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Sharpeniinsganeasyoperatiotonperformaslongasthefollowinigtemsarefollowed: 1. CLEANtheitemtobesharpenepdriotrobeginninagnysharpenionpgerations. 2. ALWAYuSsethefactorbyeve(lcuttinegdgeanglea)saguidetosharpenitnhge tool. 3. SHARPEthNetoolspriotrostartinagnyjobinvolvintghetoolsT. heuserwillthen belesslikelytorushthesharpeninpgroceduraen,dthenwilldoa safear ndbetter job. 4. SHARPEthNetoolsinnumerouligshtpressurpeasseisnsteaodfheavilpyressing thetoolagainstht egrindinwgheelL.ighpt assewsillbesafear ndproducaemuch sharpeerdgeonthetool.Heavpyassewsillcreatea raggeadndrougehdgeonthe tool. 5. DONOTsharpetnoolsthatarecrackeodrbentA. damagetodolshouldbe discarded. 6. The Utility Sharpener IS NOT to be used as a Bench Grinder to remove large amounts of material. The grinding wheel rotates much slower than a Bench Grinder. The grinding wheel uses a much finer grit grinding wheel than a Bench Grinder's grinding wheel.

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Sharpening
isaneasyoperation
toperform
aslongasthefollowing
itemsarefollowed:
1. CLEAN
theitem
tobesharpened
prior
tobeginning
anysharpening
operations.
2. ALWAYS
use
thefactory
bevel
(cutting
edgeangle)
asaguide
tosharpening
the
tool.
3. SHARPEN
thetoolsprior
tostarting
any
jobinvolving
thetools.
Theuserwillthen
beless
likely
torush
thesharpening
procedure,
andthenwilldoasafer
andbetter
job.
4. SHARPEN
thetools
innumerous
lightpressure
passes
instead
ofheavily
pressing
thetoolagainst
thegrinding
wheel.
Light
passes
willbesafer
andproduce
amuch
sharper
edgeonthetool.Heavy
passes
willcreatearagged
andrough
edgeonthe
tool.
5.DONOTsharpen
tools
thatarecracked
orbent.
Adamaged
toolshouldbe
discarded.
6.
The Utility Sharpener
IS NOT to be used as a Bench Grinder to remove large
amounts of material. The grinding wheel rotates much slower than a Bench Grinder.
The grinding wheel uses a much finer grit grinding wheel than a Bench Grinder's
grinding wheel.