Digital Protractor

An important part of any successful bending or notching project is choosing the tools that will provide the look and durability you desire. Whether designing a roll cage or a bike frame, a digital angle finder will help get the job done right!

 The Quint 11" Digital Protractor allows you to precisely set and measure angles in 0.05 degree increments. The stainless steel arms are graduated in 1/8", 1/16", 1/32" and 1/64" for convenient and immediate linear measuring. Features a hold function, ensuring you never lose your reading, and a reverse reading capability for those hard to calculate angles. The protractor measures angles from 0 to a full 360 degrees. Packaged in a protective plastic pouch with an extra battery.

TECHNICAL DETAILS:
- Large LCD display
- Graduated Stainless Steel Arms
- Measuring Range: 0-360 degrees
- Accuracy: +/- 0.2"
- Convenient Hold Function



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Tube Notching 101

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Simple steps creating a perfect notch and getting most out of your tube notcher.

Many a notcher manufacturer will demonstrate how a notch is made using their machine but that is the easy part of notching. It's the right placement that's critical and makes the difference between a good joint and one that requires either a lot of gap welding or in worse case, starting over again.

Making a wrong notch is costly in both time and money. Using a common holesaw type notcher such as the NotchMaster by JD2, we'll outline the following procedures to help simplify and hopefully make for a better and closer fitting notch for many a fabricator. These procedures work - regardless of the angle and regardless whether the joining tubes are parallel, divergent or skewed.

A basic notch starts with laying up the tube where you want the joint. Temporarily secure it so the tube can be easily marked so it can be correctly placed into the notcher. Position yourself to view both tubes at the intersection from a right angle perspective so you can accurately mark both the centerline of the tube (to be notched) and the intersecting point(s). The more accurate the marks - the better the resulting notch will fit. Always mark the point of intersection on the obtuse (or greater) angle side as shown in the picture.

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The Sync180 tube notcher being used in a crane repair application.

Larry Elliott - certified welder performing mobile repair on crane booms.






“The SYNC180 with the lift kit has increased my production time almost 3 fold.”


Larry has the Sync180 mounted to a custom made hitch off the backend of his work truck.




Here he is using a 3½” holesaw on a 1¼ tube. Larry uses holesaws upwards to 4”. The Sync180 with the optional lift kit makes it possible. No other notcher can swing a 4” holesaw.



A typical week’s worth of lacing braces that have been replaced.


"I’ve been using the SYNC180 for about a year now and it has made my job much more productive... all tubing fits require a 0 gap all the way around and using the SNYC180 sure beats the cut and grind method! … It’s been a great investment.”

Larry Elliott of ELLIOTT WELDING SERVICES, Kemp, Texas.