Lewis Cobb
04-28-2010, 10:12 PM
I finally got my Wixey installed on my PM2000 fence today. It was purchased about 2 years ago, but I just never got around to it until now. Kicking myself for not doing it sooner - this gadget is sweet indeed.
I thought there might be something wrong when I first installed it - it was hellish stiff and hard to slide back and forth. I fiddled with the screws on the back of the head like the instructions said, but the main thing is just to wear it in - I slid it manually back and forth from one end of the sensor rail to the other about 50 times and it's sliding quite well now. Before, the magnet would not even hold it properly when moving the fence to the left, but now it just tags along with the fence in both directions no problem. If anyone is about to install one, keep this "break in period" in mind.
I think I am more excited about this than the purchase of the actual saw itself. There is just something about things digital and the repeatability that I like. Not to mention the incremental feature where I can now nudge the fence .010" to the left and know that it really is .010".
I got a bit carried away and designed up some brackets that I had a friend machine at his place of work - the sensor rail is snug up against the fence rail as a result and it's all neat and tidy.
Here's a little sketchup render I did that shows how the brackets work and a few pics. I made the brackets so they use the existing mounting bolt holes for the fence rail.
Thanks for looking.
Lewis
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn286/LHC_02/PM2000/WixeyBracketInstallationRendering1.jpg
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn286/LHC_02/PM2000/3.jpg
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn286/LHC_02/PM2000/1.jpg
I thought there might be something wrong when I first installed it - it was hellish stiff and hard to slide back and forth. I fiddled with the screws on the back of the head like the instructions said, but the main thing is just to wear it in - I slid it manually back and forth from one end of the sensor rail to the other about 50 times and it's sliding quite well now. Before, the magnet would not even hold it properly when moving the fence to the left, but now it just tags along with the fence in both directions no problem. If anyone is about to install one, keep this "break in period" in mind.
I think I am more excited about this than the purchase of the actual saw itself. There is just something about things digital and the repeatability that I like. Not to mention the incremental feature where I can now nudge the fence .010" to the left and know that it really is .010".
I got a bit carried away and designed up some brackets that I had a friend machine at his place of work - the sensor rail is snug up against the fence rail as a result and it's all neat and tidy.
Here's a little sketchup render I did that shows how the brackets work and a few pics. I made the brackets so they use the existing mounting bolt holes for the fence rail.
Thanks for looking.
Lewis
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn286/LHC_02/PM2000/WixeyBracketInstallationRendering1.jpg
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn286/LHC_02/PM2000/3.jpg
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn286/LHC_02/PM2000/1.jpg