How a Wixey Was Validated

[dusty]

Anyone who uses or is considering buying a Wixey Angle Indicator might find this interesting.

http://tablesawalignment.com/blog/?p=14

I sure don't regret buying mine.

Browse through all of the links; they are all interesting.

[Ed in Tampa]

[quote="dusty"]Anyone who uses or is considering buying a Wixey Angle Indicator might find this interesting.

http://tablesawalignment.com/blog/?p=14

I sure don't regret buying mine.

Browse through all of the links]


dusty
Since I always resist signing up/regisitering can you tell us why this site is good? What info does it contain that isn't found elsewhere?
thanks!

[dusty]

dusty
Since I always resist signing up/regisitering can you tell us why this site is good? What info does it contain that isn't found elsewhere?
thanks!

It probably does not contain any information that does not appear elsewhere. It is all written so as to impress the reader with the value of the TS-Aligner which is nothing more than fixturing to be used to tuneup your table saw, etc.

The only unique value is that the links to this information are located in one place and then are only of value if when you read it you learn something new.

If you feel at risk you should not go there. I just discarded 127 emails without opening them. Strangely, if they dealt with woodworking in any way I opened them. Guess this might be my Achilles heel.

[weelildaddy]

Dusty:

I guess its my achillies heel too. Even if I pick up one idea or something new then I feel it's worth it. Now then, I have spent a lot of time on the site and perhaps I'm overlooking something but HOW DO YOU LOG OUT of his site?

Arno

[dusty]

Dusty:

I guess its my achillies heel too. Even if I pick up one idea or something new then I feel it's worth it. Now then, I have spent a lot of time on the site and perhaps I'm overlooking something but HOW DO YOU LOG OUT of his site?

Arno

I can't answer that. I don't know. Once I logged on to shopsmith.net Task Manager indicates I am no longer logged on to tablesawalignment.com. That is all I can tell you.

[JPG]

Dusty:

I guess its my achillies heel too. Even if I pick up one idea or something new then I feel it's worth it. Now then, I have spent a lot of time on the site and perhaps I'm overlooking something but HOW DO YOU LOG OUT of his site?

Arno

Also how does one get BACK to MAIN screen?

[reible]

I went there, signed up, got the temporary login, logged in look at the Wixley, looked at the pictures he was using to demonstrate how bad the wixley was and said to myself this guy sure wants to sell me something......

I will not even go into what else came to mind.

Not sure if I will ever go back.

Ed

[W3DRM]

The Wixey WR300 Digital Angle Gauge is available at a 25% discount ($29.99) from Highland Woodworking.

Their website is as follows:

https://www.highlandwoodworking.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=7848

[JPG]

I went there, signed up, got the temporary login, logged in look at the Wixley, looked at the pictures he was using to demonstrate how bad the wixley was and said to myself this guy sure wants to sell me something......

I will not even go into what else came to mind.

Not sure if I will ever go back.

Ed

He didn't really put the wixley DOWN. He actually verified it would do what it is designed to do.
Yes he has something BETTER, but there is also a lot of good information here. Yes it is biased toward 'trying to sell you something' but there is nothing to stop you from gleaning whatever is there. Go beyond the 'entry' screens.

[reible]

Hi,

I got suckered in on the shopsmith gauge which to me was not worth it... it just verified that I can do it without the gauge. I did have a bit of fun playing with it but it will no doubt go down as perhaps the biggest waste of my funds for that year.

If you read more of it you will see that it is using the gauge as a "better then the saw's" but no where as good as what I have to offer. I especially like the 8 sided figure with the 1/8" gap all cut by tilting the blade??? OH come on!

I picked up the Beall rather then the wixley as from what I could tell at the time was more to my liking. There is a post some where he about that. Now that purchase was worth while and I do find that a handy item. They are not the same design and have some feature differences. If some one is in the market I would not just go and buy wixley. When I researched this there were at least two other brands on the market besides the two mentioned. So shop around.
http://www.bealltool.com/products/measuring/tiltbox.php

Where I use to work we had an 800 pound granite surface and most of the tools he has so if I still had access to that I would check my Beall out... We also had a shop with access to optical devices that I might have been able to get access to with a little bribe. (Not that I would have had any ideas as to how to use them.) The old fashion mechanical stuff was much the same as it had been back when I worked in a machine shop... that stuff I know but when you start this new stuff with gradents and such???

BTW his stuff is not new to me, this stuff has been covered in several articals and web sites as well as sold by several companies. I just can't see many wood workers spending the time to do this... nor the machines keeping the precission. If I wanted to do all this I would get a few mills and lathes and start metalworking.

Ed

He didn't really put the wixley DOWN. He actually verified it would do what it is designed to do.
Yes he has something BETTER, but there is also a lot of good information here. Yes it is biased toward 'trying to sell you something' but there is nothing to stop you from gleaning whatever is there. Go beyond the 'entry' screens.