Aussiephil
8th February 2021, 11:46 PM
Disclaimer: I do not have a direct or indirect financial or other interest in the product or the provider (including friendship).
For reference the unit being reviewed is the v2 of the unit on the Wixey product pages Wixey.com - Saw Fence Digital Readout (http://www.wixey.com/fence/index.html)
The key update a couple years ago was to go to using AAA batteries and the units now have +- buttons to fine tune the calibration.
The WR700 is a Digital Readout (DRO) for your table saw fence that can measure out to 60"
489339 489340
I won't go into what saws it will fit except to say it seems to be fairly universal, it was a bolt on fit for my Harvey Ambassador C200.
Once calibrated it is simple to read off the measurement, it's clear and large enough to be seen without issue. It is not backlit but to be honest if you needed it backlit you don't have enough light to be using your TS in the first place.
I dialed in the calibration with a couple of test cuts and then proceed to make a small decorative holder for jars
489344
the base was 300mm long and the thin stretchers were 19.3mm shorter. No guessing needed, I measured the two ends with calipers and then went into incremental mode and shifted the fence -19.3 and made the cross cut, the ends were then cut at 110mm.
After moving the fence around I went back and repeated the cuts on some scraps and compared the lengths .... I could not feel a difference in length so they were to me essentially perfectly matched.
To me this gives great repeatability if you need to go back a repeat a cut at a certain length.
As i have a HiLo fence I actually made a quick jig up to position the fence for calibration when swapping the fence orientation.
Score:
Highly recommended especially for repeatability of cut without fiddling around.
Cheers
Phil
PS so impressed i have now ordered a WR510 for the thickness planner
For reference the unit being reviewed is the v2 of the unit on the Wixey product pages Wixey.com - Saw Fence Digital Readout (http://www.wixey.com/fence/index.html)
The key update a couple years ago was to go to using AAA batteries and the units now have +- buttons to fine tune the calibration.
The WR700 is a Digital Readout (DRO) for your table saw fence that can measure out to 60"
489339 489340
I won't go into what saws it will fit except to say it seems to be fairly universal, it was a bolt on fit for my Harvey Ambassador C200.
Once calibrated it is simple to read off the measurement, it's clear and large enough to be seen without issue. It is not backlit but to be honest if you needed it backlit you don't have enough light to be using your TS in the first place.
I dialed in the calibration with a couple of test cuts and then proceed to make a small decorative holder for jars
489344
the base was 300mm long and the thin stretchers were 19.3mm shorter. No guessing needed, I measured the two ends with calipers and then went into incremental mode and shifted the fence -19.3 and made the cross cut, the ends were then cut at 110mm.
After moving the fence around I went back and repeated the cuts on some scraps and compared the lengths .... I could not feel a difference in length so they were to me essentially perfectly matched.
To me this gives great repeatability if you need to go back a repeat a cut at a certain length.
As i have a HiLo fence I actually made a quick jig up to position the fence for calibration when swapping the fence orientation.
Score:
Highly recommended especially for repeatability of cut without fiddling around.
Cheers
Phil
PS so impressed i have now ordered a WR510 for the thickness planner