[Woodcarver] WorkSharp?

[Loren Woofard]

Matt:

I have one that a friend bought and didn't care for.  I brought it home to
test drive it.  I like what I've tried so far.  To me, it isn't worth a darn
for carving knives.  It has a knife attachment available but I don't believe
it will do a single bevel from the heel to the cutting edge, something that
I require in my knives.  The see-through wheels are great for carving tools.
I use a black magic marker to color the bevel of the tool before I sharpen.
That lets me know what part of the tools is on the wheel.  I love the
leather buffing wheel that is on the glass wheel.  It is absolutely flat and
allows you to buff without creating a double bevel.  I also sharpen on the
glass wheels which gives me a single bevel edge.  I have not mastered use of
the bevel control guide yet. To me it is easier to freehand the grind.  

Another thing is the light weight.  I have a large sharpening machine that I
built if metal shop a few years ago.  It is great but way to heavy to tak3e
along to a carving workshop.  I have a belt sander and am planning on
purchasing the Work Sharp machine as soon as I can get my buddy to put a
price on it.  

Like most stuff, this machine has a learning curve.  However, I think it is
a good machine.

Loren     

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Good Afternoon all -

The fine folks that brought us the Drill Doctor (which does work) now  
have something called Work Sharp.   Glass disks onto which you slap  
standard abrasive disks,  a slotted wheel for non-flat tools, etc.

Has anyone used this yet? Looks interesting for flat tools, but not  
too sure about knives and curved tools.   Video here:
http://www.worksharptools.com/pilot.asp?pg=ws3000vid

Matt
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