Edward Riley

[Edward Riley]

Also does anybody make a adapter to put on non magnetic blocks?

[Edward Riley]

Ooh that one looks very nice! Anybody think there’s a better one? I’d hate to order it to find out I should have gotten a different one. Thanks!

[Edward Riley]

Thank you all for the great information! I like the idea of checking the angle of the stones themselves. I did another knife yesterday and spent about 7 hours on it. Again getting each grit to remove all the marks of the grit before it is taking a really long time and the lapping films did not really get me the results I was expecting. I think maybe my issue is my angle cube. It was expensive 7 years ago when I bought it for measuring RC helicopter rotor pitch(BeastX) but I feel like it’s not as accurate as I need. Can you guys recommend me a new one? Can you get one that does hundredths of a degree? I don’t want to spend hundreds but don’t want to wish I had gotten a better one what do you guys think is the best that you’ve used? Thanks again your all great!

Edward

[Edward Riley]

Aww man now I’m thinking about the 130 vice upgrade. Any tricks you know to counter the left hand leaning of the blade. The one I’m working on now is a OTF double edge with a groove down the center and now I see exactly what you mean and think I see what my problem is. I keep flipping the blade every stone so I can keep an eye on the point, with 4 grinds coming together this point has been very tricky. So I bet what’s wrong is even though I have been using the alignment gauge it’s been tilting slightly and throwing off my angle. This is my first one with the adjustable arms so I expected it to be more precise but slight tilting would totally explain it. Thanks so much your awesome!

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[Edward Riley]

So you also set each stone to the original angle? I’m just having trouble getting each stone to cut perfectly across the whole bevel. I thought once I had the ability to adjust the micro angle refining the edge to the new grit would only take a few strokes. Before I got the adjustable arms I would spend an 1-2 hours per stone getting an even bevel across the whole blade. And yes it is faster now that I can adjust the micro angle but not really by that much.

[Edward Riley]

I’m pretty new. So with the edge facing up you always move the stone downward? I’ve been alternating every stone but I do go upwards with some stones. Is this bad?  Thanks!

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