(Dis)assembling Pro pack 3
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I’ve got a Pro Pack 3 on loan from a local knife store. Due to a problem with my shoulders I need to sharpen my knives at a pretty low level. The PP 3 is pretty high, mainly due to the additional storage it has for stones and other accessories.
So it was my intention to remove this storage and to directly attach the sharpener to the base. So I started disassembling the PP3. It even has the necessary tools.
Removing the sharpener was easy. See below.
However, when I wanted to remove the part for stone storage from the base (see below) I ran into major problems.
The screws seem to be made of a different material (black, maybe hard plastic or hard rubber) and the tools didn’t fit properly. In the end I was not able to move any of the screws only a little part.
Is there anyone who can help me?
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Hey Mark,
I removed the stone storage from my Gen 3 Pro the first week I had it. I did it because the storage section made the sharpener too high for me when sitting at dining room table or picnic table. I like to sharpen while sitting down, and the sharpener was just too high for me.
After separating the storage unit, I ran into a problem when mounting the top plate to the lower: There is a small protrusion of the sharpener which sticks out from the bottom of the top plate. I placed the plates together as well as I could and moved them around, so as to make a mark of where the the protrusion would be on the top of the bottom plate. I then drilled out a small part on top of the bottom plate, for the protrusion from top plate to fit into. Worked perfectly! I can’t show it to you, as it is covered up when I mounted the plates together.
I made several trips to Ace hardware in order to find the right size and length of bolts to attach the two plates together. I’ve been extremely happy with the results.
The bolts on the bottom require a hex key, same as on the top, but I can’t remember, they may be a different size.
Alan
Tuffy, if you have a link to that video, that’d be highly appreciated. And of course we’re interested in what WE has to say.
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here you go guys
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this guy has one also
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The Gen 3 is next on my list to purchase.
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Thanks for the vids, Tuffy!
But I’m still curious how the guy from the bottom video managed to remove the bolts from the bottom plate and how he mounted the top plate onto the bottom one
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Okay guys, first off, you will need to make another back plate, as the plastic WE plate will no longer fit. I guess you could trim down the WE plastic if you wanted to. Here’s a plate I made of aluminum for mine.
Once you remove the WE he bolts, you will find that the threads for these bolts are in the side panels that hold the two horizontal plates. The two plates have threadless holes, four each per plate. At the hardware store, find the type of bolts as in photos, sorry I don’t know what you call them.
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Alan
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