At the request of my family, I put together a few suggestions for low cost gifts to give me for Christmas. One of the suggestions was a project calculator that was on sale at Rockler for $19.95. Its thin and light and slips into a shirt pocket easily. The main feature of this calculator is that it accepts input in fractions and presents results in fractions. I have found this little jewel to be a great stress reliever in the shop. I am good at math, but working with fractional math (the bain of being in America!) is mentally draining for me. Like yesterday, I was laying out a clamp rack addition for some new bessey k-bodies. Hmmm, let's see, I've got
16" width and need 1 1/2" for each clamp. Allow 7/16" for a spacer between each one. You get the picture. I did all the math on the project calculator and got it right the first time!Bob