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Just got the invite to configure and order my Model 3

I didn't find many video reviews of the True skates so I decided to make an unboxing video. I am also going to record a video on baking them and profiling the steel. Will also make on ice reviews and some others videos as well depending on what people want to see. I I would have merged this with the main True/VH thread but felt it was unique and as such should have its own thread.

Go back 25 years. CCM did it with the Vacutack.

Sock order from Modeline. From Left to Right: Rochester Americans current home, 1970s Sabres home, my high school's pattern (custom) when they won states.

Haha that's why I said to message any of us - I didn't want to be a dick and just say to message me

I sharpen skates for a bunch of my kid's teammates, a few of my fellow coaches, and a fair number of other guys around and I've definitely noticed that some steel burrs more than others. I've always been able to deburr adequately, but being a nerd at heart, I got interested in this phenomenon and started poking around on the internet and found the weird world of hobbyist knife makers. Those guys are fanatical about steel and go into agonizing detail about it; which, closet nerd or not, turns out to not be all that interesting unless you have a burning passion for chemistry and metallurgy. Anyway, I learned that, all other things being equal, some compositions of steel are simply more prone to developing edge burr than others. Since we can't exactly change the formulation of our skate steel, there's nothing we can really DO about it as skate sharpeners/Sparx operators - we just have to deal with it. In general, I've found that if you sharpen with fewer passes more frequently, you'll deal with WAY fewer burrs than if you're running a bunch of passes, less frequently. Put differently, since you've found the Step burrs more easily than the LS2, consider sharpening twice as often with 1/2 the passes. That way, any burr that forms will be smaller and easier to deal with. Sparx has a good writeup on its website about burrs - worth a read if you haven't already... http://blogs.sparxhockey.com/how-burrs-occur-on-skate-steel-and-how-to-mitigate-them

Whoever told you that was wrong.

They absolutely have to be baked. I’d be shocked if you could even get your foot in them without it. There’s no reason to not bake them.

Ahhh sorry man. I doubt it’s kosher to go posting that in the thread. So for everyone else: current owners can give you a discount code for $25. Just message any of us and we’d be happy to share :)

I have a Sparx and it has been working well for us. My son just switched from LS2 to Step Steel and I'm noticing it burrs the edges on the Step more. I also have to use the stone on them a good bit more than I did on the LS2. Anyone else having this issue with Step?

Couple of commercial options around Richmond listed here - maybe contact them see if you can drop in and use your own grinding ring and share Sparx info: https://www.sparxhockey.com/pages/skate-sharpening-near-me

Weststar in Mississauga has it and uses it on all fits. I had a customer with an odd issue. I sent him there amd it worked to fix his issue.

My brother and I just went halfsies on a Sparx. We are both very excited for the convenience this machine is going to give us.

The internet and forums such as this have been around long enough that there's really no excuse for people not knowing the basics of how this stuff works. Sites like Flickr and imgur are out there offering free image hosting and make it so simple to copy a bbcode for an image in order to post in in a thread, this is how every single forum I've ever been on has worked for the past 20 years. And on that note I now feel like an old timer and like I just yelled at kids to get off my lawn haha, but in all honesty, I agree with JR and it has always been a pet peeve of mine.

I want someone to try vacuum bags

No, it isn’t. It does an adequate job. But still, it all goes back to my thoughts on it.