Bill, for the rotomatics, more extensions can be ordered, separately. earlier, William Stephan, wrote: >John, thanks. I have one of these as well as one of the telescopic >rulers that click at the 1/16. For some reason known only to the >manufacturer of these, the extension rods for the two rulers are not >interchangeable. So, three feet is the max I can get. I guess I >can mark and measure, but I'm a bit concerned about accuracy. > > >Bill Stephan >Kansas City, MO >(816)803-2469 >William Stephan > > >-----Original Message----- >From: "John Schwery"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: 8/22/06 1:30:31 PM >To: "blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com"<blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> >Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Measuring wood > >Bill, I use rotomatics. They start with a 6-inch ruler that is >marked every 1/2 inch with a thread of the 3/8, 16, rod. One turn of >the marked nut is 1/16th of an inch. A regular nut is also on the >rod to lock the marked nut in place. One can add any of >extensions. These come in lengths of 6, 12 and 18 inches. > > >earlier, William Stephan, wrote: > >I've decided I just have to build a small but sturdy table in my > >basement, measuring 36 x24 x 42 high. I'm going to make the thing > >entirely out of 2 x 4s. I can measure accurately up to 36 inches. > >I have a tape measure, but I tend to use it for rough estimates, not > >for measuring where accuracy is a concern. > >I > > can get the lumber yard to cut a 48 & 42 inch 2 x 4 that I could > > use as a guide, but I thought I'd ask if any of you had a better > > suggestion or knew of an accurate measuring device that could > > handle those kind of lengths that wouldn't break the bank. > > > >Thanks in advance. > > > > > >Bill Stephan > >Kansas City, MO > >(816)803-2469 > >William Stephan > > > > > > > >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 > > > > > > > > > >John > > > > >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 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 > > > >
John 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/
