Poll: For those who flipped angle bar (no detentes) do you use the micro adj.?

[Wicked Edge Sharp Knives]

I just fiddle with the angle bar adjustment until I get suitable readings with the angle cube.  I do no use the micro-adjustment.  I am wondering if others are doing the same as me or if it is more common and better practice to use both the angle bar adjustment in combination with the micro-adjustment even though I no longer worry about the angle bar adjustment slipping into a detent.  What do you do?  Thanks for taking the time to read my question!

[Gregg776]

I flipped the bar years ago and haven’t used the micro adjusters since.  I have an allen wrench that fits the adjustment screw with a plastic screwdriver handle and sometimes use the handle to tap the adjuster along the bar.  I have polished the end of the setscrew so that it doesn’t dig into the bar and mostly adjust with a pinching of the fingers action with one hand while controlling the friction with the other via the allen wrench.  I find this to be much faster than the micro adjuster, but my OCD factor isn’t off the scale.

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[tcmeyer]

I use the microadjusts with every grit change, but my having modified my stones requires it.  I use the VSTAs, so each adjustment takes only a few seconds.  No angle cube except when setting the initial angle.  When I do a convex bevel, I sometimes use the detents to make incremental changes, but more often I use multiple turns of the microadjust screws.  When near 20 dps, each turn is about 0.32 degrees.  Three turns is about 1.0 dps.

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