Honing Guide Maintenance
Your honing guide needs to be oiled regularly. The machining tolerances on this
guide are tight to make it as accurate and as durable as possible. Since the guide
is exposed to water and abrasive particles in use, fi ne particles can get between the
roller and the cam to interfere with smooth operation.
We recommend that you fl ush the roller with water, dry it and apply a drop of oil to
the junction of the roller, as shown in
Figure 15
, every few times you use it. Work
the roller with your fi ngers to ensure that the oil is well distributed inside. As grit
from the sharpening process eventually fouls the clamping screws, they should be
cleaned and oiled occasionally as well.
It is also important to keep the surfaces of your sharpening stones true, not only to
produce accurate edges, but to avoid uneven wear to the guide roller. To true your
stones, lap them on silicon carbide paper on a fl at surface or use silicon carbide grit
on a piece of glass (or steel lapping plate). Add a shot of oil (for oil stones only) or
water (for water stones only) and lap them fl at.
Figure 15: Locations to oil roller.
Oil roller in these locations.
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