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Heya, Thanks for all the information. I seem to be having an issue that even though both edges of the blade are equal with the bat gauge, it seems like one edge is always sharper then the other and I am wondering if anyone may have run into that?

Good day, I had a question around centering the skate with the grinding wheel. I have attached a picture of my X01 which shows that Skate blade sits a little higher on the grinding wheel. I use the bat gauge and the calibration block and only use the front dials for getting equal edges. Is this correct or should I try and have the blade marks directly in the middle of the grinding wheel, which would mean touching the pitch wheel to lower the holder a little? Any thoughts?

Hi All, Have a question and not sure if anyone else has come across this. I have 4 FBV spinners, 90/75, 90/1, 100/50, and 100/75. I have been mostly sharpening with the 90/75 until my 11 year old started losing his edge in high speed drills, so I talked to blackstone and they sent me a 90/1 as the next one up that would provide a little extra bite, the problem that came out is that the 90/1 has way to much edge and feels like you are on rails, but based on the chart it should have been the next progression. I then moved on to the 100/50 and it provided the best combination of edge and glide. Anyone else try any of the other spinners and had similar results with the 90/1? We skate on fairly hard ice and the list below is the blackstone word doc for comparisons. Thanks ROH FBV 5/16 = 100/1 3/8 = 100/75 7/16 =95/1 95/75 1/2=100/50 9/16 5/8 =90/1 85/1 3/4 = 90/75 85/50 95/50 85/75 1= 90/50 80/75 80/50

I just bought the X-01 because I live in the middle of nowhere, is it absolutely essential to cross grind a new pair of skates or would 10 or so passes on the machine be sufficient? It fit my budget and I never factored in having a bunch of new skates with my boys growing like weeds.