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Psalm 119:105-106 (NLT) 105 Your Word is a lamp for my feet and a light for my path. 106 I've promised it once, and I'll promise again: I will obey Your wonderful laws.
How do we know the direction God wants us to go in? How do we know the plans He has for our lives? By reading and studying His word. All the answers we need are in the pages of God's Word. We can find some direction when we go to church on Sundays and Bible study on Wednesdays. We can hear bits and pieces from a preacher on TV, the radio or on CDs or tapes. But when we really get serious about walking in the way God wants us too, then we will get serious about studying the Word of God.
The Bible will show us where God wants us to be. It will show us how He wants us to act. When we begin to know and understand this in our hearts it will help us in our daily walk with Christ. Every day we need to recommit our lives to Christ. It is an everyday battle with the flesh to live the way God wants us too. And the best weapon we have against that battle is God's Word.
My prayer is that I never slack up in my reading and studying of God's Word…that I continually recommit myself to obeying God's laws…that my life is a testimony to those around me of my wonderful Savior. How about you?
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Orchard Estates is registered with the State of Minnesota as a "housing with services" establishment. That means we do much more than put a roof over your head, but less than a nursing home, memory care or assisted living provider could do.
To choose Orchard Estates, you must be 55 years of age (or better). You must also be able to take care of your own needs of daily living or be able to obtain assistance with daily living. That assistance could be provided by a loved one who lives with you, a home health care provider or other outside resource.
Every senior housing facility develops its own criteria to help ensure a good fit between potential tenants and the facility. Orchard Estates' criteria cover a variety of expectations, such as a tenant's ability to:
- Safely prepare meals and operate appliances, or obtain necessary help to do so
- Take care of personal needs such as bathing, grooming and laundry, or obtain necessary help to do so
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You have a choice to carry, the supposed various legal classes did not. I support individual property owners rights over the rights of the public, don't do business with them if you don't like the way they run their business. If you come in and tell me that I have to let legal carriers in my place of business, I would have to tell you I do not have to do so, I allow them to do so. Then I would tell you to leave because of I have enough stupidity for the whole place and you need to take yours elsewhere.rp_photo wrote:I don't see 30.06 as a sacred property right but rather a public accommodation issue.
Anyone who opens their property to the public must agree to not discriminate against various classes, which in my opinion should include legal carriers.
Along with that, property owners who don't post should be shielded from liability over actions of a legal carrier on their property, but being exposed to liability for the death and injury of a disarmed legal carrier if they choose to post. Note that this would provide a crucial upside to not posting which is missing now.


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Audiologist Glen Sutherland's most recent post on this blog talked about how hearing aids can improve the quality of your life. And they can. But for those of us who wear them, they can also pose many challenges.
For the uninitiated, hearing aids are NOT like glasses. Pretty much the only things that can go wrong with glasses are that you lose them or the frames break when you drop them on the floor. Both have happened to me.
Hearing devices are another story. Here are a few of the challenges I have experienced.
I have a T-coil switch on my hearing aid to help me hear on the phone and it generally works quite well, a great relief to someone like me who would not be able to use the phone without it. Sometimes however, there is electricity in the air and I get loud static noises when I press the T-coil button on my hearing aid. It could be a plane overhead or an electronic gremlin. Whatever the cause, it just adds to the challenge of carrying on a phone conversation.
Glasses sometimes have a tendency to slip down your nose. A quick push and you are set again. Hearing aids have a mold that is fitted to your ear. Molds work pretty well for a while but eventually they shrink. When that happens, an air pocket is created between the ear and the mold. That causes whistling! Sometimes when people hug me they press against my aid and that can cause whistling sounds. And hats! If the brim of a hat is pressing down on the top of the aid, I get whistling again. Even standing too close to the wall can cause this most annoying sound.
F/M systems also create interesting challenges. For those of you not familiar with this term, these wonderful pieces of technology augment the sound we can receive from hearing aids and cochlear implants. (Unfortunately, my F/M is not compatible with my implant, but that is a story for another post).
I have something called direct audio input in my F/M. This feature, combined with Closed Captioning allows me to understand pretty much everything on television. However, if I move my head just slightly or for some odd reason raise my arm in a certain way, the sound from the F/M cuts out and I hear nothing. I have no idea why! It reminds me of those old fashioned rabbit ears we used to have for televisions. Occasionally someone had to stand and hold the rabbit ears in a certain way for the reception to work.
Just this past week my F/M stopped working. I thought the problem might be with my hearing aid as when I pushed the F/M button on the aid I heard a buzzing noise and then the sound just faded away. Apparently the 'connection' (a little piece attached to the hearing aid), was loose. Pretty soon this loose connection would affect the T-coil button as well. Luckily it was an easy fix. I didn't need to send my hearing aid away for repairs and try to cope with my old replacement aid that gives me only about 50% of the sound I can get with the powerful equipment I have now.
When I remember the rudimentary hearing aids I had as a child I am very grateful for the leaps in technology that allow someone with a very profound loss like me to hear. But they are still a lot more complicated than glasses.


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We're all adjusting pretty well. I was very emotional at first, watching over half of our belongings put into storage as we moved the rest into a two bedroom apt. Big adjustment from nearly 2,800 sq. ft of living space to just over 1,000 (less to clean right?!). The living arrangement is, let's just say, "comfy & cozy" (and temporary)! The cost of living here is crazy too. With me not working right now (to take care of Aiden's needs), we're really learning how to cut back.
Ryan and Kailyn haven't complained once about being "roomies"; in fact they haven't complained once about anything they're experiencing. They're such troopers! Their first week of school was a success and they're both loving their classes. As a mom, I was more nervous than they were, but they're both very outgoing, and everything went fine. Ryan's only complaint is that they don't start athletics here until high school and that the classes are "too easy" ... I told my brain child to give it time.
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I'd send a copy of the cancelled check to the collection agency with the note indicating the dates you informed the company of said payment. Follow up with a call.
Then I'd call the company and ask to speak to the manager (is it a dr's office? Ask for the office manager/accounts supervisor) and explain the situation and follow it up with a letter outlining the issue, the dates and who you spoke to at the collections agency, etc. I'd ask them to read any notes on your file to you regarding payment as well.
If you were referred by a doctor of yours I'd send them a heads up letter and cc the brace company and tell them that your service has been severely lacking.
Basically, I'd throw everyone in the loop and make a big stink.
Then I'd start calling the same people every day until they send you proof that your account has been corrected.
Take names and document, document, document.
Seems like overkill, but I CAN'T stand people who can't do their job. There is no excuse for the hassle you've been through, so move to the offensive and put them on defense.


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My thoughts on Roel post on his blog, my family live in this area so i think i have quite a good understanding of what locals think, i don't know anyone who owns there own home in the area that wants high density or large apartment blocks. the area has been plagued with anti-social issues, drug dealing and petty crime and vandalism. History from the world tells us that the higher the density the worse the problem. We have a council that drives this high density but as best i know most of them live in houses with yards, garages, drive ways etc, not the they preach how everyone should live.
Source: HUGE URBAN DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL FOR FREMANTLE | Freo's View
Roel the community in Blinco St are galready up in-arms about development just across the road as their homes/houses where getting two story in front of them. Not to mention the street already has huge parking issues. So how you think that 8 stories is OK I have no idea.
The area has a mountain of homes West housing just up the street, just over in Beaconsfield is a whole lot more, known as the Beacy Broncs, also well known for massive police raids and a continually hot bed of trouble, petty crime home invasions, vandalism graffiti and intimation to those who call the authorities to complain. Across the road on the northern side of High St is a heap more.
Just up the Hill from this area going East, they have over a couple of years homes demolished, Homes West houses, which were also well known for drug dealing hot spots and domestic violence.
Some quotes from the herald
"He says some locals will welcome Homes west's exit as tenants' drug-dealing has been an issue for years."
"Hope Street's Les Moyle has lived in the area for 32 years and he's glad to see the back of Homes west and hopefully backyard meth labs and police visits."
I was standing alongside Steve Grant when he took the photo at this community group meeting, 6 or 7 mins walk from the place your article is referring too. Again lots of promises at the this meeting about actions the council was going to take, (possibly as it was just before an election) now the election has past, action seems pretty much nothing on the issue.
Fremantle already has a higher than average % of homes west than the average suburb and needs no more. Just 2 weeks ago we see cars torched at the cold store area as drug dealing issues come to the front in homes west houses again.
"Car blaze last straw for terrified tenant
A CAR that was set alight in an alleged arson attack belongs to a man who was last week involved in a fracas with neighbours at Fremantle's Cold Stores housing complex("Residents besieged," Herald, February 13, 2016).
A 43-year-old fellow tenant of the WA Housing complex between Queen Victoria and Beach Streets has been charged with criminal damage by fire"
We shouldn't even need to mention the traffic issues in the area as both High St and Stevens St have traffic issue leaving the valley on Steven St at both ends is already dangerous with dumb design on Hampton Rd and the council ignoring a decade of complaints about the other end on Carrington where you have to blindly out onto a major rd.
South St has its own set of problems and the High St intersection with Stirling Hwy is another traffic black spot, well known for accidents and is full of trucks from the port as it's the major route out.
The local primary school is full, past capacity with transportable units on the school oval. The Kim Beazley site is yet to have single resident move in, which is set to add 100's more on just one block, in the middle of the mess I have just mentioned
And you think adding thousands on more people into a suburb area in high rises to create future slums is a good idea?
You may not have noticed but people who spend millions on penthouses don't like the idea of a possible drug dealer or meth lab on the ground floor under their penthouse, having to rely on the roll of the dice you get from homes west.
High density in this area would be a disastrous outcome for what was another leafy green suburb, rapidly being destroyed by a political motivated councils density drive which is destroying our tree canopy and massively increasing our urban heat sink
Ours suburbs should look more like this
than more concrete boxes like we see on Amherst St as in your pics.
Leaving less and less space for kids to play while driving more traffic in poorly designed and maintained road network
The council could not f-/: up more if they tried.
I have been to places our Mayor Brad Pettitt wants to mimic like Malmo, I have friends from there and outlaying districts all have seen their amenity deteriorating, as Malmö has become a centre for crime, violence, drug dealing and organized crime.
Not exactly what I would like to see copied into Freo we have enough shit as it is.


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I was looking around and found some plans for a 73 Caveman on eBay that I really like, but was wondering if there were any other old blueprints or highly detailed plans for free. My new year resolution is to build a 13-16 ft camper. Teardrops are out of the question for me due to shoulder and upper back pain, so maybe a small Canned Ham would fit the build. I'd like it to be a clone from an old Shasta, but would like a shower if able. Thinking out loud. Just enough room to house me on my monthly beach trips and up to the Natl Forest with my restored '84 200X. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I'd like to make something that actually looks vintage, modern vintage.
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People think my life is awesome. Nice house, cute baby, good husband...
What they don't know is..
My husband hasn't ever been entirely faithful.
We are so broke...
My husband often makes me feel like s***.
I'm not in love with him anymore...but I AM trying to be..for the sake of our child.
I feel like I'm on an island.
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Sounds like m y family
Hmm. First sorry to hear that. Not faithful. Broke. He is not holding up his end of the deal. But what to do. I would certainly understand you looking for another partner.
I like what the previous poster said.
You have 3 options:
1. Go to counselling. I've been and it helps. It takes time. Your husband doesn't HAVE to go but if he knows you are going without him he will be more inclined to attend.
2. Find someone similar in your situation and get the love you need elsewhere. This will make you feel better while still being able to be married for the sake of your kid.
3. Leave. It will be difficult but better in the long run. The key here is that if your husband is not willing to change he never will. In the long run it will be better for your child because you don't want he/she growing up in a house where they learn that dad treats mom like s*** and mom feels bad about herself.
For the sake of the kids. Love him too. All the best.
I wish I could plausibly tell you that "trying" to love someone will lead to your loving them, or to their loving you, but it doesn't. You shouldn't be married to someone who has proven over time that he doesn't -- and can't -- make you feel better about yourself and about the world. You have to decide if the "relationship" you have, to whatever extent it can be called on, is enough and whether or not your unhappiness (if that's what you believe it is) will adversely affect your children. I'm not encouraging divorce, but am encouraging that you take an honest, clear look at where you are and who you're with and than decide what's best for you. I hope you find it. Be well......


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469671808146118760.post6214936314864108129..comments2019-10-29T01:59:33.352-04:00Comments on Lumunos Blog: Objects in the Mirror May Be Larger Than They AppearAnonymoushttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469671808146118760.post-77349089062335468582010-07-24T14:26:10.186-04:002010-07-24T14:26:10.186-04:00Doug, thanks for the perspective. Many biblical tr...Doug, thanks for the perspective. Many biblical truths are quite simple but radical at the same time. The simple truth that He is control and we have given our lives to Him is what should give us peace. Our life's work is about being in relationship with him. It doesn't mitigate the need to work, grow, care and love others, but it is the focus.Justinhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469671808146118760.post-17562724083910957672009-03-18T10:04:00.000-04:002009-03-18T10:04:00.000-04:00Doug, thanks for reminding us that the "backward" ...Doug, thanks for reminding us that the "backward" perspective can be a source of hope rather than fear. That's retrospection as inspiration, isn't it?

Those elders you spoke with are on to something many of us of forget in the present scramble: that looking back is a vital practice for today. Looking back we see the grace that has brought us "thus far," and we come upon the energy that will sustain us for the journey ahead.

Could it be that remembrance is the most radical email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469671808146118760.post-43383556063143157952009-02-12T10:29:00.000-05:002009-02-12T10:29:00.000-05:00When I'm doing the driving, I have to be very care...When I'm doing the driving, I have to be very careful about staring into the rearview mirror..., it can be dangerous! Just this week I caught myself wondering if the car behind me was going to ride my bumper all the way home. I was getting very anxious. So I deliberately started ahead and focusing on what was ahead of me... letting go of what lies behind. At the next "scheduled" mirror check the car was now following at a "safe" distance. Thanks email@example.com


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UVA sociologist: 'Faith is a family-friendly force' for African-Americans, Latinos
African-American and Latino couples who attend church together experience happier relationships and family life.
Mark Grabowski: School's Islam assignment displays ignorance on all sides
An Augusta County high school teacher's controversial assignment this month involving Islam is the latest unfortunate example of ignorance in America.
UVA faculty lead global effort to combat religious violence
The University of Virginia is at the heart of a global network of academics, politicians and activists urgently working to stop the spread of religion-related violence.
EMU media, religion professors team up to analyze selfie culture
Cell phones are this generation's cigarette. That was one analysis provided by Jerry Holsopple and Linford Stutzman to students participating in an October Living and Learning Forum at Eastern Mennonite University. Holsopple, a visual and communication arts professor, and Stutzman, professor in the Bible and religion department, teamed up to talk about "selfie culture" and the potential side-effects of this social phenomenon.
ACLU calls for defeat of bill licensing discrimination against LGBT Virginians
The ACLU of Virginia released the following statement attributed to Claire Guthrie Gastañaga, Executive Director, ACLU of Virginia regarding HB1414, a bill to license discrimination that was pre-filed for consideration in the 2015 General Assembly Session by Delegate Bob Marshall (R-Manassas).
Unbroken: Technically brilliant, but still … broken
Fans of the 2010 Laura Hillenbrand best-seller Unbroken won't be disappointed with Angelina Jolie's film adaptation, not until the final credits begin to roll, and they realize that a rather important part of the story was left on the cutting-room floor.
Appeals court rejects Pittsylvania County appeal in government prayer case
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit today unanimously dismissed Pittsylvania County's appeal from a lower court order prohibiting the Board of Supervisors from opening its meetings with Christian prayers offered by Board members.
Research on the struggles of teenage girls
In her doctoral research, Emily Peck-McClain gathered thoughts from 24 girls from New York area Methodist churches that were both profound and disturbing.
UVA study identifies why re-educating torturers may not work
A recent study of torture by Rachel Wahl, an assistant professor of social foundations of education at the UVA Curry School of Education, was published this month in the journal Law & Society Review.
David Swanson: We must always have war because magic
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Virginia Democrats comment on Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage
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Nathaniel Deutsch, co-director of Center for Jewish Studies, to lecture at W&L
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It's very cool to know that there is now a small legion of retro renovators out there stalking Re-Stores and estates sales and Second Use's — taking pictures of all the great little features of mid-century homes to share with others. Vanessa spotted three great items at the Second Use in Seattle. Like: Look at those toilet tank covers. Can yo believe how many different shades of beige and pink and blue and…beige? 🙂 She sends in these photos, and writes:
Hi Pam!
I love your blog and although my current house is craftsman I love Midcentury design 🙂 I was at Second Use in Seattle and among other wonderful things I saw this amazing Tappan range with the upper ovens and pull out cook top. And it's only $95 so I just had to share the info. It's a great place and they also had a large collection of colored toilet tank lids, it made me wonder where the rest of the toilets went but looked like a good resource for finding a replacement. Also some great lighting!!! And vintage shower doors too. A really fun place to check out!! Thanks for blogging! I really love to read your blog and imagine living in those beautiful and fun houses.
Readers, take care regarding old shower doors, doors and windows — as another reader recently pointed out in a comment, they may not feature safety glass. So this is another issue to be aware of and to think through. Vanessa: Many thanks. And you don't even have a mid-century home?! Arts & Crafts style has been a love of mine in the past, too. I had a 1912 Colonial Revival in Michigan – with an interior that was very heavily A&C influence. I loved it very much.
Ha! I was going to send the tappan in this weekend and forgot!
Great eye Vanessa. I'm another seattleite with a craftsman (that loves mid-mod too).
Shoot me an email if you want to talk craftsmans, I already love second use, but am always looking for rescources.
We love SecondUse!! We bought our first (yes we have two) Frigidaire Flair there for such a deal at $145. I just saw this ModernMaid pull-out toaster on their website.
It may be more of a late 70's model but still so "kitchen of the future"-like. I love RetroRenovation and all the great info. everyone shares. It's so nice to find others who share the same love of all things vintage.
(I'd include a pic of our Flairs but I'm not sure how to do that.)
I love Second Use! They also have a ModernMaid pull-out toaster–or at least as of yesterday they did. And new today they have this crazy drop down cooktop–very cool http://www.seconduse.com/node/35088. Check it out. I'd be interested if anyone knows what it is.
How can I see all of your shower doors. I am looking for nickel plated frames with glass, deco is best, circa 1925
Yes please be aware of the lack of safety glass in older shower dorrs. We lived in AL and our neighbor's husband slipped in the tub and fell into the door. He was very badly injured by the broken glass. We immediately replaced all the shower doors in our 1960-70's age house. Vintage is cute but not when it comes to GLASS!


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President Ghani, Sullivan said, recently extended an "historic invitation" to the Taliban to join the peace process."There is no need for a new fighting season. Still, the Taliban announced another campaign of senseless violence targeting the democratically elected and internationally recognised Afghan government and their fellow Afghans," he said.Sullivan said the US stands with the Afghan people in response to the Taliban's announcement.
We commend the Afghan people, who are carrying on their lives, raising families, attending universities, building businesses, preparing for elections, and strengthening their communities despite violence and continued bloodshed," he said. The US-backed Afghan government is under pressure to curb growing deadly terror attacks.


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Drake continued: "So tonight, my proudest moment isn't selling tickets or having people sing my songs. My proudest moment, if you take a look around this room, you'll see people from all races, all places, and all we did tonight was come inside this building, show love, celebrate life, more life and more music."
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The "Hotline Bling" rapper, who's one of former President Barack Obama's favorite rappers, is one of the biggest artists on the planet. But he's largely steered clear of politics.
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Introduction: Retractable Casters for a Scroll Saw.
This project involves making a DIY retractable caster system for this scroll saw stand. It is a flexible system that can be used on many other projects as well, you just have to adjust for size and weight.
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Step 1: Introduction to the Project.
I have enjoyed reading the Instructables website for a few years now and I decided it was time to give something back, so here is my first instructable. I hope you find it useful.
I recently made a stand for my scroll saw out of mostly re-purposed lumber and scraps I had in the shop from a set of plans in Wood Magazine's 2002 publication of "101 Workshop Projects". The plans are found on page 84 and are titled the "super-sturdy scrollsaw stand" and they can also be purchased at this website if you are interested: http://www.woodcraft.com/Product/409617/Scrollsaw-...
Since these plans are someone else's intellectual property I am not going to be sharing how I built the stand. Instead this is an instructable about how I added a set of retractable casters to the stand. This allows me to easily move my saw around the shop with little effort. While I like my scroll saw, I do not use this machine very often and I was tired of tripping over it where it has been taking up valuable floor space when not in use. Getting it up on a stand that can quickly get it out when I need it and then easily get it out of the way when not in use means I will probably find more uses for the saw in the future.
Step 2: Getting Started.
The first step was to draw up a quick sketch of what I wanted to build. Unlike a lot of modern wood workers who like to build things in sketch up first, I prefer to think with a pencil in my hand. I think it probably goes back my high school days of drafting before auto cad became a thing when drawings were done by hand with a t-square, a scale ruler and a set of drafting triangles. Anymore I tend towards quickly drawn crude plans that gets my ideas on paper and then I refine them as I build. Often times when the plan meets the pavement it changes midway through. This happened on this project.
As you can see my crude plan calls for a wood box that will sit on the top edge of the feet and tightly between the two uprights of the stand. The original plan called for a piece of pipe or all thread attached to a board and through two sides of the box as a hinge point for the casters. At the other end of the board there is a handle attached to the lower cross beam to act as a lever to force the board down and lift the stand up onto the casters and while this would have worked I came up with a slightly different way to do the same task after the box itself was built.
Step 3: Cutting the Sides of the Box.
The next step is to make the frame that will house the floating caster board. I scrounged through my cut offs and found enough poplar to make the box. I started on my nine inch miter saw and cut two boards at sixteen inches and two more at sixteen and a quarter inches. Since the boards are five and a half inches wide my fixed nine inch miter saw cannot cut them in one pass so I setup the first cut, set my stop block, made the cut and then turned the board over and finished the cut. The stop block allows me to do that and easily match my cut.
After the four boards were cut to length, I ripped the boards to a width just a hair over four inches on my band saw. Just about a thirty second of an inch. The reason for cutting them just a little wide was so I could sand the edges on my disc sander and still come out at four inches rather than a little under my desired four inches.
Step 4: Assembling the Box.
The box was dry fitted with screws and no glue. Because it will be attached to the feet and the uprights of the stand it will be sturdy enough with just a couple of screws and a butt joint assembly. To avoid splitting when using screws or nails right at the end of a three quarter inch board I like to take the time to mark and drill pilot holes.
I took the two sixteen inch boards and used a quick square and a pencil to mark them at 3/8's of an inch from each end of the board and then drew a line at that point across the end of the board. I then repeated this for each end of the two boards. Still using the quick square I marked two points on each line both one inch in from the sides. Using a center punch and a hammer I lightly punched each mark to avoid having my small drill bit wander when drilling.
Moving to the drill press I drilled four holes in each board with a 1/8 inch drill bit. Then using a hand drill and a counter sink bit, I counter sunk all eight holes.
Using a set of corner blocks I lined up each corner so they were square and even and clamped them in place. Notice the paper shim I used because these corner blocks are salvaged from furniture shipping and are not quite flush though they are square. I need to take them to my disc sander and true them up but the shim worked fine for now. After they were lined up I used my drill and a 1/8 inch drill bit to drill pilot holes into the ends of the two sixteen and a quarter inch boards to avoid splitting. Then using my drill with a driver bit, I set two screws at each corner that were one and five eighths inches long. I took my time and made sure everything was square and level as I worked. After the last screw was in place I was able to test fit the box onto the stand. It was a nice tight fit that was just loose enough that I didn't have to force it into place but snug enough it was tight.
(I want to apologize for the fuzzy picture with the screws and the drill. I didn't check my pics as I went, I just took them and moved forward which turned out to be a mistake as it gave me a few fuzzy pictures I didn't know about until I moved them to my computer).
Step 5: Adding Cleats.
It was at this point that my plan changed. After testing the fit of the box and doing some measuring I realized that I would be better off with a lever that was in the middle instead of at one side of the frame. This would give me more room for the lever to move rather than being restricted by the uprights. The best laid plans of mice and men . . . .
At this point I decided the floating board would really float inside the box and hinge in the middle rather than be attached and hinged at one end. By pressing down in the middle of the floating board the ends could push up against a set of cleats attached to the box frame. This would raise the stand up and set the weight of the saw and the stand on its new wheels. With this new plan in my head but not drawn up I got to work.
First I found a length of two by four that had been trimmed down to a little under three inches wide and decided that would be my cleats. I took my marking gauge and set it to one inch. I decided upon that measurement based upon the height of the casters I had purchased which are two and a half inches high, the height of the stand's feet which is one and a half inches, the thickness of the floating board which would be three quarter inches and the height I wanted to lift the stand up which was also three quarter inches. By setting the bottom edge of the cleats one inch up from the bottom of the box that would set them at two and a half inches off the floor. Since the floating board will be three quarters of an inch, the thickness of the board will give me my three quarter inches of lift when the ends press up against the cleats.
I used my marking gauge to mark a line on both the inside and the outside of the box. I cut the cleats to 16 inches long on my miter saw (I don't have pictures of this). I then used my tape measure to mark three points on each side of the outside of the box. One in the middle and two a couple of inches in from the outside of the box and one and three quarter inches up from the bottom. I took one of the two cleats and carefully lined the bottom of it up with the one inch line I had marked in the inside of the box and held it in place with two clamps.
Using my drill and a 1/8 inch drill bit I drilled pilot holes, then counter sunk them and drove in three two inch screws with my drill and a driver bit.
I repeated these steps on the other side of the box and finished attaching both cleats.
Step 6: Cutting Out the Floating Board.
I had a salvaged piece of three quarter inch plywood that had been sitting around for about 12 years that someone had glued a bunch of fake grass to with hot glue as a start at a model railroad and never went any further. I used my quick square and checked to make sure the edge was square. I measured over sixteen and one eighth inches and made a mark. I used my quick square to make a line and then used a yard stick to extend that line across the board. I then cut that piece of board off with my small skill saw making sure to cut to the outside of the line. I then turned the cut off 90 degrees and measured out fourteen and a quarter inches and made a new line and cut the waste off with my skill saw while making sure to once again cut to the outside of the line. After checking to make sure the board was square, I set the fence of my band saw at eight inches and cut the board in half. This left me with two boards that were eight inches wide and fourteen and a quarter inches long.
Step 7: Adding Hinges and the Casters.
At this point I unbolted the saw from the stand because I wanted to work with it off the floor and didn't want the saw in place for that.
I had a couple of door hinges laying around that never got used on a different project so I decided to use them for this instead. After laying out the hinges, I used my drill and a driver bit to secure the hinges in place with the screws that came with them. I then set a caster on the board and eyeballed it to make sure it was in a position where it could swivel without hitting the sides of the box but as close to the corners as I could get them. That turned out to be about one inch from the edges of the board. Using one inch screws and my drill I screwed down the casters at all four corners. At this point I oiled the hinges with a light machine oil since they were a little stiff and worked them to loosen them up. All the screws I used for this were too long and had extended clear through the board but I test fit it anyway. I found I had made it a little too long so that when I pressed down on it to lift up the stand, it lifted the stand but got wedged in the up position and wouldn't release to lower the stand. After pulling the box and the floating board out by sliding them both sideways until they were off the stand, I then took the floating board to my belt sander and ground the protruding screws down flush with the board so I could use it on my band saw without scratching the table. I decided that three quarters of an inch should be about right to trim down the board so I used my band saw to trim both sides down by 3/8's of an inch on either side. I apologize for the bad picture of this step.
Step 8: Test Fitting.
I laid the stand down on it's side and set the floating board inside the box. After setting the stand back on it's feet I tried pushing down on the hinged board to see how easy it lifted the stand without the saw. The hand you see in the one picture is my son's hand trying it out. It worked fairly well going up but because I left the cleats square it would lock in position and not easily drop the stand back down.
Step 9: Rounding the Cleats.
I decided that I needed to round the bottom edge of the cleats to make the stand easier to not only go up but return back to it's feet.
First I removed the three screws holding one of the cleats in place. I set the table on my band saw to a 45 degree angle and set my fence on the other side of the blade. This allowed me to trim off the inside corner on the bottom side of the cleat. I took the cleat to my belt grinder and finished rounding off the cleat with an 80 grit belt. I reinstalled the cleat with the three screws and did the same thing to the second cleat. I then put the box back in place on the stand and placed the floating board inside it. The stand now went up and down so easily that I had to cut a 3 inch long block of wood to keep the casters in the down position while I worked on it.
Step 10: Attaching the Box.
I used screws to dry fit the box to the stand. Each upright got two screws through it into the box after I drilled pilot holes and counter sunk them. The bottom screw is a three inch screw that is long enough to go through the upright, the box and into the cleat. The upper screw is only long enough to go through the upright and into the box. Both screws are one inch apart.
I turned the stand on it's side and drilled two pilot holes through the bottom of each foot and into the middle of the edge of the box at each corner. I counter sunk the pilot holes and then drove the screws in with my drill and a driver bit. This firmly attached the box to the stand and then I set the saw back on the stand to test and make sure everything was sturdy and worked with the extra weight. Everything seemed solid and I was happy with how it performed.
Step 11: Making a Lever Handle
After using my ruler to make a four inch wide rectangle on a piece of poster board, I marked the middle line and then free handed a shape onto it. I measured up from the bottom of the handle to the center point of the lower upright on which is four and three eighths inches and marked that point on the paper pattern. Since I wanted the curved face to come in contact with the floating board sooner I offset the mark by a half inch and used that for my rotation point. I cut the pattern out with scissors punched a hole through the rotation point with a sharpened awl and lightly screwed the paper pattern in place on the lower upright of the stand and checked to make sure it made contact where I wanted it to. I ended up trimming the pattern a little to fit and when I was happy with the design I traced my new pattern onto a three quarter piece of scrap pine I had laying around.
After rechecking to make sure my band saw table was once again square to the blade I cut the handle out on the band saw. Since the current blade on my band saw leaves a slightly rough cut I took the time to sand the edges on my disc sander and the inside curves on my oscillating sander. Then I drilled a one eighth inch pilot hole at the rotation point on my drill press.
Step 12: Testing the Lifting Handle.
For testing purposed I temporarily mounted the handle to the lower upright with a screw. As you can see I set the rotational point on the upright a half inch off center to the right. by offsetting both the rotation point on the handle and the upright I was able to mostly center the flat bottom end of the handle over the hinge point on the floating caster board.
First I tested to make sure the stand would go up and down without any extra weight on it and then I set the scrollsaw on top of the stand without bolting it down since the stand is still sitting on a piece of plywood laid flat on my saw horses as a work surface and I don't want to lift them down as one unit. I then tested to make sure the handle would indeed both raise and lower the stand. With the weight of the scrollsaw on the stand it takes a little more force to lever the stand up onto the casters than without it but not so much so that it makes it hard to operate. I decided to call this test a success and took the scrollsaw back off the stand.
Step 13: Final Handle Attachment.
I drilled the center upright and the handle out so I could fit a bolt through them. I then took a three inch long 3/8" bolt along with three matching fender washers and a nylon lock nut and bolted the handle to the frame. I sandwiched the handle between two of the washers and used the third under the lock nut and tightened them down until snug but loose enough so the handle can easily rotate.
Step 14: Finished.
At this point you could take some time to paint, stain and/or varnish your piece if you want to. Since I live in a pretty dry climate I do not have a lot of problems with wood swelling or warping so I am going to leave the piece as bare wood for now and will probably take some tung oil finish to it at a later date. Since it is a shop project I am not really worried about pretty at this point and since I want to get all of my fixed power tools up on retractable casters I will save the finish work for another day so I can move forward to getting a more flexible shop instead. With that in mind I set the scroll saw back on the stand and bolted it in place. I am calling this project finished for now.
I hope this gives you some ideas for getting your own tools up on a set of retractable castors. This type of system can be built inside a cabinet as well and you can attach a foot lever arm to one of the hinged boards that extends through a slot in the side of the cabinet to be able to raise and lower the cabinet. If you affix a spring loaded hook to the end of the foot lever that will act as a catch you can then lock it in place in the upright position and then easily return it back down to the floor. If you build it in a cabinet you will still need the rounded cleats to raise and lower the cabinet but those can be as simple as some large dowel rods screwed in place.
Please remember to use appropriate safety gear at all times such as hearing and eye protection when working with tools.
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It look like the hinged boards are not attached to the stand, just held in place (in X & Y) by the box, is that right?
Doesn't it fall out if you lift the stand?
Yes. The hinged board just free floats inside the box. It can fall out if you lift the stand but I don't see any reason why I would be lifting the stand unless I was moving to another shop or I was doing a repair of some kind to the stand or the saw. If I were moving, I would be taking the saw off the stand for transportation anyway and transporting the stand in two pieces would not be an issue for me.
My scrollsaw is on a workbench that has wheels on it. But that bench is 12 feet long, so it does not roll much unless I give it a really good push.
Very nicely done!
Thank you.
Nice, I have a small workshop and have to move things around quite a bit. This will really help. Thanks
You're welcome. I also have a small shop so I am glad this will be of use to you. :)
Very clever! I've never seen that variation.
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Over 400,000 Israelis live in more than 120 settlements, which together with roads and other support systems account for about 60% of the West Bank. Annexation would deal a body blow to the Palestinians' dreams of establishing an independent state with the West Bank as its heartland.
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A detailed study reveals that punishment for rape is often based on unscientific evidence as well as myths, which have little or no basis in facts. It's time we had a change!
I recently came across a Times of India report on a critical study conducted (PDF) by Associate Professor Mrinal Satish of the National Law University, New Delhi.
The study says that it is believed that if the doctor is able to do the two finger test (TFT) on the victim, that is an indication that victim has suffered less. And so, the accused is given a feeble punishment, and in case, the doctor is unable to perform the two finger test, it is concluded that the victim is a virgin and not 'habituated to intercourse'. Accordingly, the accused is punished harshly.
This is outrageous as the two finger test has been denounced time and again as being totally inadequate for sexual assault cases. The Supreme Court has stated that TFT violates the privacy of rape victims. The TFT is based on the myth that the hymen is flexible if a woman is accustomed to sexual intercourse and tight if not so habituated. And yet, the hymen can get torn due to activities like swimming, cycling etc. Moreover, the WHO has declared that TFT is an outdated way to determine sexual assault. Yet, Indian courts continue to be guided by this archaic test. The courts should note that they are going against the precedent set by the Supreme Court which has held that TFT offends the dignity of the victims of rape.
In rape cases, the onus is on the perpetrator to show that he did not commit rape. Yet, courts continue to rely on medical jurisprudence textbooks which perpetrate patriarchy by relying on unscientific and invasive tests on the victim. The manner in which rape cases are conducted makes a mockery of justice. It is as though the victim is on trial. Her character is supposed to be gauged from her sexual history, her way of dressing, her way of conducting herself, her social standing, her race, caste and so on. As against this, the perpetrator is never judged on any of these. It is implied that men will be men and sexual assault, stalking, etc are second nature to them or perhaps an inherent, inborn, innate tendency.
The trauma of rape is terrible enough and proving it in court is like a series of sexual assaults on the victim though in- camera. This deters many victims from filing complaints and going through the rigmarole of the judicial process. Of course, the danger of perpetrators not being brought to justice is evident. Such perpetrators would get bolder and assault many more. Lawlessness would prevail more than ever before.
Mrinal Satish 's next finding is that consent is implied if the victim shows no physical injuries. This is another fallacy as a victim can be bullied by menacing threats which affect the victim mentally. Will a drugged woman or girl resist rape? What about a woman, who has had a few drinks willingly or unwillingly and is then subjected to rape? What about her consent? Does her silence because she is under the influence of drinks amount to consent or is silence in such cases a negation of consent? Similarly, physically and mentally challenged women have been raped and they are unable to resist; that's why few physical injuries are visible. Yet, can it by any stretch of imagination be said that there was no rape ? Rape is an act of power play. And when there is no consent, obviously it is an assault. Any sex against or without consent, it is rape. And yet, sentences have been less harsh when physical injuries were absent and more when physical injuries were evident. Physical injuries are taken as proof that the victim resisted while the absence of physical injuries is taken as consent. While this is completely wrong, it has lead to acquittal in many cases of rape.
Yet another myth in rape cases ( s determined by the aforesaid study) is that if victim knew the accused, it is understood that both were attracted towards each other and it was a an act of passion. This seems very much like Hindi films wheres stalking the heroine is shown as the way to make her fall in line.What is consent anyway? And whose consent? The accused consented. Enough said. Such patriarchy prevails in our nation that the wheels of justice move slower and slower – that is, if they move at all.
As per the National Crime Record Bureau, in 2015, in 95 .5% of rape cases, the accused were known to the victims. Does the pain, shame and trauma lessen in case the victim knows the accused? On the contrary, in such cases, it is a violation of trust. Yet, courts have awarded higher punishment in cases where rapes were committed by strangers. This means that only in 4.5 % cases were culprits given harsher sentences. The aim of punishment is to deter others from committing similar crimes. If punishments are feeble, the message being sent across is that rape is fine if the victim is known. Hence, choose known persons and assault them sexually! Punishment will be less severe or if the victim is too ashamed to admit that rape happened, the perpetrator can get away scot free! Taking their cue from the courts, cops will tell the victims to settle the matter amicably as it is 'Ghar ki baat!"
The study concludes that medical jurisprudence books are referred too often to bring in evidence such as hymen elasticity, chastity, presence, absence of injuries etc to verify the victim's complaint. Yet, rape as an an offence only talks about penetration and consent under section 375 of the Indian Penal Code. The Justice Verma Commission report has broadened the definition of rape making it more inclusive. Yet, courts still rely on medical books to corroborate evidence about the woman's testimony.
This is shocking and deplorable. Medical jurisprudence books need to be totally overhauled to match the current scenario. Only those medical tests must be admitted as evidence which can be scientifically proved and are relevant legally. Only then can victims expect justice. Patriarchal attitudes about the chastity of women need to give way.
Both the law and administration need to be sensitized to deal with rape cases. Only then can some headway be made in dealing with cases of sexual assault. Only then will women in India feel safe and secure.
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This is a brilliant post highlighting some very pertinent points on the issue! Thanks for sharing this. It is startling to read all these facts and findings. Its bad enough that a woman becomes a victim of the brutality and criminality of rape, but then in addition she has to suffer the humiliation of legally proving that it had indeed been committed!! This is really- adding insult to injury!! Also while there have been so many technological advancements in diagnosis and testing in healthcare it seems pathetic that sensitisation of doctors/nurses to the psycho-social aspects of such tests especially relating to crime and brutal injury are totally ignored or trivialised. Like you rightly point out -law, administration, medical testing must be more up to date and relevant. Greater awareness and sensitisation among all concerned- professionals and general public alike-especially police, lawyers, doctors, counsellors, and families too is the need of the hour to combat the lasting horror of this type of crime.
Thank you, Sonia for your comments. And all this judging of rape survivors continues even though accused has to prove that he did not commit rape. Law by itself cannot change attitudes.It is up to us to bring about change .
The TOI report uses data from my book "Discretion, Discrimination and the Rule of Law: Reforming Rape Sentencing in India," where I discuss the impact of rape myths and stereotypes on rape adjudication/sentencing. The book is available on Amazon.
Thank you, Sir ! This is an honour !
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