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Wixey Digital Planer Height Gauge

Item #146096
$65.99
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4.0

(13 reviews)

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Product Information:

Replace the inaccurate stock height gauge on your portable planer and stop constantly using calipers to check stock thickness! Most digital calipers only read out in decimal measurements, forcing you to do the mental math to convert to fractions. If your stock is measuring .575" and you need 9/16", how much do you need to remove with your next pass through the planer? With the Digital Planer Height Gauge simply lower your planer until the gauge reads .565 - 9/16. It can't get any easier! Unique gauge reads out both decimal and fractional measurements. Fits most portable "lunch box" style planers. Easy to follow installation instructions.

  • Fits most portable "lunch box" style planers
  • Replaces the inaccurate stock height gauge
  • Easy to follow installation instructions
  • Gauge reads out both decimal and fractional measurements


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    3.9

    (based on 13 reviews)

    85%

    of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

    Pros

    • Accurate (11)
    • Reliable (7)
    • Compact (4)
    • Lightweight (3)
    • Ergonomic (2)

    Cons

    • Flimsy (2)

    Best Uses

    • At home (7)
    • Minor projects (3)
    • Reviewer Profile:
    • Avid do-it-yourselfer (10), Professional (3)

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    1/19/2011
     
    4.0

    cheeper at [...] ([$])

    By  Charlie

    from G.R. Michigan

    About Me Professional

    Pros

    • Accurate
    • Compact
    • Lightweight
    • Reliable

    Cons

    Best Uses

    Comments about Wixey Digital Planer Height Gauge :

    Like how you know exactly whatt the thickness you are planing your lumber to.

    Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

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    10/14/2010
     
    5.0

    Perfect solution

    By  Ross

    from San Diego, CA

    About Me Avid Do-It-Yourselfer

    Verified Buyer

    Pros

    • Accurate
    • Reliable

    Cons

    Best Uses

    • At Home
    • Minor Projects

    Comments about Wixey Digital Planer Height Gauge :

    This gauge is amazing in everyway. To be able to be acurate to within 1/1000 of an inch on any project is a woodworker's dream. Wixey makes great digital reader products. Highly recommended.

    Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

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    10/11/2010
     
    3.0

    a little tricky to setup

    By  JWCOOP

    from Clyde, OH

    About Me Avid Do-It-Yourselfer

    Verified Buyer

    Pros

    • Accurate
    • Reliable

    Cons

    • Flimsy

    Best Uses

    • At Home

    Comments about Wixey Digital Planer Height Gauge :

    First unit I got was defective, the LCD display wouldn't show all the numbers. [...]Since this thing mounts to the plastic shell around my Dewalt planner, it was tricky to properly get setup plumb and square. If you don't get it properly plume and square, it binds as you try to use it. After I finally got it properly installed, it does work great. I would recomend this product.

    Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

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    9/30/2010
     
    5.0

    works effectively

    By  jimbo

    from socorro new mexico

    About Me Professional

    Verified Buyer

    Pros

    • Accurate

    Cons

    Best Uses

    • Minor Projects

    Comments about Wixey Digital Planer Height Gauge :

    good reference point visually of thickness planed

    Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

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    9/29/2010
     
    4.0

    TAKES THE GUESS WORK OUT OF IT

    By  BIGMOE

    from SIOUX FALLS SD

    About Me Avid Do-It-Yourselfer

    Verified Buyer

    Pros

    • Accurate

    Cons

    Best Uses

    • At Home

    Comments about Wixey Digital Planer Height Gauge :

    AS A MACHINIST I USE CNC EQUIPMENT EVERY DAY. THIS TAKES PLANING MATERIAL TO THE RIGHT THICKNESS TO THE NEXT LEVEL. I LIKE IT, AND USE IT OFTEN. THE INSTRUCTIONS MAKE SENCE AND I HAD IT INSTALLED IN 15 MIN.

    Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

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    8/30/2010
     
    4.0

    Somewhat easy to set up and to use.

    By  Mr. Lee

    from Good Hope, WV

    About Me Avid Do-It-Yourselfer

    Verified Buyer

    Pros

    • Accurate
    • Reliable

    Cons

    Best Uses

    • At Home

    Comments about Wixey Digital Planer Height Gauge :

    The Delta machine I instaled it on only had a scale up one side. I like this unit. It shows just how much material I'm removing.

    Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

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    7/14/2010
     
    4.0

    More than I expected

    By  LRCWoodworking

    from Sagle, Id

    About Me Avid Do-It-Yourselfer

    Verified Buyer

    Pros

    • Accurate
    • Ergonomic Design
    • Reliable

    Cons

    Best Uses

    • Every time you plane

    Comments about Wixey Digital Planer Height Gauge :

    The instructions were hard to understand, but I went to the website and saw a picture understood and what needed to be done. It needs to be calibrated every time it is used if you are looking to be exact on your thickness, but it is easy to calibrate. It is easy to read the digital display or the lineal scale if you just want to be close, better than the manufactured scale. This device is a must for us type "A"'s.

    Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

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    7/14/2010
     
    4.0

    A good device for accuracy

    By  LRCWoodworking

    from Sagle, Id

    About Me Avid Do-It-Yourselfer

    Verified Buyer

    Pros

    • Accurate
    • Fit well onto planer

    Cons

    • Calibrate before each use
    • Wish it had auto shut off

    Best Uses

    • Use every time

    Comments about Wixey Digital Planer Height Gauge :

    I am finally able to get repeated accuracy with my planer. The directions were hard to understand, but I went to the web site and saw a picture and understood how it installed. I find that it is best to recalibrate the device each time I turn it on to use it, but it is easy to do. It is by far superior to using the calipers to try to get the accuracy I want.

    Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

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    3/2/2010
     
    1.0

    Penny wise, pound foolish

    By  woodwood

    from Cape Cod, MA

    About Me Professional

    Verified Buyer

    Pros

    Cons

    • Flimsy

    Best Uses

    • Portable machine

    Comments about Wixey Digital Planer Height Gauge :

    It would be difficult to attach this to my York Craft planer, nad the gauge. fitted to the table, would rise above the machine when making cuns in thin stock, leaving it exposed where it could ber hit and broken. kAt thkree times the cost, I purchased a Jet model which was made to be atached to many Taiwanese machines, including lmine. Despite the tripled cost, it was a bargain.

    Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend

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    1/7/2010
     
    4.0

    Last model of the digital planer

    By  jacour

    from montreal , QC

    About Me Avid Do-It-Yourselfer

    Verified Buyer

    Pros

    • Accurate
    • Compact
    • Lightweight

    Cons

    • Difficult To Use

    Best Uses

    • At Home

    Comments about Wixey Digital Planer Height Gauge :

    Not yet in use. The model that appear on your web site is inexacte. I have received the last version of this item that have a différent aspect.

    Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

    Please let us know what kind of issue this is:

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