On Sat, 20 Feb 2021 17:08:28 -0600, Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet
wrote:

On 2/20/2021 5:03 PM, Bob D wrote:
A digital height guage for my planer and my router lift would be really nice if its repeatable. Wixey makes add-on guages for both applications. Does anyone have experience with either?

Thanks,
Bob



I put one on my 15" Delta planer 10+ years ago.. Fit is crotchety and
would get hung up.
I would not buy another one of those.

I am looking closely at the Wixey remote digital readout however and may
get one for my new
jointer/planer.

I would rather have a mechanical gauge. They attach to the elevation
crank wheel rod. It counts revolutions and parts of a revolution.

There is one offered for my model in Europe but I would want imperial vs
metric.

I had a few of the Wixey readouts. The one that was really slick was
the TS gauge. Unfortunately, all Wixey stuff is crap. They burn
though batteries so fast the battery is dead every time I want to use
the readout and they're built like crap. My TS readout failed, which
Wixey replaced once and it failed again. I replaced the readout and
it too failed. Poor mechanical design with crappy electronics made
with cheap plastic. A real winning combination. Nice idea, very poor
implementation.