Oh yes! You can buy very large miter gauges complete with blocks for multiple precision cuts. These have a triangular configuration to make them more precise and they cost like stink!
You could use two miter gauges but this would only really help you much if they are joined across their faces. You might also find some method of supporting the long free end with a horse or table or what ever you can come up with. This will permit you to line up everything and measure accurately before starting the cut. Remember though that the best of the sliding compound miter saws cost from 800 to a thousand dollars. That is the best. If you are buying a specialized miter gauge or a second one you might consider subtracting that price from the cost of such a machine and consider saving up for one. There are much cheaper power miter saws but you loose a lot of versatility, a little like the disadvantages to having a small table saw. For the blind though, these tools can make the difference between being able to competently do the job or not. No matter how cheap a pencil is, it isn't all that useful to a blind person. A typewriter gives better access to the task of writing and a computer quite a different access to both writing and reading. I understand that these things can be beyond our resources. It is truly unfortunate, our sighted friends can buy a circular saw for about 40 bucks, a square and sharp pencil or even scratch a line with a nail and that is that. With care though you could probably do with a hand saw, particularly a good quality one. Certainly I did a lot of fairly good work with one many years ago when we were starting out in a flat on Argyle Road in West Ealing Middlesex London. I had a couple of hand saws, a half inch and a three quarters inch Stanley chisel, a crank powered drill, some screw drivers and a hammer and a ball type level. I still have most of those tools. I wired that flat to a 30 amp ring main and fitted out the kitchen and made a few bits of furniture with those tools. It can be done.Wonderful fun making dadoes with a hand saw and chisel. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert J. Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 6:10 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Panel jig > Can one get longer myder jigsI have not mesured them but I think they are > no > more than about 12 inches long and my other thought was to use 2 of them > with the 8 foot long board. > the table has a slot on either side of the blade depending on which side > you > need to work from. > My thought was to lay the board accross both jigs and that would balance > the > board as well as keep it streight. > Hope my question makes sence. > > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > 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 > > The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. > http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml > > Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From > Various List Members At The Following Address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ > Visit the new archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/436 - Release Date: 1/09/2006 > > To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html 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 The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
