Hi Scott, I see that Rae has located sources for several various measures. I too was looking about the Web and didn't do any better, 12 inch measures aren't worth much to a wood worker.
I used to use 24 inch folding wooden braille rulers or 36 inch ones which are harder to keep in a pocket but went to metric wooden folding rulers because they are that bit longer. I used to be able to get them from the RNIB when I lived in England and from the CNIB here in Canada but haven't bought one recently so don't know if they are still available. Meter sticks have the advantage that a centimeter is a little smaller than a half inch so a little more refined measurement however imperial is much more standard here so there is sometimes a little conversion needed. When working with existing spaces though I often don't really know what measure something is, I use a good locking tape measure which assures a very accurate fit what ever the actual measurement turns out to be. Now I more or less use the roto ruler exclusively. Rather pricey but very accurate and very durable. I can't tell you how many wooden rulers I have broken over the years and they are not cheap. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Howell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 7:41 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] getting started in wood working > Where can one still get a folding braille ruller. I have a talking > tape measure, but man I've had two and for as little as I have used > them compared to some perhaps and as much care as I have taken with > them, the damned things seem to break. The current one I have the > little metal tab that makes a connection for the battery has broken > off and why is a mystery to me. Will have to do something about that, > but it really irritates me that you pay all that money for an > adaptive tool and its not designed well. Maybe my mistake was taking > out the battery whenever I wasn't using it. > > > Scott > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. > http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ > > Visit the new archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.410 / Virus Database: 268.16.7/618 - Release Date: 6/01/2007 > > To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
