I’ll be glad to share with you the method I used for adding bushings to my rods. Send your e-mail address to my private message box and I’ll send you a detailed description of how I did mine.
That said, I have to say that I’ve been pretty anal about the slop thing, but there are a lot of guys making perfect bevels without upgraded blocks. I had made several sets of glass blocks so I could use abrasive film. They had bushings and were so much better I was immediately convinced that I had to upgrade my WE blocks as well.
There is a learning curve with the WE system and the general feeling is that it takes 20 – 30 knives before you should expect top shelf results. When you understand how the slop is hurting you, you can take measures to reduce the impact. Constant force applied in a consistent manner is a big step. For me, a handheld microscope as part of my bench top was (and is) a big factor in reducing errors.
I just found three pm messages from May which I didn’t know were there! I wish they had a flag to tell you that you have a new message. As it is now, you have to go to your own profile page just to check for messages. I’ll have to try to check more often.
BTW, as you’d see in the thread Markdoh posted, the amount of slop you are seeing is typical, not abnormal.
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