Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping
Ah. I feel better now...
- Original Message -
From: Agent086b
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 12:14 AM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping
Sorry,
I was only thinking of putting the plastic against the blade to set the
fence. After setting the fence the square would be right out of the way.
Original Message
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping
From: Bob Kennedy inthes...@att.net
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, 5 December 2009 15:42:06
I don't think you want to use the square that way. If you touch the teeth
of the saw on plastic, the plastic will come apart.
A much safer way would be to find out what the offset, the distance from
the edge of the saw to the blade, and add that to the final figure. You can
follow something with the edge of the frame and the saw blade will never touch
it.
For that matter, you can clamp something on the board like a straight edge,
longer level or something along those lines and follow that with the saw as
well. Remember the saw blade is designed to cut things much tougher than
plastic and we don't want to have to tell you the best ways to deal with
plastic shards that you ended up wearing... hahaha
- Original Message -
From: Agent086b
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 11:34 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping
Ray,
this looks good as one of the adjustable squares I have has a plastic
piece that slides along the metal long side of the square. Although I
don't like that square it won't hurt the teeth of the saw putting the
plastic bit on them.
Max.
Original Message
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Aliening a saw blade when ripping
From: Ray Boyce rayb...@westnet.com.au
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, 5 December 2009 14:23:51
Hi Max
Well you could use a pair of inside callipers, a depth gauge, or your
combination square if the distance required is not to excessive.
Ray
From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of Agent086b
Sent: Saturday, 5 December 2009 11:54 AM
To: Handyman
Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping
Hi all,
the earlier question and answers got me thinking. When ripping I find it
hard to measure from the fence to the saw blade accurately.
What wonderful answers can we get to this one.
Thanks as always for the help.
Max.
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RE: [BlindHandyMan] Aligning a saw blade when ripping
Dale, These set up blocks sound interesting and very useful. Any big box stores handle such things or do you have an on line vendor. Were these developed for blind folks or sighted individuals and we've just found a good use for them? Approximate cost for a set? thanks Al -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com]on Behalf Of Dale Leavens Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 9:05 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping You might like to investigate set-up blocks. They are available several places. One common set has a metal block 1 by 2 by 3 inches, a series of half inch by 3/4ths, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8 and 1/16. This is somewhat limiting but you could cut yourself some hardwood blocks say 4 6 and 12 inches or what ever else all to be used in combination. I did a lot of work with a folding boxwood carpenters ruler with tacks installed to make tactile dots, 24 inch, 36 inch and 1 meter used to be available from RNIB and other vendors. These aren't necessarily easy to use, blind parallax is way worse than sighted but with practice one can get pretty Goode. For us, the cost of such devices is really a disadvantage. I have seen 24 inch folding carpenters rulers in our hardware store for under three dollars while paying over thirty dollars for a marked braille one otherwise exactly identical. - Original Message - From: Agent086b To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 8:51 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping Thanks for all this info. Only problem I have I can not purchase a rotomatic in Australia. I have tried the NFB or something in the US, but they have not replied to my email. So I only have my talking tape measure with all it's querks. Max. Original Message Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping From: john schwery jschw...@embarqmail.com To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, 5 December 2009 12:25:06 With my rotomatic, I have no trouble at all. I put one end against the fence and align the blade with the fence on the rotomatic. earlier, Agent086b, wrote: Hi all, the earlier question and answers got me thinking. When ripping I find it hard to measure from the fence to the saw blade accurately. What wonderful answers can we get to this one. Thanks as always for the help. Max. John [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Send any questions regarding list management to: blindhandyman-ow...@yahoogroups.com To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemasterPAGE_user_op=view_p agePAGE_id=33MMN_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/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ 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: blindhandyman-h...@yahoogroups.comyahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Aligning a saw blade when ripping
Try WWW.leevalley.com There are probably other places, these are of really high quality and come in a rather nice plastic case. - Original Message - From: Alan Terrie Robbins To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 7:44 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Aligning a saw blade when ripping Dale, These set up blocks sound interesting and very useful. Any big box stores handle such things or do you have an on line vendor. Were these developed for blind folks or sighted individuals and we've just found a good use for them? Approximate cost for a set? thanks Al -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com]on Behalf Of Dale Leavens Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 9:05 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping You might like to investigate set-up blocks. They are available several places. One common set has a metal block 1 by 2 by 3 inches, a series of half inch by 3/4ths, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8 and 1/16. This is somewhat limiting but you could cut yourself some hardwood blocks say 4 6 and 12 inches or what ever else all to be used in combination. I did a lot of work with a folding boxwood carpenters ruler with tacks installed to make tactile dots, 24 inch, 36 inch and 1 meter used to be available from RNIB and other vendors. These aren't necessarily easy to use, blind parallax is way worse than sighted but with practice one can get pretty Goode. For us, the cost of such devices is really a disadvantage. I have seen 24 inch folding carpenters rulers in our hardware store for under three dollars while paying over thirty dollars for a marked braille one otherwise exactly identical. - Original Message - From: Agent086b To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 8:51 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping Thanks for all this info. Only problem I have I can not purchase a rotomatic in Australia. I have tried the NFB or something in the US, but they have not replied to my email. So I only have my talking tape measure with all it's querks. Max. Original Message Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping From: john schwery jschw...@embarqmail.com To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, 5 December 2009 12:25:06 With my rotomatic, I have no trouble at all. I put one end against the fence and align the blade with the fence on the rotomatic. earlier, Agent086b, wrote: Hi all, the earlier question and answers got me thinking. When ripping I find it hard to measure from the fence to the saw blade accurately. What wonderful answers can we get to this one. Thanks as always for the help. Max. John [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Send any questions regarding list management to: blindhandyman-ow...@yahoogroups.com To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemasterPAGE_user_op=view_p agePAGE_id=33MMN_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/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ 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: blindhandyman-h...@yahoogroups.comyahoo! Groups Links [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]
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Aligning a saw blade when ripping
Lee Valley also sells the angle blocks and also in a nice plastic case. I think but don't know for sure that they are made by Veritas. I have tried labeling the angle blocks with braille attached to the foam in the case because there are so many of them and I thought it would be easier to select one without having to count but my Dymo tape doesn't stick very well to the molded foam. My set-up blocks usually live in a drawer in my router table along with a step gauge one of the kids bought me which is really useful in setting bit height. The step gauge is only good to eighth increments but mostly that is about what one needs. - Original Message - From: Bob Kennedy To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 9:52 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Aligning a saw blade when ripping I have a set from Woodcraft as well. Their house brand is Wood River and this is also in a molded plastic box. I gave about $30 for my set. Grizzly also sells them, and Grizzly has a set of angle blocks as well. - Original Message - From: Alan Terrie Robbins To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 7:44 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Aligning a saw blade when ripping Dale, These set up blocks sound interesting and very useful. Any big box stores handle such things or do you have an on line vendor. Were these developed for blind folks or sighted individuals and we've just found a good use for them? Approximate cost for a set? thanks Al -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com]on Behalf Of Dale Leavens Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 9:05 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping You might like to investigate set-up blocks. They are available several places. One common set has a metal block 1 by 2 by 3 inches, a series of half inch by 3/4ths, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8 and 1/16. This is somewhat limiting but you could cut yourself some hardwood blocks say 4 6 and 12 inches or what ever else all to be used in combination. I did a lot of work with a folding boxwood carpenters ruler with tacks installed to make tactile dots, 24 inch, 36 inch and 1 meter used to be available from RNIB and other vendors. These aren't necessarily easy to use, blind parallax is way worse than sighted but with practice one can get pretty Goode. For us, the cost of such devices is really a disadvantage. I have seen 24 inch folding carpenters rulers in our hardware store for under three dollars while paying over thirty dollars for a marked braille one otherwise exactly identical. - Original Message - From: Agent086b To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 8:51 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping Thanks for all this info. Only problem I have I can not purchase a rotomatic in Australia. I have tried the NFB or something in the US, but they have not replied to my email. So I only have my talking tape measure with all it's querks. Max. Original Message Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping From: john schwery jschw...@embarqmail.com To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, 5 December 2009 12:25:06 With my rotomatic, I have no trouble at all. I put one end against the fence and align the blade with the fence on the rotomatic. earlier, Agent086b, wrote: Hi all, the earlier question and answers got me thinking. When ripping I find it hard to measure from the fence to the saw blade accurately. What wonderful answers can we get to this one. Thanks as always for the help. Max. John [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Send any questions regarding list management to: blindhandyman-ow...@yahoogroups.com To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemasterPAGE_user_op=view_p agePAGE_id=33MMN_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/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ 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: blindhandyman-h...@yahoogroups.comyahoo! Groups Links
RE: [BlindHandyMan] Aligning a saw blade when ripping
I'll have to wait for my wife to go on the web. In the meanwhile, how many blocks are in there and what sizes? An approximate number will do for now. Thanks a lot. Tom H. From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Dale Leavens Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 9:42 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Aligning a saw blade when ripping Try WWW.leevalley.com There are probably other places, these are of really high quality and come in a rather nice plastic case. - Original Message - From: Alan Terrie Robbins To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 7:44 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Aligning a saw blade when ripping Dale, These set up blocks sound interesting and very useful. Any big box stores handle such things or do you have an on line vendor. Were these developed for blind folks or sighted individuals and we've just found a good use for them? Approximate cost for a set? thanks Al -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com ]On Behalf Of Dale Leavens Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 9:05 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping You might like to investigate set-up blocks. They are available several places. One common set has a metal block 1 by 2 by 3 inches, a series of half inch by 3/4ths, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8 and 1/16. This is somewhat limiting but you could cut yourself some hardwood blocks say 4 6 and 12 inches or what ever else all to be used in combination. I did a lot of work with a folding boxwood carpenters ruler with tacks installed to make tactile dots, 24 inch, 36 inch and 1 meter used to be available from RNIB and other vendors. These aren't necessarily easy to use, blind parallax is way worse than sighted but with practice one can get pretty Goode. For us, the cost of such devices is really a disadvantage. I have seen 24 inch folding carpenters rulers in our hardware store for under three dollars while paying over thirty dollars for a marked braille one otherwise exactly identical. - Original Message - From: Agent086b To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 8:51 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping Thanks for all this info. Only problem I have I can not purchase a rotomatic in Australia. I have tried the NFB or something in the US, but they have not replied to my email. So I only have my talking tape measure with all it's querks. Max. Original Message Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping From: john schwery jschw...@embarqmail.com mailto:jschwery%40embarqmail.com To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, 5 December 2009 12:25:06 With my rotomatic, I have no trouble at all. I put one end against the fence and align the blade with the fence on the rotomatic. earlier, Agent086b, wrote: Hi all, the earlier question and answers got me thinking. When ripping I find it hard to measure from the fence to the saw blade accurately. What wonderful answers can we get to this one. Thanks as always for the help. Max. John [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Send any questions regarding list management to: blindhandyman-ow...@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman-owner%40yahoogroups.com To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemasterPAGE_user_op=view_ p PAGE_user_op=view_p agePAGE_id=33MMN_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/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ 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: blindhandyman-h...@yahoogroups.comyahoo mailto:blindhandyman-help%40yahoogroups.comYahoo ! Groups Links [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] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Aligning a saw blade when ripping
There are 6 blocks. One each of: 3 X 2 X 1 with holes through all of the purpose of which I haven't figured out yet. 3/4 X 1/2 1/2 X 1/2 1/4 X 1/2 1/8 X 1/2 1/16 X 1/2 Of course you can also stack them for a variety of measurements. - Original Message - From: Tom Hodges To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 11:28 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Aligning a saw blade when ripping I'll have to wait for my wife to go on the web. In the meanwhile, how many blocks are in there and what sizes? An approximate number will do for now. Thanks a lot. Tom H. From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Dale Leavens Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 9:42 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Aligning a saw blade when ripping Try WWW.leevalley.com There are probably other places, these are of really high quality and come in a rather nice plastic case. - Original Message - From: Alan Terrie Robbins To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 7:44 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Aligning a saw blade when ripping Dale, These set up blocks sound interesting and very useful. Any big box stores handle such things or do you have an on line vendor. Were these developed for blind folks or sighted individuals and we've just found a good use for them? Approximate cost for a set? thanks Al -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com ]On Behalf Of Dale Leavens Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 9:05 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping You might like to investigate set-up blocks. They are available several places. One common set has a metal block 1 by 2 by 3 inches, a series of half inch by 3/4ths, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8 and 1/16. This is somewhat limiting but you could cut yourself some hardwood blocks say 4 6 and 12 inches or what ever else all to be used in combination. I did a lot of work with a folding boxwood carpenters ruler with tacks installed to make tactile dots, 24 inch, 36 inch and 1 meter used to be available from RNIB and other vendors. These aren't necessarily easy to use, blind parallax is way worse than sighted but with practice one can get pretty Goode. For us, the cost of such devices is really a disadvantage. I have seen 24 inch folding carpenters rulers in our hardware store for under three dollars while paying over thirty dollars for a marked braille one otherwise exactly identical. - Original Message - From: Agent086b To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 8:51 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping Thanks for all this info. Only problem I have I can not purchase a rotomatic in Australia. I have tried the NFB or something in the US, but they have not replied to my email. So I only have my talking tape measure with all it's querks. Max. Original Message Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping From: john schwery jschw...@embarqmail.com mailto:jschwery%40embarqmail.com To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, 5 December 2009 12:25:06 With my rotomatic, I have no trouble at all. I put one end against the fence and align the blade with the fence on the rotomatic. earlier, Agent086b, wrote: Hi all, the earlier question and answers got me thinking. When ripping I find it hard to measure from the fence to the saw blade accurately. What wonderful answers can we get to this one. Thanks as always for the help. Max. John [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Send any questions regarding list management to: blindhandyman-ow...@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman-owner%40yahoogroups.com To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemasterPAGE_user_op=view_ p PAGE_user_op=view_p agePAGE_id=33MMN_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
RE: [BlindHandyMan] Aligning a saw blade when ripping
Dale and/or bob, Having never used these, what are the advantages or applications of the angled ones? Al -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com]on Behalf Of Dale Leavens Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 10:16 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Aligning a saw blade when ripping Lee Valley also sells the angle blocks and also in a nice plastic case. I think but don't know for sure that they are made by Veritas. I have tried labeling the angle blocks with braille attached to the foam in the case because there are so many of them and I thought it would be easier to select one without having to count but my Dymo tape doesn't stick very well to the molded foam. My set-up blocks usually live in a drawer in my router table along with a step gauge one of the kids bought me which is really useful in setting bit height. The step gauge is only good to eighth increments but mostly that is about what one needs. - Original Message - From: Bob Kennedy To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 9:52 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Aligning a saw blade when ripping I have a set from Woodcraft as well. Their house brand is Wood River and this is also in a molded plastic box. I gave about $30 for my set. Grizzly also sells them, and Grizzly has a set of angle blocks as well. - Original Message - From: Alan Terrie Robbins To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 7:44 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Aligning a saw blade when ripping Dale, These set up blocks sound interesting and very useful. Any big box stores handle such things or do you have an on line vendor. Were these developed for blind folks or sighted individuals and we've just found a good use for them? Approximate cost for a set? thanks Al -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com]on Behalf Of Dale Leavens Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 9:05 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping You might like to investigate set-up blocks. They are available several places. One common set has a metal block 1 by 2 by 3 inches, a series of half inch by 3/4ths, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8 and 1/16. This is somewhat limiting but you could cut yourself some hardwood blocks say 4 6 and 12 inches or what ever else all to be used in combination. I did a lot of work with a folding boxwood carpenters ruler with tacks installed to make tactile dots, 24 inch, 36 inch and 1 meter used to be available from RNIB and other vendors. These aren't necessarily easy to use, blind parallax is way worse than sighted but with practice one can get pretty Goode. For us, the cost of such devices is really a disadvantage. I have seen 24 inch folding carpenters rulers in our hardware store for under three dollars while paying over thirty dollars for a marked braille one otherwise exactly identical. - Original Message - From: Agent086b To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 8:51 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping Thanks for all this info. Only problem I have I can not purchase a rotomatic in Australia. I have tried the NFB or something in the US, but they have not replied to my email. So I only have my talking tape measure with all it's querks. Max. Original Message Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping From: john schwery jschw...@embarqmail.com To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, 5 December 2009 12:25:06 With my rotomatic, I have no trouble at all. I put one end against the fence and align the blade with the fence on the rotomatic. earlier, Agent086b, wrote: Hi all, the earlier question and answers got me thinking. When ripping I find it hard to measure from the fence to the saw blade accurately. What wonderful answers can we get to this one. Thanks as always for the help. Max. John [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Send any questions regarding list management to: blindhandyman-ow...@yahoogroups.com To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemasterPAGE_user_op=view _p agePAGE_id=33MMN_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
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Therese no doubt gizmos like this work, the way I've seen it done is with a so-called audio output transformer which are commonly available at radio shlock. these have two windings, the primary has several hundred turns at least whereas the secondary has relatively few turns. If you connect/disconnect a battery to the secondary momentarilly, the magnetic field building and collapsing in that small winding with induce a much higher voltage field in the primary which has many more turns. This can give a peak voltage of several hundred volts but with no real amount of current available, thus very little danger. I used to see a coffee can with a crank built up as a temptation to turn the crank which got you quite a noticable shock. Using a single coil will also work but probably with not as high an output spike. Tom Fowle On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 11:34:35PM -0500, John Sherrer wrote: I was thinking of a solenoid coil used in washing machine to turn the water on and off. They are cheap. I as also thinking that the voltage spike might two or three thousand volts. The voltage spike occurs when the voltage supply is turned on or off, but no spike when the coil has power or is off, only when change happens is their a voltage spike. A friend of mine, when I was a teenager had a book with an aluminum foil cover. When you opened the book or cclosed the book, you got a little bite. John http://WhiteCane.org http://BlindWoodWorker.com http://HolyTeaClub.comcom\whitecane http://anellos.ws - Original Message - From: Tom Fowle To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 1:39 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Inventors ahoy! John's ideas are interesting, that solenoid coil would have to have a lot of turns on it, I'm not sure dogs responde to even moderate electric shocks as much as humans do, I think they need say 600 volts or so to make them take notice. I like the meat tray and pans idea except it'll wak up everyone in the house too. Maybe just a wireless baby monitor placed near the plate would give you enough sound to start yelling at him. What you don't want is false positives, if the thing goes off when it shouldn't the dog will quickly learn to ignore it because he doesn't know what it means. Tom Fowle [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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These are metal wedges of precise angle. These are in 5 degree increments from 5 to 35 degrees and single degrees below that. They are useful for setting miter saw for example or a sliding bevel to a desired angle or even for determining an existing angle. A whole bunch cheaper and more robust than some electronic talking gauge although not capable below a single degree. as with the set-up blocks they can be ganged for intermediate or summed for a variety of additional angles. - Original Message - From: Alan Terrie Robbins To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 12:18 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Aligning a saw blade when ripping Dale and/or bob, Having never used these, what are the advantages or applications of the angled ones? Al -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com]on Behalf Of Dale Leavens Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 10:16 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Aligning a saw blade when ripping Lee Valley also sells the angle blocks and also in a nice plastic case. I think but don't know for sure that they are made by Veritas. I have tried labeling the angle blocks with braille attached to the foam in the case because there are so many of them and I thought it would be easier to select one without having to count but my Dymo tape doesn't stick very well to the molded foam. My set-up blocks usually live in a drawer in my router table along with a step gauge one of the kids bought me which is really useful in setting bit height. The step gauge is only good to eighth increments but mostly that is about what one needs. - Original Message - From: Bob Kennedy To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 9:52 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Aligning a saw blade when ripping I have a set from Woodcraft as well. Their house brand is Wood River and this is also in a molded plastic box. I gave about $30 for my set. Grizzly also sells them, and Grizzly has a set of angle blocks as well. - Original Message - From: Alan Terrie Robbins To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 7:44 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Aligning a saw blade when ripping Dale, These set up blocks sound interesting and very useful. Any big box stores handle such things or do you have an on line vendor. Were these developed for blind folks or sighted individuals and we've just found a good use for them? Approximate cost for a set? thanks Al -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com]on Behalf Of Dale Leavens Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 9:05 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping You might like to investigate set-up blocks. They are available several places. One common set has a metal block 1 by 2 by 3 inches, a series of half inch by 3/4ths, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8 and 1/16. This is somewhat limiting but you could cut yourself some hardwood blocks say 4 6 and 12 inches or what ever else all to be used in combination. I did a lot of work with a folding boxwood carpenters ruler with tacks installed to make tactile dots, 24 inch, 36 inch and 1 meter used to be available from RNIB and other vendors. These aren't necessarily easy to use, blind parallax is way worse than sighted but with practice one can get pretty Goode. For us, the cost of such devices is really a disadvantage. I have seen 24 inch folding carpenters rulers in our hardware store for under three dollars while paying over thirty dollars for a marked braille one otherwise exactly identical. - Original Message - From: Agent086b To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 8:51 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping Thanks for all this info. Only problem I have I can not purchase a rotomatic in Australia. I have tried the NFB or something in the US, but they have not replied to my email. So I only have my talking tape measure with all it's querks. Max. Original Message Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping From: john schwery jschw...@embarqmail.com To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, 5 December 2009 12:25:06 With my rotomatic, I have no trouble at all. I put one end against the fence and align the blade with the fence on the rotomatic. earlier, Agent086b, wrote: Hi all, the earlier question and answers got me thinking. When ripping I find it hard to measure from the fence to the saw blade accurately. What wonderful answers can we get to this one. Thanks as always for the help. Max. John [Non-text portions of this
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We keep our blocks in the same place. I built my router table and added a drawer just for things like the blocks, I have that step gauge too, my wrenches and some other don't want to lose this tools... - Original Message - From: Dale Leavens To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 10:16 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Aligning a saw blade when ripping Lee Valley also sells the angle blocks and also in a nice plastic case. I think but don't know for sure that they are made by Veritas. I have tried labeling the angle blocks with braille attached to the foam in the case because there are so many of them and I thought it would be easier to select one without having to count but my Dymo tape doesn't stick very well to the molded foam. My set-up blocks usually live in a drawer in my router table along with a step gauge one of the kids bought me which is really useful in setting bit height. The step gauge is only good to eighth increments but mostly that is about what one needs. - Original Message - From: Bob Kennedy To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 9:52 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Aligning a saw blade when ripping I have a set from Woodcraft as well. Their house brand is Wood River and this is also in a molded plastic box. I gave about $30 for my set. Grizzly also sells them, and Grizzly has a set of angle blocks as well. - Original Message - From: Alan Terrie Robbins To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 7:44 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Aligning a saw blade when ripping Dale, These set up blocks sound interesting and very useful. Any big box stores handle such things or do you have an on line vendor. Were these developed for blind folks or sighted individuals and we've just found a good use for them? Approximate cost for a set? thanks Al -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com]on Behalf Of Dale Leavens Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 9:05 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping You might like to investigate set-up blocks. They are available several places. One common set has a metal block 1 by 2 by 3 inches, a series of half inch by 3/4ths, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8 and 1/16. This is somewhat limiting but you could cut yourself some hardwood blocks say 4 6 and 12 inches or what ever else all to be used in combination. I did a lot of work with a folding boxwood carpenters ruler with tacks installed to make tactile dots, 24 inch, 36 inch and 1 meter used to be available from RNIB and other vendors. These aren't necessarily easy to use, blind parallax is way worse than sighted but with practice one can get pretty Goode. For us, the cost of such devices is really a disadvantage. I have seen 24 inch folding carpenters rulers in our hardware store for under three dollars while paying over thirty dollars for a marked braille one otherwise exactly identical. - Original Message - From: Agent086b To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 8:51 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping Thanks for all this info. Only problem I have I can not purchase a rotomatic in Australia. I have tried the NFB or something in the US, but they have not replied to my email. So I only have my talking tape measure with all it's querks. Max. Original Message Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping From: john schwery jschw...@embarqmail.com To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, 5 December 2009 12:25:06 With my rotomatic, I have no trouble at all. I put one end against the fence and align the blade with the fence on the rotomatic. earlier, Agent086b, wrote: Hi all, the earlier question and answers got me thinking. When ripping I find it hard to measure from the fence to the saw blade accurately. What wonderful answers can we get to this one. Thanks as always for the help. Max. John [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Send any questions regarding list management to: blindhandyman-ow...@yahoogroups.com To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemasterPAGE_user_op=view_p agePAGE_id=33MMN_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
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Max, If you can get ahold of a vernier caliper most of those have inside, outside and depth measuring points. You can then more easilly set the measurement you want from the tape to the outside points on the caliper, then use the inside points to transferr it to the inside measure between the blade and fence. You still have to make sure you're at 90 degrees. You can also put a regular tri square on the outside or opposite side of the blade and add the blade cut width to your measurement. I believe NFB has something about international sales on there store web site, that may help. tom Fowle
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Yes thanks, I tried the NFB email address with no reply. Max. Original Message Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping From: Tom Fowle fo...@ski.org To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, 6 December 2009 06:06:03 Max, If you can get ahold of a vernier caliper most of those have inside, outside and depth measuring points. You can then more easilly set the measurement you want from the tape to the outside points on the caliper, then use the inside points to transferr it to the inside measure between the blade and fence. You still have to make sure you're at 90 degrees. You can also put a regular tri square on the outside or opposite side of the blade and add the blade cut width to your measurement. I believe NFB has something about international sales on there store web site, that may help. tom Fowle Send any questions regarding list management to: blindhandyman-ow...@yahoogroups.com To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemasterPAGE_user_op=view_pagePAGE_id=33MMN_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/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ 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: blindhandyman-h...@yahoogroups.comyahoo! Groups Links
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I use mmy click rule. I put the T part of the click rule on the outside of the saw blade, in an area where the tooth will mot affect the measurement, This is the part of the blade away from the fence, and move the threaded part of the click rule where I want the wood to be cut plus one eighth to account for the thickness of the saw blade. Then I will move the fence to the click ruole. It should be very close to where I want the wood cut. John http://WhiteCane.org http://BlindWoodWorker.com http://HolyTeaClub.comcom\whitecane http://anellos.ws - Original Message - From: Agent086b To: Handyman Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 7:53 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping Hi all, the earlier question and answers got me thinking. When ripping I find it hard to measure from the fence to the saw blade accurately. What wonderful answers can we get to this one. Thanks as always for the help. Max. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Hey There, Where can I purchas a click ruler, and about how much do those suckers cost? What about other measuring tools the blind can use? Thanks in advance.? Feel free to visit my website and my blog and learn more about me and what I stand for. My Website http://www.shellworld.net/~riverwind My Blog http://windraven13.livejournal.com/ On Sat, 5 Dec 2009, John Sherrer wrote: Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2009 17:46:25 -0500 To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com From: John Sherrer j...@whitecane.org Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping I use mmy click rule. I put the T part of the click rule on the outside of the saw blade, in an area where the tooth will mot affect the measurement, This is the part of the blade away from the fence, and move the threaded part of the click rule where I want the wood to be cut plus one eighth to account for the thickness of the saw blade. Then I will move the fence to the click ruole. It should be very close to where I want the wood cut. John http://WhiteCane.org http://BlindWoodWorker.com http://HolyTeaClub.comcom\whitecane http://anellos.ws - Original Message - From: Agent086b To: Handyman Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 7:53 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping Hi all, the earlier question and answers got me thinking. When ripping I find it hard to measure from the fence to the saw blade accurately. What wonderful answers can we get to this one. Thanks as always for the help. Max. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Send any questions regarding list management to: blindhandyman-ow...@yahoogroups.com To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemasterPAGE_user_op=view_pagePAGE_id=33MMN_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/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ 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: blindhandyman-h...@yahoogroups.comyahoo! Groups Links
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Using may slow the spike, opposing a very high spike. An inductor opposes a change in voltage. John http://WhiteCane.org http://BlindWoodWorker.com http://HolyTeaClub.comcom\whitecane http://anellos.ws - Original Message - From: Tom Fowle To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 1:42 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Inventors ahoy! Therese no doubt gizmos like this work, the way I've seen it done is with a so-called audio output transformer which are commonly available at radio shlock. these have two windings, the primary has several hundred turns at least whereas the secondary has relatively few turns. If you connect/disconnect a battery to the secondary momentarilly, the magnetic field building and collapsing in that small winding with induce a much higher voltage field in the primary which has many more turns. This can give a peak voltage of several hundred volts but with no real amount of current available, thus very little danger. I used to see a coffee can with a crank built up as a temptation to turn the crank which got you quite a noticable shock. Using a single coil will also work but probably with not as high an output spike. Tom Fowle On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 11:34:35PM -0500, John Sherrer wrote: I was thinking of a solenoid coil used in washing machine to turn the water on and off. They are cheap. I as also thinking that the voltage spike might two or three thousand volts. The voltage spike occurs when the voltage supply is turned on or off, but no spike when the coil has power or is off, only when change happens is their a voltage spike. A friend of mine, when I was a teenager had a book with an aluminum foil cover. When you opened the book or cclosed the book, you got a little bite. John http://WhiteCane.org http://BlindWoodWorker.com http://HolyTeaClub.comcom\whitecane http://anellos.ws - Original Message - From: Tom Fowle To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 1:39 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Inventors ahoy! John's ideas are interesting, that solenoid coil would have to have a lot of turns on it, I'm not sure dogs responde to even moderate electric shocks as much as humans do, I think they need say 600 volts or so to make them take notice. I like the meat tray and pans idea except it'll wak up everyone in the house too. Maybe just a wireless baby monitor placed near the plate would give you enough sound to start yelling at him. What you don't want is false positives, if the thing goes off when it shouldn't the dog will quickly learn to ignore it because he doesn't know what it means. Tom Fowle [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping
Only place I know of is nfb.org They are asking $30 for it as of tonight. The click rule comes with the main body which is a foot long and 3 extensions that are also a foot long for each extension. So you can measure up to 4 feet by a sixteenth of an inch. Not sure if anyone else sells them or not. - Original Message - From: RiverWind To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 6:11 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping Hey There, Where can I purchas a click ruler, and about how much do those suckers cost? What about other measuring tools the blind can use? Thanks in advance.? Feel free to visit my website and my blog and learn more about me and what I stand for. My Website http://www.shellworld.net/~riverwind My Blog http://windraven13.livejournal.com/ On Sat, 5 Dec 2009, John Sherrer wrote: Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2009 17:46:25 -0500 To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com From: John Sherrer j...@whitecane.org Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping I use mmy click rule. I put the T part of the click rule on the outside of the saw blade, in an area where the tooth will mot affect the measurement, This is the part of the blade away from the fence, and move the threaded part of the click rule where I want the wood to be cut plus one eighth to account for the thickness of the saw blade. Then I will move the fence to the click ruole. It should be very close to where I want the wood cut. John http://WhiteCane.org http://BlindWoodWorker.com http://HolyTeaClub.comcom\whitecane http://anellos.ws - Original Message - From: Agent086b To: Handyman Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 7:53 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Alining a saw blade when ripping Hi all, the earlier question and answers got me thinking. When ripping I find it hard to measure from the fence to the saw blade accurately. What wonderful answers can we get to this one. Thanks as always for the help. Max. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Send any questions regarding list management to: blindhandyman-ow...@yahoogroups.com To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemasterPAGE_user_op=view_pagePAGE_id=33MMN_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/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ 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: blindhandyman-h...@yahoogroups.comyahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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