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GKC - Sorry for the late question, having not been monitoring the forum. (Family rule - no hockey after Easter, it's mountain biking & rock climbing season out here until last week of August) What spinner did you use? I have a kid in Atom & Novice, they both weigh 60-65lbs. They felt they had no edge on 90/75 but felt the 100/75 was OK. Felt more confident dangling through traffic. So I'm going with the theory less weight = more bite needed. As far as durability - Made sure Mama Bear knew to stone the burrs off before each game. Was getting 3 weeks out of a sharpening (6-8 practices and 4-5 games). Any other dads getting similar results?

I know exactly what you are talking about. Blew up a 15A, 3hp router working on a fence. I use a minimum of 14AWG cords for power tools. Leave the 16 or 18 guage for XMas lights. The X02 motor is less than 3A so the transmission loss is nothing big even along the 20ft cord I use. Jordan - sorry no pics. We moved last summer and the garage is still an embarrassing mess. <_< But the link for the FatMax 93-292 is: http://www.stanleytools.com/default.asp?CA...+Project+Center Even my seven year old can wheel it in from the parking lot. At a tournament in Cranbrook, other teams thought we were trying to intimidate them as we rolled in and set up. Initimidate? For Novice Tier 4? Give me a break . . . :P

X02 Up & Running Huge thanks to Steve & his crew @ Blackstone for getting me a machine, case & accessory kit within a week. The yahoos who shipped it couldn't read the "Heavy" and "Fragile" stickers all over the box. It was dropped at least once wrecking the travel case, but they shipped me a new one straight away. Took a bit of tinkering but have my X02 dialed in and working great. -have the stock 1/2", plus 90/75 & 100/75 Some hints to other guys getting set up for the first time: (especially if you're like me and it has been a few years since you last touched a sharpener) Make sure the bottom tongs on the holder are square to the base -one of mine was bent back 10 deg. (most likely in the shipping oops) >-be gentle adjusting, the holder is a cast piece Set the Pitch knob to have 1/2"-5/8" clearance from the base -my spring did not have the tension to hold so I inserted a 3/16" thick washer with a 1/2" opening >-I have it set at a hair under 9/16" -Steve was adamant to leave it alone so I made a reference mark in case someone tinkers with it Get a second hand set of skates for testing & set up (or use the team loudmouth's . . .) -otherwise a lot of steel may be lost until you get the front height set Rather than lugging the 45+ lbs when transporting from home to rink, I bought a Stanley FatMax Mobile Project Centre. Converts from a dolly to a work table at a great height. Plus can store an extension cord -- who knows where the plugs are in some old barns.