Planer Upgrade  2                                                3-2023

 

Installing the Digital Read Out Continued

 

Here you can see the location I chose for the read out, which is the front of the machine. The large handle at the top is the height adjustment so it makes it easy to see what you're adjusting.
 

 

 

The arrow is pointing the removable lid to the battery compartment. This makes it super easy when replacing the two AAA batteries.
 

 

 

Wixey gives you more cable than you need but they also supply you with four sticky-backed plastic cable management pieces. I placed a third one just out of view near the scale that is mounted at the back. I cleaned this area with lacquer thinner before sticking them down.
 

 

 

I wrote this info near the height adjustment hand wheel the first week I used it. However, it's only an approximant amount. But now with my new digital read out I won't have to wonder how much I'm actually removing, because now it will be exact.
 

 

 

The number that you see is the size I needed for a new project that I've been working on. And I confirmed this number was correct by using my machinist calipers.

I used four pieces of this size to make up a block that I glued together equaling 4.500 inches.
 

 

 

Here you can see one of the blocks I was talking about and it came out exactly what I wanted.

So far I'm very happy with this Wixey digital read out and highly recommend it to anyone that wants or needs to be more accurate than guessing at the amount you're removing.
 

 

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