Hi I am very new to wicked edge system and am very pleased i just could not get my knives right with a stone .. however did notice how much play was in the original arms / joints and this i thought could possibly affect the angles , so i hd a go at improving them
this is the old arms
Hi I am very new to wicked edge system and am very pleased i just could not get my knives right with a stone .. however did notice how much play was in the original arms / joints and this i thought could possibly affect the angles , so i hd a go at improving them
this is the old arms
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/29/oldarm.jpg/[/img]
you can see how much play there is
so i made up some new arms out of 1/4 " bar (the old ones are 6 mm ish) and some new joints
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/515/newjoint1.jpg/
new joint in clamp :
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/837/newjoint2.jpg/
and new arm in joint .
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/685/newarminjoint.jpg/
this made sharpening feel much more positive and can only help (i think)
