skate sharpening

[vdubbin 0]

i cannot remember this for the life of me right now. i want to know what the hollow is when i use to shapen a skates. the desciption that i have for this is that when dressing the wheel on a blae master, if you pull the diamond out one notch towards you from 1/2''. please help, i know it sounds stupid but i cannot remember. Thanks.

[lb33knight 0]

i cannot remember this for the life of me right now. i want to know what the hollow is when i use to shapen a skates. the desciption that i have for this is that when dressing the wheel on a blae master, if you pull the diamond out one notch towards you from 1/2''. please help, i know it sounds stupid but i cannot remember. Thanks.

Sounds like a 5/8". If you take the diamond dresser out and stand it up with the diamond pointing up then the line above the 1/2" mark is a 5/8". The line below the 1/2" is a 3/8". The closer the line is to the diamond the flatter you will make the hollow.

[vdubbin 0]

thank you for the reply, i just couldnt remember what it was. for some reason i had 5/16 stuck in my head and i knew it wasnt right.

[Next Sakic 0]

i do my skates at 7/16s so i wouldnt say your that wrng

[DamnLocust 0]

can you not do fractions? 5/8 is the same as 10/16, which is double what he had thought it was.

and there's a pretty big difference between 5/8 and 7/16. Remind me to never let you sharpen my skates.