I've had this gage on my planer for years. Have always just used it to be sure that the all the boards for any project are the same thickness. Because, you can't zero it out, right?

I mean, is it impossible for it to read 1" when the planer head is actually 1" off the bed?

YouTube has a couple of videos on mounting it on the DW735, and I just re-read the instructions that came with it.

Does anyone have a way to get the darn thing to reflect the actual true width of the board/height of cutter head?

on YouTube, the guy is 'calibrating' the unit by sticking the freshly planed board under the end of the scale, and pressing 'on/off/calib' to zero out the unit.

This allows you to take off a desired amount off a board that you already measured.........

Just seems kinda weird-that the Wixey does not/is not able to read the height of cutter head off the table from a real zero point.

As always, thanks----and Happy New Year