Wixey Mini Digital Height Gauge for Router Table & Table Saw Measuring Tool

Simple, accurate, and cost effective. I bought this for use with my table saw and my router. It works as advertised. If you are on the fence, you might as well get it. Knowing that you can position your bit or blade within a thousandth of an inch is a very satisfying feeling. If you don't have a place to store it, the package can be reclosed very easy. My only complaints are that my saw and router table have aluminum tops, and therefore the magnets don't work. I would also suggest marking where the center of your blade is on your saw top for more accurate positioning. The legs are a little flimsy as well, but it comes with the territory as it is plastic and very affordable. I usually end up holding it down with my index and pinky fingers on the feet and adjusting depth with my other hand.

This is a great little tool - very helpful for setting up cuts at depth on a table saw or router such as dados and grooves. This tool helped me get the table saw blade set perfect every time. I had used setup blocks before and they are nice, but there's no freedom - if you don't have the size block that corresponds to the cut you want to make, it won't work. You can set this to any height or depth you want, and that is very convenient. This also works very good with a router. I cut several rabbets and grooves using this tool and knew I had the depth set perfect. If you do any work that requires depth/height setup, I would highly recommend this tool!

This item saves a lot time and helps prevent errors in my workshop. Whether it's setting the blade height on my table saw or the bit on my router table, this makes very precise measurements very quick and repeatable without the need for fancy jigs and templates or dedicated (and expensive) measurement bars (like the Kreg router gauges). A few areas that I'd like to see improved, which together were worth one star: 1. The "zero" button is combined with the power button. It takes a bit practice (and patience) to get the gauge zeroed before we use. You'll end up turning off and on and/or and holding button with nothing happening a few times before getting the correct timing. 2. It doesn't start at zero again, even when starting on the same surface. You have to zero it every time because it'll won't be at zero when you turn it back on. This is a minor annoyance when combined with #1. 3. The depth gauge isn't magnetic. If you go up passed your desired height, you must remember to push the gauge down as the item your measuring (i.e., saw blade) goes down. If the bottom of the gauge were magnetic, the gauge would be pulled down as the item goes back down. None of this are major issues, just potential enhancements or annoyances you'll need to be aware of.

If you do table saw or router work...GET THIS! Digital accurency measurements.

I always wait on writting a review until I have had time to actually use things I purchase. With that being said, this adds the ability to set the depth of table saw blade and router bits, as well as being able to repeat the depth later. so far I have not had any issues. The battery life is pretty good but I turn it off after each use.

Fast read and excellent sensor accuracy. The multi-tool utility is limited by the design. Deduct for the limited 2-1/4" net span between legs. I bought this specifically for registering dado blade height on a table saw. The advertised span is 3". The steel tabletop gap to flat is 3". It's hard to comprehend why the magnetic leg span is designed just short of typical table ground steel flat distance. I should have measured the plate gap on the saw but took the images for granted in its use registering table saw blade height. Works great setting shaper heights. Magnets inadequate with plexi based router templates. Aluminum/magnesium/304 SS tool bases are of course, not magnetic. The legs are not wide enough to be stable without being handheld which throws deflection dancing on the precision sensor. It's a case of high precision inaccurately measuring when I have to use one hand to balance the tool while the other hand cranks the z-axis. Still, it's useful if close enough is the objective in softwoods. I'm getting ±1/16" in precision hardwood joinery mode. I can do better with a kluged gauge. I'm looking for a better tool steel legged gauge with more span for a more robust cross-tool solution.

I don't know if they improved the product between the time I bought mine and when people previously panned it, but for my needs, it's perfect. I use it to gauge the height of my dado blades and router bits. I find it *very* easy to use. Short button press for on/off, long to zero. I never have any issues zeroing it. Some complain that it's flimsy plastic. Yes, it's plastic, but this is one of those tools that really doesn't need serious structural integrity. I wouldn't personally gain anything by having it made out of metal.

This thing is very nice to have! I'm rating it on what it is - a niche product. Can you get accurate enough results with a steel rule? For woodworking, yes. My rule of thumb is that a piece is close enough to the measurement when I can't say how far it's off using a nominal fraction. So for me that's +/- .015 and this instrument is more than capable of accomplishing that. My only gripe is that the end of the rule is plastic so cutting edges can dig in. That said, I can see myself making a stainless end cap with a setscrew later on if I find the end starts showing wear. Where this thing shines is setting the distance from your router fence to the cutting edge. Really that's what makes this product worth the investment. The hobbyist will benefit from this even more as some of the lower end routers and table saws will have inserts that aren't adjustable and/or sit below the top of the table making straight steel rule measurements inaccurate. You can always compensate, but for the price of this tool and the fact it doubles as a bore depth gauge I see no reason not to have one of these in your toolbox.

Me resulta muy útil para las elevaciones tanto del Reuters, como de la sierra.

This is a great gauge, particularly for setting table saw blade heights (in either Imperial or metric). The locking screw is helpful to ensure readings don't move when the instrument is moved. I particularly like the included stylus which allows depth measurement of holes below the surface level of the "feet/legs".

Un excelente producto muy practico

Use it for setting up table saw and router no issues.. recommended

works well as described