I've never been into wood, but this tool sounds like a tool I'd use and I referred to it as an angle finder. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale Leavens" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 7:55 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Setting an angle
> Use a sliding 'T' bevel. This is a slotted blade which slides through a > slit in a handle and can be tightened down usually with a wing nut > although there are new models which use other clamping methods that lay > flat and thus don't get in the way when you set the handle down on a flat > surface. > > You just lay the handle along one part of the angle, the blade along the > other member of the angle and tighten it down then transfer that to the > miter saw adjusting it to match the angle held on the sliding 'T' bevel. > > Hope this helps. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Agent86b > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 9:38 PM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Setting an angle > > > > > > Hi all, > I am building a pot plant stand for she who must be obeyed. > The legs of this stand splay out from the centre. I wish to cut a > piece of timber to fit in between the legs to act as a brace. > Obviously I need to cut this timber on the same angle as the legs. > How do you all work out the angle so as to set the mitre saw to cut > the correct shape? > Hope I have made myself clear. > Thanks for any advice. > Max. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > [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 > > >
