Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping

2009-12-06 Thread John Sherrer
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

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping

2009-12-05 Thread Bob Kennedy
Ah. I feel better now... - Original Message - From: Agent086b To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 12:14 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping Sorry, I was only thinking of putting the plastic against

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping

2009-12-05 Thread Tom Fowle
Max, If you can get ahold of a vernier caliper most of those have inside, outside and depth measuring points. You can then more easilly set the measurement you want from the tape to the outside points on the caliper, then use the inside points to transferr it to the inside measure between the

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping

2009-12-05 Thread Agent086b
Yes thanks, I tried the NFB email address with no reply. Max. Original Message Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping From: Tom Fowle fo...@ski.org To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, 6 December 2009 06:06:03 Max, If you can get ahold

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping

2009-12-05 Thread John Sherrer
- 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

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping

2009-12-05 Thread 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

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping

2009-12-05 Thread Bob Kennedy
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

[BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping

2009-12-04 Thread Agent086b
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.

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping

2009-12-04 Thread Dale Leavens
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

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping

2009-12-04 Thread john schwery
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

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping

2009-12-04 Thread Agent086b
: [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

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping

2009-12-04 Thread Dale Leavens
. - 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

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping

2009-12-04 Thread Tom Vos
I have a set of measuring blocks of various thicknesses and lengths, that allow me to set up for anything from one eighth up to 1, 2, or 5 feet. Blessings, Tom [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping

2009-12-04 Thread Agent086b
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

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping

2009-12-04 Thread Bob Kennedy
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

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping

2009-12-04 Thread Agent086b
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

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping

2009-12-04 Thread Max Robinson
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping 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