I super-glued a short length of plastic tubing to the toggle switch on
the shop vac.
Now, I can hit it on and off with the shopvac nozzle or anything else in
my hands.
The little red toggle switch was tucked down into a molded recess...
surely meant to protect it from stuff. Well, I'd rather be able to get
to it easily. Now I can. The tubing it strong enough to turn it on and
off, but weak enough to bend and not break the switch if it gets hit too
hard.
Stuff like this is such a "duh!" moment.
Anyone have any duh moments to share.
--
-MIKE-
"Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life"
--Elvin Jones (1927-2004)
--
http://mikedrums.com
[email protected]
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On Nov 2, 1:20=A0pm, willshak <[email protected]> wrote:
> -MIKE- wrote the following:> On 11/2/10 8:33 AM, Leon wrote:
>
> >> Wait till you discover remote control. =A0;~)
>
> > I'm sorry, what now? =A0 =A0:-)
>
> > Actually, a remote is still another button to push. =A0I have a foot
> > switch, now.
> > Next step will be one of those current sensors that turns on/off
> > automatically.
>
> Better yet, a voice command remote. "Turn on TV", "Channel 32", "Volume
> down", Turn off".
I have a breath-activated tube to control the TV, like Stephen Hawking
uses to guide his wheelchair, and I sit in a La-Z-Bowl Extreme with
built in refrigerator, massager and composting toilet.
You're all a bunch of lazy fucks. :)~
R
"Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "-MIKE-" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>I super-glued a short length of plastic tubing to the toggle switch on the
>>shop vac.
>> Now, I can hit it on and off with the shopvac nozzle or anything else in
>> my hands.
>>
>> The little red toggle switch was tucked down into a molded recess...
>> surely meant to protect it from stuff. Well, I'd rather be able to get
>> to it easily. Now I can. The tubing it strong enough to turn it on and
>> off, but weak enough to bend and not break the switch if it gets hit too
>> hard.
>>
>> Stuff like this is such a "duh!" moment.
>> Anyone have any duh moments to share.
>
>
> Wait till you discover remote control. ;~)
Speaking of remote control....
I made a remote control for my dust collector (which has magnetic starters)
from an old garage door power head. I put a momentary micro switch next to
the screw mechanism so when the screw winds up the trigger for the limit
switches, the added switch closes a parallel circuit in the holding power
for the contacts. I take the remote with me, or clip it to a pocket or tool
belt, and turn off the suction and back on at my needs.
Poorly worded, but I hope you all get the idea. One of the best things I
ever did for the shop.
--
Jim in NC
On Fri, 12 Nov 2010 12:21:29 -0500, "A. W. Dunstan" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Larry Jaques wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 13:20:03 -0400, willshak <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>-MIKE- wrote the following:
>>>> On 11/2/10 8:33 AM, Leon wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Wait till you discover remote control. ;~)
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm sorry, what now? :-)
>>>>
>>>> Actually, a remote is still another button to push. I have a foot
>>>> switch, now.
>>>> Next step will be one of those current sensors that turns on/off
>>>> automatically.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>Better yet, a voice command remote. "Turn on TV", "Channel 32", "Volume
>>>down", Turn off".
>>
>> Proper TV automation should consist of one command only, "Turn OFF."
>I've seen those - a small (fits in your pocket) remote control that only
>knows how to turn a TV off, but it knows the codes for *lots* of TVs. Handy
>in all kinds of places - makes life much more pleasant.
Indeed. I'd like one which works for 10 miles or so, just shut down a
town as you drive through. Riots in the sports bars, wot?
--
To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.
-- J. K. Rowling
On Nov 1, 11:23=A0pm, -MIKE- <[email protected]> wrote:
> I super-glued a short length of plastic tubing to the toggle switch on
> the shop vac.
> Now, I can hit it on and off with the shopvac nozzle or anything else in
> my hands.
>
> The little red toggle switch was tucked down into a molded recess...
> surely meant to protect it from stuff. =A0Well, I'd rather be able to get
> to it easily. =A0Now I can. =A0The tubing it strong enough to turn it on =
and
> off, but weak enough to bend and not break the switch if it gets hit too
> hard.
>
> Stuff like this is such a "duh!" moment.
> Anyone have any duh moments to share.
Another one is gluing some clear plastic triangular pieces over idiot
lights so you can see them from a wider angle. I don't know if it
qualifies as a duh! moment so much as an ah!
R
On Nov 2, 10:58=A0am, FrozenNorth <[email protected]>
wrote:
> On 11/02/10 9:33 AM, Leon wrote:
>
>
>
> > "-MIKE-"<[email protected]> =A0wrote in message
> >news:[email protected]...
> >> I super-glued a short length of plastic tubing to the toggle switch on=
the
> >> shop vac.
> >> Now, I can hit it on and off with the shopvac nozzle or anything else =
in
> >> my hands.
>
> >> The little red toggle switch was tucked down into a molded recess...
> >> surely meant to protect it from stuff. =A0Well, I'd rather be able to =
get
> >> to it easily. =A0Now I can. =A0The tubing it strong enough to turn it =
on and
> >> off, but weak enough to bend and not break the switch if it gets hit t=
oo
> >> hard.
>
> >> Stuff like this is such a "duh!" moment.
> >> Anyone have any duh moments to share.
>
> > Wait till you discover remote control. =A0;~)
>
> And they work the TV too, never have to get up from the couch again.
> :-)
>
> --
> Froz...
>
> The system will be down for 10 days for preventive maintenance.
In fact, I bought a HarmonyOne combined remote. What a sweet piece
that is.
You connect via USB to your puter, go to their website and plug in the
model numbers of your DVDBR, AVReceiver, Screen, VCR, Cable/Sat box
and it sets the whole mess up for you...look ma, no hands.
Now, I get to hold just one remote and am no longer burdened by the
searching and carrying of multiple remotes.... a remote for remotes,
so to speak.
Works like a charm. (Backlit keys too)
On Nov 1, 11:23=A0pm, -MIKE- <[email protected]> wrote:
[schnipfered]
Sorry, Mike.... I have NO idea why you didn't do that years ago.
"Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> In fact, I bought a HarmonyOne combined remote. What a sweet piece that
> is.
I bought one of those, except it was the big Harmony 1000 table top model.
Aren't they great? Downloading all the codes for a particular piece of
equipment is a breeze. Wish they'd been available thirty years ago. Would
have cost a fortune back then though.
Larry Jaques wrote:
> On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 13:20:03 -0400, willshak <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>-MIKE- wrote the following:
>>> On 11/2/10 8:33 AM, Leon wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Wait till you discover remote control. ;~)
>>>>
>>>
>>> I'm sorry, what now? :-)
>>>
>>> Actually, a remote is still another button to push. I have a foot
>>> switch, now.
>>> Next step will be one of those current sensors that turns on/off
>>> automatically.
>>>
>>>
>>Better yet, a voice command remote. "Turn on TV", "Channel 32", "Volume
>>down", Turn off".
>
> Proper TV automation should consist of one command only, "Turn OFF."
I've seen those - a small (fits in your pocket) remote control that only
knows how to turn a TV off, but it knows the codes for *lots* of TVs. Handy
in all kinds of places - makes life much more pleasant.
--
Al Dunstan, Software Engineer
OptiMetrics, Inc.
3115 Professional Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-5131
"There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to make
it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other way
is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies."
- C. A. R. Hoare
-MIKE- wrote:
>
> Stuff like this is such a "duh!" moment.
> Anyone have any duh moments to share.
What are you - freakin' crazy? S'pposed to keep that stuff secret.
--
-Mike-
[email protected]
On 11/02/10 9:33 AM, Leon wrote:
> "-MIKE-"<[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> I super-glued a short length of plastic tubing to the toggle switch on the
>> shop vac.
>> Now, I can hit it on and off with the shopvac nozzle or anything else in
>> my hands.
>>
>> The little red toggle switch was tucked down into a molded recess...
>> surely meant to protect it from stuff. Well, I'd rather be able to get
>> to it easily. Now I can. The tubing it strong enough to turn it on and
>> off, but weak enough to bend and not break the switch if it gets hit too
>> hard.
>>
>> Stuff like this is such a "duh!" moment.
>> Anyone have any duh moments to share.
>
>
> Wait till you discover remote control. ;~)
>
>
And they work the TV too, never have to get up from the couch again.
:-)
--
Froz...
The system will be down for 10 days for preventive maintenance.
On 11/2/10 7:20 AM, Robatoy wrote:
> On Nov 1, 11:23 pm, -MIKE-<[email protected]> wrote:
> [schnipfered]
>
> Sorry, Mike.... I have NO idea why you didn't do that years ago.
>
<cough!>smartass!<cough!>
--
-MIKE-
"Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life"
--Elvin Jones (1927-2004)
--
http://mikedrums.com
[email protected]
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On 11/2/10 8:33 AM, Leon wrote:
>
>
> Wait till you discover remote control. ;~)
>
I'm sorry, what now? :-)
Actually, a remote is still another button to push. I have a foot
switch, now.
Next step will be one of those current sensors that turns on/off
automatically.
--
-MIKE-
"Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life"
--Elvin Jones (1927-2004)
--
http://mikedrums.com
[email protected]
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On 11/02/10 11:54 AM, Robatoy wrote:
> On Nov 2, 10:58 am, FrozenNorth<[email protected]>
> wrote:
>> On 11/02/10 9:33 AM, Leon wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> "-MIKE-"<[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>> I super-glued a short length of plastic tubing to the toggle switch on the
>>>> shop vac.
>>>> Now, I can hit it on and off with the shopvac nozzle or anything else in
>>>> my hands.
>>
>>>> The little red toggle switch was tucked down into a molded recess...
>>>> surely meant to protect it from stuff. Well, I'd rather be able to get
>>>> to it easily. Now I can. The tubing it strong enough to turn it on and
>>>> off, but weak enough to bend and not break the switch if it gets hit too
>>>> hard.
>>
>>>> Stuff like this is such a "duh!" moment.
>>>> Anyone have any duh moments to share.
>>
>>> Wait till you discover remote control. ;~)
>>
>> And they work the TV too, never have to get up from the couch again.
>> :-)
>>
>> --
>> Froz...
>>
>> The system will be down for 10 days for preventive maintenance.
>
> In fact, I bought a HarmonyOne combined remote. What a sweet piece
> that is.
> You connect via USB to your puter, go to their website and plug in the
> model numbers of your DVDBR, AVReceiver, Screen, VCR, Cable/Sat box
> and it sets the whole mess up for you...look ma, no hands.
> Now, I get to hold just one remote and am no longer burdened by the
> searching and carrying of multiple remotes.... a remote for remotes,
> so to speak.
> Works like a charm. (Backlit keys too)
I've had one of those for several years, love it.
I used to have about six remotes on the ottoman, now I have room for my
feet.
--
Froz...
The system will be down for 10 days for preventive maintenance.
On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 13:20:03 -0400, willshak <[email protected]>
wrote:
>-MIKE- wrote the following:
>> On 11/2/10 8:33 AM, Leon wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Wait till you discover remote control. ;~)
>>>
>>
>> I'm sorry, what now? :-)
>>
>> Actually, a remote is still another button to push. I have a foot
>> switch, now.
>> Next step will be one of those current sensors that turns on/off
>> automatically.
>>
>>
>Better yet, a voice command remote. "Turn on TV", "Channel 32", "Volume
>down", Turn off".
Proper TV automation should consist of one command only, "Turn OFF."
--
Experience is a good teacher, but she send in terrific bills.
-- Minna Thomas Antrim
"-MIKE-" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I super-glued a short length of plastic tubing to the toggle switch on the
>shop vac.
> Now, I can hit it on and off with the shopvac nozzle or anything else in
> my hands.
>
> The little red toggle switch was tucked down into a molded recess...
> surely meant to protect it from stuff. Well, I'd rather be able to get
> to it easily. Now I can. The tubing it strong enough to turn it on and
> off, but weak enough to bend and not break the switch if it gets hit too
> hard.
>
> Stuff like this is such a "duh!" moment.
> Anyone have any duh moments to share.
Wait till you discover remote control. ;~)
-MIKE- wrote the following:
> On 11/2/10 8:33 AM, Leon wrote:
>>
>>
>> Wait till you discover remote control. ;~)
>>
>
> I'm sorry, what now? :-)
>
> Actually, a remote is still another button to push. I have a foot
> switch, now.
> Next step will be one of those current sensors that turns on/off
> automatically.
>
>
Better yet, a voice command remote. "Turn on TV", "Channel 32", "Volume
down", Turn off".
--
Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
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