Were you more satisfied going from the Edge Pro to the Wicked Edge?

[cbwx34]

Anything's possible, that's why I posted the picture of the instructions I have. Too much paste does affect the stropping... you'll basically just smear paste around and it won't be very effective until the excess comes off. You should see a noticeable difference in the results once you quit seeing excess paste coming off onto the knife.

 

[toker]

It seems after 5 knives or so, one of the joints on the arms became stiff where it'd kinda lock up when bringing the stone back towards me after a long stroke. This really slowed my rhythm on the last knife as I couldn't rotate that arm back towards me as easily as the other arm. Seems this was due to friction between the arm and the inside of the blue piece. Tried to wash it out good and lube that area.

- I purchased a pair of rubber and metal washers for the arms like the ones in the video. It really helps keep the metal shavings from the arms pivots.

[video=youtube;gDc0bRm2f_g]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDc0bRm2f_g[/video]

 

[uofaengr]

I had a friend ask me if I could microbevel one of his hand plane blades. I don't have the chisel attachment though if I did a lot of woodworking and such I'd probably go ahead and get it. Couldn't a hand plane blade just be mounted vertically in the vise and just set the angle on the one side and sharpen away? I don't really have any experience with these blades so I was just curious.

 

[cbwx34]

I had a friend ask me if I could microbevel one of his hand plane blades. I don't have the chisel attachment though if I did a lot of woodworking and such I'd probably go ahead and get it. Couldn't a hand plane blade just be mounted vertically in the vise and just set the angle on the one side and sharpen away? I don't really have any experience with these blades so I was just curious.

You probably won't be able to reach the angle needed... the angle bar isn't long enough. Easiest way to see is just put the blade in the clamp and see, (without actually trying to sharpen it.)

I recall reading that W.E. wii make a longer angle bar that I think is for this reason... If you have an occasional need, but not enough to justify the chisel attachment. Might give them a call.

 

[uofaengr]

You probably won't be able to reach the angle needed... the angle bar isn't long enough. Easiest way to see is just put the blade in the clamp and see, (without actually trying to sharpen it.)

I recall reading that W.E. wii make a longer angle bar that I think is for this reason... If you have an occasional need, but not enough to justify the chisel attachment. Might give them a call.

Yeah I guess I'll just have to see for myself. I think plane blades are somewhere around 4.5" long, and I know the vise is no more than 5" tall. The trick would be to get the edge of the blade as low as possible in the vise. Might be doable.