'Leading Edge' Knife Sharpening System.

The " Leading Edge ", 3D printed knife sharpening system.

Available for download at Thingiverse :

Discussion thread on Blade Forums at:

If you have a 3D printer at home then you are all set :).

Parts can also be ordered online from Treatstock or printed at a public library offering this service

Treatstock manufacturer that I chose to print my parts.

Links for some of the parts I used in my build:

Melt in brass threaded inserts:

M4 Thumb screws:

Small 12x3 mm Round Neodymium Magnets

Steel Rods ( 8 mm )

[barenekid]

Printed this thing. It's working reasonably well for me.. Thank you. Someone has spent significant effort designing it it.

A few Issues I immediately ran into though:
The Stone clamps don't print v well ... as in the angled receptacles portions are of Curiously incorrect wedge shape to fit the Typ stone carriers. (I redid mine :-)
Dissapointingly the 3 magnets / sliding clamp device (V1.3?) are inadequate for holding a blade... beyond a 4 " paring knife.. and even that is arguable .
Too springy, Clamp screw is too far away to apply reasonable force.. resulting in a not even close to usable clamping force .. a Fail.
I suggest not even bothering to print it.
I will try the Bigger multi magnet hold down version though ... basically because the magnets were sold by the dozen :-)
The larger (of the two versions) clamp device holds better on a 8" knife . Not ideally well tough ... truth be told.
As the PLA (yet again) version bends under even moderate clamping force.
And yess... I 've been printing for 6 years now and did slice for max rigidity / strength..
It's adequate for purpose.. but only just.
I imagine a metal clamp could have a significantly more reliable grip... Will explore that, as Aliexpress sells metal clamps.
Also setting the Sharpening angle, is in real life, Sketchy.
By my observations; due to the Flexy nature of the components.
Have printed a few Angle gauge set pieces that seem to help... but are also not dead /easy ideal.

The experiments / real life testings continue....

[MaximusPanin]

1:50 what progress has been made! Excellent lens sharpener. Can I improve my Ruixin Pro 008
To do this, there is a zip file with dimensions under 6mm. Thanks!

[xvirprojetos]

Hello friend, this sharpening device is very good, with several adapters for various tools, I would like to ask if it would not be possible to make an adapter for sharpening cuticle pliers similar to the one made for scissors. no more, thank you.

[iwontbebeat]

I don't have PC or printer . Can anyone sell me at eBay ?