The main tool of hockey player, a fan of figure skating or just a person who prefers free time on ice, - skates. So that they serve as long as possible and were comfortable to use, the perfect sharpening is necessary. Thanks to various devices, you can keep your equipment in excellent condition and significantly extend the service life.
What it is?
Good clutch with ice, the ability to maneuver and perform complex tricks on the rink dependes not only from the dexterity and skills of the athlete, but also from the status of skates. The sharpness of the blade and the presence of a special groove plays a special role.
Once scratches are formed on the blades, potholes, it begins to "slip".
In this case, not only is not comfortable, but also dangerous.
That's why Immediately after purchase and throughout the time of use of the blade, it is necessary to periodically sharpen . For this, special machines for sharpening skates are applied.
There are quite compact models, to use which is possible even at home to care for their equipment. To do this, you only need to understand the principle of operation and master the necessary skills. The set to machines for sharpening skates includes:
- universal holder;
- abrasive circle;
- device for collecting chips and dust;
- Diamond pencil.
All consumables are easily replaced and selected individually for a specific machine model.
Review of species
Today, a variety of sharpening tools produce many companies in Russia and other countries. There are special devices for use at home, ordinary machines or simple tools and automated options that do not require complex skills from the wizard.
At the same time, some devices are created specifically to sharpen cross-country, walking, curly skates or 3 B 1. There are also professional grinding machines, thanks to the complex system of tuning which it is possible to mold the blade on the skates of any type.
Normal
For home use, as a rule, do not buy complex equipment, going around by conventional manual sharpeners or the simplest instruments.
Famous brands "Nordway", "Decaton" Created special small devices that can be quickly sharpening the skate manually. These are compact devices consisting of directly sharpened and its shell.
In some cases, the craftsmen use special files for sharpening under the grooves, fully coping with the drainage manually. However, it is worth understanding that Such methods are suitable only for non-professional use, for example, for poding the blades of pleasure skates during the season.
If you are engaged in sports or you want to save skates as long as possible, you should give them to professional sharpening.
Automated
Modern technologies offer the most secure and high-precision way to bring the blade of the skates to the perfect state. Many brands focused on the production of automatic sharpening machines.
A similar type of equipment significantly reduces the processing time, while the quality of sharpening increases.
Machines are used by professional athletes and major ice palaces.
Electronic professional automatic machine due to a wide selection of settings can operate with skates of any type: hockey, curly, children's. The blade is placed in a special carriage, fixed in it. And the wizard remotely, even without coming directly to the machine, makes a setting for a specific type of sports equipment. Thanks to the powerful motor and special design, the machine copes with perfect sharpening in a short time.
Best models
Before buying a hut, first of all, it is necessary to determine what purpose you buy equipment. Professional machines occupy a sufficiently large space and require more expensive consumables, but allow us to obtain substantial income, especially in the season of active riding.
For home use, you can choose a simpler model, which will allow you to significantly save, drawing the blades yourself.
One of the best manufacturers of hosted equipment in the world is the company Prosharp. . The native Country of the brand is Sweden, which is not surprising, because it is there that the skates are particularly popular with the inhabitants.
Machines from the Swedish manufacturer are used on major world ice arenas, they prefer the Olympic teams and other professional athletes. But also prompt models for home use.
Consider the most popular and well-proven compact models.
Prosharp skatepal
This is a small device, which does not exceed the usual suitcase. Weigh about 10 kilograms. At the same time, it is capable of providing a professional level of sharpening for hockey, figure skating, skaters.
A special design allows you to make a procedure completely safe for the drainage, and the blade is automatically centered.
Even newcomer will be able to work with such a device.
Distinctive features of this Swedish machine:
- There is an automatic sharpening function with a turn;
- forms a groove on the blades automatically according to the specified type, options from classic to advanced are available;
- The degree of pressed discs to the skate is adjusted during sharpening to obtain a better result.
Along with the device comes a complete set of consumables.
In addition, due to the standard sizes, there will be no problem in the selection of components, if necessary, change them.
SSM-2
The most popular model in the world for use on the rink or at home today is SSM-2. This is a slightly more massive device that has 13 kilograms weight and classic design.
The device performs sharpening of any type of skates, while safely as possible for the wizard. A powerful base allows you to carry out work, not experiencing about random damage.
The machine has a wide selection of settings. Thanks to them, having completed an adjustment before starting work, you can sharpen different types of skates:
- hockey;
- figured;
- pleasure;
- running;
- gaming;
- Baby.
The engine accelerates a sharpening device up to 3 thousand revolutions per minute, which allows you to give the blade the perfect sharpness in a short time.
Accessories
Standard stacks for sharpening skates require only 2 types of components that will have to be periodically changed. The final result of sharpening and the comfort of the use of sports equipment depends on their quality and proper choice.Abrasive circles
Often this element is also called a sharpening stone. We produce their three different colors: white, pink and blue.
In this case, the color does not affect the performance indicators, it is used only so that the owner can choose the most pleasant.
A truly important parameter of the grinding stone is rigidity. There are three hardness options:
- soft-solid;
- medium hardness;
- solid.
An important parameter is also a grain. Abrasive circles are fine-grained and coarse-grained.
You need to choose a circle based on the size of the mounts in your honeycomb device. For each model, the amount of grinding stone is suitable.
Diamond pencil
This type of components is selected strictly to the type of abrasive circle, which is used in your honeycomb machine. Pencils contain an insert from a synthetic diamond and are used to edit the hinting stone. When choosing, you need to pay attention to the specifications:
- Pencil length;
- diameter;
- Abrasive resistance.
They are selected taking into account the parameters of your grinding installation. This is the most expensive type of components.
Pencil will cost about two times more expensive than the abrasive circle.
How to use the device?
Grinding devices allow you to always keep sports equipment in perfect condition. If you decide to purchase a sharpening tool, you will have to learn to work with it.
The sharpening process is quite simple.
- First, you need to configure the device, referring to the instructions attached to it. Install a grinding stone.
- Diamond pencil bring the abrasive circle to the necessary form.
- The boot is fixed in a special foot. The blade must be installed parallel to the disc plane.
- The device turns on. Gradually, close the blade to the accelerating disk.
- As soon as the disc turns away until a constant movement, you can apply the skate blade and start sharpening.
- Move the blade in the direction opposite to the disk movement.
- Repeat movements by adjusting the location of the groove. If the plates are twisted, it is necessary to use a roller.
It is possible to sharpen and at home by pricked means.
However, in this case, it is extremely difficult to achieve a qualitative result.
