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The paper stone base is some serious tuff stuff. I’ve tried to run some dry-wall screws into it and snapped them off pronto. If you want to mount something onto them, plan to drill & tap at least.
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I was thinking of picking up a piece of 12×12 steel plate from a local welding shop. I got one for $10 a few years ago for another project. I will drill a hole and tap some threads so I can bolt the WE to the plate. I had not unpacked the Angle Gauge so I didn’t realize it was small enough to fit in the WE case. Thanks for that advice. What is the cutout in the foam that is shaped like a small tap wrench for?
<span style=”font-family: ‘Arial’,’sans-serif’;”><span style=”color: #000000;”>The mounting bolt is a 5/16-18 2” long that I had. The mounting bolt wrench was one that came with something that I purchased. I have a bad habit of keeping way too much stuff in hopes I may need it sometime. The wrench for the Micro Adjustment is a ‘Screwpop Tool’ with a 1/8” hex bit. Hope this helps.</span></span>
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There was nothing in the slot on mine either, the hex wrenches will fit but it’s hard to get them out.
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I think most of the cases from WE come with a few open slots. I don’t know why. My PP3 was the same way. Had room for other attachments and more stones in mine.
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Another question if you guys don’t mind. What power of magnification do I need for visual inspection of the blade for sharpness?
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Some use a 9 or 10 power lighted loupe or others use this 60X Handheld Microscope.
I have the room to use a laptop adjacent to my WEPS, others have a PC in their stations, so I prefer to use one of these two, inexpensive, USB Powered Microscopes, Plugable and Carson both work very well and are relatively easy to manage at the price point.
Marc
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I have both the Carson USB microscope that Marc indicated as well as the 60x currency scope. I find the 60x scope to be my go to method for bevel inspection since I don’t usually bother to set up a laptop when I sharpen. I also find that the 60x scope is much easier to focus when compared to the USB scope.
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I have used a 10x and 14x loop and it works OK. Definitely better than the naked eye. Thanks to a friend of mine prodding me I recently started using a USB microscope and the difference in what you can see is incredible. Big improvement and I think it will be faster when I’m used to it.
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Fuelboat, have you got any idea how the <spanstyle> tags got in some of your posts?
I had typed the message into Word and copied the text and pasted it into the message. Lesson learned!
I was working from a tablet with a small screen
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