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Sorry for pitching in late here, Clay. I’ve been a happy WEPS user since early Gen1.

I really love the capability promised by the chisel adapter. Would it be useful for grinding plane irons as well? Will it handle lower angles such as 20 or 25 degrees? It is kind of hard to tell from the picture on the product page.

TedP
Reston VA

[Ted]

I don’t see them yet. Am I missing them? I guess I’ll check back tomorrow…

TedP

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Clay- I’ve been following this sneak peak for a few months now and am curious how close it is to market. I have a bunch of Scandi blades with zero grinds that simply can’t be sharpened with the stock clamp. I’d love to be able polish up their bevels.

I stopped by your booth at Blade to ask you or Kay about it, but you guys were swamped! That’s a good problem to have, right? :cheer:

Any ideas when this new product will be out and available?

TedP

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Born and raised in central Oklahoma – and still refer to myself as a “Sooner”. Migrated to North Virginia about 30 years ago – the job market is better here…

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Mark – I had a similar experience to you. I’ve got a Dino-Lite microscope – which may be the same scope as the Veho, but with a different case. I have the same issues as you noted about the zoom – it isn’t a continuous zoom from 10x-400x. There are two ranges, the low end is 10x-50x, and the high end is about 200x-400x. Not bad, just not what I was expecting…

I also get the best results by just pushing the plastic front protector up against the knife. I’m going to get a stand for mine because I’m finding that I can’t hold the scope still enough to get good pictures, especially when the light isn’t perfect.

TedP

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I use an art supplies box I found at the Container Store – called the ArbBin IDS 600. It has six compartments that fit the WEPS stones/strops perfectly. And it costs about $10. But a small plastic lure box would probably do well too.

TedP

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The best way to do it is to buy an “angle cube” from Amazon or one of the other online dealers. This way you can get an exact angle of attack for each stone and adjust as necessary.

I have the iguaging cube from Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/iGaging-Digital-Magnetic-Level-Protractor/dp/B002LL0BIC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1320953566&sr=8-1

TedP

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I have a small Spyderco kitchen peeling knife with a half-inch width blade at its widest point. I need a very narrow bevel on this knife, but was unable to get below about 18 degrees or so. I tried a narrower angle, but ended up scuffing up the tops of the clamp…

TedP

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I had an old butcher block of wood before I got the granite base and it was not good…it moved around too much during the process.

I used an old rock maple 12×12 cutting board for my base. It is about 2″ thick. I glued some adhesive rubber pads to the bottom to provide stability – and it works very nicely, even though it is relatively light weight.

Gotta love Paperstone, though. It is made from phenolic resin, and is basically paper micarta – just without the Micarta trademark. There is another company named Richlite which makes a similar product. I’ve used 0.25″ samples to make knife scales from – and Buck is using it for scales now too. Good stuff.

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