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...old thread ...but ..are there any news on a new machine ? as far as the old one , is sby still using it ? there was a manual mentioned above ...can i find it somewhere or does sby have a copy please ? thx , chris

sikaflex 252 ...keeps my S17 s going for years use sika primer before to increase bondage

this !!!

what does OCD stand for ??

what do you guys think there are 3 adjusters for ?? ...right ...to adjust all three of em .....none of the above answers is correct !! its like the dude in the hockey store telling me as i come in....don't touch the holder ..it's just set right !!?? ...wishful thinking !! and yes ..15 clicks within one pairs of skates w bauer steel is not uncommon ....just poor quality control/ diffrent suppliers / various grades of corrosion w aluminum/steel runners etc

depending on the quality / hardness of the steel 20 passes are not enough ... i mark new step w a sharpie and sharpen 1/2" on the regular blademaster first ....then , after all the sharpie is gone ...i take it to the blackstone to get FBV w a few passes blackedge steel though is black on the surface as well , so you don`t need a sharpie here ...but it takes some time get them done right/ remove the coating totally for sharp edges

kinda leather ......the better u sharpen the less u need a honing stone at the end .....till a shop rag is enough to wipe off the shavings

well ..i have the same type of foot like you and the best skates for me as well were the S17 , 9W .....my current pair cracked the carbon outsole last week so I am down to one last new pair of S 17's ( stocked up 4 pairs when the last ones were available ) tried the 70k yesterday in 9D and failed ( unbaked though ) the pencil test ......the S17 gave about half a size after baking ...how would you rate the 70 K ? thx

again ...good point ...what I`d like the mostto know ......how does fire compare to real ..., good sharpened FBV !?

ok ...what do you really want to shell out ??

thx ...did as well ....if it was 100& FBV i 'd be kind a sold !?

got a link to that utube ? thx

and just being curious...how much are you being charged for FBV ??

...depending on where in europe I may help you !!!

hi ....after putting the machine away for summer and forgetting about it i was asked by many at first practice to sharpen them FBV....that brought back the memories of frustration as i did the first pairs ...after like 5 pairs the machine made funny noises and turning the wheel by hand felt like a seized bearing .......after not even using half a wheel in total !! back home i disassembled the whole thing which was no biggie ...given you have the right tools ....i found cheapo chinese bearings and the sprocket on the motor that drives the belt was out of round as well .....wheel shaft as earlier mentioned : out of round , shaft dia too small , dia of wheel accepting part of shaft way too small ...locking nut wobbling and a lot of play in the threads ....as announced I had the whole thing quality made by a friend ....dressing wheel now has zero freeplay on shaft ...shaft fits snug in bearings with no freeplay ...and the whole thing is a 100% true running . i will report back once i have it back together i have pics but do not know how to simply attach them without using a filehost ...so if sb wants them let me know ...same here

this is exactly the point ....poor quality ...which could easily be avoided , with a few additional cents .....i will have sby remachine an arbor and install quality bearings this week and will report

..well , yes ...but is it necessary?? ....absolutely no ...just have somebody with better equipment and quality control machine the arbor to match the diameter of the wheels and be done with it ....there's so much freeplay in mine that the wheel is always out of center .....i helped myself with teflontape at the beginning but in the meanwhile i got so frustated about it that i put the machine aside and only use the shop F02 ......should not be necessary , as the x 02 is just not a 50$ item have somebody machine a quality , true to design dimension arbor ...plus use high quality bearings with no freeplay ( i am too busy in the summer to deal with that , but come fall , I will start this project ) ...easy check ...if you mount the wheel and tighten the lock nut ......move the spinner towards the wheel that it slightly touches it ...then turn the wheel by hand ...you should have same amount of contact to spinner all of the 360° .....who has it that way ??? mine doesn't

that's what I already did ...but they questioned my ability to judge and measure " out of round " and requested photos and videos ..which i sent ...but no reaction . all of the 6 grinding wheels I have got so much clearance on the shaft that I can stick a feeler gauge in there

to those of you owning a x-01 or x 02 ...if you grab the grinding wheel and move it up and down and left and right ....do you feel a little play in the shaft ?? also , if you install the grinding wheel on the shaft ...does it sit tight or does it have freeplay as well ??? mine ( x 02) has so much freeplay that when I tighten the nut it comes out of center and vibrates ...this sucks as you will never get a perfect finish , no matter how good a sharpener you are .....thx affton dad ...i sent you a pm !!

thank you! .....none of the specialized hardware stores in our country had this in stock nor could get it,... getting a handmade locknut was out of question as I needed it today ....luckily I remembered that the gas installation of my RV uses some left hand thread inch size....and I could cut off a matching nut from a gas installation hose .

sorry , I opened a seperate thread with x-02 in the header , but apparently it was merged into this one !!

hi ...can somebody please tell me the exact size of the shaft thread where the grinding wheel sits on ?? thx

did they ever come out with the new machine that was mentioned above ??

...same question here !?

I have seen steel 3,03 mm tick as well as 2,88 mm thin