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  1. J

    Updated heel questions

    I made a previous post but perhaps this will clarify my issue more. I was unable to make a parallel heel with my dual angle fixture correctly. I watched Tira's video on sharpening along with Sam's. Sam instructed to use a ceramic lap to make a .25mm heel. Tira used what looked like a much larger...
  2. J

    Heel drag issues

    I did notice that the closer i got to .25mm, the easier it is for me to make these cuts. Ive had trouble with too long of a heel and too short of one as well. Does it matter if i make the heel with a 1200 wheel versus a ceramic lap? using the same method of course..? Also, just the actual angle...
  3. J

    Heel drag issues

    I am currently using a traditional heel on them. the ones that seem to work a little bit better have a higher heel angle and are just done on a 1200 grit disc. When I make a heel with the ceramic lap (no power), I have trouble with the heel drag. Even though the heels are the same size as the...
  4. J

    Heel drag issues

    I am currently suffering from some serious heel drag issues. At first I thought it was operator error. I used a graver (120 square) a teacher had made for me which has a parallel heel (made from a Lindsay template I believe) which gave me no issues and I was able to perform decent cuts with no...
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