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Thanks Paul — I take a quarter turn on the handle as recommended in the machines’s manual. I might try it again with an even smaller turn between cuts and see if that narrows the gap. Thanks!

I do the sled thing with my thickness sander and it works well generally.

How deep a cut are you taking? I would try taking tiny cuts so that you can see that fall off slowly disappear.

What epoxies did you have a bad experience with? I might try system 3 silvertip.

Home Depot epoxy is probably 2 part 1:1 resin and hardener. West system is 5:1.

I believe 5:1 is superior for strength for epoxy (the resin is the strong stuff, so you want more of that).

West has been around forever in the same formula so it’s very very commonly used which makes it the standard.

They make pumps for it to mix it in the…

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I use West Systems almost exclusively for my epoxy applications. My main products are the 105 (resin) and 205 (hard hardener) and 206 (slow hardener). They both cure very hard with virtually no creep. I have had product in the shop for 3+ years with no issues in terms of curability.

The 205 hardener will get an amber color to the liquid…

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This is such an important topic, I’d like to add one item to everyone’s sharpening system: a really good magnifier. A simple jewelers loupe will suffice (10x or more). When you see the edge at that level, you will immediately understand where you are in the sharpening process and whether you are doing a good job.