Tom, does this thing talk to tell you the degrees? If so what is the price and model? Lenny ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Hodges" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 9:11 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] RE: measuring angles:
Hi, Tom: I must have come in on the back-end of this email; what specifically are you referring to? Also, what is a roto rule? If I want to find the angle of something, I just my Sears 10" electronic level and tells you the exact angle. Thanks, Tom On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 7:31 PM, Tom Fowle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > wonder why you couldn't have a device with two blades on a pivot with a > way > to fasten the roto rule across the blades to make up a triangle. > Then "simple" trigonometry could let you adjust the ruler to get a desired > angle. This would be where you may have calculated the angle you want but > not have a reference from which to get it. > > And, obviously you could measure an existing angle with it too if you > actually needed the measurement. > > Yeah, you can find relatively accessible protractors, but something like > this > might be pretty easy to fabricate if we get it > figgered out correctly, and might be very accurate? > > So Dan Rossi, help with the gtrig. > > Let's assume most work would need angles less than 90 degrees as you can > always subtract from 180 and measure the opposite angle. > > There must be something wrong with this? > > Thinking caps on plese. We could build a prototype > and document it here at Smith-Kettlewell if nobody beats us to it. > > tom > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Send any questions regarding list management to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 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 Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following address for more information: http://www.jaws-users.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Groups Links __________ NOD32 3200 (20080619) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com
