That would work fine, probably 15 degrees. Trouble with cross cutting though especially a relatively short piece is that the wood will tend to break after a short time.
You can cut it along the grain but again you are getting your fingers a little close to the blade and usually the hold-down doesn't come that close. I have done it by holding down a piece either side of the one to be cut and sliding the work piece between them slicing down. There is always the risk the saw will throw either the good piece or the waste but it throws it away from you so that is a little better. Your method would also work using the miter gauge of the table saw. The only real draw-back is the direction of the grain. They do make hardware too, something like many gate latches, a piece of metal which drops over a peg attached to the door and wall the door backs up against. You push the door open and it grabs. I suppose you could also use a magnet and metal strip or washer. 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: "Blind Handyman" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 10:10 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] door stopper >I have a thought about how he could cut the angle for a door stop but I > would need more input from you guys as to how to do the math and even if > this would work. > what if you would take a 2 by 6 and turned the miter on the table saw > say > 3 or 5 degrees or what ever it would take and just put the fence 2 and a > half inches from the blade that way the back of the board would end up 2.5 > inches thick and depending on the angle the blade would start cutting the > board at say 2 inches or what ever width you are looking for. > > > > 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: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.14/501 - Release Date: > 26/10/2006 > > 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
