Re: [BlindHandyMan] cutting straight lines

2008-06-18 Thread Scott Howell
Ok, I understand and yes, making a table will be handy. I have a workmate my folks gave me many many years back and it still works quite well despite the few bite marks etc. from saws and the like. On Jun 17, 2008, at 7:22 AM, John Schwery wrote: Scott, the square pivots in the middle so it

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Sliding bevel square.

2008-06-18 Thread Scott Howell
Ok, so this isn't anything special, it's just something I can get at the local hardware store. That's what I should invest in cause I sure could use something like that when cutting trim. Now that I've got a list of projects in mind, I need to work out all my measuring issues and any other

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Sliding bevel square.

2008-06-18 Thread John Schwery
Scott, yep, I picked up my bevel square at Lowes. earlier, Scott Howell, wrote: Ok, so this isn't anything special, it's just something I can get at the local hardware store. That's what I should invest in cause I sure could use something like that when cutting trim. Now that I've got a list of

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Siding

2008-06-18 Thread Lenny McHugh
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Re: [BlindHandyMan] Sliding bevel square.

2008-06-18 Thread Tom Hodges
Dan, I went to Loews and asked for a sliding bevel square and they don't know what I'm talking about. Are you referring to a speed square? What does a sliding bevel square look like? Can you describe it? Thanks, Tom On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 9:38 AM, Dan Rossi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Sliding bevel square.

2008-06-18 Thread Lenny McHugh
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Re: [BlindHandyMan] Sliding bevel square.

2008-06-18 Thread Dan Rossi
Tom, I got three different bevels from www.leevalley.com. The one I tend to use most is called the Angle Fix. It is not especially impressive as a tool, but it does the job. It is two rectangular pieces with a pivot in the center, where they join together. There is a fin that sticks up at

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Sliding bevel square.

2008-06-18 Thread John Schwery
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Re: [BlindHandyMan] Sliding bevel square.

2008-06-18 Thread Dale Leavens
The one I had bought for me from Lee Valley has a sort of toggle button which you can push flat to lock the bevel. This means that there is no wing-nut to manipulate or get in the way so it can be used with either surface down. For a description, they are generally a piece of wood but sometimes

[BlindHandyMan] OT: OT: Dish TV Question?

2008-06-18 Thread Claudia
Hi All, I have Dish network, and my remote doesn't work. Is there a way for me to reprogram it, without having to have Dish come out and do it for me? I'm assuming they would charge me for it! I've already changed the batteries on the remote, so I know that's not the issue! There is no sound;

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Siding

2008-06-18 Thread Dale Leavens
I resided this house 17 or 18 years ago. It is a two story building 32 by 36 feet. I used what is called Canex, it is really a pressed paper with a hard surface formed to look like aged painted wood. The boards are 12 feet long and 8 inches wide, quite heavy. I used a similar product, a little

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Sliding bevel square.

2008-06-18 Thread Scott Howell
Ok, so not to appear totally clueless, I assume this tool can be pressed into a corner or um molded to a shape so you can get the angle that you can then take back to your saw. Is that about right? tnx On Jun 18, 2008, at 9:12 AM, John Schwery wrote: Scott, yep, I picked up my bevel square

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Sliding bevel square.

2008-06-18 Thread Bob Kennedy
It looks like apiece of wood with a steel blade sticking part way out. I have one and it works well. The steel blade has a slot cut in it and there is a bolt with a thumb screw, about the size of a quarter that locks everything in place. There is a slot cut in the wood allowing you to take

[BlindHandyMan] RE: measuring angles:

2008-06-18 Thread Tom Fowle
wonder why you couldn't have a device with two blades on a pivot with a way to fasten the roto rule across the blades to make up a triangle. Then simple trigonometry could let you adjust the ruler to get a desired angle. This would be where you may have calculated the angle you want but not

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Sliding bevel square.

2008-06-18 Thread John Schwery
Scott, yep, it fits corners and angles. earlier, Scott Howell, wrote: Ok, so not to appear totally clueless, I assume this tool can be pressed into a corner or um molded to a shape so you can get the angle that you can then take back to your saw. Is that about right? tnx On Jun 18, 2008, at

Re: [BlindHandyMan] OT: OT: Dish TV Question?

2008-06-18 Thread Arthur Rizzino
Claudia Here are two quick suggestions that I have for your Dish Network problem. When you are holding the remote with the flat skinnier end away from you try pressing the top left most button. Some times this gets are remotes back on track.On our remotes the second row down second button over

Re: [BlindHandyMan] cutting straight lines

2008-06-18 Thread spiro
I have used a T square to cut lines in carpet, and would really rather not do without it. But, something sounds wrong with Scot's fence is not ridig and allows variablity. (I've only used the big table saws in school, many years ago. but, if the material/situation is causing this, sneaking up

[BlindHandyMan] A Guide To Buying A Socket Set

2008-06-18 Thread Boyce, Ray
of fasteners such as nuts, bolts and Torx fittings, often in places too tight for ordinary spanners or where the fastener has seized and a spanner simply slips off. Whatsmore, when used with a torque wrench or angular gauge, they allow fasteners to be set to the exact tightness recommended by the