Time again to reverse the direction of the ceiling fan in the bedroom.
Twice a year, just like Daylight Savings Time.

Problem is, I can't reach the switch without fetching a ladder or
step-stool. There's got to be a better way!

Searching through the bin of things longer than they are wide, I found a 1/8
x 1/2" stick of aluminum, about 4 feet long. Heating up the end with a
propane torch, I was able to bend one inch over to 90° to the main part.

Now I can just hook, or push, the switch! No more hauling in a hazardous
ladder and so forth. I store the tool in the bedroom closet; it doesn't take
up much room.

"HeyBub" wrote:
Time again to reverse the direction of the ceiling fan in the bedroom.
Twice a year, just like Daylight Savings Time.

Problem is, I can't reach the switch without fetching a ladder or
step-stool. There's got to be a better way!

Searching through the bin of things longer than they are wide, I found a 1/8
x 1/2" stick of aluminum, about 4 feet long. Heating up the end with a
propane torch, I was able to bend one inch over to 90° to the main part.

Now I can just hook, or push, the switch! No more hauling in a hazardous
ladder and so forth. I store the tool in the bedroom closet; it doesn't take
up much room.

Sometime between now and spring, you'll end up needing a 1/8" x 1/2€� stick
of aluminum, about 4 feet long, for a project. You'll remember the tool you
made and go get it from the bedroom closet. You'll find that you need it to
be straight, so you'll cut the 1" bend off. You'll then find that the stick
is 1€� too short for your current project. "Oh well", you'll say, "I'll just
put the bend back in." You will then find that it is 1€� to short to reach
the fan switch and you'll go get the step ladder you should have gotten
yesterday.

On Mon, 3 Dec 2012 23:15:09 +0000 (UTC), DerbyDad03
wrote:

"HeyBub" wrote:
Time again to reverse the direction of the ceiling fan in the bedroom.
Twice a year, just like Daylight Savings Time.

Problem is, I can't reach the switch without fetching a ladder or
step-stool. There's got to be a better way!

Searching through the bin of things longer than they are wide, I found a 1/8
x 1/2" stick of aluminum, about 4 feet long. Heating up the end with a
propane torch, I was able to bend one inch over to 90° to the main part.

Now I can just hook, or push, the switch! No more hauling in a hazardous
ladder and so forth. I store the tool in the bedroom closet; it doesn't take
up much room.

Sometime between now and spring, you'll end up needing a 1/8" x 1/2” stick
of aluminum, about 4 feet long, for a project. You'll remember the tool you
made and go get it from the bedroom closet. You'll find that you need it to
be straight, so you'll cut the 1" bend off. You'll then find that the stick
is 1” too short for your current project. "Oh well", you'll say, "I'll just
put the bend back in." You will then find that it is 1” to short to reach
the fan switch and you'll go get the step ladder you should have gotten
yesterday.

You must be daft! What are the odds of that ever happening? :-0

"HeyBub" wrote in message
...
Time again to reverse the direction of the ceiling fan in the bedroom.
Twice a year, just like Daylight Savings Time.

Problem is, I can't reach the switch without fetching a ladder or
step-stool. There's got to be a better way!

Searching through the bin of things longer than they are wide, I found a
1/8 x 1/2" stick of aluminum, about 4 feet long. Heating up the end with a
propane torch, I was able to bend one inch over to 90° to the main part.

Now I can just hook, or push, the switch! No more hauling in a hazardous
ladder and so forth. I store the tool in the bedroom closet; it doesn't
take up much room.


'Ceptin you didn't need to heat the alum to bend it.
--
EA

On Mon, 3 Dec 2012 16:00:49 -0600, "HeyBub"
wrote:

Time again to reverse the direction of the ceiling fan in the bedroom.
Twice a year, just like Daylight Savings Time.

Problem is, I can't reach the switch without fetching a ladder or
step-stool. There's got to be a better way!

Searching through the bin of things longer than they are wide, I found a 1/8
x 1/2" stick of aluminum, about 4 feet long. Heating up the end with a
propane torch, I was able to bend one inch over to 90° to the main part.

Now I can just hook, or push, the switch! No more hauling in a hazardous
ladder and so forth. I store the tool in the bedroom closet; it doesn't take
up much room.


You must have 8' ceilings. Mine are 10' and I can reach the switch by
standing on the bed.

Oren wrote in
:




You must have 8' ceilings. Mine are 10' and I can reach the switch by
standing on the bed.



That's dangerous. It's much safer to stand on a rolling swivel chair.


--
Tegger

Happened to the woman from Meskogie, back in
1961. It was really a tear jerker, too. She was so
sad. I know, she was my barber's sister's cousin.
It must be true.

Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
..

"Gordon Shumway" wrote in message
news

Sometime between now and spring, you'll end up needing a 1/8" x 1/2" stick
of aluminum, about 4 feet long, for a project. You'll remember the tool you
made and go get it from the bedroom closet. You'll find that you need it to
be straight, so you'll cut the 1" bend off. You'll then find that the stick
is 1" too short for your current project. "Oh well", you'll say, "I'll just
put the bend back in." You will then find that it is 1" to short to reach
the fan switch and you'll go get the step ladder you should have gotten
yesterday.

You must be daft! What are the odds of that ever happening? :-0

With his arthritis?

Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
..

"Existential Angst" wrote in message
...

'Ceptin you didn't need to heat the alum to bend it.
--
EA

On Tue, 4 Dec 2012 00:04:42 +0000 (UTC), Tegger
wrote:

Oren wrote in
:




You must have 8' ceilings. Mine are 10' and I can reach the switch by
standing on the bed.



That's dangerous. It's much safer to stand on a rolling swivel chair.

Well, I finally stopped changing the direction of the fan rotation.

On Dec 3, 6:27*pm, Oren wrote:
On Tue, 4 Dec 2012 00:04:42 +0000 (UTC), Tegger
wrote:

Oren wrote in
:

You must have 8' ceilings. *Mine are 10' and I can reach the switch by
standing on the bed.

That's dangerous. It's much safer to stand on a rolling swivel chair.

Well, I finally stopped changing the direction of the fan rotation.

how and why???

On Mon, 3 Dec 2012 17:04:48 -0800 (PST), "hr(bob) "
wrote:

On Dec 3, 6:27*pm, Oren wrote:
On Tue, 4 Dec 2012 00:04:42 +0000 (UTC), Tegger
wrote:

Oren wrote in
:

You must have 8' ceilings. *Mine are 10' and I can reach the switch by
standing on the bed.

That's dangerous. It's much safer to stand on a rolling swivel chair.

Well, I finally stopped changing the direction of the fan rotation.

how and why???

Just preference. Nothing special or an injury.

In article ,
"HeyBub" wrote:

Time again to reverse the direction of the ceiling fan in the bedroom.
Twice a year, just like Daylight Savings Time.

Problem is, I can't reach the switch without fetching a ladder or
step-stool. There's got to be a better way!

Searching through the bin of things longer than they are wide, I found a 1/8
x 1/2" stick of aluminum, about 4 feet long. Heating up the end with a
propane torch, I was able to bend one inch over to 90? to the main part.

Now I can just hook, or push, the switch! No more hauling in a hazardous
ladder and so forth. I store the tool in the bedroom closet; it doesn't take
up much room.

You need some Wheaties, son, if you can't bend 1/8" aluminum without a
torch.

"HeyBub" wrote in message
...

Searching through the bin of things longer than they are wide, I found a
1/8 x 1/2" stick of aluminum, about 4 feet long. Heating up the end with a
propane torch, I was able to bend one inch over to 90° to the main part.

Task here was to scrape remnants of paper wasp nest off the
siding up under the eaves. Done by old painting supplies:
Telescopic extending pole with screw thread at end that fits
discarded paint roller (roller removed, leaving a short hook.)
This tool reaches about 9 feet, also useful for steering the
Kreepy Krawler that cleans the pool.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

On Mon, 3 Dec 2012 23:15:09 +0000 (UTC), DerbyDad03
wrote:

Time again to reverse the direction of the ceiling fan in the bedroom.
Twice a year, just like Daylight Savings Time.


And I always thought that Sears made craftsman tools!