Forums before death by AOL, social media and spammers... "We can't have nice things"
|    rec.crafts.metalworking    |    Metal working and metallurgy    |    215,319 messages    |
[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]
|    Message 214,008 of 215,319    |
|    Richard Smith to All    |
|    Re: adjustable square for SHS / box sect    |
|    09 Feb 25 17:52:57    |
      From: null@void.com              Hello everyone       Your various ideas caused a thought to "gel".       I will try this.       Get a smooth piece of plate a bit wider than the box-section.       Place your "ordinary" adjustable square on it, at the edge.       Make the blade/rule of the adjustable square protrude beneath the plate       lower surface by the amount you want to mark-off - eg. 25mm.       Bring "free" plate's edge to align with "side" surface of box you want       to mark, with the already-set adjustable square on it, and with hand       pressure keeping eveything touching where it should, slide along with       chalk under tip of adjustable-square blade.       Spin plate with adjustable square through 180deg and do same marking       down other side.       Those "heights" on the two "sides" will agree - probably the most       important thing.       Mark distances from the end of the box at which holes are and centre-pop       at the intersections.       Drill.       Done.              Hope this makes sense...              Will see whether this works - and report back, volente dio.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]
(c) 1994, bbs@darkrealms.ca