Rob Lindquist
02-02-2010, 3:51 PM
After seeing the Wixey equipment on this site I bought through Amazon so SMC would get a cut.
I bought the decimal/fraction calipers and the DRO for the RC-33 planer I bought for $200:D.
Install was fairly easy. The only problem is the calipers and the DRO do not measure the same piece of wood the same. The DRO seems calibrated fine .750 comes out as close to .750 as I can tell with a scale, but the calipers always shows about .006 less than the DRO. Putting the wood under the DRO shows .000, taking it back out it returns to .750. I tried measuring other pieces and the same results. Tonight I will bring home another dial calipers (Starett) and see what I get. Also I will bring home some of my micrometers and use the calibration pieces that come with them so I know exactly how thick the piece is I am measuring.
I'm not too concerned yet, but how close is close enough with wood?
I bought the decimal/fraction calipers and the DRO for the RC-33 planer I bought for $200:D.
Install was fairly easy. The only problem is the calipers and the DRO do not measure the same piece of wood the same. The DRO seems calibrated fine .750 comes out as close to .750 as I can tell with a scale, but the calipers always shows about .006 less than the DRO. Putting the wood under the DRO shows .000, taking it back out it returns to .750. I tried measuring other pieces and the same results. Tonight I will bring home another dial calipers (Starett) and see what I get. Also I will bring home some of my micrometers and use the calibration pieces that come with them so I know exactly how thick the piece is I am measuring.
I'm not too concerned yet, but how close is close enough with wood?