http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wixey-WR510-...-/311349577001

Are they any good?

Gunner

Gunner Asch wrote:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wixey-WR510-...-/311349577001

Are they any good?

Gunner

I have no experience with that particular unit , but we had a
digital/fraction readout similar to that on a small drum sander at a cabinet
shop I worked at , and a similar unit built into a "time saver" (bigass
machine!) sander at another . Both worked well .

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Snag

On Mon, 22 Jun 2015 18:12:54 -0500, "Terry Coombs"
wrote:

Gunner Asch wrote:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wixey-WR510-...-/311349577001

Are they any good?

As a convenience? Likely so. I'd find something better to spend my
money on. This is bling, like adding a flowmeter to the helium
regulator at a balloon shop.


I have no experience with that particular unit , but we had a
digital/fraction readout similar to that on a small drum sander at a cabinet
shop I worked at , and a similar unit built into a "time saver" (bigass
machine!) sander at another . Both worked well .

The only problem I see is that this tech solves something which is not
a problem for 99% of woodworkers.

Most woodworkers, though, just plane the second and subsequent boards
to the same thickness as the first, and that's easily doable without a
digital readout.

Digital readouts are irreplaceable in metalworking, but only a bit of
a convenience in most woodworking.

--
Find out what people will submit to, and you have found out the
exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them.
--Frederick Douglass

Larry Jaques wrote:
On Mon, 22 Jun 2015 18:12:54 -0500, "Terry Coombs"
wrote:

Gunner Asch wrote:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wixey-WR510-...-/311349577001

Are they any good?

As a convenience? Likely so. I'd find something better to spend my
money on. This is bling, like adding a flowmeter to the helium
regulator at a balloon shop.


I have no experience with that particular unit , but we had a
digital/fraction readout similar to that on a small drum sander at a
cabinet shop I worked at , and a similar unit built into a "time
saver" (bigass machine!) sander at another . Both worked well .

The only problem I see is that this tech solves something which is not
a problem for 99% of woodworkers.

Most woodworkers, though, just plane the second and subsequent boards
to the same thickness as the first, and that's easily doable without a
digital readout.

Digital readouts are irreplaceable in metalworking, but only a bit of
a convenience in most woodworking.

I'm not "most woodworkers" . I was senior bench man in a multimillion
dollar commercial millwork shop , and "close enough" wasn't . I've built
reception desks that cost over $30,000 and done custom repair work that HAD
to match existing woodwork perfectly .

--
Snag

On Mon, 22 Jun 2015 21:05:53 -0500, "Terry Coombs"
wrote:

Larry Jaques wrote:
On Mon, 22 Jun 2015 18:12:54 -0500, "Terry Coombs"
wrote:

Gunner Asch wrote:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wixey-WR510-...-/311349577001

Are they any good?

As a convenience? Likely so. I'd find something better to spend my
money on. This is bling, like adding a flowmeter to the helium
regulator at a balloon shop.


I have no experience with that particular unit , but we had a
digital/fraction readout similar to that on a small drum sander at a
cabinet shop I worked at , and a similar unit built into a "time
saver" (bigass machine!) sander at another . Both worked well .

The only problem I see is that this tech solves something which is not
a problem for 99% of woodworkers.

Most woodworkers, though, just plane the second and subsequent boards
to the same thickness as the first, and that's easily doable without a
digital readout.

Digital readouts are irreplaceable in metalworking, but only a bit of
a convenience in most woodworking.

I'm not "most woodworkers" . I was senior bench man in a multimillion
dollar commercial millwork shop , and "close enough" wasn't . I've built
reception desks that cost over $30,000 and done custom repair work that HAD
to match existing woodwork perfectly .

OK, so you're one of the few exceptions. A few are PFTC.

But did you really see any vital difference in setting up the planer
digitally vs using the analog scale?

--
Find out what people will submit to, and you have found out the
exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them.
--Frederick Douglass

"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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On Mon, 22 Jun 2015 21:05:53 -0500, "Terry Coombs"
wrote:

Larry Jaques wrote:
On Mon, 22 Jun 2015 18:12:54 -0500, "Terry Coombs"
wrote:

Gunner Asch wrote:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wixey-WR510-...-/311349577001

Are they any good?

As a convenience? Likely so. I'd find something better to spend my
money on. This is bling, like adding a flowmeter to the helium
regulator at a balloon shop.


I have no experience with that particular unit , but we had a
digital/fraction readout similar to that on a small drum sander at a
cabinet shop I worked at , and a similar unit built into a "time
saver" (bigass machine!) sander at another . Both worked well .

The only problem I see is that this tech solves something which is not
a problem for 99% of woodworkers.

Most woodworkers, though, just plane the second and subsequent boards
to the same thickness as the first, and that's easily doable without a
digital readout.

Digital readouts are irreplaceable in metalworking, but only a bit of
a convenience in most woodworking.

I'm not "most woodworkers" . I was senior bench man in a multimillion
dollar commercial millwork shop , and "close enough" wasn't . I've built
reception desks that cost over $30,000 and done custom repair work that
HAD
to match existing woodwork perfectly .

OK, so you're one of the few exceptions. A few are PFTC.

But did you really see any vital difference in setting up the planer
digitally vs using the analog scale?

Accuracy, probably not. Speed quite likely. Time is money.

Bob La Londe wrote:
"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
news
On Mon, 22 Jun 2015 21:05:53 -0500, "Terry Coombs"
wrote:

Larry Jaques wrote:
On Mon, 22 Jun 2015 18:12:54 -0500, "Terry Coombs"
wrote:

Gunner Asch wrote:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wixey-WR510-...-/311349577001

Are they any good?

As a convenience? Likely so. I'd find something better to spend
my money on. This is bling, like adding a flowmeter to the helium
regulator at a balloon shop.


I have no experience with that particular unit , but we had a
digital/fraction readout similar to that on a small drum sander
at a cabinet shop I worked at , and a similar unit built into a
"time saver" (bigass machine!) sander at another . Both worked
well .

The only problem I see is that this tech solves something which is
not a problem for 99% of woodworkers.

Most woodworkers, though, just plane the second and subsequent
boards to the same thickness as the first, and that's easily
doable without a digital readout.

Digital readouts are irreplaceable in metalworking, but only a bit
of a convenience in most woodworking.

I'm not "most woodworkers" . I was senior bench man in a
multimillion dollar commercial millwork shop , and "close enough"
wasn't . I've built reception desks that cost over $30,000 and done
custom repair work that HAD
to match existing woodwork perfectly .

OK, so you're one of the few exceptions. A few are PFTC.

But did you really see any vital difference in setting up the planer
digitally vs using the analog scale?

Accuracy, probably not. Speed quite likely. Time is money.

What Bob said . Though it also gave an edge in accuracy too .

--
Snag

On 6/22/2015 7:01 PM, Gunner Asch wrote:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wixey-WR510-...-/311349577001

Are they any good?

Gunner

Good enough, but not worth the cost to me. I don't think it would be
very hard to just attach a cheap digital caliper to my planer though.
The 6" Harbor Freight 68304 (SAE-metric-fraction), is often on sale for
$10-11 and would work fine.