Sorry, I was only thinking of putting the plastic against the blade to set the fence. After setting the fence the square would be right out of the way.
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping From: Bob Kennedy <inthes...@att.net> To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, 5 December 2009 15:42:06 > I don't think you want to use the square that way. If you touch the teeth of > the saw on plastic, the plastic will come apart. > > A much safer way would be to find out what the offset, the distance from the > edge of the saw to the blade, and add that to the final figure. You can > follow something with the edge of the frame and the saw blade will never > touch it. > > For that matter, you can clamp something on the board like a straight edge, > longer level or something along those lines and follow that with the saw as > well. Remember the saw blade is designed to cut things much tougher than > plastic and we don't want to have to tell you the best ways to deal with > plastic shards that you ended up wearing... hahaha > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Agent086b > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 11:34 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping > > > > > Ray, > this looks good as one of the adjustable squares I have has a plastic > piece that slides along the metal long side of the square. Although I > don't like that square it won't hurt the teeth of the saw putting the > plastic bit on them. > Max. > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Aliening a saw blade when ripping > From: Ray Boyce <rayb...@westnet.com.au> > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > Date: Saturday, 5 December 2009 14:23:51 > > > Hi Max > > > > Well you could use a pair of inside callipers, a depth gauge, or your > > combination square if the distance required is not to excessive. > > > > Ray > > > > From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com] > > On Behalf Of Agent086b > > Sent: Saturday, 5 December 2009 11:54 AM > > To: Handyman > > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > the earlier question and answers got me thinking. When ripping I find it > > hard to measure from the fence to the saw blade accurately. > > What wonderful answers can we get to this one. > > Thanks as always for the help. > > Max. > > > > > > > > > > > > [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] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > 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 > > > >
