Preview: Skil’s Digital Angle Finder
By Chuck Cage
The Skil 2100DAF is just what it looks like: a 14″ aluminum level with a swing-out arm for digitally measuring angles from 0 to 220-degrees. Skil claims it’s accurate to 1/2-degree, and it’ll even calculate miter angles for you on the fly.
Pressing the “hold” button fixes the reading so you can close the finder to remove it from tight spaces withotu losing your reading, and it’s quite light at just 1-1/2 pounds. We can’t wait to get our hands on one to see if it’s as accurate as Skil claims — and if it holds up to shop use. If so, this would be a handy tool, indeed.
Street pricing starts around $50.
Digital Angle Finder, Model 2100DAF [Skil]
Street Pricing [Froogle]
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June 12th, 2007 at 2:25 pm
I’m anxiously awaiting your review - I would really like something like this. Is there something made by someone else that you’ve reviewed already?
June 12th, 2007 at 8:08 pm
I have the bosch one
June 13th, 2007 at 2:04 am
ooh, now that I know these exist, I’ll be getting one!
June 13th, 2007 at 7:00 am
Oooh.. I don’t have a use for it these days (at least not one that could justify the expense) but when I was doing a lot of millwork installing chair rails, crown moldings, etc. this would have come in handy for measuring irregular inside and outside corners to figure out the right miters, etc.
June 18th, 2007 at 1:14 pm
I’m currently in the position Rick /was/ in. I’m measuring some angles for crown moldings in a century home that has nothing square. 100 years of settling means everything is just off enough to make it a pain in the butt.