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The
DRSNews
July
2006
HAPPY
230TH BIRTHDAY, AMERICA!
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A Special 'Hello' to all my
new subscribers! What a great bunch of new friends I make every day with this
little project!
In this issue:
1) Use Your Computer Scanner
to Easily Make Gaskets
2) It’s Refrigerator Maintenance Season Again!
3) Your Cell Phone Number’s Now Available to Telemarketers
*** Sorry - this one turned out
to be a false alarm! ***
[Sorry this month’s issue is
somewhat shorter - and later - than
usual. It’s my super-busy season, and I hope to get back to more ‘normal’
length rambling in a month or two when the warm weather eases a bit.]
1) I’m really intrigued by
the ‘Versa-Laser’ (www.versalaser.com),
a computer printer-like device that uses a laser to precisely cut intricate
shapes from a whole host of materials. From time to time I need to make an
odd-shaped gasket or other gadget, and it’d be great to have a machine that
could do the job with the ease that a programmable laser can.
However, not having an extra
$7700 (gulp!) lying around to buy one at the moment, I recently hit on a nice
compromise using my computer’s scanner to quickly make intricate patterns to
reproduce no-longer-available gaskets, etc.
Just place the original gasket
or other pattern that you’d like to duplicate on your scanner’s bed and scan
a copy. Then, print it out and use carbon paper to trace it onto the new
material.
Or, depending on the material,
print onto it directly. Some of the cork gasket sheets I use are thin enough to
feed through an inkjet printer, and I need to do more experimenting with this.
Try it, and let me know how it
works for you. I’m sure we can improve on the process.
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2) ‘Don’t know how it
happened, but it’s already July again, when I always remind (nag!) you to lube
those refrigerator gaskets and clean the condenser coils. As we’ve said
before, those two little jobs will save you a bunch of money, so they’re
definitely worth doing annually.
And seal lube is extremely
important these days when seals are no longer held on with screws, making them
really tough to replace. Prevents you’re ever having to replace them if done
correctly - and annually.
For more on seal lube, see:
http://www.DavesRepair.com/DIYhelp/DIYrefseallube.htm
And for help with cleaning
that condenser:
http://www.DavesRepair.com/DIYhelp/DIYrefcondcleaning.htm
3) As you may already know, as
of the 5th of this month, telemarketers now have access to cell phone
numbers. I don’t know about you, but I get more than enough junk email and
unwelcome phone solicitation, so I definitely consider my cell number off limits
to these folks.
To register your number,
either visit http://donotcall.gov or call
888-382-1222.
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me into your inbox. I don’t take the invitation lightly!
As always, if you have any
topics you’d like to see discussed here or covered in an online article, let
me know and I’ll do my best to oblige. And don't forget those testimonials!
Many thanks if you've already sent yours in!
May God richly bless you and
yours,
Dave Harnish
Dave’s Repair Service
New Albany, PA
drs@sosbbs.com
http://www.DavesRepair.com
’If nothing else, the
intricate design of even the lowest animal is eloquent testimony to the wisdom
of its Creator and the madness of those who deny Him' - The late Henry Morris
Job 12:7-8
PS – If you read only one
book this year, I recommend Lee Strobel’s ‘The Case for a Creator’.
Condenses and clarifies information from some 20 books I have on the subject
into a fast-reading, hard-hitting overview, typical of Lee’s other ‘Case
For’ books.
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