Joker518

Awesome, thank you for your help, Chadd.

First time sharpener here with the X01... How do I know I've dressed the wheel properly? Everything I've read says you only need to gently touch the wheel to the spinner once or twice and you're good to go but is there any indication I'd be able to gather from looking at the wheel? The wheel edge looks the same to me... Is it a very subtle thing? Also, Do I dress the wheel before every pair I sharpen or is that a waste? Thanks for your advice in advance!

I thought of this thread as I was in a pro shop this weekend at a local rink and overheard a father and son trying on skates with one of the sales guys. Now mind you the father looked reasonably intelligent and this was not his son's first pair of skates for hockey. Father: These Grafs seem to fit him OK but would it be OK for him to try them out on the ice? I'm pretty sure we're going to buy them Sales Dude: Well we can't do that because I can't sharpen a pair of skates unless you buy them Father: Can't he just take them out unsharpened? Me: *Dumbfounded* I think otherwise normal people seem to go absolutely insane when they step through the doors of their LHS.

And the troll casts his lure into the thread... any takers?

The Giant has Fuel($200), V-Hex ($180), and Toxic 12k ($90) up for sale... Nice to see the Fuel is a bit lower than projected prices. I got a chance to manhandle the Fuel and V-Hex a few weeks back at a proshop that had like some preview versions of the sticks and it honestly felt like the V-Hex was actually lighter... Both had nice balance though... I just wish they made a mid curve with a neutral face. Hell... ANY curve with a neutral face!

Inline Skates: Tour Code 1's w/Red Star Sniper wheels Ice Skates: Custom Tour Blue Max skates with LS2 holders Gloves: Muskoka ZR Elbow pads: Biltrite 180 series Shoulder pads: Cooper Techniflex Shin Guards: Mission Matrix Ice Pants: Cooper G3 Girdle Inline Pants: Biltrite Wrap-Style Girdle and Hyper Steel Pants Helmet: RBK 8K with Oakley Half Shield Sticks: Easton Cyclones with Sher-wood Axion Blades, Bauer Vapor 10 shaft with Sher-wood Axion Blade

Wristshot, I'm at work at my lame boring ass IT job and you just made my day. Laughing my ass off