magnetic blade angle detector

I recently bought digital angle guage that magnetically attaches to my tablesaw blade. It detects the angle of the blade cut. My question is whether it actually measures the angle in relationship to the tablesaw or true level.

Robin

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rlz
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Place it on the table and zero it out. When attached to the blade it will then be referenced off the table.

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Nova

I guess I'll have to read the instructions and see how to do that. I used it for the first time yesterday and my 45 degree (based on the gauge) cuts didn't match up when I built a small frame.

Robin

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rlz

What he said.

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SonomaProducts.com

Either that or use it to level the table first.

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EXT

That depends, if you zero it on your table then put it on the blade its relative to the table.

If not its just true to level.

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woodchucker

Assuming it was zeroed to true level to begin with, not likely.

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Leon

Oh hell no, read the directions as a last resort! :~)

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Leon

----------------------------------- That's cheating.

Lew

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Lew Hodgett

Actually I have one that is similar. I don't use it much, but it was dead on, Checked with a level, and it is very good. Mine is the tiltbox ii, not as good resolution as the wixey.. but well made, and batteries have lasted for about 2 years.

I have used it with a steel stud (pretty straight) for grading single handedly. played with it in the shop, and it's good, but I don't find it that useful for WW needs in the shop.

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woodchucker

I have had one too for years, it is the only way I set my bevel angle on my TS. But these measuring devises do not indicate level, rather they indicate the degree of tilt from where it was last zeroed.

My batteries started lasting much longer after realizing that the tight fitting case pressed the" on button" if I was not careful sliding it back inside the case.

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Leon

One thing to keep in mind. Don't lean on the table when reading the device. When I first got mine, my cuts were way off. Then I realized that, when bending down to read the angle readout with the cube on the blade, I was leaning on the table which wasn't sitting perfectly flat on my sloping concrete garage floor. This changed the angle of the table, ever so slightly, but enough to change the readout by at least a few 10ths... plenty enough to mess up a miter joint.

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