Maintenance for Edge Pro

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I'm going to buy an Edge Pro, but had a few questions first that I couldn't find on the forums.

1. What's the clean up like? It seems to generate a ton of slurry (especially when reprofiling/fixing dull knifes). Can you stick everything in the dishwasher (not the stones), or do you rinse everything in the sink? Does anything rust?

2. What kind of adhesive can you use to attach an unmounted stone to the aluminum mount? Also, once you've really worn out a stone, can you break it off the aluminum or dissolve the adhesive to reuse the mount?
 
Use 3M77 Adhesive, Its what Ben uses and what is recommended, you can put it in the oven to dissolve the glue and reuse the blocks. I just wipe down the machine with a cloth for cleanup.
 
Another related question if you please guys, What do you use to lube the arm pivots so that arm motion would be smooth and frictionless?
 
When I use my EdgePro, I have a shop towel on either side to catch any water and slurry that may drip off. I've seen that some folks set up the devise in a cake pan for the same reason. Although I use a lot of water, the two small towels are more than sufficient to keep everything under control. The stones themselves sit in a bowl of water when waiting their turn, and go back into the bowl when finished. When I'm done sharpening, I use the same shop towels to wipe down the base, dry the stones, and clean the table top. Nothing rusts, and if you want to run it all under the sink you can do so easily and without worry. I've never done it myself. Never saw the need for it.

I've used ordinary contact cement to hold stones onto the blanks. A thin bladed screwdriver is enough to remove them, and a razor blade cleans off the blank.

EdgePro is a pretty robust device, well planned and executed to make sharpening easy and efficient. Clean up is just as easy.

Stitchawl
 
Edge Pro also carries a leveling kit so that you can level out worn stones as needed.

The entire system is pretty sweet!
 
About leveling the stones...

People have suggested to buy an extra 120 since that stone seems to get worn out the quickest, but how long are people using the stone? You can always flatten it when it gets dished, so is it time to replace them when you get all the way through the stone?
 
junkers said:
About leveling the stones...

People have suggested to buy an extra 120 since that stone seems to get worn out the quickest, but how long are people using the stone? You can always flatten it when it gets dished, so is it time to replace them when you get all the way through the stone?
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That depends on a few things.

You only need to use it when you are reprofiling or repairing the edge.

What steels you are reprofiling and size of blade etc.

It will vary a lot.
 
Ankerson said:
That depends on a few things.

You only need to use it when you are reprofiling or repairing the edge.

What steels you are reprofiling and size of blade etc.

It will vary a lot.
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Let me rephrase my question--I wasn't asking how long it would take, but rather, how thin of a stone is still useable? After many many flattenings, the stone will eventually get thinner, so is the stone still usable when it's 1mm thick? Will it change the angel geometry? Or can you use the stone until you hit the aluminum mount?
 
junkers said:
Let me rephrase my question--I wasn't asking how long it would take, but rather, how thin of a stone is still useable? After many many flattenings, the stone will eventually get thinner, so is the stone still usable when it's 1mm thick? Will it change the angel geometry? Or can you use the stone until you hit the aluminum mount?
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Again, it depends on what steels you are sharpening etc.

I use mine down pretty thin before I change them out.

It doesn't change the angle enough to worry about really because the 220 grit stone will dress it up fast.
 
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