My 2 cents on the cube. Just so you know, the cube measures the angle “in space” not relative angle. What this means is that it’s not really measuring the angle of the arm on the WE. If you put your sharpenter on the counter and that counter is not perpendicular to gravity, say 2 degrees off, your cube will not give a true reading of the desired angle, it will be that 2 degrees off that the counter is unlevel. On the other hand, relative angle is the degree of the WE arm RELATIVE to the hopefully vertical knife. So if you square up the blade in the chuck, lay the arm on the blade with the desired paddle and measure your angle, say 20 degrees, now tilt one side of the granite base of the WE and see the cube change… See what I mean? This is such wonderful stuff!!! The only way I deal with it is to hopefully have a level surface but even if it’s not, just make sure every time you sharpen, you put your sharpener in the same place on the that counter or work bench or I guess you could shim the base or the counter to level it.
