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I know it's 4X our traditional Grinding Rings, but I'd have to double check what exactly that is in material removal per pass. You're right on with the 8 cycles. Depending on how deep of a hollow you put back on a skate after the X-Grind (which puts an almost flat profile on the blade), you may end up only needing 4 cycles, say with a 7/8" Radius Ring, but 10 cycles for a 3/8" Ring. I think running 4 cycles with a regular ring after the X-Grind and checking, then running 2 at a time until the marker is gone is a good idea.

Used the "X-grind" wheel for the first time last night. Toward the end of the game, I came to the bench to change and one of our wingers told me to go out for him the following shift because he'd blown an edge and it wouldn't hold at all. After the game, he showed me his skate and sure enough there was a 4" long or so section of his inside edge that was completely blunted. I ran two passes with the X-grind and the defect was no longer visible. I'm guessing it removed somewhere around .010-.015" based on eyeballing the damage beforehand, just a guess though. Steve, out of curiosity, is there an average/estimate on how much each pass of the X-grind wheel removes? I marked the fresh flat surface with a black sharpie and ran his requested 1/2" for 6 passes. (I believe Sparx recommends running 10 passes after using the X-grind.) There was still a very fine black line visible on part of both edges, so I ran another 2 passes and it was gone. The recommended 10 passes is probably the safe number, but 8 seemed to suffice here. I mirrored the same process on both skates to keep things even. We'll see what his feedback is this Sunday night!

And now for the trifecta, I just got a text from the captain of the team at the third rink I play at (this one is the Panthers practice rink and HQ) that our 6:45 game on Sunday, has been rescheduled to 11 pm. To boot, no one was told of the change. One of our subs looked at the schedule and saw the 11 o'clock game, and asked if we needed him like we usually do for late games. If he hadn't checked, we would not have known. I'm seriously frustrated and perplexed by the overall imcompetence that's going on. If I screwed around with my paying customers this way, I'd be fired.

Yes. Ramonedge is a Finnish company. They're quite popular with the Finns playing in NHL.

New Bucket! Medium Bauer 4500 with Oakley pro straight small visor and white loops and strap

Bad news: Did not do well on my math placement test last night. Good news: Spoke with an admissions counselor and found a loophole. Great news: Admitted to the college's Paramedic program, starting in January!

players that don't take any consideration to the fact that I have to handle their jerseys after their time on the roster ends. It's bad enough that I'm dealing with human sweat and sometimes blood... but tonight I had to drive home, an hour in a snow storm, suffocating in the stench of the 1970's ass HAI KARATE cologne this old son of a bitch apparently bathed in. Cheap fragrances aside- cologne on game day... we're playing hockey, not rolling into a fucking nightclub trying to smash some cougars.