SAFETY SAFETY PRECAUTIONS Power Cord Sharpener Base Filter, Cancel Button Grinding Ring Grinding Ring Grinding Rings Power Cord Power Cord Skate Clamp Grinding Ring Grinding Ring Carriage Skate Clamp Grinding Ring Carriage Grinding Ring Grinding Ring Thumb Nut Grinding Ring SAFETY...
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FCC NOTICE (FOR U.S. CUSTOMERS) INDUSTRY CANADA COMPLIANCE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION CONFORMITY WITH DIRECTIVES SAFETY...
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AVIS DE LA FCC (POUR LES CLIENTS DES ÉTATS- UNIS) CONFORMITÉ À INDUSTRIE CANADA PROTECTION ENVIRONNEMENTALE CONFORMITÉ AUX DIRECTIVES SÉCURITÉ...
INTRODUCTION TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS SKATE COMPATIBILITY *Requires an additional adapter, which is sold separately. DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHT ELECTRICAL INTRODUCTION...
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR SPARX SHARPENER PART DESCRIPTION PART DESCRIPTION PART DESCRIPTION Skate Clamp Lever Dock Height Adjustment Knob Keypad Power Switch Alignment Adjustment Driver Slot Clamp Lever Power Input Port Grinding Ring Arbor Triggers Thumb Nut Slot Covers Sharpener Base...
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WHAT’S IN THE BOX? PART DESCRIPTION Travel Guard Power Cord Goalie Risers (2) Optical Alignment Tool Alignment Ring Clamp Lever Alignment Driver INTRODUCTION...
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GETTING TO KNOW THE KEYPAD PART BUTTON DESCRIPTION Play Grinding Ring Grinding Ring Life Indicator Cycle Counter Cycle Counter Minus Cycles / Move Left Move Mode Carriage Carriage Cancel / Error Move Mode Move Alignment Mode Alignment Cycle Counter Add Cycles / Move Right Move Mode Carriage Filter...
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GRINDING RING LIFE INDICATOR BEHAVIOR Grinding Ring Life Indicator Grinding Ring’s Grinding Ring Grinding Ring Grinding Ring Life Indicator ICON ACTION DESCRIPTION Grinding Ring Grinding Ring Grinding Ring Alignment Mode Grinding Ring Grinding Ring Grinding Ring Grinding Ring Grinding Ring Grinding Ring INTRODUCTION...
SETUP CLOSE THE HEAD UNIT LIFTING HEAD UNIT sparxhockey.com/lift LOCATE THE TRIGGERS SLIDE THE TRIGGERS AND LIFT HEAD UNIT OVERHEAD SHOT OF TRIGGERS SLID DOWN INTRODUCTION...
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The Alignment process is required when you first receive Clamp Lever Travel Guard Clamp Lever your Sparx™ Sharpener. Be sure to inspect the alignment after every time the sharpener is moved and/or travels. INSTALL THE ALIGNMENT RING Head Unit Carriage...
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Alignment Tool INSPECT THE ALIGNMENT Clamp Lever Alignment Tool Alignment Ring INITIATE ALIGNMENT MODE Alignment Button Carriage Alignment Tool Carriage Alignment Ring LOCATE THE TAB AND GROOVE Optical Alignment Tool Optical Alignment Tool Alignment Ring ALIGN USING THE ADJUSTMENT DRIVER Driver Slot Alignment Mode...
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REMOVE THE OPTICAL ALIGNMENT TOOL Clamp Lever Skate Clamp Optical Alignment Tool REMOVE THE ALIGNMENT RING Carriage Glass Door Grinding Ring Arbor Thumb Alignment Ring. INSTALL THE GRINDING RING Grinding Ring Arbor Grinding Ring Grinding Ring Arbor Thumb Nut Glass Door SETUP...
OPERATION LOADING A SKATE *For loading goalie skates and figure skates see the end of this section. sparxhockey.com/loadskate LOAD THE SKATE Clamp Lever Skate Clamp Skate Clamp Skate Clamps Clamp Lever We recommend inserting the skate into the Skate Clamp with the toe pointing to the right.
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ADJUSTING THE GRINDING INITIATE MOVE MODE RING HEIGHT Move Button Keypad Grinding Ring Move Mode sparxhockey.com/ringheight INSPECT THE CONTACT POINT Left Right Buttons Grinding Ring For every pair of skates sharpened, you must assess the height of the Grinding Ring and adjust if necessary. Grinding Ring Grinding Ring Grinding Ring...
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SELECTING THE NUMBER MOVE THE CARRIAGE INTO POSITION OF CYCLES Left Right Buttons Keypad Grinding Ring sparxhockey.com/cycle Grinding Ring Grinding Rings Grinding Ring ADJUST THE GRINDING RING HEIGHT Head Unit Height Adjustment Knob Grinding Ring ADJUST THE CYCLE COUNT Grinding Ring Left Right Buttons Keypad...
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SHARPENING SKATES UNLOADING A SKATE sparxhockey.com/sharpening sparxhockey.com/unloadskate DISENGAGE SLOT COVERS Slot Covers Grinding Ring Slot Covers Cancel Button Carriage BEGIN SHARPENING SHOT OF NEW SLOT COVERS Play Button Play Button Air Filter Cycle Counter REMOVE THE SKATE Clamp Lever Skate Clamp Skate Clamp Clamp Lever.
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EDGE DEBURRING REPEAT ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE sparxhockey.com/deburr POWERING OFF We recommend using protective gloves when deburring the skate blade. LOCATE THE POWER INPUT PORT DEBURR THE BLADE WITH THE STONE Power Input Port Honing Stone TURN OFF THE SHARPENER Power Input Port REPEAT ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE DEBURR THE BLADE WITH THE STROP...
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GOALIE SKATES CONTINUE THE SHARPENING PROCESS Grinding Ring Height sparxhockey.com/loadgoalie ADJUST THE GRINDING RING HEIGHT INSTALL THE GOALIE RISERS Anchor Pins (A) Goalie Risers Anchor Slots Skate Clamp Goalie Risers CONTINUE THE SHARPENING PROCESS REMOVE THE GOALIE RISERS Goalie Risers Skate Clamp SHOT OF NEW SLOT COVERS OPERATION...
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ADJUST THE GRINDING RING HEIGHT FIGURE SKATES Set the grinding ring height setting to Figure (1). Look for the contact point at which the grinding ring starts to roll on the skate using the move button. Use the figure below as your guide where sparxhockey.com/figure the desired contact point is A, contact point B is too high and contact point C is too low.
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SHARPENING NEW STEEL sparxhockey.com/newsteel Before loading new steel, take a dark colored marker and fill in three strips (1 inch in length the full width of the blade) on the toe, heel, and middle of the bottom surface of the skate blade. To ensure you have sharpened the entire blade, inspect the blade after running the cycles and if the sharpening is complete, all of the marker on...
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ACTION CAUSE CORRECTIVE ACTION Air Filter Air Filter Air Filter Button Air Filter’s Dust Tray Dust Tray Grinding Ring Cycle Count Grinding Ring Life Indicator Grinding Ring Life Indicator Grinding Ring Grinding Ring Grinding Ring SPARX HOCKEY CUSTOMER SUPPORT TROUBLESHOOTING...
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ERROR CODES Cycle Counter Cancel Button Left Right Buttons ERROR CODE CAUSE CORRECTIVE ACTION Air Filter. Air Filter Alignment Mode Alignment Ring Grinding Ring Alignment Mode Alignment Button Cancel Play Button Alignment Mode Button Play Move Mode Move Button Cancel Button Play Button Move Mode Play...
MAINTENANCE REMOVING THE HEAD UNIT REPLACE THE HEAD UNIT sparxhockey.com/headunit LIFT THE HEAD UNIT Triggers Head Unit REMOVE HEAD UNIT THUMB NUTS Head Unit MAINTENANCE...
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REPLACING THE AIR FILTER There are no user-repairable parts in the Sparx™ Sharpener. Refer to “Exclusions” in the Warranty To order a replacement Air Filter, visit sparxhockey.com/filter. section for more information. Maintenance of the Sparx™ Sharpener is limited to the procedures outlined sparxhockey.com/airfilter...
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INSTALL NEW AIR FILTER Air Filter Air Filter RESET THE AIR FILTER BUTTON Air Filter Button Air Filter Button MAINTENANCE...
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TRAVELING WITH THE SHARPENER When setting up the Sparx Sharpener after travel, wipe sparxhockey.com/travel down the Grinding Ring Arbor’s face and threaded arbor to remove any unwanted steel shavings that may have EMPTY THE SHARPENER BASE gathered during transit. This will ensure a proper fit...
ANY PURCHASE OF A SPARX HOCKEY PRODUCT IS COVERED UNDER THE ASSOCIATED PRODUCT WARRANTY POSTED AT SPARXHOCKEY.COM/WARRANTIES AT THE TIME OF THE SALE OF THE SPARX HOCKEY PRODUCT VELASA SPORTS MAY AT ANY TIME AND IN IT’S SOLE DISCRETION, MODIFY ANY OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CONTAINED IN THE WARRANTY POLICY.
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