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Hi,
I bought a couple of adjustable stop collars and find them very useful. I remember seeing some venier scales that could be downloaded and applied to the collars to make them more useful. Anyone know where I can download the m?
Thanks,
Frankcb

It is in one of Nick's archived Sawdust Sessions. I down loaded but can't get size right. They are well made- I leave mine on except when I have to lower the table for horizontal boring.mt

Hi Frank & mtobey! Here's what works for me. I used a center punch and put three dents over the 0, two marks on the opposite side and one punch each at the 90 degree points. This way I can move the collar 1/64" with accuracy. I can guess pretty good at halfway between marks. 1/128". That's good enough for me!

Some times when printing out (a scale) on different printers there is a slight discrepancy. To overcome this a wee bit of maths may help.
We used to do this manually in photo-typography (printing) before computers came along.

A DIVIDED BY B TIMES 100
(gives you a % to increase or reduce by)

measure the required size A eg 7.006
measure the old size B eg 6

use a calculator key in 7.006 / 6 * 100 = 116.76666666667

Now on your computer go to File - Page Setup, there should be a "Scale: 100%" option.
Change that to match your calculation - no decimals -
"Scale: 116%" and "Print"

This should get you pretty close. - tweek it 1% at a time to get it just so.

Don't forget to change your scale back to 100% when done.

Good luck - let me know how it went.

Regards
Sandy

Sandy,

You have me buffaloed (or bisoned, here in the states). I'm using XP Pro here in the office and can't find your reference in "My Computer", Windows Explorer 7, or in Adobe Reader. Are we on the same page or are you using a Mac?

Dickg1

Yup I am using a mac, but on a pc, you would do similar -
You would have to have a file open that you want to print then...
choose print from the file menu and there should be "properties" that you should be able to get to page setup to do the same. I do not have access to a pc just at the moment - 2am local time - but will have a look in day time - "MS - XP".
I use a old G3 Imac in the workshop - keep all my PDFs on it to check up or print.

cheers
Sandy:D

dickg1 wrote:Sandy,

You have me buffaloed (or bisoned, here in the states). I'm using XP Pro here in the office and can't find your reference in "My Computer", Windows Explorer 7, or in Adobe Reader. Are we on the same page or are you using a Mac?

Dickg1

Dick
If you only have PDF reader that your using to view the file you probably won't have all the adjustment Sandy mentioned. If you read the file they suggest you use the copier to make any size adjustments. In my case the original prints out so close to the exact size I would never able to adjust it much better.
I used the PDF readers print function and where it mentions page scaling I simply have it fit printer margins. Which in my case is 94% I have tried the other two options, of "none" and "reduce to printer margins" and they produced something that would not work. You get to the selection screen by clicking the printer icon on the PDF reader screen.

I hope this helps.
Ed

Ed,
You got it right on. Thanks. The only other time I tried printing the tapes was on my home printer ( an HP Inkjet ). Could not get it right. But the office Laserjet printed it correctly. I'll try it again at home using your suggestion. It sure worked here.
What a great forum!!!
Thanks again,
Dickg1

Here's aother work-around, should anybody need it: Bring the .pdf of the scale up on your computer screen and press "PrtScn" -- Print Screen -- to load the image in memory. Bring up almost any graphics program, paste the image to a new file, and save as a jpeg or gif. Then you can adjust the size on screen so your printer will reproduce the correct size.

A variation: Print out the .pdf and scan it to create a jpeg or a gif.

With all good wishes,