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woodchucker

07/08/2014 4:05 PM

April fools in August??

Just got an email for a tool that must be a joke... would you really
need a tool like this?

http://www.chipsfly.com/document/Digital-plane-check.html

--
Jeff


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woodchucker

in reply to woodchucker on 07/08/2014 4:05 PM

07/08/2014 9:31 PM

On 8/7/2014 6:14 PM, Bob wrote:
> They're all over on Amazon - lots of digital tools. No April Fools
> joke. Just do a search on "iGaging"
>
> Bob S.
>
>
> "woodchucker" wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
> Just got an email for a tool that must be a joke... would you really
> need a tool like this?
>
> http://www.chipsfly.com/document/Digital-plane-check.html
>

Yes I realize that, but would you really need a tool to set your hand
plane??? NO!!!

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Jeff

ME

Martin Eastburn

in reply to woodchucker on 07/08/2014 4:05 PM

31/08/2014 12:05 AM

On 8/8/2014 5:03 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On Thu, 07 Aug 2014 21:31:32 -0400, woodchucker <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> On 8/7/2014 6:14 PM, Bob wrote:
>>> They're all over on Amazon - lots of digital tools. No April Fools
>>> joke. Just do a search on "iGaging"
>>>
>>> Bob S.
>>>
>>>
>>> "woodchucker" wrote in message
>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>
>>> Just got an email for a tool that must be a joke... would you really
>>> need a tool like this?
>>>
>>> http://www.chipsfly.com/document/Digital-plane-check.html
>>>
>>
>> Yes I realize that, but would you really need a tool to set your hand
>> plane??? NO!!!
>
>
> Sure, if you have bad eyesight or you want a specific blade height
> that has to be extremely accurate. It may be a limited market, but I
> can see some people using it.
>
Machinists use them. Beats the heck out of using cigs paper to figure it.
Martin

dn

dpb

in reply to woodchucker on 07/08/2014 4:05 PM

07/08/2014 3:31 PM

On 08/07/2014 3:05 PM, woodchucker wrote:
> Just got an email for a tool that must be a joke... would you really
> need a tool like this?
>
> http://www.chipsfly.com/document/Digital-plane-check.html

For $15 for the jointer knives if it worked, yeah, I'm
interested...looks handier than the regular dial indicator, for sure.

For the hand plane "not so much"...

But at $15 it's not much of a risk even if it doesn't pan out...

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"Bob"

in reply to woodchucker on 07/08/2014 4:05 PM

07/08/2014 6:14 PM

They're all over on Amazon - lots of digital tools. No April Fools joke.
Just do a search on "iGaging"

Bob S.


"woodchucker" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

Just got an email for a tool that must be a joke... would you really
need a tool like this?

http://www.chipsfly.com/document/Digital-plane-check.html

--
Jeff

Bn

"Bob"

in reply to woodchucker on 07/08/2014 4:05 PM

08/08/2014 10:53 PM



"woodchucker" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

On 8/7/2014 6:14 PM, Bob wrote:
> They're all over on Amazon - lots of digital tools. No April Fools
> joke. Just do a search on "iGaging"
>
> Bob S.
>
>
> "woodchucker" wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
> Just got an email for a tool that must be a joke... would you really
> need a tool like this?
>
> http://www.chipsfly.com/document/Digital-plane-check.html
>

Yes I realize that, but would you really need a tool to set your hand
plane??? NO!!!

--
Jeff

Then why did they go to the trouble of making and marketing it if it serves
no purpose?

As you can see, it can be used for other purposes.

Bob S.

GE

Grant Edwards

in reply to woodchucker on 07/08/2014 4:05 PM

11/08/2014 2:48 PM

On 2014-08-07, dpb <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 08/07/2014 3:05 PM, woodchucker wrote:
>> Just got an email for a tool that must be a joke... would you really
>> need a tool like this?
>>
>> http://www.chipsfly.com/document/Digital-plane-check.html
>
> For $15 for the jointer knives if it worked, yeah, I'm
> interested...looks handier than the regular dial indicator, for sure.
>
> For the hand plane "not so much"...
>
> But at $15 it's not much of a risk even if it doesn't pan out...

I recently bought a pair of $25 iGaging digital calipers, and they're
great. Very good build quality and accuracy (amazingly good for the
price). It even came with a spare battery. The body (the part with the
buttons and display) of the height gauge linked to above looks to be
completely identical to my calipers. Whether anybody would find it
useful or not, I don't know -- but I think it's a good bet it will
work as advertised and work well.

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at CONCERN for REVERAND MOON's
gmail.com legal difficulties!!

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Ed Pawlowski

in reply to woodchucker on 07/08/2014 4:05 PM

08/08/2014 6:03 AM

On Thu, 07 Aug 2014 21:31:32 -0400, woodchucker <[email protected]>
wrote:

>On 8/7/2014 6:14 PM, Bob wrote:
>> They're all over on Amazon - lots of digital tools. No April Fools
>> joke. Just do a search on "iGaging"
>>
>> Bob S.
>>
>>
>> "woodchucker" wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>
>> Just got an email for a tool that must be a joke... would you really
>> need a tool like this?
>>
>> http://www.chipsfly.com/document/Digital-plane-check.html
>>
>
>Yes I realize that, but would you really need a tool to set your hand
>plane??? NO!!!


Sure, if you have bad eyesight or you want a specific blade height
that has to be extremely accurate. It may be a limited market, but I
can see some people using it.


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