Sounds like he pushes too hard
The only people I know that have used the automatic sharpeners are hockey players with very mixed results. I sharpen skates for a few select people and have many years of experience in sharpening. I’d love to hear your feedback if you chose to go with the automatic machine. Good luck.
There is nothing worse than a crappy sharpening. One time someone took my skates and sharpened them by mistake and it took me almost three sharpenings before I could restore then to the correct level and feel :furious:
Note that there are different manufacturers [and for a given manufacturer, different models and vintages] of automatic sharpeners. So you need to first find out the make, model, and vintage of the specific automatic sharpener. Also, results will still depend on how carefully the operator maintains and sets up the automatic sharpener [assuming the particular automatic sharpener is capable of good results on figure skates in the first place].
