Starrett

[Steve Roxberg]

Starrett 505A-12 ProSite 12-Inch Dial Protractor

You know how Amazon has crazy prices sometimes.

They have this Protractor by Starrett, which lists for $95, and most vendors are selling for $65 dollars on sale, with free shipping for

$35

I was considering one, they look really nice and that's a great price.

[Doug Shepard]

Thanks for the alert. I've had that on my Nice-To-Have list for a while but couldn't pass it up at that price. Mine showed up yesterday. I'm still puzzling over the instructions printed on it though, with the whole red-dial/red-pointer vs black for multiple vs single cuts. I get that the readings are just the complementary angle from each other but cant quite determine what those directions are getting at. I'm sure I'll figure it out.

[Mario Lucchesi]

Thank you very much for the heads up on this, I will have to see if I can latch on to one this morning.

Thank you.

[Chuck Saunders]

Hi Doug,
I got mine a couple of days ago and I am with you. I think that there is a lot of extra marking on the dial considering that all it is doing is dividing by 2. I think it would be cleaner if they just left the red off.

I made the mistake and ordered the sheath for it, what a cheap piece of junk vinyl, reminds me of the dimestore cowboy set.

As for the protractor, $35 is about what it is worth. I was disappointed that the marking was just printed and not etched. Once the numbers wear off I have a nice bevel gage to go with my $6 Stanleys.