Which Wixey angle gauge (table saw)

[kurt18947]

I haven't had much luck with Wixey either although the two devices, planer depth gauge and angle cube are both older, probably 1st generation. iGaging is selling an angle cube for $29.95. I have a 12" iGaging DRO that I'm happy with. Battery life is about 2 years with 2 CR2032 batteries depending on usage.

https://www.igagingstore.com/Digital-Mag...203922.htm

The iGaging angle cube uses a 9 volt battery which they claim is good for 250 hours. I wonder how long the battery lasts if installed but the angle cube isn't used very frequently.

[doobes]

I've got one of the original Wixey angle gages. Not overly enamored of it

It eats batteries to the point that I take the battery out when I'm not using it.

The last time I went to use it, it didn't want to start up. I had to take the battery out a couple of times and finally got it to register by beating it on the TS top.

I'm sure that did plenty for the calibration.

I see the newer models have bigger batteries, so they at least acknowledged the design issue but didn't fix it.

Don't think I would buy another one, but don't have reco's on what I would buy.

Good luck.