Scott: John's done a nice job of describing the thing. On mine, the measuring nut is actually an oblong, which makes it quicker to use. I have both the rotomatic and the click ruler, and both are invaluable. I tend generally, to use the rotomatic for setting measurements, say preparatory to cutting, and the click ruler for measuring things, simply because it's much quicker.
Bill Stephan Kansas City, MO (816)803-2469 William Stephan -----Original Message----- From: "Scott Howell"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 1/9/07 5:50:08 AM To: "[email protected]"<[email protected]> Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] getting started in wood working Thanks Dale, but this might be a stupid question. How do you know what the measurement actually is. I haven't seen one of these so am making some assumptions based on what I've read. My understanding is that you have a nut and a locking nut which I can only assume keeps the moving nut in place once set. So, I understand these are threaded rods and for each turn of the nut equals a measurement, i.e. half turn might be 1/16 of an inch etc. Since there are no tactual markings, how can you be sure you only turned it a half turn and not a half plus another 1/16? Perhaps I'm making much out of nothing, but I guess my understanding might be a little off or there's somethng I'm missing. I'm very interested in this because accurate measurements is a must and I can't tell you the number of baseboards for example I've screwed up because my measurement was off a little. I'll post a question on this subject in another message, but any comments etc. on this Rotomatic ruller is very much appreciated. I dont' mind spending the money if the tool is truly worth its weight in gold. I've got a number of project I want to start working on so this is timely. tnx Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 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/
