The Wixey has a magnet on the side for attaching to the fence head. Easy to move out of the way when tilting the head.
On Fri., Dec. 4, 2020, 06:06 imranindiana via , <imranindiana=
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Mark,
sometimes i ask the question just to have an answer documented here. i am not sure what my plan is. too many more compelling things ahead of adding DRO to the rip fence ?
Imran
?I don¡¯t know how the wixy works but the accurate technology reader i had was ¡°keyed¡± to the encoder rail so you would have to disconnect a cable from he head to do that, doable but for me a hassle - i mean we have these fancy saws is $350 going to brake the bank, of course that is me I am still working and not retired....
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Mark,
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That is the reason I asked the question of how it is attached to the fence housing. If it is done with a magnet then one could separate for flipping the fence, which I also do often enough. Even if the OP did not use magnet, I wonder if it could work from registration point of view.
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Imran
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From: [email protected] On Behalf Of Mark Kessler
Sent: Friday, December 04, 2020 8:07 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [FOG] Any pictures out there of aftermarket rip fence DRO installs? #whysoexpensive
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Wixey is not a ¡°mag¡± strip dro, it uses an encoder rail which means the dro head and/or reader and rail are ¡°connected¡± which means if you want to flip the fence out of the way you can¡¯t unless you disconnect it some how. I don¡¯t flip the fence out of the way that often but enough that I wouldn¡¯t want to do any extra work to do it.?
Plus the wixy¡¯s are questionable I know alot have had good luck but with the one that i had was iffy, but i was using an accurate technology one for many years with no issues which may have made me more biased to more robust solutions?
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Thanks for sharing. how is the wixey display attached to the fence housing?
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I bought a K700P this summer and added a Wixey DRO to the rip fence. The Wixey head and mag strip don't fit the extrusion on the front edge of the table, so I made another "extrusion" out of hardwood scrap to fit into the existing extrusion and present a profile that works for the Wixey. The hardwood piece is simply double-side taped in place, no permanent modification.
My "extrusion" pushes the head out a little farther than necessary, could have been about 1/8" thinner and still work well.
As for cost, the Wixey is pretty inexpensive. I figured if this didn't work out, I could use it on something else or sell it without being out much. But so far, it works well, not that I use it all that much.
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