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Spent $80 on a digital edge finder and it's already paid for itself 5 times over
I was always using the old wiggle-and-touch method with a regular edge finder (you know, the kind that skips when it hits). Took forever and I'd still mess up sometimes. Picked up a Haig brand digital one from a tool truck last month for $80. It just lights up and beeps when you're dead on. Saved me from scrapping a $200 piece of 6061 on my second job with it. Anyone else switch to one of these or still rocking the old school way?
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the_seth29d agoMost Upvoted
Yeah that's a fair point @the_vera, the old ones are definitely tougher. I still keep a regular one in the drawer for rough setups, but the digital thing is just so fast when you're chasing tight tolerances. Plus it saves me from my own shaky hands on a bad day haha.
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the_vera29d ago
Did you ever get good with the wiggle method though? It just takes a bit of practice and you can feel the skip without thinking about it. I worry those fancy ones will break or get lost way before a $15 edge finder does.
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