A Line It Basic, Table Saw Alignment Calibration Tool with Precision Dial Indicator for Table Saw Alignment and Workshop Machinery Precision Alignment

Worked very well

I have a Laguna 18BX bandsaw, and use a 1.25" resaw king carbide tipped blade for resaw work. I've noticed that over time the fence will go out of alignment, and when I try to resaw, I'll have issues if I don't properly align the fence to prevent any drift. I often resaw at the maximum height of 16 inches, so any blade drift compounds problems, especially on a long board that I'm resawing. I used to just use a square and set the fence that way, but this dial gauge is purpose built for this kind of alignment, and it made checking for parallel quick and easy. The only thing I have to account for is the actual deflection of the fence from sideways pressure since I also use a bow resaw featherboard with the 10 inch extension to apply lateral force to hold the wood firmly against the fence, and this causes the fence to deflect away from the blade at the rear. This is no fault of this dial indicator though, and something that I just need to account for when I'm using the dial indicator to set the fence properly. This wasn't the cheapest option, but it does feel well built and consistent. It was easy to assemble and figure out how to use and adjust the miter bar. Everything tightens down with confidence too, which is nice. Overall, I'm very pleased, and am glad to have it on hand!

Great set-up tool! I have used this on my older Craftsman table saw to check and set-up to make sure the fence is aligned. It works great and has made set-up so much easier and quicker. It is easy to use and to assemble. The dial indicator seems to be accurate and repeats. At this time I have only used it on my table saw set-up but am positive it will help to speed up set-ups for all my wood working projects. The only change I would have like to have seen is a nice storage case for the set.

Very handy indeed. It works perfectly on several pieces of equipment such as: tables saws, drill presses, jointers, planers, band saws, and more. The deluxe kit is worth the price over the regular kit since it has all the pieces you need to calibrate most machines in the woodshop. After much research, I selected this tool for its versatility to be used on many different types of equipment. Not only can it be used for several different tools, but it can take several different types of measurements where other similar tools fall short. To give you an idea of how versatile this tool is, you can do the following measurements with it plus more (as shown in the included CD): Table Saw: 1. Blade to table alignment 2. Fence alignment 3. Arbor runout 4. Table wing level Drill Press: 1. Bit runout 2. Table alignment: left-to-right and front-to-back 3. Table deflection 4. Quill travel to post alignment (can't be done on very large drill presses except radial drill presses) I also wanted a dial for measurements instead of digital. Most low cost (meaning non-scientific) digital calibration devises don't measure to a small enough scale for truly accurate measurements. Digital seems cool and modern, but if you are going spend less than $700 on one, then dials are more accurate. The analog dial is very precise and allows you to see the tinniest of deflections that a digital scale won't show. This item also comes with a CD which clearly explains how to set it up and use it with many types of equipment. This item should come in a better box. However, I don't use this item much after my machines were properly set up with it. I now only need it when I do planer and jointer blade changes every three or four months, change my drill press table angle, or buy a new piece of equipment. Since I am a woodworker, I will just make a box later when the old one wears out. I'm not keen on similar items that use magnets to hold the measurement device to the equipment. They are not as flexible to use on as many different machines, your table surface has to be perfectly flat to prevent rocking, and they are harder and heavier to use on equipment which are not made of iron or steel. Just to be clear on my credibility for this rating: I am a furniture maker and worked in an industrial woodshop for several years. I managed it, taught safety classes, and maintained the machines. I have calibrated lots of machines many times over on old machines that were not built to be easily adjusted, and also worked on a few newer ones when manufacturers started to ease the pain on machine owners by engineering easier adjustment options. Having this tool in that shop would have saved me many hours each month and we could have made better cuts for our projects.

I purchased this gauge to set up my new Sawstop. Some of the reviews had me worried and thinking that maybe I needed a much more expensive tool, but this has turned out to be a great. It was highly repeatable, and seems well made. Easy to use. Was able to get my Sawstop to within .002", and could have gotten even more accurate but that seemed to be the tolerance of the Sawstop blade I was measuring against. Afterwards I checked it out against my old Bosch table saw... The blade was pretty accurate but the fence was horrible... up to .045" off depending on where the far end of the fence decided to grab when I locked it down. I can see that to use my Bosch for woodworking, I'd need to set the fence with a square every time. After two thumb injuries that were fortunately recoverable, I decided I'd pushed my luck far enough and bought the Sawstop. Thanks in part to this tool and because of the new saw, I can now make accurate cuts with much less fiddling.

You can use this tool to do the basic testing as well as the advanced stuff. I had little hope in getting my dewalt table saw dead accurate. I almost had accepted that it just wasn’t possible to achieve such accuracy. This tool allowed me to adjust it to the best it could possibly be.