Hi, Tried this post a while back and didn’t get any replys. Thought I would try again and then just go for it.
I’m installing the Wixey digital gauge on my DeWalt 735 planer but am having a problem.
If you have installed one on your 735 please contact me. It’s probably a simple thing I’m just overlooking.
Thanks!
Brian
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I have a 735 and have considered the digital readout. Please post your review here. Thanks.
I put a Wixley on my 735 using pop rivets. Working great!! Everything else was easy.
Barry in WV
Hi, Pop rivets huh? Never used them. Just a matter of placing a rivet in some sort of riveter and placing it against the scale and popping it in right?
Bruce was saying there is only a very small clearence behind the scale.
Brian
Yes, There is a tool to expand them. Drilled a hole through the scale while the unit was attached to the scale with the supplied 2 sided tape at the appropriate position. Pop'ed the rivets into the holes and it is SECURE. I accidently sat a miter saw on the planer and it bent the digital guage. Did not move it. Straightend out the guage and working as new.
Barry in WV
Brian, what problem are you having??? I have a Wixey on my Delta, did a slight modification to their instructions for installation. Just curious.
Hi Jamie-
It's really kind of dumb. I just wanted to make sure I have the frame placed correctly before drilling for screws. The bottom of the frame that sticks out and is the portion used to zero or calibrate is supposed to be exactly level with the planer bed or, as the instructions say, level with or "slightly above it". Which? I would think exactly level.
Thanks Jamie, Brian
"...level with or "slightly above it". Which? I would think exactly level." IMHO, it doesn't matter because I don't use the scale to gauge the thickness of my starting stock anyway. It's waayyyy too hard and certainly unnecessary to get an exact reading of the pre-planed stock. All you have to do is breath on it, and it's going to move a few thousandths anyway. If I'm feeling compulsive, I pull out the digital calipers.
I got the gauge bottom as close as possible to the level of the table, calibrated it, and off I went. I live with a slight (.02?) different between the gauge and my dial calipers. "It's wood" I tell myself.forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
Hi Jamie-
I know you're right but I have driven people nuts with my OCD for years. Even the fact that wood moves and won't be exactly as I cut it forever and ever drives me up a tree. You either love me or want to put a bullet in my head ;)
A little update. I was going to get the Veritas sharpening machine but decided on the Work sharp WS3000. Figured I will put the $100.00 I save toward a new jointer and TS. Thinking seriously of the Griz 12" jointer. A little overkill for now but it will probably be my last one and I want to get the biggest I can afford right now. It's a beauty.
Still haven't decided on the TS...Powermatic is looking good right now along with a couple others. Would like to have a sliding table but not too many choices include one. Heres a question for you...3 HP vs 5 HP and 1 and 3 phase machines? Alot to sort out. Do you think I really need a 5 HP table? I'm just thinking I want to get equipment that will last for the remainder of my life and am in a position to pay for it now so I might as well get the best. I don't think of ever going pro but in my retirement years will be doing alot of production work for craft shows etc...
Hope you and the ponies are well kiddo!
Brian
"You either love me or want to put a bullet in my head ;)" Jeeeez, I hope there's some middle-ground somewhere! ROFL.
As far as 1-phase v. 3-phase, I would opt for 1-phase unless you already have the 3-phase power. You might want to cruise Craig's List for awhile and see what you think of the resale value of the 3P machines I get a feeling that it might not be all that great. Tom over here in Seattle had 3P in his building when he bought it, so he was able to pick up a honkin' compresser for free because it was 3P. I think the rest of his stuff is single phase.
Horsepower really depends on what you think you might be cutting and how much, wouldn't it? 3HP will be plenty for me, but I won't be handling a whole lot of big, thick stock and the way things are going now, not very much either. That's 'cause the ponies and me are doing just great! but I'm busier than a yellowjacket at a picnic.
You super-sure about that Worksharp. I haven't looked closely at the LV unit, but the Worksharp has it's limitations, for sure. Maybe they share limitations, ya think? Whichever, enjoy it! I'll be sticking with Scary Sharp for another year, probably. $$$$$$$
forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
Yep, Thinking 3Hp 1 phase is about I'll ever need. Getting real excited about getting new machinery!!
Well I made a very last minute decision on the sharpening machine and went with the WorkSharp3000. Money played a part but I was really encouraged by the good things said from folks here. Didn't here anything negative really. I think it will fill the bill nicely even tho I will always have that "what if" thing in the back of my head. Scary Sharp is the way to go if you have the patience...I do not. I know I know...still doesn't take that long but...well that's me.
I really didn't see that big a difference in the WS and the LV. The underneath honing was sort of gimicky. The WS will work fine. Hey the weather round these parts has been nice. Same up there?
Brian
Been there too. Not being fond of the sticky tape for that application, I opted to drill new holes in the gauge and the planer scale and put 10/24 screws in from the back side since there is very little clearance. I am going to modify that and use slightly larger screws and tap the DeWalt scale and install the screws from the front and grind them off till they just go through the planer scale. Also you will also have to do a little shimming behind the Wixey to keep it straight, otherwise things will bind up. Yes, It's a lot of monkey business.
When you drill the Wixey frame you will want to elongate the holes(vertically) so you can set the bottom of that 90deg. angle flush with the planer bed.
Work Safe, Count to 10 when your done for the day !!
Bruce S.
Thanks Bruce, I was just a little nervous drilling the screw holes in the right spot. I just want to be sure that the frame bottom where it sticks out and is used for calibration should be exactly level with the planer bed. The instructions say level with or "just above". ????
Thx, Brian
It doesn't have to be exactly level, but it absolutely cannot be below. That's why they say "level or just above." If it's 1/32" above, say, then when you set your piece into the gauge to measure the thickness, it will be slightly tilted, since the other end sitting on the infeed table will be 1/32" below. That tilt translates into an error in the thickness measurement. But for all intents and purposes, it's utterly negligible (a few parts per million for a 12" long piece and 1/32" offset). On the other hand, if the gauge is below the table, then you get a much greater error, one that's equal to the offset.
I set mine about 1/32" above.
-Steve
Thanks Steve, All I needed to know. Just get nervous putting screws into something like that.
Brian
Be carefull with sheet metal screws, there is only about 3/16" clearance behind the planer scale.
Work Safe, Count to 10 when your done for the day !!
Bruce S.
I accidently deleted your reply mentioning the size of screw to use. What was it 10/24 or something like that?
Thx, Brian
Yoy got it, 10/24.Work Safe, Count to 10 when your done for the day !!
Bruce S.
Cool. Started to install it this evening and broke the one drill bit I needed. Off to HD I guess.
Brian
Pop rivits !!!!!!! I wish I would have thought of that, that is a great idea. And I have the gun and rivits buried in a drawer that I forgot about.Work Safe, Count to 10 when your done for the day !!
Bruce S.
I went ahead and used the screws. It's installed and working great.
Thx for the help. Brian
Question about pop rivets in this situation: How difficult would the be to remove?forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
You can pop them off ;-) Not really, but a dremel tool with a little grinding wheel will work, or you can carefully drill them out with the proper sized drill bit. It's a pretty simple task as most of them are made of aluminum.
Work Safe, Count to 10 when your done for the day !!
Bruce S.
Edited 2/13/2008 12:41 pm ET by BruceS
I just laid my combination square rule on the planer bed and then adjusted the height screw on the wixey till it just kissed the rule.Work Safe, Count to 10 when your done for the day !!
Bruce S.
I put a Wixey digital scale on my new DeWalt. Decided not to drill holes in the scale. Use a couple of layers of 3M's VHB tape. We call it "ballistic tape" at work.
Edited 2/12/2008 10:09 am ET by DaveRichards
Hello Dave-UHB? Ultra High..what? Do you really trust it to stay in place? My garage gets pretty hot during the summer. Thinking I'll go with a couple small sheet metal screws and spritz them with an anti slip product.
Brian
Very High Bond. Yeah, I trust it. It's used for holding things on the outsides of vehicles traveling at high rates of speed. I don't have any worries. I don't have room in my shop to get my planer up to highway speed. :D.
Actually we use it at work to mount things like isolation transformers to vertical surfaces on anesthesia machines. Never had one fall off.
Edited 2/12/2008 10:15 am ET by DaveRichards
Very cool. Is it available say at big box stores or maybe automotive places?
Brian
Probably at an auto parts store. I think we get it from Grainger.
Where abouts are you located? Never heard of a Grainger automotive store. Betting it's part of a big chain like Checkers/Kragens.
Thanks Dave.
Brian
I'm in Minnesota. Grainger isn't an automotive parts store. Check out this link.
Thx, I know what to look for now. Brian
My apologies. It is Very High Bond. I corrected my previous posts for future readers.
McMaster Carr has it. Search VHB.
Thx
B
what kind of problem are you having? I've just installed mine and I think it's just great!
David I.
Small problem. All taken care of and installed. Working great. I was just being dumb...again.
Thanks, Brian
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