How to adjust Grinding Ring heightUpdated 10 months ago

Turning the toe to the right will allow you to sharpen a little higher on the toe without causing an over-current error. Most hockey player skates are somewhere between a 5 and 7 for the height setting. One way to figure out where the grinding wheel will make contact with the skate blade is to load the skate and then press the button that looks like "<-O->". Then use the "-" minus button to move the Grinding Ring over to the toe of the skate until it just 'kisses' the toe of the blade. Now you can see exactly where the grinding wheel will make contact with the skate blade. Adjust as needed so that the grinding ring is making contact with the skate blade at a 45-degree angle, and then push the <-O-> button again and the ring will return to the home position.

We want to define an intersection zone, where the vertical face of the blade (B) meets the nearly horizontal face of the blade (C). This zone can be a curved section of blade (A) like that shown in the figure below or in some cases, it can be a point where surfaces (B) and (C) meet. When the intersection zone is a curved surface (A as shown below) the Grinding Ring can safely initially contact the blade anywhere in this region (A).

Use the Left and Right Buttons to touch the Grinding Ring to the skate blade. Inspect its contact point and be sure it is in the desired position. In the graphic below you will see an example of a contact point that correctly set (A), too high (B), and too low (C).