1 degree off on one side? Really, that seems excessive, at least for a $700 precision sharpener. Being that you have the Gen III Pro, can that somehow be fixed. being that both arm adjustments are geared to each other?
I can understand equal inaccuracy of both sides, due to blade height.
But 1 degree off from side to side not a good thing. One shouldn’t have to have their micro adjustment on one side all the way out to compensate.
Hopefully Clay can address this and have it corrected.
I’ve been waiting since I think February myself for the Gen III Pro. Have to wait a little longer now, I guess.
1 degree is way too much. There were a few first batch that went out that we’ve been hearing about that had the angle issue. Once we found out about it, we made some changes to both the manufacturing process and the QC process so the machines going out now don’t have that issue. We will of course fix or replace any machines from the first batch that are having the issue.
The overall threshold is this – less than .5 degrees of variance from side to side and less than .5 degrees of variance from whats stated on the dial for a blade that extends 5/8″ from the top of the clamp. An example of a machine that would fail QC now would be one in which (for a blade that extends 5/8″ from the top of the clamp), when set at 20 degrees, the left side measures 19.7 and the right side measures 20.3. The difference between the two sides is .6 degrees so the machine fails QC even though both sides are with .5 degrees of where the dial is set.
We selected .5 degrees of variance as the threshold because of the combined tolerances of all the different parts that go to making up the angle – there is the height of the vise, the left/right position of the vise relative to the sliders, the sliders themselves, where the sliders attach to the upright posts, the upright posts themselves and where the ball joint hole is placed, the lever and where it’s slots are placed relative to the pins in the sliders etc… even when all parts are within the tight tolerances of +/-0.005, if you get a combination of parts that are made to spec and still have the machine a little off.
I hope that’s a helpful explanation.
DSGROUSE (and anyone else that’s noticed the issue) – please give Kyle a call: 877-616-9911 so we can get your machine squared away.[/quote]
I will call tomorrow, thanks for the reply
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