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Tomorrow i'll make an exhaustive post, with pictures, about my complete Blackstone experience over the last 2 years.

No never I ordered my X02 with 100/50 and 90/75 When i assembled it i put in the 1/2 spinner thinking it was the old way to call 100/50 which is the second most biting FBV which was my first choice. It felt amazingly good so i had no reason to try 90/75 then. Then 2 years later i realized 100/50 would translate into 2/1 and not 1/2 so i posted here. But i was 100% convinced i was skating on FBV Anyways , if FBV is even better than that i cant wait to try it!

thats crazy.....ive been thinking i was using FBV for 2 years, when i was just on a regular hollow... i dont know why i felt a superior glide....im sure its not the mental effect...maybe blackstone machines give you a better glide even on regular hollows ... anyways...thats crazy. cant wait to try FBV then....i'll be superman.

This is all photos of my super spinner labeled as 1/2 Keep in mind, its been used though 3 grinding wheels already, so its about at 75% of its lifespan.

Thats some serious British engineering. i didnt know Brits played hockey though!

ok thanks guys...ill send the picture as soon as i take it but its pretty old....ive gone through 3 grinding wheels with it over the last 2 years. i hope its still recognizable.

damn damn.. im pretty sure they were mislabeled... i have been using these spinners for 2 years and they definitely feel like FBV. when i bought my X02, it came with 100/50 and 90/75 according to my order. but the labels i got on my 2 spinners were 1/2 and 90/75. i dont believe ive been playing with a regular 1/2 hollow all along....i mean, i saw a huge difference as soon as i tried it.....it feels so good that ive been promoting the 100/50 radius as a "sick sharpening" on these very forums.

i have a spinner thats written 1/2 on it...............its this the same as 100/50?

try FBV @ 100/50... absolutely sick...at least for me. im 165 lbs....if that matters... absolutely sick....its the only FBV ive tried....but i cant think of trying anything else.

damn, i wanted to see an explosion....

i guess you'll know its time to replace your timing belt when your machine will explode or just stop working. i know its dangerous to have a timing belt fail in a car engine so its better to replace it in advance (every 100,000 kilometers). i hope its not the same with blackstone machines!

Timing belt. Hi,engineering geniuses, mechanics people on this forum, whats up. i just bought a bunch of Blackstone X02 accessories ( not because i needed them right now...but only because i wanted to have my conscience clear and have all the stuff i need in the future closeby) i bought a timing belt amongst other things.....if im only sharpening my own personal skates....and sometimes but rarely those of a few friends, when am i going to have to replace the timing belt? i sent emails to blackstone but for some reason they don't reply. Thanks.

Thanks JR for removing my fears i was under the impression that those Blackedges were made of some super hard material like diamonds that required some fancy grinding wheels and that my poor little X02 would be too weak for it. screw that, lets go! and i understand you personally possess an X02 as well ! Welcome to the club sir! SICK machine, best purchase i ever made....

Blackstone X02 & Blackedge Runners combination? Hey, boys and girls, ladies and gentlemen, i recently pulled the trigger on a pair of blackedge runners, and i'm wondering if any of you had any experience or feedback on sharpening those runners using blackstone machines, specifically the X02. How does it go? i suppose/hope that the blackstone wheels are made strong enough because apparently blackedge runners are made of really hard materials. when sharpenening, do you guys still do the same process as with any other runner (passing roughly 7 to 10 times) or do you have to make more passes? and assuming that i go to my Local store to do the first cross grinding, like blakedge says we should do, is not doing the cross grinding on future sharpening really ok? like many people have been saying here in this thread. thank you! looking forward to a great winter.