Thread: Height guage for thicknesser setup question?????

I am not sure how you set them up but if you send it to me I will figure it out and send it back. Honest.

I can picture the posty turning up at 's with a Hammer Combo & a digital height gauge.

Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers

I can picture the posty turning up at 's with a Hammer Combo & a digital height gauge.

Not likely!!!
Call off the hounds - I played around with it tonight and came up with a solution - but I'd still like to hear any suggestions.
Not much chop at describing these sort of things but here goes. I've already cut a 5mm thread in the table so I could attach the top end of the gauge with a spacer and bolt. Next I'll make a bracket with a slotted mount to clamp the readout to the wall of the machine. I've already run a piece of timber through at the minimum setting which is 4.2mm thick. Then I just have to put a piece of the timber between the readout and the bottom clamp, hit zero, then move the readout back down to the clamp and tighten the screw/s that secures the readout to the wall. Done and dusted I hope! Does that make any sense

Originally Posted by TTIT

Done and dusted I hope! Does that make any sense

Makes perfect sense to me

Will make sure that I'm home when you deliver it

Originally Posted by TTIT

Not likely!!!
Call off the hounds - I played around with it tonight and came up with a solution - but I'd still like to hear any suggestions.
Not much chop at describing these sort of things but here goes. I've already cut a 5mm thread in the table so I could attach the top end of the gauge with a spacer and bolt. Next I'll make a bracket with a slotted mount to clamp the readout to the wall of the machine. I've already run a piece of timber through at the minimum setting which is 4.2mm thick. Then I just have to put a piece of the timber between the readout and the bottom clamp, hit zero, then move the readout back down to the clamp and tighten the screw/s that secures the readout to the wall. Done and dusted I hope! Does that make any sense

This is my setup on the DeWalt Thicknesser.

I mounted it with the scale pointing down so it isn't sticking out above the head and vulnerable. It uses two threaded holes that were originally used to bolt on the thing the cable wraps round for storage. I put the scale at the back corner where it is least likely to get knocked and put an aluminium guard around it (removed for one of the pictures).

To calibrate, thickness a piece of wood and then cut a bit off the end so it clamps between the jaws. It's hard to hold a long piece square in the jaws so you need to cut off a short piece. There is no advantage in using a thin piece, apart from the ability to keep it square.

Hope this helps.

Originally Posted by Glennet

This is my setup on the DeWalt Thicknesser.

I mounted it with the scale pointing down so it isn't sticking out above the head and vulnerable. It uses two threaded holes that were originally used to bolt on the thing the cable wraps round for storage. I put the scale at the back corner where it is least likely to get knocked and put an aluminium guard around it (removed for one of the pictures).

To calibrate, thickness a piece of wood and then cut a bit off the end so it clamps between the jaws. It's hard to hold a long piece square in the jaws so you need to cut off a short piece. There is no advantage in using a thin piece, apart from the ability to keep it square.

Hope this helps.

Thanks Glennet! Your Wixey gauge is a shi$load fancier than the El-Cheapo one I bought but the basics are still there. Mine doesn't have the ability to enter an offset like the one our club has and the display is part of the gauge so it needs to be near the height adjuster. In the finish I found an even easier way of calibrating mine. I fitted the readout using a thumbscrew so now I just have wind the table right up, allow the readout to drop to the bottom of it's travel, hit zero, then move the readout upwards until it reads 4.2mm and tighten the screw - very quick and easy for this very basic unit
I should add that the scale on the Hammer is actually very accurate if your eyesight is good enough and you're happy to get on your knees to get down low enough to read it - my eyes are dodgie at best and the Hafco scale was only about $50 so it just seemed a whole lot easier...