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19th April 2016, 01:32 PM #1
cheap digital inclinometer
thats right I just found out today that such a device does exist and some of them are quite cheap
just wondering if any one has experience with these.
I know what it is like trying to set up angles accurately using measuring guages etc and [not real fancy] eyes. The results are generally not that accurate.
I need to cut a mortise with an accurate 1 deg angle on the floor. I usually cut wedges from mdf at the said angle and rest those under the mortise cutting template. Cutting several wedges exactly all the same is a bit of a pipe dream around here. see here for a bit of an inkling as to what I am doing. You can see the little angle finder in the second pic when you scroll down
thinking on getting one of these little gismos to help make things a little more accurate. Using it will negate me fussing over cutting accurate wedges and should make things a bit more straight forward. i see carbatec has one for $69 a bit shorter than the one above -- the same as units going on the bay for $35 or so
what do you blokes reckon??
ray c
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19th April 2016, 06:06 PM #2SENIOR MEMBER
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I have a square one, can't think of the brand as I am at work. Has a couple of magnets in the bottom. I find it to be fantastic. Worth every cent for setting up machinery and getting accurate angles on saw blades etc. You won't regret it.
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19th April 2016, 07:06 PM #3
What Yowie said. Well worth the money.
Those were the droids I was looking for.
https://autoblastgates.com.au
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19th April 2016, 07:55 PM #4Woodworking mechanic
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I bought a square one too. Great bit of kit. About $39 on eBay. Only regret is that it didn't come with a backlight - essential as far as I'm concerned or maybe it's the lighting in my shed
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19th April 2016, 08:14 PM #5
look up "Clinometer" for an android phone
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19th April 2016, 09:25 PM #6.
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I have 5 of these devices. I got my first one back in 2007 and now have 2 Wixeys, A Tiltbox and cheap Chinese one that east batteries, and the Tiltmeter iPhone App.
The Wixeys I use setting up to chainsaw mill logs, setting up the bandsaw mill, and sharpening chainsaws chains - I keep one at home and one it the car so I always have one on hand.
The magnets are brilliant and allow me to stick them in awkward spots.
They get pretty dusty and greasy and fall of machines etc which is something I'd rather not expose my mobile to.
The Tiltbox is my goto device for woodwork around the shed. I tend to keep this clean
The iPhone app is good for somethings but not others.
I like the way it gives X-Y tilt simultaneously making it useful to level the caravan. My IPhone has a rubber case so it does not give a steady read out on anything with even the slight vibration and even with the protective rubber case off the fact that it has a curved back means it's not much better. It seems to jump around in the last decimal place by +/- 0.2º whereas the Wixey's and tilt box will sit steady at the nearest 0.05º - I have no idea how right this is although all my reverse checks one way and then the other always combine to the correct angles - of course both angles could be wrong.
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19th April 2016, 10:03 PM #7Woodworking mechanic
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Found this. Good brand, good price!
https://www.vektools.com.au/digipas-...edo-level.html
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19th April 2016, 10:56 PM #10
Sorry, I don't recall where I purchased mine. I bought it at the same time as the Wixie for the tablesaw fence. I think that this was cheaper to get from the USA.
Here is a link to Rockler with details of the new Wixie ..
Wixey Digital Angle Gauge with Backlight| Rockler Woodworking and Hardware
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20th April 2016, 12:44 PM #11
amazingly there is an inclinometer for windows phone which I downloaded - i immediately noted one problem however. it works well showing any deviation from level for 360deg and flips to a level when i turn the phone on edge showing degrees. very neat -
The fact remains that few of my benches or machines are any where near dead level and it would be helpful to be able to reset it so that it reads level on any given surface.
do any of the units above mentioned have that feature?Last edited by old_picker; 20th April 2016 at 12:45 PM. Reason: spelling
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20th April 2016, 12:49 PM #12SENIOR MEMBER
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Yep, pretty sure they all do.
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20th April 2016, 04:30 PM #13
One of the issues with digital levels is that they are insensitive to small changes in angle. Several months ago I went searching for an inexpensive (I was prepared to pay up to $150) digital level. I found a few, but discovered that one could raise up one end by 1/2" and not see any change in the angle number. A bubble was more responsive.
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