I'm trying to get a repeatable thicknessing workflow.
I have a Wixey WR550 digital planer gauge installed on my CU300 combo machine.
If I set the thickness on the Wixey gauge to, for example, 0.75 inches and lock down the planer bed, the Wixey reads 0.725-0.735 after the first board is planed then the gauge seems to fluctuate around 0.735 +/- .015 for subsequent boards.
It seems strange that the planar bed moves upward toward the cutter during the first cut. I suspect the problem is that the mount I created for the digital gauge isn't stiff enough, and is moving a little during the first cut.
Running three short pine boards through the locked thicknesser shows they are the same, +/- .003"
Maybe I am expecting too much precision from this machine and the Wixey.
Anyone have an experience to share?
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