📏 Wixey WR510 Digital Readout Fractions: Precision, Accuracy, and Efficiency Combined! Review

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

I installed this on my Harbor Freight planer. It took a whopping 30 minutes including cutting the slab to measure the thickness. He cut the first cut within 0.003 of the specified value. I am asking anyone who can tell me why it is not cost effective and time saving to use these lunch box slicers. The best part is the first haircut. The roller stops passing and waits for contact with the cutting tool. Just turn on the microphone on the board and choose the first deletion. I had several choices…

I like it! It's much more useful and easier to zero than I expected. I thought it was only telling me the absolute elevation setting or with incremental changes. Little did I know that you could also take a piece of freshly planed lumber, lift the gauge and get an absolute measure of the thickness of the board. Which then answered my question on how to zero it. Just press the button with this board and it will reset to zero. The instructions are terrible and there are different parts for…