Pro tip: I bought a $150 digital angle finder and it saved my last project

I was building a built-in for a bay window with some tricky compound angles. My old magnetic gauge just wasn't cutting it. I bit the bullet and got the digital one. It gave me a perfect read on the first try, no fussing. Has anyone else found a tool that made a tough job simple?

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jackson.wesley12h ago

My brother in woodworking, you just described my entire life. I spent years eyeballing stuff and swearing at my tools. Finally got a decent marking knife and realized I'd been a caveman. The amount of time wasted with a dull pencil is criminal. It's always the simple, obvious tool that you put off buying forever.

davidr349h ago

Honestly thought marking knives were just for show-offs until I tried one. That crisp line it leaves is a total game changer for joinery. My pencil marks were always fuzzy enough to cause real problems. Now I feel silly for fighting with my tools over bad lines. It really is one of those cheap fixes you ignore for way too long.