Some Random Father's Day Bargains

[Knottscott]

There are tons of Father's Day deals going on...here's a couple that caught my eye:

Holbren 20% (FD20) -

• Ridge Carbide TS2000 ~ $72 shipped
• Tenryu Gold Medal ~ $72 shipped
• Tenryu RS25550 ~ $36 shipped

Amazon 20% (2OOFFJUN ) -

• Delta T2 fence - $120 shipped
• Vega U26 fence ~ $155 shipped
• Incra V27 ~ $44 shipped

Infinity Tool 10%/15%/20% for $100/$200/$300 (Father10, Father15, Father20) -

• Contractor's Dadonator Plus! Set $199.66 shipped: (makes the 2 10" blades nearly free...)
  • 10" Combomax Lite 50T TK
  • 10" 24T FTG TK ripper
  • 8" Dadonator dado set

Hartville Tool 20% off measuring tools (plus 20% on non sale items for Woodnet members - enter or mention Woodnet20)

• Wixey Angle Gauge ~ $32 (plus s/h)

What's caught your eye?

[davidtu]

Dusty, are you trying to give us a hint?? Have a Happy Father's Day!

Btw, is the code Woodnet or Woodnet20? JeffreySchronce posted the former as the code.

I also came across this other angle gauge that looks the same as the Wixey, for the same price. Anyone know if one is better than the other?

http://www.hartvilletool.com/product/12511

[Ocky]

Neither code works for me...

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Not to be ignorant but when did it change from 15% to 20%? I'm going to place an order in a month or so with them and while any discount is nice I just was curious.

[Knottscott]

Not to be ignorant but when did it change from 15% to 20%? I'm going to place an order in a month or so with them and while any discount is nice I just was curious.

I think the usual Woodnet 15% is 20% for father's day, so it's likely to be back to 15% soon.

Neither code works for me...

The Hartville code is different than most...you enter it into the shipping comments (or mention it by phone), but it won't show up immediately on your order confirmation. It will however be reflected on your credit card. Here's the link from Hartville.

[bthere]

I also came across this other angle gauge that looks the same as the Wixey, for the same price. Anyone know if one is better than the other?

http://www.hartvilletool.com/product/12511

According to Jason at Hartville, Beall actually came up with the idea and was trying to manufacture it in China. They had some problems with the production facility that caused delays in their release, and Beall decided to change facilities. The original Chinese production facility then passed the idea on to Wixey as their own idea. Wixey thought it was great and went to production with it, not knowing that the idea originated at Beall.

Jason says the Beall is just as capable and accurate as the Wixey and wouldn't hesitate to recommend either one. He says the Beall is actually a little larger than the Wixey and runs off a 9V batter instead of a coin cell as in the Wixey.

[LCHIEN]

According to Jason at Hartville, Beall actually came up with the idea and was trying to manufacture it in China. They had some problems with the production facility that caused delays in their release, and Beall decided to change facilities. The original Chinese production facility then passed the idea on to Wixey as their own idea. Wixey thought it was great and went to production with it, not knowing that the idea originated at Beall.

Jason says the Beall is just as capable and accurate as the Wixey and wouldn't hesitate to recommend either one. He says the Beall is actually a little larger than the Wixey and runs off a 9V batter instead of a coin cell as in the Wixey.

Well, it's not unheard of that chinese factories run loose with intellectual property. But Beall did blow it somewhere becasue Wixey got at least a year's head start.
Judging by the Hartville blurb, the meter has an additional decimal digit that displays 5 or 0 giving an extra .05 degree resolution but I think it's not all that helpful if the accuracy is like Wixeys.
But it does appear that the Beall has magnets on at least two sides compared to 1 on the wixey (bottom) which may be an advantage, if nothing else, allowing you to read the display right side up sometimes.
And finally, it appears that the Beall has a absolute zero mode so in addition to a relative angle meter its also an inclinometer or level.