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question for the Engineers

2006-09-08 Thread Victor Gouveia
Hi dale, Sorry my friend, but if the laptop is fried, then I can take it to someone that will buy it for parts and give me a good price for the overall thing. The screen alone is worth about $300 and the hard drive, even though it is only a 40 gig drive is worth, at least $60, all of which I

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question for the Engineers

2006-09-08 Thread A. Chew
some advice already posted makes sense... some does not... if you can hear stuff going on... that suggest its not battery or power... especially if the same thing happens when you are plugged into wall power. I think you said you can hear stuff in the computer but the harddrive led does not

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question for the Engineers

2006-09-08 Thread Lee A. Stone
I have a stupid question for the engineers. about a frost level in the ground. if you have a steep side hill, would the frost be as deep on that hill as it would be on the top or bottomm level ground?Lee -- There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes.

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question for the Engineers

2006-09-08 Thread Max Robinson
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Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question for the Engineers

2006-09-08 Thread Dale Leavens
and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Lee A. Stone [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 10:44 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question for the Engineers I have a stupid question for the engineers. about a frost level

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question for the Engineers

2006-09-07 Thread Victor Gouveia
Hi Ray, Thanks for the research, it's much appreciated. I have tried the traditional troubleshooting ideas, starting with the power first, followed by the A B C's of medicine. They are, airway, breathing and circulation. This is what medical professionals are taught to look for in an

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question for the Engineers

2006-09-07 Thread Victor Gouveia
Hi Max, As I wrote to Ray, it's not a matter of whether the computer boots or not, I'm simply not getting power to different components of the computer. The screen is blank, the hard drive isn't spinning and the hard drive light isn't lighting up. I can only assume that there is a power flow

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question for the Engineers

2006-09-07 Thread Dan Rossi
Victor, Can you get a voltage meter on the terminals where the battery would connect and see if there is current there when the box is plugged in? -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel:(412) 268-9081 Yahoo! Groups

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question for the Engineers

2006-09-07 Thread Tom Fowle
victor, If nothing comes up on the screen and nothing happens otherwise, only other thing to try is a boot floppy or CDrom depending on what you have If that doesn't work,you're fubar. A continuity tester will be of no use and probably harm on any of those connectors, even assuming you have the

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question for the Engineers

2006-09-07 Thread Tom Fowle
victor, It does strike me that a battery with a shorted cell might give similar results. I don't know if those things are supposed to run with the battery removed, if you know for sure, you could try that, but there are many reasons why that might not work even if the battery is the problem. Of

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question for the Engineers

2006-09-06 Thread Max Robinson
Hi Victor. Can you try to boot the computer from another drive such as a CD or floppy disk? Many computers come with a boot CD for that purpose. The first time you start a new computer, if it has a 3 and 1/2 floppy, it will ask you to create a recovery boot disk. How many of you have done

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Question.

2006-09-01 Thread William Stephan
Phil, the NFB store has what I believe you're looking for. These are accurate to 1/16 inch, very nice tool. Bill Stephan Kansas City, MO (816)803-2469 William Stephan -Original Message- From: Phil Parr[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 9/1/06 1:31:09 AM To: list

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