Hi, If you only need to transfer an angle from the work to a tool then a sliding bevel gauge is what you need. They can be had in several sizes, obviously the longer and bigger the more accurate your transfers will be but sometimes you want a smaller one for those hard to reach places.
You slide and rotate the blades to line up with the angle you need then tighten that in with a nut. Lee Valley sells what looks to be a very good one which I am pretty sure will come at Christmas. It uses a thumb screw and apparently is designed to let you get into back corners and still dial in the angle. These don't tell you what the angle is in degrees or anything, just duplicate it for you. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: Larry Stansifer To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 10:34 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Accessible angle gage I have a chop saw what I am looking for is something that I can use to measure the angles inside the body shell and transfer those measurements to my saw or tubing bender. I have a couple of ideas and will probably see what I can't mouse together. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Kennedy Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 7:13 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Accessible angle gage How are you planning to cut the tubing? I took a power miter saw and put an abrasive blade in it that will cut through steel. I can get the most common angles just like in wood. As for a tool that is accessible for one of us to read, I still haven't found one and I've been looking for a while. For that matter I haven't found one for anyone that I can adapt. I know there are a bunch on line but unless I grab hold of them I'm not interested because anyone can write an ad that makes it sound like it will do anything and even wash the dishes after the party. But they never work that well... ----- Original Message ----- From: Larry Stansifer To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 8:23 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Accessible angle gage Hi guys, I am needing to measure a number of fairly precise angles plus or minus 5 degrees. Are you aware of any off the shelf measuring devices that will handle this task? I am laying out a scratch built roll-cage and 2.5" 4130 chrome-mahley tubing doesn't bend particularly well so it is going to have to be precisely cut and fit for the most part. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 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 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 archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ If you would like to join the Blind Computing list, then visit the following address for more information: http://jaws-users.com/mailman/listinfo/blind-computing_jaws-users.com 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 -- BEGIN-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS ------------------------------------------------------ Teach InfoWest Spam Trap if this mail (ID 146162501) is spam: Spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=146162501&m=8b0414c06a72&c=s Not spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=146162501&m=8b0414c06a72&c=n Forget vote: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=146162501&m=8b0414c06a72&c=f ------------------------------------------------------ END-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
