Tools & Materials
Wixey - Digital Gauge
The Wixey Digital Gauge is a dedicated electronic caliper for mounting on benchtop thickness planers.
Dec 01, 2005
The Wixey Digital gauge, a dedicated electronic caliper for mounting on benchtop thickness planers, permits accurately controlled material removal, in repeatable stages as small as 0.001 in. or 0.01 mm. The inches setting displays the reading in decimals and fractions. Installation wants some attention to the alignment, but on most planers it’s a straightforward, quick bolt-on. In use, I found that the greatest cumulative discrepancy between the Wixey’s measurements and my dial caliper’s readings was 0.007 in.
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