Setting very specific angles?

I use a digital t bevel similar to this one ,but got mine from Lee Valley about a year ago when they had a special offering. It seems to do the job for checking my miter gauge and miter saw angles.

I think something like this would use the same mechanism and probably work the same way

john

You want an electronic thing?

John, thanks for the leads.

-- ***Pat*** Rookie woodworker looking for an education!!!

Loren, not necessarily just need something reliable and repeatable.

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Bridge City Tools, while not cheap, are rather accurate.

http://www.bridgecitytools.com/default/tools.html?limit=all

There’s this, for specific common angles

http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=32521&cat=1,43513,43553

Then these:

http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=32524&cat=1,43513,51657

Loren, the angles were talking about are things like 25.4 degrees, these items won’t help for these. Thanks for taking the time though.

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Waho, this is NOT in the realm of possibility. This looks like it would be very accurate but not for my pockets.

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+1 on the digital T-bevel, but you can accomplish the same with with the Wixey and an ordinary T-bevel.

Zero the Wixey on a flat surface (TS or bench…), and set the bevel so that it is something like 90 degree formation. Clamp the bevel handle to the surface so that the blade is point up. Possibly overhang it so you can have the blade extend down as well as up. Now, use the Wixey to adjust the blade to the desired angle.

-- Mark Kornell, Kornell Wood Design

I prefer the vernier version of the universal bevel:

http://www.use-enco.com/CGI/INSRIT?PMAKA=635-6601&PMPXNO=950760&PARTPG=INLMK32

It’s pretty accurate, to about 1/12th of a degree.

You might consider a LJ source
http://lumberjocks.com/Boatman53/blog/33340

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Pat,

Something like this:

The red box is supposed to be a Wixey.

-- Mark Kornell, Kornell Wood Design

Thats great Iguana, this is the picture I had in my head. I would use the magnets on the blade to set this. Like I wrote in my message to you, it was the flat angle I needed to set. I guess I could use the wixey the way you have it shown and then just lay the bevel tool flat on the miter saw bench?

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