Thickness Compensator for Hapstone RS

The Thickness Compensator is a simple tool for maintaining the chosen sharpening angle while working with sharpening stones of different thicknesses on Hapstone RS knife sharpener. Keeping a collection of single thickness sharpening stones is not recommended as a long-term solution. There are a lot of very good stones of different thickness, and hence no reason to limit yourself in this regard.

What is the problem with keeping stones of different thicknesses? When you switch between stones of different thickness on your sharpener, the angle of the horizontal shaft changes. Unchecked, this can ruin your sharpening. The thickness compensator acts as an anchor to fix the sharpening angle.

Specs

• Material: Aluminum
• Inner diameter: 12 mm
• Compatibility: Hapstone RS

How to Use

When assembling the sharpener, place the thickness compensator on the vertical rod below the fine-tuning unit. To begin, install the first stone into the sharpener and set the desired sharpening angle, then set the thickness compensator to the working position and secure it with a thumb screw. The working position is below the pivot. The distance between the thickness compensator and the fine-tuning unit should be equal to the thickness of the stone. The stone itself should be used as a measurement tool.

The compensator will remain in this position until the end of the sharpening process.

When you switch between stones, move the fine-tuning unit into a new position (but don’t rotate it). The distance between the compensator and the fine-tuning unit should be equal to the thickness of the next stone.