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Testing FatMax TLM 100 laser measure
I got one of those Stanley FatMax TLM 100 laser measures for Christmas, and
I've started to calibrate it. So far I've tested it at 3 ft., 6 ft., and 10 ft. It's consistently reading within +/- 1/16 in. versus my 30 ft. Stanley Leverlock steel tape. Has anyone else tested one? I'm very interested to see what results others are getting. As soon as I get a chance I'm going to check it at 100 ft. on the floor of a basketball court, to avoid big cosine errors with the tape. I have three Stanley 100 ft. tapes of different vintages, and I'm interested, also, to see how they read against each other. So far this TLM 100 has been very useful and easy to use. I'm startled to see how accurate it is. Stanley only guarantees it to +/- 1/4 in. My gut feeling is that it's the same basic innards as the more expensive versions (mine was $99), but that Stanley either de-rates this one to encourage sales of the more expensive models, or else they don't test the cheap version and leave the extra margin for manufacturing variations. If so, I got lucky. -- Ed Huntress |
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Testing FatMax TLM 100 laser measure
On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 14:31:45 -0500, with neither quill nor qualm, "Ed
Huntress" quickly quoth: I got one of those Stanley FatMax TLM 100 laser measures for Christmas, and Just out of curiosity, what would prompt a person to give an _editor_ a construction measurement tool, Ed? Been moonlightin', have ya? I've started to calibrate it. So far I've tested it at 3 ft., 6 ft., and 10 ft. It's consistently reading within +/- 1/16 in. versus my 30 ft. Stanley Leverlock steel tape. That's excellent. You'll find that hard to do within any given assortment of steel tapes. One thing I learned early on in my woodworking hobby (now career) was to always use the same tape on any given project, especially things like built-ins and cabinetry. A 1/8" variation between tapes is quite common. So far this TLM 100 has been very useful and easy to use. I'm startled to see how accurate it is. Stanley only guarantees it to +/- 1/4 in. My gut feeling is that it's the same basic innards as the more expensive versions (mine was $99), but that Stanley either de-rates this one to encourage sales of the more expensive models, or else they don't test the cheap version and leave the extra margin for manufacturing variations. If so, I got lucky. I haven't yet played with laser measuring units, only laser levels. --- The world is wide, and I will not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum. --Frances Willard (1839 - 1898) ---------- |
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Testing FatMax TLM 100 laser measure
"Larry Jaques" wrote in message ... On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 14:31:45 -0500, with neither quill nor qualm, "Ed Huntress" quickly quoth: I got one of those Stanley FatMax TLM 100 laser measures for Christmas, and Just out of curiosity, what would prompt a person to give an _editor_ a construction measurement tool, Ed? Been moonlightin', have ya? The editor in question has several hobbies, of which the primary one is keeping his 84-year-old house from falling apart. The house is winning, but the editor has a plan. He'll let the termites do most of the demolition work. Said editor also has re-roofed his house and detached garage and rebuilt the walls of the garage, replacing all studs and sill plates. Everything in the garage now is heavily poisoned to keep the termites from fighting with the carpenter ants and making too much noise. The editor also has, you know, in addition to a SB 10L lathe, a drill press, two tablesaws, a bandsaw, a jointer, and large floor-mount disk sanders powered by ancient motors (and has owned a knee mill and surface grinder in years past), and has built a couple of small boats and a steam engine, not to mention two racecars in decades long gone. He also has two lawnmowers, a wife, and a dog. Practically everything in and out of the house has new homemade bushings, where it has bushings, except for the wife and dog. Much of my plumbing contains replacement parts that haven't been available for 50 years, but which I machined from old bronze prop shafts. I've started to calibrate it. So far I've tested it at 3 ft., 6 ft., and 10 ft. It's consistently reading within +/- 1/16 in. versus my 30 ft. Stanley Leverlock steel tape. That's excellent. You'll find that hard to do within any given assortment of steel tapes. One thing I learned early on in my woodworking hobby (now career) was to always use the same tape on any given project, especially things like built-ins and cabinetry. A 1/8" variation between tapes is quite common. So far this TLM 100 has been very useful and easy to use. I'm startled to see how accurate it is. Stanley only guarantees it to +/- 1/4 in. My gut feeling is that it's the same basic innards as the more expensive versions (mine was $99), but that Stanley either de-rates this one to encourage sales of the more expensive models, or else they don't test the cheap version and leave the extra margin for manufacturing variations. If so, I got lucky. I haven't yet played with laser measuring units, only laser levels. --- The world is wide, and I will not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum. --Frances Willard (1839 - 1898) ---------- |
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Testing FatMax TLM 100 laser measure
On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 16:24:20 -0500, with neither quill nor qualm, "Ed
Huntress" quickly quoth: "Larry Jaques" wrote in message .. . On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 14:31:45 -0500, with neither quill nor qualm, "Ed Huntress" quickly quoth: I got one of those Stanley FatMax TLM 100 laser measures for Christmas, and Just out of curiosity, what would prompt a person to give an _editor_ a construction measurement tool, Ed? Been moonlightin', have ya? The editor in question has several hobbies, of which the primary one is keeping his 84-year-old house from falling apart. The house is winning, but the editor has a plan. He'll let the termites do most of the demolition work. Said editor also has re-roofed his house and detached garage and rebuilt the walls of the garage, replacing all studs and sill plates. Everything in the garage now is heavily poisoned to keep the termites from fighting with the carpenter ants and making too much noise. Condolences to said editor. My old house had lebenty seben armies of termites when I abandoned it. Luckily, the old shack was in LoCal so I had enough to buy a nice, larger, 35 year newer home in SoOr. The termites haven't found me here...yet. Did you use Borosil or the really poisonous stuff (most of which has been outlawed by now)? The editor also has, you know, in addition to a SB 10L lathe, a drill press, two tablesaws, a bandsaw, a jointer, and large floor-mount disk sanders powered by ancient motors (and has owned a knee mill and surface grinder in years past), and has built a couple of small boats and a steam engine, not to mention two racecars in decades long gone. He also has two lawnmowers, a wife, and a dog. Practically everything in and out of the house has new homemade bushings, where it has bushings, except for the wife and dog. Much of my plumbing contains replacement parts that haven't been available for 50 years, but which I machined from old bronze prop shafts. Ah, so you're not a one trick pony. Velly good, sport. Carry on. --- The world is wide, and I will not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum. --Frances Willard (1839 - 1898) ---------- |
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Testing FatMax TLM 100 laser measure
Ed Huntress wrote:
I got one of those Stanley FatMax TLM 100 laser measures for Christmas, and I've started to calibrate it. So far I've tested it at 3 ft., 6 ft., and 10 ft. It's consistently reading within +/- 1/16 in. versus my 30 ft. Stanley Leverlock steel tape. I tested mine the same way out to the full 30' on my Powerlock and it was dead on at every random point I tested it at. Has anyone else tested one? I'm very interested to see what results others are getting. As soon as I get a chance I'm going to check it at 100 ft. on the floor of a basketball court, to avoid big cosine errors with the tape. I have three Stanley 100 ft. tapes of different vintages, and I'm interested, also, to see how they read against each other. So far this TLM 100 has been very useful and easy to use. I'm startled to see how accurate it is. Stanley only guarantees it to +/- 1/4 in. My gut feeling is that it's the same basic innards as the more expensive versions (mine was $99), but that Stanley either de-rates this one to encourage sales of the more expensive models, or else they don't test the cheap version and leave the extra margin for manufacturing variations. If so, I got lucky. If you look in the back you'll note the indications that it uses Leica Swiss technology, and is made in Austria. Basically it's the little brother to the big 600' range lasers, in a more compact package, limited to 100' and a whole lot cheaper. Great little unit. Harbor Freight seems to be carrying it for $89. |
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Testing FatMax TLM 100 laser measure
"Larry Jaques" wrote in message ... On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 16:24:20 -0500, with neither quill nor qualm, "Ed Huntress" quickly quoth: "Larry Jaques" wrote in message . .. On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 14:31:45 -0500, with neither quill nor qualm, "Ed Huntress" quickly quoth: I got one of those Stanley FatMax TLM 100 laser measures for Christmas, and Just out of curiosity, what would prompt a person to give an _editor_ a construction measurement tool, Ed? Been moonlightin', have ya? The editor in question has several hobbies, of which the primary one is keeping his 84-year-old house from falling apart. The house is winning, but the editor has a plan. He'll let the termites do most of the demolition work. Said editor also has re-roofed his house and detached garage and rebuilt the walls of the garage, replacing all studs and sill plates. Everything in the garage now is heavily poisoned to keep the termites from fighting with the carpenter ants and making too much noise. Condolences to said editor. My old house had lebenty seben armies of termites when I abandoned it. Luckily, the old shack was in LoCal so I had enough to buy a nice, larger, 35 year newer home in SoOr. The termites haven't found me here...yet. I got rid of my varmint rifle a while back or I could have some fun doing it. Did you use Borosil or the really poisonous stuff (most of which has been outlawed by now)? The garage is heavily doped with Cuprinol. It's a nice shade of green on the inside, roughly four feet up the studs. I did that 20 years ago, really because of rot in the sills, but it's also been termite-free since then. The editor also has, you know, in addition to a SB 10L lathe, a drill press, two tablesaws, a bandsaw, a jointer, and large floor-mount disk sanders powered by ancient motors (and has owned a knee mill and surface grinder in years past), and has built a couple of small boats and a steam engine, not to mention two racecars in decades long gone. He also has two lawnmowers, a wife, and a dog. Practically everything in and out of the house has new homemade bushings, where it has bushings, except for the wife and dog. Much of my plumbing contains replacement parts that haven't been available for 50 years, but which I machined from old bronze prop shafts. Ah, so you're not a one trick pony. Velly good, sport. Carry on. Yup, I can waste time making and fixing things that make no economic sense just as well as anyone. d8-) -- Ed Huntress |
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Testing FatMax TLM 100 laser measure
On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 18:46:58 -0500, with neither quill nor qualm, "Ed
Huntress" quickly quoth: "Larry Jaques" wrote in message .. . Condolences to said editor. My old house had lebenty seben armies of termites when I abandoned it. Luckily, the old shack was in LoCal so I had enough to buy a nice, larger, 35 year newer home in SoOr. The termites haven't found me here...yet. I got rid of my varmint rifle a while back or I could have some fun doing it. I'd never have been able to afford a new truck if I'd had to buy ammo for all the wood munchers in that Vista house. Crikey, I'd have outspent the DOD, even at .22 prices. Did you use Borosil or the really poisonous stuff (most of which has been outlawed by now)? The garage is heavily doped with Cuprinol. It's a nice shade of green on the http://www.cuprinol.com/ Bwahahahahahaha! Fidiots should have called me. I'd have all their pages up and running in a day or three. sigh The UK site works, though. I've been using some really stinky stuff for cuts into PT wood lately. Jasco Termin8 green and brown, now with two -different- stenches! I'd prefer to self-spray something like Nisus' Bora-Care (oops, not borosil) but the stuff is more strictly licensed than guns are here in Oregon, despite the safety over much more poisonous termiticides. Damned regulations. "They" want $3,500 to do the underside of my 1,700 s/f shop with attached house, and it'd take them under 3 hours. sigh inside, roughly four feet up the studs. I did that 20 years ago, really because of rot in the sills, but it's also been termite-free since then. That's always favorable. Ah, so you're not a one trick pony. Velly good, sport. Carry on. Yup, I can waste time making and fixing things that make no economic sense just as well as anyone. d8-) As I said, carry on. g Then again, paying someone to refurb your old house gets expensive in a hurry. --- The world is wide, and I will not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum. --Frances Willard (1839 - 1898) ---------- |
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Testing FatMax TLM 100 laser measure
"Larry Jaques" wrote in message ... On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 18:46:58 -0500, with neither quill nor qualm, "Ed Huntress" quickly quoth: "Larry Jaques" wrote in message . .. Condolences to said editor. My old house had lebenty seben armies of termites when I abandoned it. Luckily, the old shack was in LoCal so I had enough to buy a nice, larger, 35 year newer home in SoOr. The termites haven't found me here...yet. I got rid of my varmint rifle a while back or I could have some fun doing it. I'd never have been able to afford a new truck if I'd had to buy ammo for all the wood munchers in that Vista house. Crikey, I'd have outspent the DOD, even at .22 prices. Did you use Borosil or the really poisonous stuff (most of which has been outlawed by now)? The garage is heavily doped with Cuprinol. It's a nice shade of green on the http://www.cuprinol.com/ Bwahahahahahaha! Fidiots should have called me. I'd have all their pages up and running in a day or three. sigh The UK site works, though. I've been using some really stinky stuff for cuts into PT wood lately. Jasco Termin8 green and brown, now with two -different- stenches! I'd prefer to self-spray something like Nisus' Bora-Care (oops, not borosil) but the stuff is more strictly licensed than guns are here in Oregon, despite the safety over much more poisonous termiticides. Damned regulations. "They" want $3,500 to do the underside of my 1,700 s/f shop with attached house, and it'd take them under 3 hours. sigh In the house, I used some kind of foaming termite stuff around ten years ago that also ran several feet up between the walls. I just filled the cavity with foam. I forget what it was called. I think I've gotten the buggers, finally, after years of struggling with them. inside, roughly four feet up the studs. I did that 20 years ago, really because of rot in the sills, but it's also been termite-free since then. That's always favorable. Ah, so you're not a one trick pony. Velly good, sport. Carry on. Yup, I can waste time making and fixing things that make no economic sense just as well as anyone. d8-) As I said, carry on. g Then again, paying someone to refurb your old house gets expensive in a hurry. Oh, yeah. I should tell you about what I'm doing this weekend: snaking out the tub drain, which is cast iron (yes, cast iron, not the welded-seam galvanized steel stuff). Not fun. And then I have to hope the cast bronze J-trap ($40 now for a direct replacement -- and the joint is a tapered, machined joint that won't mate with anything else) fits back in properly. I'd rather be ice fishing. -- Ed Huntress |
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Testing FatMax TLM 100 laser measure
On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 20:40:11 -0500, with neither quill nor qualm, "Ed
Huntress" quickly quoth: In the house, I used some kind of foaming termite stuff around ten years ago that also ran several feet up between the walls. I just filled the cavity with foam. I forget what it was called. I think I've gotten the buggers, finally, after years of struggling with them. That's good. I wonder if the people who bought my house spent the $6k the exterminator wanted to do the job. They've since fenced the yard and put a dozen old cars behind it, and they have a couple dogs who bark all the time, from what I understand. (Karma is finally coming to those asshole neighbors who tied their dogs up in the back yards of their condos while they were at work, driving me up the wall all day and half the night long.) Oh, yeah. I should tell you about what I'm doing this weekend: snaking out the tub drain, which is cast iron (yes, cast iron, not the welded-seam galvanized steel stuff). Not fun. And then I have to hope the cast bronze J-trap ($40 now for a direct replacement -- and the joint is a tapered, machined joint that won't mate with anything else) fits back in properly. Luck be with you, sir. Plumbing is a Not Fun endeavor. Always. I'd rather be ice fishing. Brrr! Pass. --- The world is wide, and I will not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum. --Frances Willard (1839 - 1898) ---------- |
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Testing FatMax TLM 100 laser measure
"Gary Owens" wrote in message ... I bought one for my son for XMAS, he installs phone and computer cabling. He loves the laser, he wanted a Hilti, but after I priced it, he got the Stanley. He says he can measure out to 200 feet in dark spaces above false ceilings and even in lit areas it will measure over 150 ft. gary Deltona, FL Holy cow, I didn't realize it would read at all over 100 ft. Not that it's something I would need, but I thought the thing had a built-in limit of 100 ft. It certainly is a time- and grief-saver. When the weather is decent I'm outside with mine, finally getting the vertical dimensions on my house so I can finish drawing it in CAD. -- Ed Huntress "Ed Huntress" wrote in message ... I got one of those Stanley FatMax TLM 100 laser measures for Christmas, and I've started to calibrate it. So far I've tested it at 3 ft., 6 ft., and 10 ft. It's consistently reading within +/- 1/16 in. versus my 30 ft. Stanley Leverlock steel tape. Has anyone else tested one? I'm very interested to see what results others are getting. As soon as I get a chance I'm going to check it at 100 ft. on the floor of a basketball court, to avoid big cosine errors with the tape. I have three Stanley 100 ft. tapes of different vintages, and I'm interested, also, to see how they read against each other. So far this TLM 100 has been very useful and easy to use. I'm startled to see how accurate it is. Stanley only guarantees it to +/- 1/4 in. My gut feeling is that it's the same basic innards as the more expensive versions (mine was $99), but that Stanley either de-rates this one to encourage sales of the more expensive models, or else they don't test the cheap version and leave the extra margin for manufacturing variations. If so, I got lucky. -- Ed Huntress |
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Testing FatMax TLM 100 laser measure
"Larry Jaques" wrote in message ... I haven't yet played with laser measuring units, only laser levels. I forgot to ask you: what laser level do you like? I'm still using string levels and a Hoppy transit, but the laser levels look interesting. -- Ed Huntress |
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Testing FatMax TLM 100 laser measure
"Ed Huntress" wrote in message ... Oh, yeah. I should tell you about what I'm doing this weekend: snaking out the tub drain, which is cast iron (yes, cast iron, not the welded-seam galvanized steel stuff). Not fun. And then I have to hope the cast bronze J-trap ($40 now for a direct replacement -- and the joint is a tapered, machined joint that won't mate with anything else) fits back in properly. I'd rather be ice fishing. Ah, yes. Old house plumbing. I remember it well. A big part of why I sold my 1856 brick house 12 years ago. The nightmares have diminished over time. -Carl (don't even ask about the 1949 Fairbanks- Morse oil furnace. I am the world's leading authority on that alleged heating appliance) |
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Testing FatMax TLM 100 laser measure
On Sun, 03 Feb 2008 03:11:25 GMT, "Carl Byrns"
wrote: "Ed Huntress" wrote in message ... Oh, yeah. I should tell you about what I'm doing this weekend: snaking out the tub drain, which is cast iron (yes, cast iron, not the welded-seam galvanized steel stuff). Not fun. And then I have to hope the cast bronze J-trap ($40 now for a direct replacement -- and the joint is a tapered, machined joint that won't mate with anything else) fits back in properly. I'd rather be ice fishing. Ah, yes. Old house plumbing. I remember it well. A big part of why I sold my 1856 brick house 12 years ago. The nightmares have diminished over time. -Carl (don't even ask about the 1949 Fairbanks- Morse oil furnace. I am the world's leading authority on that alleged heating appliance) This is why you have to know when an item is past the repairable stage - time to give up, rip the whole mess out, and start over. For furnaces, you patch it one last time to get to spring, then rip the ******* out after the weather warms up a little. -- Bruce -- |
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Testing FatMax TLM 100 laser measure
"Carl Byrns" wrote in message news:xhapj.8002$ds2.4229@trnddc05... "Ed Huntress" wrote in message ... Oh, yeah. I should tell you about what I'm doing this weekend: snaking out the tub drain, which is cast iron (yes, cast iron, not the welded-seam galvanized steel stuff). Not fun. And then I have to hope the cast bronze J-trap ($40 now for a direct replacement -- and the joint is a tapered, machined joint that won't mate with anything else) fits back in properly. I'd rather be ice fishing. Ah, yes. Old house plumbing. I remember it well. A big part of why I sold my 1856 brick house 12 years ago. The nightmares have diminished over time. -Carl (don't even ask about the 1949 Fairbanks- Morse oil furnace. I am the world's leading authority on that alleged heating appliance) I think we'll move after my son is out of college. I've about had it. My furnace is an early -'50s Burnham Pacemaker that I had converted from oil to gas 28 years ago, after my oil delivery company tried to put 350 gallons of oil into my 220 gallon tank, which was 1/4 full at the time, and the balance wound up on my basement floor. That's the last time anyone else worked on my house, except for one paint job. Nobody else could keep most of it going. g They'd have to rip things out and replace stuff wholesale. The blower on my furnace, for example, is powered by a little motor that the maker tells me had a reasonable service life of five to eight years. It's now 28 years later. The floating Oilite bearings on it have to be hand-oiled every two months; the contact points on the centrifugal throwout switch for the starting capacitor have to be filed and re-gapped every two years. I had to remove and polish the armature shaft in the lathe when it seized up, the first time the Oilites ran out of oil. Starting the system up every year requires delicate balancing acts with water bleeds (it's an open hydronic system) to avoid overpressure until it's been running for three days or so. I have to rap the water pressure regulator with a wooden dowel to get it working every season. g If I had to write an instruction manual for someone else to keep it going, it would be ten pages long. BTW, the reason I haven't replaced that blower motor is that they don't make it, nor a replacement for it, anymore. And don't get me started on the plumbing. I've had to turn faucet washer seats from bronze shaft because they don't make them in this size anymore. And I turned two faucet stems, a tapered gate valve, and a few other parts. You really *need* a lathe to keep this house running. -- Ed Huntress |
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Testing FatMax TLM 100 laser measure
On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 22:08:22 -0500, with neither quill nor qualm, "Ed
Huntress" quickly quoth: "Larry Jaques" wrote in message .. . I haven't yet played with laser measuring units, only laser levels. I forgot to ask you: what laser level do you like? I'm still using string levels and a Hoppy transit, but the laser levels look interesting. I found a nice little guy, a StraitLine Intersect, on eBay for $15 delivered. It works well for both walls and floors. Here ya go: $12.50 http://tinyurl.com/36pl8c Good for about 1/8" accuracy on most jobs. The rotary lasers and laser transits are too pricy for me as yet. Maybe next year. I'll continue to use water or string levels for decks and such. Wow, this AccuLine system ($400 the last time I looked) is now 1/2 that and going for less on eBay. Hmm... http://tinyurl.com/32vqrz Work is starting to pick up again, despite the rain, so I'm going to be picking up that mini-mill -before- I sell my old F-150. Oh, I found sticks of UniStrut at Blowes for $15 (low holey profile) and $20 (tall, unholey stuff.) That beats Grover's $47 price. Now to wait for a sunny day to install it so I can start hanging things inside my pickemup bed. I have an errant ladder which needs taming, despite the locked chain. If anyone wants some, look in the electrical section next to the conduit. -- I think this is the crux of the global warming media hype (not some of the science). Gobal warming research and it's ugly step-sister, the media, are a business. They will only feed frenzy that adds to their business. Hence, the lack of talk about your cold and snowy western weather, lack of hurricanes in '06, etc. The only things that will be brought up are those that will "help" their cause and industry. Do something for something we KNOW about, like the kid down the street that needs a home, etc. Don't try to help for something that we are trying (ridiculously) to predict will be a problem 100-200years from now!! Thanks, A Liberal, Environmentally Friendly, Global Warming, Anti-Hype Lad James, 11Jan07 on Weather Channel's "One Degree" hype site |
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Testing FatMax TLM 100 laser measure
"Ed Huntress" wrote in message ... "Carl Byrns" wrote in message news:xhapj.8002$ds2.4229@trnddc05... -Carl (don't even ask about the 1949 Fairbanks- Morse oil furnace. I am the world's leading authority on that alleged heating appliance) I think we'll move after my son is out of college. I've about had it. My furnace is an early -'50s Burnham Pacemaker that I had converted from oil to gas 28 years ago, after my oil delivery company tried to put 350 gallons of oil into my 220 gallon tank, which was 1/4 full at the time, and the balance wound up on my basement floor. My big adventure with the 1949 FM occurred when late one Saturday I noticed the house was getting cold. I went downstairs and tried the usual remedies, including hitting the reset switch a couple of times. The burner would start and then stop. After reviewing the wiring diagram, I opened the cover on the stack switch (for those of you who don't know what a stack switch is, it is a mechanical thermostat the sits in the exhaust flue. The stack switch has a bimetal spring that unwinds when heated by the flue gases and closes a switch to allow the burner to keep running. If the spring does not trip the switch within 10 seconds, the burner is shut down. It is a safety device in case of a flameout) and figured out the 'ignition' relay wasn't pulling in all the way. I figured this out by pushing on the relays (the other one is the 'motor' relay) with an insulated screwdriver. Ah-Ha! I pushed in the ignition relay (got a nice buzz from the HV box) and with a second screwdriver, pushed in the motor relay annnnd all the oil that had been spraying into the firebox lit off with a bang that shook the house and loosened up about 60 tons of soot, half of which blew out of the automatic damper I was standing right in front of. I looked like a coal miner. The rest of the soot went out of the chimney (too bad it was dark out) and coated our snow-covered lawn and much of the neighborhood with a fine black powder. The next day I got up on the roof (to see if the chimney had been damaged) Looking down at the yard, my house sat in the middle of a black circle. I replaced the stack switch and burner with a Beckett. -Carl |
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"Carl Byrns" wrote in message news:bOcpj.10423$ds2.392@trnddc05... snip The rest of the soot went out of the chimney (too bad it was dark out) and coated our snow-covered lawn and much of the neighborhood with a fine black powder. The next day I got up on the roof (to see if the chimney had been damaged) Looking down at the yard, my house sat in the middle of a black circle. I replaced the stack switch and burner with a Beckett. -Carl That would have been enough to convert me to hiring people to do it. d8-) -- Ed Huntress |
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Testing FatMax TLM 100 laser measure
"Larry Jaques" wrote in message ... On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 22:08:22 -0500, with neither quill nor qualm, "Ed Huntress" quickly quoth: "Larry Jaques" wrote in message . .. I haven't yet played with laser measuring units, only laser levels. I forgot to ask you: what laser level do you like? I'm still using string levels and a Hoppy transit, but the laser levels look interesting. I found a nice little guy, a StraitLine Intersect, on eBay for $15 delivered. It works well for both walls and floors. Here ya go: $12.50 http://tinyurl.com/36pl8c Good for about 1/8" accuracy on most jobs. The prices on those basic laser levels certainly are reasonable. I'll take a look at that one. It looks like it ought to be OK for handyman jobs. Thanks. -- Ed Huntress |
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Ed Huntress wrote:
"Larry Jaques" wrote in message ... On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 22:08:22 -0500, with neither quill nor qualm, "Ed Huntress" quickly quoth: "Larry Jaques" wrote in message . .. I haven't yet played with laser measuring units, only laser levels. I forgot to ask you: what laser level do you like? I'm still using string levels and a Hoppy transit, but the laser levels look interesting. I found a nice little guy, a StraitLine Intersect, on eBay for $15 delivered. It works well for both walls and floors. Here ya go: $12.50 http://tinyurl.com/36pl8c Good for about 1/8" accuracy on most jobs. The prices on those basic laser levels certainly are reasonable. I'll take a look at that one. It looks like it ought to be OK for handyman jobs. Thanks. -- Ed Huntress It's ok for far more than handyman job. 100' is sufficient range for most all residential construction purposes, you might need 600' range if you're building a mall or office building. |
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No way, never ever hire someone to do it for you.... every time Ive done
that they foul it up worse then before and then they hand you a huge bill... I do all my own work, period. I read the code books, consult with friends in the business and then, do a better job then any of them have time to!!!! "Ed Huntress" wrote in message ... "Carl Byrns" wrote in message news:bOcpj.10423$ds2.392@trnddc05... snip The rest of the soot went out of the chimney (too bad it was dark out) and coated our snow-covered lawn and much of the neighborhood with a fine black powder. The next day I got up on the roof (to see if the chimney had been damaged) Looking down at the yard, my house sat in the middle of a black circle. I replaced the stack switch and burner with a Beckett. -Carl That would have been enough to convert me to hiring people to do it. d8-) -- Ed Huntress |
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Ed Huntress wrote:
I'd rather be ice fishing. What is your favorite ice to catch, or do you catch and release? ;-) -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida |
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"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message ... Ed Huntress wrote: I'd rather be ice fishing. What is your favorite ice to catch, or do you catch and release? ;-) I like the big 25-pound blocks, 'cause they're slow to melt. If you fillet and skin 'em right away and stick them in the freezer, they're good until summer. (You're really digging through some old stuff here to get a chuckle, Michael. You need some good jokes to get your blood flowing.) d8-) -- Ed Huntress |
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Ed Huntress wrote: "Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message ... Ed Huntress wrote: I'd rather be ice fishing. What is your favorite ice to catch, or do you catch and release? ;-) I like the big 25-pound blocks, 'cause they're slow to melt. If you fillet and skin 'em right away and stick them in the freezer, they're good until summer. (You're really digging through some old stuff here to get a chuckle, Michael. You need some good jokes to get your blood flowing.) Actually, I need blood thinner, but the VA doctor's excuse was, Well, you might need surgery some day. I get cut on something, and there is almost no bleeding, and it takes weeks or months longer to heal because of it. As far as old jokes, someone needs to remember them. Today's' jokes are all running for office, anyway. -- aioe.org is home to cowards and terrorists Add this line to your news proxy nfilter.dat file * drop Path:*aioe.org!not-for-mail to drop all aioe.org traffic. http://improve-usenet.org/index.html |
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