🔢 Wixey WR550 Remote Planer Digital Readout Review

I installed it on my 15" jet planer per the instructions and didn't have to drill any holes. After tightening the knob on the sensor bar in the last step of the calibration, the sensor bar still moves sideways a lot. The instructions say to tighten the handle very firmly, but that still doesn't solve the problem. Note. Movement will affect the accuracy of readings while the machine is running. However, I moderately stabilized the sensor bar to the planer with a spring clip, and the test cut and

Great improvement over planer scale. I was confused and had trouble understanding the installation instructions for the device. Nobody has posted a full size planer installation video on youtube. Somehow I found a suggestion to go to Wixey.com and look at the photos. They have 12 photos of the unit mounted on a Powermatic 15HH (my planer). Then it became clear and I used rare earth magnets to position the magnet holder and scale. Then once it was in place I used a center punch to make an…

I bought these about a year ago and installed them on my 18" Woodmaster planer. Vibration, sizing isn't very easy and it occasionally loses sizing. The first thing I did when it arrived was making an aluminum profile bracket to mount on my planer. This part was pretty easy. After assembly, I sent the board through the planner and used their calibration mode and readhead mount to take readings. Not a very accurate method, but it kind of came close. There is a manual calibration mode that allows…