Work Sharp Precision Adjust Sharpener: Button Improvement

A recent professional knife / lopper sharpening convinced me to up my sharpening game, so I figured a Work Sharp Elite sharpener would improve our backup blades:

Protip: Wear gloves, because you’re working in front of an unprotected and eventually very sharp blade.

The blade-holding clamp snaps magnetically into a rotating chuck so you can flip the knife over, at least if it’s not quite as long as that one. The chuck index has a spring-loaded release button:

The spring is powerful and the button arrived with a recess around the screw holding the chuck together:

Pressing the button hard enough to release the chuck hurt my index finger, but their Tech Support said it’s like that and that’s the way it is. Turning the screw adjusts the spring compression, but I think this situation calls for “more secure” rather than “easy to push”.

Fortunately, I have a laser cutter and know how to use it:

Despite appearances, it’s a 10 mm disk of 4.3 mm clear acrylic stuck to the screw head with a snippet of white double-sided tape and flush with the surrounding plastic surface.

A smooth button makes my index finger much happier …