Street price: $350 Source: woodpeck.com Vertical misalignment: 0.005 in. Vertical play: 0.001 in. Insert ring alignment: −0.001 in.
A thumbwheel for fine height adjustments combined with a spring-loaded lift handle for big changes results in a lift that’s easy and quick to set up. The thumbwheel, which changes the bit’s height 1⁄32 in. with every full rotation, allows for finer adjustments than all the others, and lightning-fast bit changes.
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