Edge angle help?

[Harmless]

i emailed burton for edge angles and this is what i got (burton speed 160)

"2 degree side and 1 degree base."

but my tool is "Side-edge 88 and 89 degrees; base edge 0.5 and 1 degrees"

can i still do the edge?

[bobdea]

use 88 and 1

[Harmless]

thx. thats all i need

[Sinecure]

This should be pretty obvious once you think about it a bit. As a baseline, consider edges to be either 0 and 0, or 90 and 90, or 0 and 90 (base, side). If you look at a cross section of an edge, this makes sense _|

Many people (most now?) bevel their base edge by 1 or maybe 2 degrees. This cuts down on edge catching problems, and someone eases turn initiation/release. However, once you do that, you probably want to bevel the side edge a corresponding amount, so as to retain the 90 degree angle. So that would indicate a 1 degree base bevel, 1 degree side bevel (ending with a 90 degree angle). That said, most people these days go with 1 degree base, 1 degree side. This leaves you with an 89 degree angle - slightly sharper than 90 degrees. That's what I find I like the most.

Then go slide a rail and the whole concept gets thrown out the window.

[west carven]

howdy Harmless

edge angles are written near the inserts i believe

its 1 degree base and 3 degrees side.

hope you haven't edged it yet!!!