9. With the blade now fully sharpened, loosen the thumb screw knob, raise the sharpener, carefully rotate it
180° back to its original storage position, push it down fully and tighten the rear thumb screw for secure
storage of the sharpener.
10.YoumaywishtocleantheexposedareasofthebladeasdescribedinCleaningtheBlade(without
removal of blade) before slicing any food with the newly sharpened blade.
11. After many sharpenings, when the gap between the blade edge and the thickness control plate (in fully
closed position) exceeds 6 mm, the blade must be replaced.
A
B
C
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Figure 13. To use the sharpener (7), it must be raised from its storage position in post (A), rotated (B) and then
lowered over blade as shown (C).