Digital angle measurement
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If a stone stop is used to hold the stone up so the center of the stone is in contact with the bevel the measurement will be the same each time as the stone sits the way it will when it is sliding
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I’m using the DXL360S. The red one. There are many different brand names for the same cube. I believe they’re all made in China.
Based on specs it offers the best accuracy, resolution and it’s dual axis.
The downside of trying to work at this level of precision is it slows you down while you make all the very small increment micro-angle adjustments while trying to use this instrument to it’s fullest capabilities. The precision afforded by the WE sharpeners invites us “perfectionists” to attempt to work at this level. W.E. perfectionists tend to find displeasure and shortcomings in our results when instruments show how we are off a minutiae. Don’t get caught up in this.
To be clear it doesn’t matter whether your knife’s actual bevels are sharpened at 17.03°, 17.11°, or 16.97°. The knife is still profiled to a 17° bevel. What matters, that is, what makes the knife edge sharp is how precisely or keenly the bevels are, that is flat and smooth, and how well they intersect at the apex.
You need to learn to use and work well with your cube, first. That’s what is important. Not which cube model you use or it’s specs. Using a more precise cube will not make your edges sharper. Effort exercised, consistency and a attention to details are what make for a sharp edge.
Marc
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Joe you should calibrate it before you use it. Do the factory reset first then try again…
I am attaching a download of the procedure. Use it even if the version is not the same as your model. Try to use this starting on page 15, for the red cube.
DXL360S-v2-Dual-Axis-Digital-Protractors
Do it the first time with it still is off, as a dry run. Then you’ll have the time you need to match your device in your hands with the pictures in the instruction manuals. I found it hard to do the calibration with the manual mine came with, also. This down loaded manual seem to make it easier for me. That, plus taking the time at first to familiarize myself with what I was going to be expected to do.
That is to place it in a series of positions and rotate it into positions made sequentially with the device in different orientations and planes, step after step. You are rotating the cube slowly with your finger tips, through these motions, usually 180° around that axis, while the cube still rests or stands flat on the table…. you’re not spinning it like a top! Slowly and deliberately turn it this way then stop, then slowly and deliberately rotate it that way, then stop. step by step as it beeps.
It took me several dry runs till I figured it out. It seems it must be translated from Chinese.
There are You Tube Videos you can watch but they’re all in Chinese. LOL
Have fun. You won’t have to do it again unless you do the factory reset.
BTW it keeps a battery charge for a long time….months.
Marc
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. The downside of trying to work at this level of precision is it slows you down while you make all the very small increment micro-angle adjustments while trying to use this instrument to it’s fullest capabilities. The precision afforded by the WE sharpeners invites us “perfectionists” to attempt to work at this level.
Marc
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