10 Cool Ideas for Digital Angle Gauges!

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  • Опубліковано 4 лип 2024
  • Digital Angle Finders or Digital Inclinometers, were designed to help woodworkers quickly and easily set saw blade angles on Table Saws and Mitre Saws, but when you take a look a what else you can do with this little tool it's pretty amazing, like knowing angle when hand planing, setting the fence on your drill press to drill at an angle and same with your bandsaw, you can even use in on aluminum decks and fences like wood planers, but how about using with your grinder for jig making, or making an accurate taper jig for your table saw ... lots and lots of cool ideas for your digital level box.
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    10 Cool Ideas for Digital Angle Finder Uses (DAF)
    0:00 Introduction to 10 Cool Ideas for Digital Angle Finder Uses
    0:37 Using with Table Saw to set the blade
    1:07 Mitre Saw blade setting
    1:44 DAF as table saw stop fence
    2:45 Setting fence angle on the jointer with digital angle finder
    4:06 Using a digital angle gauge to find sharpening angle for jigs
    5:06 Hand planing angle checking an angle gauge
    6:14 Hand plane sharpening angle sets
    6:33 Bandsaw blade to base adjustments digital inclinometers
    7:21 Setting bit angles on drill press
    7:48 Make a Taper jig for a table saw
    10:12 Conclusion and link to Magswitch video
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  • @rtkracht
    @rtkracht 2 роки тому +9

    That small angle taper is a fantastic technique. I’ll be using that in the future!

  • @sambiscits6711
    @sambiscits6711 2 роки тому +3

    I liked the tip using the hand plane ingeniously cleverly.

  • @btd2516
    @btd2516 2 роки тому +4

    Also useful for holding notes or recipes to the vent hood over the stove in the kitchen.

  • @stephenschell4329
    @stephenschell4329 2 роки тому +1

    Wow. I just learned so many new ways to use the digital angle gauge. Great job again Colin.

  • @leebernardo1000
    @leebernardo1000 2 роки тому +5

    If you have some form of laser pointer, you can use it with your digital angle finder to spot a much longer angle, like in home remodel projects. You just need a second person to mark the location

  • @sunpointstudio4472
    @sunpointstudio4472 2 роки тому +4

    I also use mine for aligning telescopes to latitude in addition to some of the shop uses you describe. 👍

  • @Eggosj
    @Eggosj 2 роки тому +3

    Useful tips for angles, especially the last. Use as a stopblock, wouldn’t trust is.

  • @optroncordian7863
    @optroncordian7863 Рік тому +3

    Only one note: for this tool to measure correctly, it's backside should be vertical.

  • @ilive4livemusic
    @ilive4livemusic 2 роки тому

    The taper jig idea was really interesting.

  • @paulnye1899
    @paulnye1899 Рік тому +1

    Thanks Colin. I just ordered one from Lee Valley.

  • @dougberger6102
    @dougberger6102 Рік тому

    Never thought of the last one before! Cool beans

  • @gideonnel2654
    @gideonnel2654 2 роки тому +3

    Hello Colin. Thank you, once again for really handy ideas. I am going to use the gauge along with the Drill Press Angle Jig you made way back in 2017.

  • @monteglover4133
    @monteglover4133 2 роки тому +2

    I’ve been using one for years, never thought of the other uses Thank You
    However I do find it the fastest and accurate way to zero my blades

  • @markmurdocca2456
    @markmurdocca2456 2 роки тому

    Thank you! These are great tips. I see myself using all of them.

  • @gregoryhouse3421
    @gregoryhouse3421 2 роки тому +1

    Nice ideas! Love those little boxes.

  • @MCsCreations
    @MCsCreations 2 роки тому

    Really fantastic tips, Colin! Thanks!!! 😃
    Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

  • @claudeelliott3993
    @claudeelliott3993 2 роки тому

    Lots of neat ideas!! Thank you.

  • @clemmcguinness1087
    @clemmcguinness1087 2 роки тому

    As always, brilliant

  • @norm5785
    @norm5785 2 роки тому

    All great ideas, thank you for sharing this with us today from Henrico County Virginia, stay safe

  • @joshortiz1576
    @joshortiz1576 2 роки тому +1

    I use one to set my recirculating sluice box if I want a specific slope on it.

  • @rickbraden4272
    @rickbraden4272 Рік тому

    Great as always! Thank you.

  • @Habibulla.M
    @Habibulla.M 2 роки тому

    Very nice. Never thought of these....

  • @MakeTechCreate
    @MakeTechCreate 2 роки тому

    Great idea's, Colin!

  • @googleuser3553
    @googleuser3553 2 роки тому

    Very useful tips.

  • @greglavallee7613
    @greglavallee7613 2 роки тому

    great video all tools should be multi purpose thanks for the ideas

  • @erickdanielsson6710
    @erickdanielsson6710 2 роки тому

    I use it as a paper weight. Esp great if holding notes when using table saw. Thanks for the Tips..

  • @souficoufi5763
    @souficoufi5763 2 роки тому

    Merci pour la vidéo.

  • @contessa.adella
    @contessa.adella Рік тому

    I just wish these little boxes had a much greater resolution. 0.2 deg is no great shakes. On the flat, a spirit level is still more accurate. For Colin’s usage idea’s here..ok..useable, but I really want to see a consistent resolution accurately to 0.1 deg because over a distance of four to six feet that box makes the end of your line out (up or down) by as much as 3/16”….and that’s not level! Also lets not forget to make a fine angle over a long piece you can fall back on basic high school trigonometry….example: you want a 1 degree angle over a four foot length…use Tan angle = opp/adjacent sides…so the rise along that length being the opposite side to the angle you get tan 1 deg x 48 inches long = 0.84” rise from level….Way more accurate than any other measuring method.
    Finally don’t forget the old school water level…always spot on, if a but fiddly to arrange…A water filled tube as thick as a pencil, stretched along the work piece with each end set to rise vertically. The water level at both ends has to be the same…even if that work piece is twenty feet long! Perfect level.

  • @getindelloop
    @getindelloop 2 роки тому +1

    Colin - I have looked through your vids and can't seem to find a Jig I need to make. It's a resizable jig for making square cuts into the wood for embedding different-sized tiles. Do you have a link to one?

  • @gurjitsingh7126
    @gurjitsingh7126 2 роки тому

    good 👍

  • @michaelbrock6222
    @michaelbrock6222 5 місяців тому

    are these accurate and made of good Quality

  • @ipick4fun27
    @ipick4fun27 Рік тому +1

    Most of those are not square (90°) from one side to another. However, the electronics inside are accurate enough for my use. When you zero it on the bottom, you need to reference (or measure) using the same side to reduce any error. I have seen plenty of people complaining about the Wixey is not accurate because they zero it on the bottom and slap it on the side of a machinist square to show how it was not accurate. What they are essentially comparing is the error between the bottom and the side of the packaging (not the electronics itself). Those are made of molded plastic. Of course they are not square.

  • @RobertGlazier
    @RobertGlazier 2 роки тому

    Nice Video. New subscriber. Thanks.

  • @jack002tuber
    @jack002tuber Рік тому

    The one with the grinder, you didn't zero it right. Get the metal to point right at the center of the shaft and then zero it. The tool rest on the grinder is well below the center point of the wheel making a level part to grind have a negative angle cut into it

  • @LarryBloom
    @LarryBloom 2 роки тому +3

    I liked the taper jig idea (though, being weird, I just use the Tangent trig function). But:
    Stop block? No! Way too easy to move.
    Angle grinder tip? Nope! Zeroing it to the base does nothing for measuring the grinding angle, since the base is irrelevant to that angle of the tool rest.

    • @andreroussel
      @andreroussel 2 роки тому

      I like his videos but this time I was going to comment the same thing you did. This seemed like fishing for ways to use the angle finder and showing some non-tested uses.

  • @lindacorvan5177
    @lindacorvan5177 2 роки тому +1

    Nice video about Digital Angle Gauge. When doing an angle on the band saw and drill press wouldn't it be more accurate to zero out the gauge on the saw blade or the drill bit rather than the table?

    • @rama3njoy
      @rama3njoy 2 роки тому +1

      he assuming your bandsaw or drill press already square.
      when it come from unknown angle your method is right

  • @WalterRiggs
    @WalterRiggs 2 роки тому +1

    That tapering jig trick… why didnt I think of that? All that trigonometry … for nothing.

  • @dc85337
    @dc85337 2 роки тому

    When planning the angle, very carefully set it to 25 deg on a flat non-moving surface, then zero it out then put it on the plane. It gives you + or - off of 25 deg.
    Easier to see and use.
    Using it at an angle (for other uses) - then zeroing it out - shows you when you leave your present angle

  • @hansdegroot8549
    @hansdegroot8549 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks for these ideas. A few years ago I bought a digital angle gauge. I've never used it. I would like to use it, but I don't know where it is. I've put it somewhere, and I don't know where 😞

    • @jum5238
      @jum5238 2 роки тому

      It's come in handy over here. I didn't think you'd notice it missing.

    • @willbephore3086
      @willbephore3086 2 роки тому

      @@jum5238 busted

    • @SilentEarthMovers
      @SilentEarthMovers 5 місяців тому

      You need the Lufkin Angle Finder Finder (LAFF)

  • @williedafish
    @williedafish 2 роки тому +1

    Great ideas, except that I disagree on using a square to set the table saw blade. My problem is that the throat plate on my saw can gather dust and other debris so that it doesn't necessarily exactly aligned with the saw table. So I use the angle gauge to be sure my blade is at 90 degrees.

    • @SR-te2db
      @SR-te2db 2 роки тому

      Your square should be long enough for most of it to be sitting on the actual table. If your throat plate is throwing that off because of debris, then I'd think you'd have a bigger problem with your work pieces running over that

  • @donazzopardi8747
    @donazzopardi8747 2 роки тому +1

    I do not trust that angle finder to be 90* to the sides, so I rotate it 90* so I'm setting angles to same face I set zero.

  • @ryananthony4840
    @ryananthony4840 Рік тому

    Does anyone ever cut a miter on a bandsaw?

  • @markwatters6875
    @markwatters6875 2 роки тому

    👍🇦🇺

  • @MrPete1x
    @MrPete1x Рік тому

    C'mon Colin, where is your table saw riving knife?

  • @ryananthony4840
    @ryananthony4840 Рік тому +1

    So if it's accurate across the board to use my machinist square.... don't buy one correct? It's either accurate or it's not, there is no in-between in precision work

  • @sislertx
    @sislertx 2 роки тому

    Im a tool horder...

  • @michaelbrock6222
    @michaelbrock6222 5 місяців тому

    i just bought one of these and revieved it and it is not accurate junk

  • @J-D248
    @J-D248 2 роки тому

    Why is the first minute speed up? Your voice pitch is rather high.