I added a new tool to my collection a couple of days ago that really surprised me regarding it's usefulness.
I picked up a little 6 inch "Pro 360" digital protractor similar to this one, that has suddenly made my life a whole lot easier for setting up my machines and/or parts to be machined.
I have been fighting with using a pair of Starrett #98 machinist levels, and an import "precision" level for a number of years now - never really fully trusting them because I could never get them to agree with one another. (More on that later...)
This little tool has been SO much easier and faster to use than the levels, I really wish I would have gotten one long ago.
Just a recommendation that if you get the chance to try one, I think you'll be hooked too. Setting up angles in the mill vice (to within .1°) is a breeze now!
I picked up a little 6 inch "Pro 360" digital protractor similar to this one, that has suddenly made my life a whole lot easier for setting up my machines and/or parts to be machined.
I have been fighting with using a pair of Starrett #98 machinist levels, and an import "precision" level for a number of years now - never really fully trusting them because I could never get them to agree with one another. (More on that later...)
This little tool has been SO much easier and faster to use than the levels, I really wish I would have gotten one long ago.
Just a recommendation that if you get the chance to try one, I think you'll be hooked too. Setting up angles in the mill vice (to within .1°) is a breeze now!
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