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 the blade out to the side.
If they don't know what you are asking for tell them you want a bevel gauge and they should know. The word sliding is probably confusing them... ----- Original Message ----- From: Tom Hodges To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 10:36 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Sliding bevel square. 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: > Scott, > > A sliding bevel allows you to wrap or bend the square into or around a > corner. Then you can take it to a saw and line up the cut, you don't > actually have to know the angle. > > I have one that has a fin in the middle that bisects the angle so that if > you are trying to mitre a corner cut, you line up one leg of the square > with the fence of the saw, and the blade of the saw with the fin on the > square. Works pretty well. > > -- > Blue skies. > Dan Rossi > Carnegie Mellon University. > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <dr25%40andrew.cmu.edu> > Tel: (412) 268-9081 > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
