I have the 25 foot tape and a talking tape as well. Depending on the person it can be very accurate. I'm just not as good as some with it and I tend to be off by more than I'm happy with.
As for the ProGrip, it's designed to be used with a circular saw. They have a saw base if you want to go that way that mounts on the bottom of your saw and has an edge that fits in the T track on the top of the guide. I don't know how well it would work ripping a 2 by 4 because you'll run out of surface to clamp to eventually. If you're cross cutting I'd rather clamp a speed square to the wood and follow that. Actually I'd use my miter saw but everyone isn't as blessed with fancy and expensive machines. I'm thinking if you do much ripping, a bench top table saw would be a good idea for you. If you have a 3 foot table you are using now, you could cut out a piece from the top and set the saw inside the table. Keep the piece you cut out and you could fix something to hold the top in place if you took the saw back out. I still have a little 10 inch Delta around. Don't use it often but now and then I need a table saw at a house I'm working on and I won't drag my big one along. ----- Original Message ----- From: Kevin Doucet To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 4:22 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] alternative to talking tape measure you wrote: >Well there is the 25 foot tape with the 6 inch aluminum tab >attached. They run around $30 at most specialty stores. Maxi Aids and so on. Have you used one? I read about one and it didn't seem to allow for very accurate measuring. >As far as ripping, I have the 8 foot ProGrip guide. It is >essentially a toggle clamp that holds the track in place. There are >quite a few knock off brands out there now but I don't know how many >go to 8 feet. I don't care much for the ones you can splice >together. Over 8 feet things tend to get a bit flimsy and I go for >the one piece if I can find it. That would not work on a hand held circular saw, right? >----- Original Message ----- >From: Kevin Doucet >To: <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] >Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 7:56 PM >Subject: [BlindHandyMan] alternative to talking tape measure > >Hi, > >My talking tape measure has gone crazy and I need to find an >alternative way to accurately measure up to 6 FT. > >Also, as my accur-rip circular hand saw guide only allows for a 24 >IN. cut I am also looking for a way to guide larger cuts. > >Any and all help is welcome. > >Thanks. > >Kevin Doucet ><mailto:contactme%40kevindoucet.com>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >confuse as says > >Blind man with unmarked forehead has large belly! > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >__________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus >signature database 3661 (20081203) __________ > >The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > ><http://www.eset.com>http://www.eset.com Thanks. Kevin Doucet [EMAIL PROTECTED] confuse as says Blind man with unmarked forehead has large belly! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
