I love my Edge Pro sharpening system. It cost a bunch up front but for my WSK's I make it is the cat's wiskers. The Edge Pro is a great sharpening system for us makers that do not belt sharpen and saves me so much time and agony. Water stones wear fast by comparison but cut like crazy. Virgin, never before sharpened edges take a lot of stone strokes and therefore wear the stone pretty quick (little pun maybe 
). Anyhow, I go through some water stones. Through necessity I think I have found a fast and convenient way to replace worn stones used on the Edge Pro. The Stones used by the Edge Pro are bonded to an aluminum bar. You gotta have that bar for the machine to hold the stone properly. I used to do as the directions say: turn on end, place in vise and chisel off. That doesn't work very well for me and especially if the stone is worn to being very thin. The answer is easy. My way: lay flat on granite comparison block, wack the crap out of the stone surface with a heavy rubber mallot. Take a sharp edge and scrap the aluminum bar face clean. Super glue the new stone in place. Repeat as needed.
Hating to wear glasses of any kind I seldom do but when performing the above I do put the saftey glasses on. When that stone gets whoped it can go off like a little grenade. The last time I replaced one I covered the stone surface with wax paper before smacking it which cut down on the flying projectiles and cleanup.
rlinger
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). Anyhow, I go through some water stones. Through necessity I think I have found a fast and convenient way to replace worn stones used on the Edge Pro. The Stones used by the Edge Pro are bonded to an aluminum bar. You gotta have that bar for the machine to hold the stone properly. I used to do as the directions say: turn on end, place in vise and chisel off. That doesn't work very well for me and especially if the stone is worn to being very thin. The answer is easy. My way: lay flat on granite comparison block, wack the crap out of the stone surface with a heavy rubber mallot. Take a sharp edge and scrap the aluminum bar face clean. Super glue the new stone in place. Repeat as needed.Hating to wear glasses of any kind I seldom do but when performing the above I do put the saftey glasses on. When that stone gets whoped it can go off like a little grenade. The last time I replaced one I covered the stone surface with wax paper before smacking it which cut down on the flying projectiles and cleanup.
rlinger
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