Max, I don't know all the places you can buy things in your part of the world. over here the sliding T bevel square is available at almost any hardware store.
Basically it is a metal blade with a slot cut most of the length of the blade. The blade fits into a wooden handle and has a thumb wheel or some sort of clamping/locking mechanism. Once the blade is extended from the handle you can hold 1 part against the side or base in your project. The other part of the square can then go against the leg and you would tighten the lock at that point. Now you could transfer that angle to the saw. I've made my own before by taking 2 thin pieces of wood and drilling a hole through both pieces at the ends. Take a carriage bolt that is long enough to pass through both pieces of wood and still leaves you enough thread to put a washer and wing nut on the bolt. It won't slide but you still have the basic tool without having to pay a good deal for it. ----- Original Message ----- From: Agent86b To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2009 2:03 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Setting an angle Thanks John, I am not sure about what you call a t square. To me a t square is fixed at 90 degrees, I also have an adjustable one that will slide along the t and has one 45 degree angle on the back side of the short part of the t. Not sure if I explained that to well. As I understand what you are saying your square can be adjusted to various angles. Is this correct? If so I would like to have one. Max. on 12:05 18/04/2009, john schwery said: >Max, I use one of those t squares. I use it to get the angle, >tighten the nut and reproduce that same angle on a saw. > >earlier, Agent86b, wrote: > > > >Hi all, > >I am building a pot plant stand for she who must be obeyed. > >The legs of this stand splay out from the centre. I wish to cut a > >piece of timber to fit in between the legs to act as a brace. > >Obviously I need to cut this timber on the same angle as the legs. > >How do you all work out the angle so as to set the mitre saw to cut > >the correct shape? > >Hope I have made myself clear. > >Thanks for any advice. > >Max. > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > >John > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >------------------------------------ > >Send any questions regarding list management to: >blindhandyman-ow...@yahoogroups.com >To listen to the show archives go to link >http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 >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/JAWS/handyman/ > >Visit the archives page at the following address >http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ > >If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the >following address for more information: >http://www.jaws-users.com/ >For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy >Man list just send a blank message to: >blindhandyman-h...@yahoogroups.comyahoo! Groups Links > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
