Digital angle gauge

chiroindixon · Post by **chiroindixon** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 8:12 pm

Guess this old soldier is just "brain dead".....but if that thing is magnetic, why would the miter bar not suffice instead of the tenon jig base?

You can expand the bar to stick tight and measure from there....that should take out the "slop"....Magnets on mine stick fine....

Great, I think it will work....but now Dusty and Tobey will now start a thread on measuring compound angles.....

Doc

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 8:21 pm

Now Doc, that just might be a good thread. Just how accurate can we make compound cuts using the Shopsmith as our major tool. Since it was your idea though, I think you should start it.

Yes the miter bar will work, sorta. If you are happy with that methodology - that is the method you should use.

Actually, you can just hold it tight to the table by hand. That works too.

crousetrodomis · Post by **crousetrodomis** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 11:05 pm

When all else fails.........duct tape. (stay away from liquid nails.........one time I nevermind, you dont want to know.)

Ed in Tampa · Post by **Ed in Tampa** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 12:57 am

dusty wrote:mt.

With a larger base, as pictured, it is no longer unstable. I believe I have solved that problem, at least for myself.

With the larger base, I thing that Ed in Tampa might even take a liking to the Wixey and Dial indicator.

Dusty you might be right. The biggest thing I had against these instruments was their susceptibility to movement and being jiggled out original position.
Using the tennoning plate provides a large enough foundation to keep this unwanted movement to a mimimium.
Great Idea.
Ed

kd6vpe · Post by **kd6vpe** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 4:25 pm

Dusty,
You are teaching me well. Just another way of using the Wixey. The fence helped me keep the wixey straight for an accurate reading. I have a tenon master but this was easier since I needed the fence to make the cuts it saved me time.

charlese · Post by **charlese** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 11:12 pm

kd6vpe wrote:Dusty,
You are teaching me well. Just another way of using the Wixey. The fence helped me keep the wixey straight for an accurate reading. I have a tenon master but this was easier since I needed the fence to make the cuts it saved me time.

Holy Cow! KD! Very nice 22.5 degree angles!!! Proof that a Wixey and a Mark V go good together.

Your photos illustrate your system very well!

backhertz · Post by **backhertz** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 9:11 am

I thought this thread was dead & then I noticed the little numbers....the thread is fine. It's my brain.
Here is where I got my gauge from:
http://www.craftsmanstudio.com/html_p/C019003.htm

Tony

kd6vpe · Post by **kd6vpe** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 8:46 pm

Chuck,
That was a six sided birdbath a 30 degrees. You are right it should have been 22.5 degrees at eight sides. When I tried to turn it I ran out of wood and it broke and flew off the chuck. I was turning slow so no real dander. So back to the Wixey at 22.5 degrees and see what happens there. I love learning to do woodworking.

charlese · Post by **charlese** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 9:39 pm

It is embarrassing to find that I can no longer count. I would have sworn there were 8 sides to that house!:o

retcaptb · Post by **retcaptb** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 3:07 am

Take a small 6" long by 1" wide steel strap material no thicker than 1/8" - bend the end over 90' making a "L" shape. Put the Small "L"end into the saw slot or over the side of the table and use the guage on it. It has a magnet inside the bottom of the guage. Nothing to hard to do in a vise. Use a hand held sledge to bend it over 90'. Not to complicated to do out of scrap metal that any metal shop or hardware store( H.D. - Lowes- Ace-True Value-Ect...) might sell.

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