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  3. Posted · Report reply

    On 18/10/2017 at 11:08 PM, IPv6Freely said:

    Weird. I actually checked my alignment for the first time in months last weekend and it was still perfect. Maybe email them?

    Thanks for responding.  Do you have an edge square to check to see if you're actually getting balanced edges?  

    I kinda think it's the clamp that is not centering the blade properly.  But if so, need someone to tell me how to tighten the clamp nuts which are kinda inaccessible...

  4. Posted · Edited by WhosUrDaddy · Report reply

    Frustrated with mine.  Alignment becomes off no matter how centered it is at the beginning.  The machine goes through different brands of skates (CCM and Bauer) and different steel (Bauer, SpeedBlades, Stepsteel, etc.).  Every other pair, I need to re-adjust the centering wheel.  

    Maybe the clamp or something is loose?  Is there anything to tighten?

    Edit:  I check the edges with several edge checkers and even have an HDI gauge.  I know they are off...

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    7 hours ago, stevebalchunas said:

    Can you provide a little more data? My first suggestion would be to make sure you're always running enough cycles. A lot of customers are getting comfortable running 1 or 2 cycles after every hour or two, but that's not a good hard rule to live by. If you've lost an edge bad, you may need to run 4-6 cycles to properly reset the edge again (or more). You should always inspect the blade after each skate and judge how many cycles are needed by the amount of damage to the edges. 

    If you really are getting different height readings, can you let us know how much they are off and what you are using to determine that? Are you changing wheels from skate to skate? What exactly is different from before when it was "perfect" and now when it is unbalanced? 

    Sorry for all the questions! 

    Thanks for the reply!  I will document my runs and post.  I'll also re-run a few more passes.

  9. Posted · Edited by WhosUrDaddy · Report reply

    Has anyone experienced a loss of balanced edges with the Sparx machine?  When I first got it and set it, it was beautiful.  Now, it doesn't seem to provide that consistency anymore.  I've checked the centering via the centering wheel a number of times.  Wonder if it's the clamp?  Just me (senior size) and my son's (junior size) skates.  Frustrating once you get used to perfect edges.

    LS2 and LS3 runners...

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    Very cool.  

    But if the skates don't match left and right, does it mean you have to profile them first and then sharpen?

    For the V3 sharpening machine, I assume it just sharpens?  Once you have a perfect matching set, then it will sharpen both okay?

    Technology is the way of the future for skate sharpening.

     

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