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STAGE 3 DRESS TOOL: CLEANING/ DRESSING OF STROPPING/ POLISHING
DISKS—STAGE 3:
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dress the honing disks in Stage 3. In the event these disks become glazed with grease,
food or sharpening
debris, they can be cleaned and reshaped by actuating the manual lever on the rear of the
sharpener. This lever is located within a recess as shown in Figure 13 on the left lower
corner as you face the rear of the Model 120.
To actuate the cleaning/dressing tool, make sure the power is on and simply press the
small lever in the recess to the right or left and hold for 3 seconds. Then press the lever in
the opposite direction and hold for 3 seconds. When the lever is moved in one direction,
the dressing tool cleans and reshapes the active surface of one stropping/polishing disk.
By moving it in the opposite direction, you clean the other disk.
Use this clean/dress accessory only if and when Stage 3 no longer appears to be
sharpening well or when it takes too many pulls to obtain a razor sharp edge. Using this
tool removes material from the surface of the Stage 3 disks and hence, if used excessively,
will unnecessarily remove too much of the abrasive surface - wearing the disks out
prematurely. If that should occur, factory replacement of the disks will become necessary.
If you clean knives regularly before sharpening, you will need to clean or dress the Stage 3
disks only about once a year or even less frequently
RESHARPENING: (SEE SECTIONS ABOVE.)
Resharpen straight edge knives whenever practical using Stage 3. When that fails to
quickly resharpen, return to Stage 2 and make one or two pairs of alternating pulls. Then
return to Stage 3 where only one to two alternating pairs of pulls will be adequate to put
a new razor-like edge on the knife. Use Stage 1 as a first step in resharpening only if you
wish to have more "bite" along the edge or if the knife has been dulled excessively.
Resharpen serrated blades in Stage 3 (See sections above.)
Model 120 is equipped with a built-in accessory to manually clean/
Figure 13. Stage 3 disks can be cleaned if
necessary. Use infrequently. (See instructions.)
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