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[email protected] joeljcarver@aol.com is offline
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Default Installing a Wixey Planer Height Guage

.... *The only thing I can suggest is that you locate it so that you can slip a board under the gauge for calibration purposes.

Thanks for all the suggestions.

I went ahead and installed it this afternoon. To calibrate it, I ran a
smooth board through the planer - taking off a small amount. Then I
just places that board under the bar and pressed the "Calibrate - On/
Off" button until the readout was zero. When I removed the board, the
setting of the cutter was on the readout. I checked it against a dial
caliper and they varied by 0.001. I'll take that kind of precision for
wood.

Joel