Steve

As I’ve been reading and watching the great resources listed above, I’ve seen several mentions to the concern that Dwight mentioned with metal and diamond dust getting into the mechanism or (in some posts) your lungs. I’ve seen multiple suggestions including adding washers to the bottom of the guide rod, magnets to the base, covers to the joint…[Read more]

Great tips. I’ll dig into the listed resources and keep reading the forum. Thank you very much for the help!

I found several similar questions posted  in the forum archives with great answers from MarcH and others. Based on those, I’ve ordered an 800/1000 and a leather strop (1/.5). Any other suggestions are certainly welcome.

When I tried to buy the 2016 version, the local company revealed that their website was wrong and they were actually out of stock. I ended up ordering a WE120 without the ProPack to save on some shipping cost. I also ordered the 15″ guide rods to help with the longer machetes and the advanced alignment guide.  I will need to come up with my own…[Read more]

Thank you very much for the quick response.  That is exactly what I needed to know.  I will move forward with the 2016 model.