Bruce Barnett wrote:
-MIKE- writes:

FWIW, The TS Aligner Jr can do several things
Mitre Gauge alignment
Sliding Table alignment
Spindle alignment on a drill press
Jointer blade height

The one I made for 15 bucks does all that.
It's a dial indicator on a stick, there's nothing ingenious about that. :-)

Interesting. Is there any write-up? For instance, how do you get the
table of a drill press to be square to the spindle?


Easy. Use an engineering square. :-)
Why Rube Goldberg it?

But if I did find a reason why I needed a dial indicator to square a
press table, I could certainly get some aluminum stock and create a jig
for a bit less than a hundred bucks. :-)

Sorry, I'm not going to be convinced that the thing is worth anywhere
near what they're asking for it, nor does anything more than I can do
with a dial indicator and some scraps. All I see on their horrible
website [yellow text against woodgrain background, I'm dizzy) :-) ] is
them trying to come up with reasons to convince me I need it. Like a
TV infomercial.. "Look what it can do!"

If I were a machinist, you could convince me, but not for woodwork.
It sure is shiny and pretty, though. :-)


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