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My Wixey Digital Angle Gauge and my iGaging Angle Cube are seldom right on. I can zero either of them and to a certain extent move them around and get similar readings but never right on. The Angle Cube seems to be more reliable but I bought the Wixey first and got used to using it and it seems to b...

masonsailor2 wrote:...I just put it on the jointer table and press the calibrate button before I check it. It's magnetic so both ends stick to the table which makes it easy to zero.

YEAH! Now THAT is my kind of calibration check!

I've had the ShopSmith 6" steel square for many years and am quite pleased with it. I'm sure it is not a coincidence that it is just the right size for setting up the SS Bandsaw. It is also well priced and used to come with a functional protective box. My favorite squares are Bridge City Tool W...

...I also didn't have time to align the extension tables with the main table, though I don't think they are out of alignment. I will complete that before I do anything else, though. ... Caution! If you get to the point of starting alignment checks or (OH NO!) alignment "corrections" betwe...

Good looking machines. Keakap where art thou? A fellow islander could use your help! Aloha jpg and mauka! I don't get over here to the SS fori much anymore- been busy with other "stuff". But the "Mauka" handle definitely caught my eye- that, and windward. The 510 looks like a re...

I have come to believe that we make far too much of precision when doing alignments in the wood shop. ... but please tell me how a .005" (or even .015") misalignment of the main table miter slots to blade or fence to blade will adversely effect performance in the shop. I think you've pinn...

Per my manual, even the sanding discs can have a high spot--the alignment instructions, by the book, have you find and mark the high spot (and have you use or navigate around it during alignment). The disc *might* be "flat" but that doesn't mean the disc is perfectly perpendicular to its ...

Man, you guys are depressing me. They have 30 years to figure this crap out before I run into it, but I'm not too hopeful... Consider your self fortunate. You have time, before you are forced to quit work, to set aside funds to cover expenses in your golden years. Start saving NOW. Dusty's advice i...

Well, first blush, Medicare sucks. :( My wife and I had great coverage, really great, wasn't cheap, but great coverage....... Medicare will cost me more annually. How is that possible? :confused: Can't tell you about the presents .... :cool: I don't understand. How does Medicare cost you more. Well...

rjent wrote:

Medicare will cost me more annually. How is that possible?

That's because it's FREE.