New Pro Pack 2 with Gen 3 Clamp

Welcome to the forum, Alan. Yes, it appears that somehow covering the internals of the new clamp is very beneficial. Some of us have run some painters tape up and down along each side. I’m fairly new as well, and just got my WEPS a couple of days ago. I also cut of the fingers of rubber gloves to protect the ball mechanism.

Hey man enjoy your new sharpener!

Alan

Welcome to the forum, Alan! Glad you enjoy your WEPS. Some people used magnets to collect the sharpening dust. Maybe an idea?

Wooh, there were a couple of topics on this, but it was a while back and I cannot find them easily. Maybe you can try for yourself using the search function. (The search tab, not the search box.)

What I recall is that some people placed magnets in the places where most sharpening dust would collect. The magnets caught this dust. I tried it for myself, but didn’t get that great results. Using the magnets as a vacuum cleaner worked quite well, however. Nevertheless, I’m back to a simple cleaning cloth :cheer: .

I attached a couple of rare-earth magnets to the front and back of my Gen 2 clamp and collected almost no metal particles over about a six month period. Gave up on them as useless.

On my Gen 3 vise, I closed up the open sides with tape to exclude any infiltration of metal or abrasive particles.

Between grits or for viewing with my USB microscope, I use a Swiffer duster – two quick wipes, one on each side. I’ve had outstanding results with it. Try it. You’ll like it!

The Swiffer is an outstanding dust attractant, as opposed to other rags, which might drop their collected particles where you really don’t want them. The Swiffer gobbles ’em up and keeps ’em.