I bought a cheap 'precision' angle finder from Harbor Freight and it cost me a whole sheet of plywood.

It was the $12 Pittsburgh digital one, and I trusted it to set up a compound miter cut on some maple. The cut was off by a full degree, which ruined the entire panel. That's about $80 down the drain. Anyone have a brand of angle gauge they actually trust for fine work?

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juliag101mo ago

Was it really just the tool's fault?

rileynelson1mo ago

Oh man, @juliag10, that's the whole question right there. I mean, a tool is just a thing, it doesn't have a mind of its own. Someone had to pick it up and decide to use it, you know? Maybe it's just me, but blaming the tool feels like an easy way out. The person using it always has a choice.

miles_sanchez1mo ago

What about the people who made the tool? They built it knowing exactly what it could do.