Haffner
@jensjensen
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Hello From Denmark,
Nice to hear from another sharpener i Europe!
Best regards,
Jens
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Welcome Rosalie!
I hope you will like it here.
Greetings from Denmark!
Jens
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Another great accessory would be at set of Black Axle Boots like these:
So many users use them already to protect the ball joints from diamond dust from the stones, so why not offer them as an accessory? Once again you can save the users a lot of time because they don’t have to search for the right ones and perhaps buy some that are less than optimal.
You can even get them in different colors, but I’ll leave it up to Clay to decide which ones fit the sharpeners best:
An argument against offering a set of four shaft collars as an accessory could be that there are so many different collars out there, and the users should be able to choose the ones that they like the most.
But this is not the issue here. By offering the collars as an accessory, you save the users from having to wonder which collars will do the job and perhaps acquiring some in the wrong dimension etc.
The Digital Angle Gauge is also offered as an accessory and I think it’s a good idea for the same reasons.
Another really useful accessory is the Boker Knives Wiha Toolkit Hex Bit Driver 09BO701. This driver is much better then the ordinary Allen keys, and you avoid damaging the hex screwheads.
I’m sure these new accessories will make a lot of the users here enjoy their Wicked Edge sharpener a lot more.
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Do they lock to the rods? If so they would be great for the top stop too which would prevent the paddle from flying off the rod on an upstroke.
Yes, they do!
And Haffner, thx for that link. I just picked up 8 of them (4 for a gift to an office mate fellow WE user). With free 2 day shipping too!
Great! I don’t think you will regeret it… I hope you wil post your experiences with them.
BTW, “free 2 day shipping”. You don’t want to know, what shipping to Denmark costs, but I’ll tell you, it sure ain ‘t free! And som products don’t even ship to Denmark…
And then there is customs and tax: 25 USD + 25% VAT!
Life ain ‘t cheap…
Do they lock to the rods? If so they would be great for the top stop too which would prevent the paddle from flying off the rod on an upstroke.
Yes, they do!
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I’ve got one pair of blank handles, but they’re red / white.
For my actual purpose, I really need the old style of handles, because they can be taken apart.
I will be gluing some 5 mm thick stones to the black centrepieces and then total thickness of the handles will be just the same as the ordinary Wicked Edge handles. Getting the paddle thickness back to 30 mm is quite important, because then the custom paddles can be used without adjusting the sharpening angle.
However, if you do not need your red and white paddles, I am also very interested, because I will need another set of paddles for my next project.
I use four 1/4 inch Shaft Collars to control the movements of my paddles.
They work so well, I think they ought to be available as a standard Wicked Edge accessory.
I found these https://www.mcmaster.com/shaft-collars but I’m stuck because I can’t find the rods diameter anywhere. I have the WE130 and I bought the 12 inch rods for it.
Get the “Threaded Shaft Collars”, and buy four of them.
When you have the 12 inch rods, it’s often a good idea to use clamps on both ends of the rods.
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Anything you can find at your hardware store that will slide down onto your guide rods but stay in place are stone stops.
Indeed, but let me recommend you to use clamping shaft collars as paddle stops. Once you secure the collars on the guide rods, they will stay in place, even when you hit them multiple times while moving the paddles.
However, do avoid collars with set screws as they might damage your guide rods.
Google is your friend…
I tried to Google “scissor sharpening angle”, and very little information turned up.
However, sharpeningmadeeasy.com gave some real information. I’ve taken the liberty of quoting the most relevant paragraphs here:
SCISSOR SHARPENING Scissor angles are measured from square, which is called 0 degrees.
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Some scissors, like children's safety scissors or pinking shears, will be ground square.
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Paper cutting and older cast scissors will be ground at between 5 and 15 degrees, leaving an acute angle at the edge
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In newer scissors this angle increases up to 25 - 35 degrees or so, but some scissors are deceptive.
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The highest angle found in household scissors will be 40 or 45 degrees. This is found on the finger blade of knife edge dressmaking shears, although the thumb blade may be at a lower angle, usually 15 degrees.
Always look carefully for the steepest cutting bevel and duplicate it. Grinding the other way and leaving an obtuse edge, called a negative angle, is bad.
You may see this on low quality scissors or after poor sharpening jobs. Some general angles by usage
Children's safety scissors 0 Pinking shears 0 - 5 Cast Iron paper scissors 5 - 15 Bandage scissors 20 Grass and hedge trimmers 25 Embroidery, cuticle, nail scissors 25 - 30 Fabric, tailor and industrial shears 7" and longer 35 - 40 Knife edge finger blade (thumb blade is 15 - 20 degrees) 45 - 50
Various scissor and shear sharpening bevel angles.
Clayton 7" 10 Wiss thread nippers 10 Gingher thread snips 15 Italian pinking shears 15 Old Wiss pinking shears 15 Kleencut 20 Fiskars dressmaker 30 Gingher snips resharpened 35 Delica 3 1/2" blade desk scissors 40 Gingher "Knife Edge" dressmaker 15-45 Wiss dressmaker 25-30 Wusthof kitchen shears 25-35 DaVinci 2 1/2" blade 30-45 Japanese kitchen shears 35-40-
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Did you loosen the adjustment screw?
Yes, I dit loosen the adjustment screw, but still the collar will not go onto the rods.
Those also look a lot easier to install/adjust and remove than my TPU bumpers.
Unfortunately, I haven’t tried your TPU bumpers, allthough I’d love to, but I’m sure they have some advantages as well.
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