Wixey WR550 Remote Planer Readout

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Wixey WR550 Remote Planer Readout

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Pros & Cons

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Pros

The wixey measuring device is very accurate and very easy to use and also is very repeatable. It is easily calibrated and holds its calibration after being turned off. Never had a problem with the accuracy, calibration, or disturbance from vibration.

Wixey wr550 is a great addition to my powermatic. Installed on a makita model 2030 planer/joiner combination machine. Replacement for the already mentioned powermatic factory dro. This is light years better than the powermatic depth guage.

This is a very easy to use & versatile gauge that will fit on any large surface planer. Readout in decimal inches, fractions and millimeters. Bought two of these, one for my wide=belt sander.

Very nice to now be able to plane lumber to precise thickness, no longer having to check with my caliper.

Repeat cuts are easily obtainable. There's repeatability, and there's accuracy. In woodworking, repeatability is king.

Cons

Almost everytime i use it, i have to recalibrate it. The built in method is useless. It feels a a little cheap - like a harbor freight digital caliper.

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Highlights

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Quality

All in all i am very pleased with the purchase

The quality is impressive and the set up took only a few minutes

Its easy to mount the unit so it measures backwards and not so easy to figure out what you did wrong even with the instructions

I mistakenly mounted it upside down with the result that the readout reads in negative numbers

Shipping

The wr550 came within a couple days and was packaged very well to eliminate shipping damage

Packaging/appearance

I was hesitant after reading reviews on the powermatic dro extremely happy i chose the wixey

On the powermatic planer the wr550 was mounted to the outfeed table which takes 15 minutes if youre slow

Was a little painful installing had to rig up a wooden bracket

Competitiveness

They have 12 photos of the unit mounted on a powermatic 15hh my planer

It is a great improvment for the planner operations

The powermatic dro also received negative reviews online

Took an hour and a half to install on my powermatic 15hh planer

Overview

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This product had a total of 218 reviews as of our last analysis date on Oct 21 2023.