Wixley Digital gage for Powermatic 209HH planer?

[Jim Stewart]

I have a Powermatic 209HH thickness planer and I was wondering about the Wixley Digital gage for it. Has anyone installed one on this machine? Results?

[David Kumm]

I have one on my Delta DC 33 and it works great. Not like a proscale but a good unit for the money. Dave

[Robert Maloney]

Powermatic/Jet makes one that bolts right on to your planer. Your manual should have detailed instructions. At least my 15HH did. I know they are avaiable for about $150.

[david brum]

There are a couple of examples of the Wixey mounted onto 209 planers on the Wixey site http://www.wixey.com/planer/fit/index.html. Go down the page. I have one mounted on my 15" planer. It made it a much more accurate machine. Makes you wonder why they don't just come with them (or something like them).

[glenn bradley]

I have a Wixey on my lunchbox and on my tablesaw. I have a Griz 15" planer and bought their longer DRO (http://www.grizzly.com/products/12-Digital-Scale-with-Remote-Readout-Inch-Metric-Fraction/T23012) for it. As David stated, they really ought to just come with one.

[Peter Quinn]

I have a Wixey on my lunchbox and on my tablesaw. I have a Griz 15" planer and bought their longer DRO (http://www.grizzly.com/products/12-Digital-Scale-with-Remote-Readout-Inch-Metric-Fraction/T23012) for it. As David stated, they really ought to just come with one.I got used to using an industrial planer at work that came with a digital read out built in, no other way to tell where you are actually. I had to add the Wixey on the home planer, i just couldn't function properly without it. I don't think of a board as 3/4" anymore, my brain works in thousands of an inch, so my planer has to as well.

[Mike Delyster]

I have one on my planer and my sander, they are easy to install and work great. You won't regret the purchase.

[Curt Harms]

If you're creative in mounting it, This little fella works pretty good. I have the 12" on a Jet Jointer/Planer. They're invaluable there because of having to move the planer bed frequently. Battery life has been an issue in the past with inexpensive DROs but I've had mine about a year I think and it's still on its original batteries. And it holds its calibration.
6" -- http://www.grizzly.com/products/6-Digital-Scale-Inch-Metric-Fraction/T23015
12" -- http://www.grizzly.com/products/12-Digital-Scale-with-Remote-Readout-Inch-Metric-Fraction/T23012

(http://www.grizzly.com/products/12-Digital-Scale-with-Remote-Readout-Inch-Metric-Fraction/T23012)

[Bryan Cowing]

I got this during a sale for $40. :D I used existing bolts, threaded holes for mounting on my 209 HH.
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[Mike Goetzke]

Don't know if all the bolts are in the same place but I attached a readout to my G0453PX w/o needing to drill anything:


http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?162264-Wixey-Remote-Planer-DRO-on-a-Grizzly-G0453PX-15-quot-Planer&highlight=%2Bwixey+%2Bremote