Belgian guy, sorry if I came off a bit short earlier. I was busy at work and decided to take a quick break and peak in on the forum when I saw your question. I didn't have time to write a longer response. I'd like to help you but I don't want to risk putting the STL file out in the world for anyone to make a Sharpmaker style base. Even if it's different angles than what the Sharpmaker comes with, I'd prefer that people buy the real product from Spyderco and I especially don't want someone selling these for their own profit. I appreciate your interest though.Belgian guy wrote: ↑Mon Mar 23, 2020 12:16 pmThat's totally understandable. I guess I'll just wait for that adjustable angle Tri-Angle to come out. In the mean time, I might try out the "seesaw method" with one of the safety rods (I found elsewhere that that changes the angle of the rods by 2.5 degrees).
ZrowsN1s started this thread asking for something that wasn't available. One of the other guys posted a small 3D printed block that he made and that planted the seed in my head and stoked my interest in 3D printing which has become a big part of my life in the past year. I spent a lot of time designing this. Getting the slots for the triangle stones just right and figuring out how to make the CAD file so I can easily adjust the angles in the model took considerable time. I learned a lot along the way and I was happy to be able to give Matt what he asked for. I've since made one of these for my own use (even though I already have two Sharpmakers) along with a couple variations that take different stones and diamond hones. The project has run it's course for me and I've now moved on to designing and making different things.
I'll be very interested to see what Spyderco comes up with for the adjustable base. I've had some ideas in my head to make a truly adjustable base along with an adjustable adapter to use with the current base. I've had too many other projects going to really work on them. Knowing that Spyderco's already working on one I figure it's probably best to just let them do their thing.