Sounds good Tommm. I like the idea of a small square block on the one end and I'm not too worried about something on the other end. If it comes out all the way, it's no problem just to stick it back in. Besides that, if that were to happen, just switch to a longer one.
Regards, Tom H From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom Vos Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 9:19 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Re: another measuring device: Not necessary, but one will keep the dowel from sliding all the way out. The other keeps it from sliding all the way in, and provides a mounting for whatever kind of end you put on it I put a matching piece of pvc on mine, but someone had a good suggestion about putting a small square block on that end, so it wouldn't roll around. I might do that yet to mine. Blessings, Tom -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> ]On Behalf Of Dale Leavens Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 11:45 AM To: [email protected] <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: another measuring device: It is not necessary to have full round ends either is it? ----- Original Message ----- From: Tom Fowle To: [email protected] <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 11:02 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: another measuring device: tom, I don't think you could do much with a plane, the plane needs long spaces ahead of and behind it so you'd maybe just be able to make a curved dent in the middle. You might drill holes off center along the dowell and finish them off with a flat chisel or a scroll saw, but it'd be the devil of a lot of work to get a smooth cut. Actually if you plained down an entire dowell having first cut off an inch length, then cut that 1 inch piece down the center and glued each half on the new flats at either end of the dowel, that might do it. still a lot of work obviously the table saw or router would be the real way to go Hmmm, wonder if you could buy an appropriate chunk of "Half Round" and cut 1 inch chunks off, glue them flat to flat, on the ends of the half round. There are always a lot of different ways to do most things, but I think yours is the simplest if you have the table saw and skill. What i can't figure is how you kept the dowel moving straight and just took off a small amount each cut guess you could set up a rip fence and move it each cut but that too is too much fuss. tom Fowle [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
