Well, for that matter, I have used a 1x4 clamped to the wood I was cutting. I used 2 C clamps to hold the board in place. I do like the idea of the guide holding the saw in line though. Think I will take a look at those plans. Cy, the Ancient Okie...
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Fowle Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 1:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] handheld circ saws was Compound Miter Saws? Bill, Several types of guides have been bilt just a board tacked alongside where the saw will travel is the simplist. I did one that runs along a piece of aluminum angle you screw dwon to the waiste side of the material, and it fitted into the fence slots of a skill saw. If you want to see the somewhat overly complex design i made up, see: ftp.ski.org/Rehab/Fowle the Smith-Kettlewell technical file's ftp site. Look in contents.txt for The Smith-Kettlewell Straight Cut" and download the correct issue in text or just grab the sktftxt.zip file and you get the whole 40 plus issues full of gizmos. Just be ccarefull and don't remove your hands from the handles until the blade has entirely stopped turning. Tom 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/[email protected]/ 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: 268.11.5/425 - Release Date: 8/22/2006 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/[email protected]/ 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/
