Sutter Instrument 148006 Instruction Manual

KNIFE SHARPENER

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

SET UP INSTRUCTIONS ............................................................................................................................. 4

SET THE SHARPENING ANGLE .................................................................................................................. 5

SE T THE KNIFE GUIDE ............................................................................................................................. 7

OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS ..................................................................................................................... 8

FINISHING THE EDGE-SHARPENING STEELS .......................................................................................... 12

SHORT BLADES....................................................................................................................................... 12

HOLLOW GROUND/SPORT KNIVES ........................................................................................................ 13

GUIDE CLIP ............................................................................................................................................. 13

THINNING THE BLADE ........................................................................................................................... 13

SHARPENING SERRATED EDGES ............................................................................................................ 14

SHARPENING WITHOUT SCRATCHING THE BLADE ................................................................................ 14

THE ULTIMATE EDGE ............................................................................................................................. 14

Painters Tape: l recommend keeping a clean piece of Painters Tape on the end of the BLADE TABLE.
It helps to keep from scratching the blade. There is more on this on page l2. It also keeps you from
cutting into the end of the BLADE TABLE, while you are learning to use the machine. It is not
noticeable if the stone cuts into the plastic, but you can easily see when you hit the tape because the
tape turns from blue to black.

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SET UP INSTRUCTIONS

(The Parts of the APEX are referred to in CAPITAL LETTERS)

1. Rotate the LEGS out to 90°. Stick the suction cups down dry, onto a smooth, non-porous

surface. If they won't stick, wipe them with a moist cloth. Too much water and they will slide
around.

2. Insert the PIVOT SHAFT into the BACK. Turn the SHAFT so that the PIN slides down the

VERTICAL SLOT. Rotate the SHAFT so that the colored degree marks are facing you.

3. Start with MEDIUM on a very dull knife or a FINE stone for a knife in good shape.

4. To change stones, turn the KNOB a couple of turns counter-clockwise. Grasp the STONE

ARM, with one STONE HOLDER in each hand. Pull the FRONT STONE HOLDER until the STONE
snaps free, and slide the STONE out sideways. Slide a new STONE in and tighten the KNOB
firmly, but not hard.

5. To attach the STONE ARM to the MACHINE, turn the PIVOT so that the LOCK KNOB is on your

right. Slide the PIVOT on to the PIVOT SHAFT.

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SET THE SHARPENING ANGLE

Set the STONE ARM so that the desired ANGLE INDICATOR MARK is showing just above the PIVOT.

A. Basic Method for Setting the Angle

B. Exact Method for Setting the Angle

1. START at 15° (the RED MARK). Do Not sharpen at 15° unless you are sharpening a roast beef

slicer or very thin cooking knife. You always want to start lower than the bevel on the knife.
Very few knives are factory sharpened lower than 15°.

2. Put some ink on the edge bevel with a magic marker.

3. Do not wet the STONE. Stroke the STONE very lightly across the edge of the blade. Now you

can see where the stone is cutting in relation to the bevel of the knife. Proceed as follows: