Alrighty, thanks for the info. I'll have to give those cats a call tomorrow. At present, I have a talking tape measure and a plastic braille ruler that is not very useful when working with a table and/or a sawsall.
Feel free to visit my website and my blog and learn more about me and what I stand for. My Website http://www.shellworld.net/~riverwind My Blog http://windraven13.livejournal.com/ On Sat, 5 Dec 2009, Bob Kennedy wrote: > Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2009 21:00:56 -0500 > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > From: Bob Kennedy <inthes...@att.net> > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping > > Only place I know of is nfb.org > They are asking $30 for it as of tonight. > > The click rule comes with the main body which is a foot long and 3 extensions > that are also a foot long for each extension. So you can measure up to 4 > feet by a sixteenth of an inch. > > Not sure if anyone else sells them or not. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: RiverWind > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 6:11 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping > > > > Hey There, > Where can I purchas a click ruler, and about how much do those suckers > cost? What about other measuring tools the blind can use? > Thanks in advance.? > > Feel free to visit my website and my blog and learn more about me > and what I stand for. > > My Website http://www.shellworld.net/~riverwind > My Blog http://windraven13.livejournal.com/ > On Sat, 5 Dec 2009, John Sherrer wrote: > > > Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2009 17:46:25 -0500 > > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > > From: John Sherrer <j...@whitecane.org> > > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping > > > > I use mmy click rule. I put the T part of the click rule on the outside of > the saw blade, in an area where the tooth will mot affect the measurement, > This is the part of the blade away from the fence, and move the threaded part > of the click rule where I want the wood to be cut plus one eighth to account > for the thickness of the saw blade. Then I will move the fence to the click > ruole. It should be very close to where I want the wood cut. > > > > John > > http://WhiteCane.org > > http://BlindWoodWorker.com > > http://HolyTeaClub.comcom\whitecane > > http://anellos.ws > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Agent086b > > To: Handyman > > Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 7:53 PM > > 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 > > > >
