I've also used a telescoping paint roller handle, but, was very limited on sizes. It was made for reaching an eight foot ceiling, but, I do remember having one once that was much shorter. I'll have to check that out.
Do you know of any place where a cam could be bought? They would have to be available in various sizes. I'm thinking about taking my paint roller handle apart just to figure out how it's made. I've been looking for an excuse to go to Lowes, so now I can go and look at pvc pipes, wood dowels, half round, a short paint roller telescoping handle and all that other stuff. Best Regards. Tom H. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dan Rossi Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 11:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Re: another measuring device: I see what you mean about needing the nut on the inside, and thus the flattening of the dowel. There are so many ways to construct this device. You could appoxy the nut to the outside of the PVC tube and then not worry about flattening the dowel. You could cut a slot in the PVC, then have a bolt screwed into the round dowel with a nut that would tighten down on the outside of the PVC. My idea for the square block was just a block stuck on the end of the round dowel. The square block would not go into the tube, but it would help to keep the whole shabang from rolling. I've heard of people using curtain rods for this same device. The cam would be difficult, but not impossible to do in wood. Probably easier to just by a plastic cam set. Someone posted a design for a similar device on here, only it was a 2X2 with a groove routed in it, and a flat strip that slides through the groove and could be locked. These are all great ideas for transferring distances. I often use a locking tape measure for the same. So many cats, so many ways. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [email protected] <mailto:dr25%40andrew.cmu.edu> Tel: (412) 268-9081 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
