Digital Angle Gauges: any good?

[Deleted]

I was looking at this item on ebay with a view to buy one: looks very useful indeed. Anyone any experience?
JB
cgi.ebay.co.uk/Digital-Angle-Gauge-for-Setting-jobs-in-Vice-Mill-Bed_W0QQitemZ260280518969QQihZ016QQcategoryZ12584QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[waggy]

JB,

I got one of them, s**t hot comes to mind! I do a bit of picture framing using the gauge to set the angle, the results are bang on!

Get one!

Waggy.

[russell]

I bought one from LIDL a year or so ago built into a spirit level for half that price. Brilliant for setting relative angles with the zero facility. Checked it on the rotary table - max error less than 0.1 deg - good enough for me.

Russell.

[Steve M. W]

Got mine when they were £27.50 now only £22.94 inc VAT from
www.machine-dro.co.uk/index.php?target=categories&category_id=13
Ace bit of kit

Steve

[dva]

Must add my name to the list. I use a more professional version of these at work in it's relative mode to mill. The mill in question isn't quite level and I can compensate for that with the inclinometer.

Dave

[weldsol]

Hi I got one of Ebay last year it came with a spare battery , good job as the the one in the unit gave up after a few weeks (ok 3 months)
I wanted this for setting the Bridgeport head as I do a lot of one off jobs which usually require the head to be set over, the pain is then re clocking in two planes so using the unit would save a lot of hassle just lower the quill set the zero the unit on the bed (each plane) stick it on the quill and wind the spanner until I got a zero again.
Simple so I thought until you take a cut then you find one side of the cutter is lower ( ok it's less than a metric gnats kneecap) but still enough to be annoying. Also when drilling deep holes it shows up. So now I use a clock to set the mill and use the unit only for rough setting angles on any job in the vice.
Bottom line they are still a useful tool

Paul

[davidimurray]

How big are these units physically?

[weldsol]

Approx 50mm x 50mm x 25mm with magnetic base

Paul