Dale and/or bob, Having never used these, what are the advantages or applications of the angled ones?
Al -----Original Message----- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com]on Behalf Of Dale Leavens Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 10:16 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Aligning a saw blade when ripping Lee Valley also sells the angle blocks and also in a nice plastic case. I think but don't know for sure that they are made by Veritas. I have tried labeling the angle blocks with braille attached to the foam in the case because there are so many of them and I thought it would be easier to select one without having to count but my Dymo tape doesn't stick very well to the molded foam. My set-up blocks usually live in a drawer in my router table along with a step gauge one of the kids bought me which is really useful in setting bit height. The step gauge is only good to eighth increments but mostly that is about what one needs. ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob Kennedy To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 9:52 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Aligning a saw blade when ripping I have a set from Woodcraft as well. Their house brand is Wood River and this is also in a molded plastic box. I gave about $30 for my set. Grizzly also sells them, and Grizzly has a set of angle blocks as well. ----- Original Message ----- From: Alan & Terrie Robbins To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 7:44 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Aligning a saw blade when ripping Dale, These set up blocks sound interesting and very useful. Any big box stores handle such things or do you have an on line vendor. Were these developed for blind folks or sighted individuals and we've just found a good use for them? Approximate cost for a set? thanks Al -----Original Message----- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com]on Behalf Of Dale Leavens Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 9:05 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping You might like to investigate set-up blocks. They are available several places. One common set has a metal block 1 by 2 by 3 inches, a series of half inch by 3/4ths, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8 and 1/16. This is somewhat limiting but you could cut yourself some hardwood blocks say 4 6 and 12 inches or what ever else all to be used in combination. I did a lot of work with a folding boxwood carpenters ruler with tacks installed to make tactile dots, 24 inch, 36 inch and 1 meter used to be available from RNIB and other vendors. These aren't necessarily easy to use, blind parallax is way worse than sighted but with practice one can get pretty Goode. For us, the cost of such devices is really a disadvantage. I have seen 24 inch folding carpenters rulers in our hardware store for under three dollars while paying over thirty dollars for a marked braille one otherwise exactly identical. ----- Original Message ----- From: Agent086b To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 8:51 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping Thanks for all this info. Only problem I have I can not purchase a rotomatic in Australia. I have tried the NFB or something in the US, but they have not replied to my email. So I only have my talking tape measure with all it's querks. Max. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping From: john schwery <jschw...@embarqmail.com> To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, 5 December 2009 12:25:06 > With my rotomatic, I have no trouble at all. I > put one end against the fence and align the blade > with the fence on the rotomatic. > > earlier, Agent086b, wrote: >> >> 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. >> > > 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 _p age&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! 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