Review on 📏 Wixey WR510 Digital Readout Fractions: Precision, Accuracy, and Efficiency Combined! by Steven Brouillard

In order for the DeWalt 735 planer, the most popular portable planer on the market, to fit properly, the Wixey 510 needs a redesign. As previously mentioned, the DeWalt 735 has a raised portion on the mounting surface that the 510 must be attached to. This way the 510 will not sit flush on its intended mount. This requires replacing the longer screw in the 735 and the washer underneath the 510 to prevent the 510 from wobbling on the 735 mounting surface. The 510 comes with a VERY small mounting screw that threads into the plastic of the readhead. When reassembling the readhead using different mounting brackets, there is simply too much freedom and the hardware is WAY too small to make this final assembly and adjustment easy enough. This screw is some sort of obscure metric fastener with a non-standard crosshead that easily unscrews when screwed back into the plastic of the reader case. The package specifies a thickness resolution of 0.001 inches (3 significant digits). NO! The resolution is actually +/- 0.005 inches. As such, it is simply not possible to achieve an absolute thickness within an acceptable tolerance for precision woodworking without checking the planed thickness with a manual digital caliper and crawling to the final size. I wanted to avoid this by using the digital display on the machine itself. Finally, the instructions are inadequate and confusing, especially for sizing. It is VERY difficult to calibrate the reading without a caliper.