Skate sharpening tool

Abstract

A skate sharpening tool for ice hockey and figure skating applications comprises a housing having a plurality of grooves configured to hold grinding rods in predetermined positions. The plurality of grinding rods are held within the grooves and positioned at an angle of 0.3 to 1 degree off from a skate blade reference plane, for smaller diameter rods to achieve the cutting effect of larger diameter rods. The grinding rods include at least a first rod for roughing operations with diamond grit, a second rod for smoothing operations with finer abrasives, and a third rod for polishing operations comprising porous material such as wood for diamond paste adhesion. A plurality of clamping screws adjust tightness of the tool onto skate blades of varying thickness. The off-angle positioning allows the tool to create multiple blade profiles and Radius of Hollow configurations while maintaining manageable tool size.

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