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  1. #1
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    Default Ozito WSS 200 - any opinions?

    Heya.

    I was shopping in Bunnings today for odds n ends and i saw this sharpening system for $149.

    Ozito WSS-200 Wet Stone Sharpening System.

    At a glance it looks similar to the Tormek/Sheppach sharpening systems in that is has a slow speed (120rpm), 2 wheels - 1 white Al Oxide, 1 leather and a tool guide that can be placed above or behind the unit.

    I know that as far as quality goes you probably can't compare it with a Tormek or even a Sheppach but I was wondering if it had anything particularly noteworthy - to avoid or otherwise. I don't know how long it has been available but Ozitos website has it listed under New Products - assuming that means anything.

    http://www.ozito.com.au/wss-200

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    --- Cheers. Paul.

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    It's a blatant Tormek knock off but for $150 with a 3 year replacement warranty what have you got to lose? Give it a go and let us know how it works out.
    If you check the diameter of the bar you will be able to tell if you can use Tormek jigs with it.
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    I have the big Tormek and it's brilliant for me. The Tormek with it's almost endless array of jigs, can seemingly sharpen most things; this is a bit limited.

    Having said that, there would be a good argument to purchase one of these units if, and I stress, if, you can purchase a dressing guide thingy that will work.

    Essentially, the sharpening wheel is delivered square so that the first time you use it, you should get a square and even sharpen right across the flat surface of the stone and whatever you are sharpening.

    Over time, and sometimes time can be an afternoon of sharpening little things, the flatness of the sharpening wheel will be a bit off. In short, there will be some minimal grooves that may even be hard to see, but you can usually feel them with your fingers.

    In the manual PDF on the link that you sent, I noted that they mentioned a dressing stone, NOT SUPPLIED, with which one dresses the stone for flatness.

    Firstly, you would need to acquire this dressing stone at the very least, so whatever that costs, you have to add to the cost of the unit. Secondly, the Tormek system has a brilliantly simple dressing system using a hardened tip tool that one screws across the face of the wheel whilst it is turning. I suggest you look online to see how this works.

    The Tormek system has what looks like a dressing tool, which it is, but it dresses the wheel in a few seconds to either a rough wheel for fast cutting when you need to remove a lot of steel in a hurry, then when you have removed most of the material and have a flat steel surface, you dress the wheel with the other side of the dressing stone and this makes the wheel surface fine and you do your final sharpening and get a much finer finish. Then you go to the leather wheel for the final touch.

    It seems to me that Tormek may about now have to deal with some very sharp pricing from what will be inferior goods, but only in relation to what you are paying, compared to the Tormek. Anyone buying this Ozito sharpening system could, relatively speaking, be on a winner for a fraction of the Tormek price.

    With those two caveats I mentioned covered, it would, or should be worth it. If as previously suggested, Tormek jigs fit, then you are onto an absolute winner. Provided of course the build quality is enough to give you a sharp, even finish.

    Mick.

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    OK. I went and got one.

    It feels very cheaply made. Lots of plastic. light. The Stone looks to be good quality. The strop wheel wobbles a lot when turning though.

    The tool support bar is 11.8mm dia. Not sure how that compares to the Tormek. Hopfully it's compatible as I need to sharpen more then just flat edged tools. I have a whole shelf of turning tool; gouges, scrapers etc, that need sharpening too.

    I can't compare it to the Tormek system as I've never seen one but as I need some sort of sharpening system - and can't really afford a quality one, this will have to do.
    --- Cheers. Paul.

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    I would be interested to hear a full review after you have had some time to play. It would also be handy to have somebody with experience on the Tormek spend a few hours on the Ozito to see how they differ. I am sure that the build quality of the Ozito is poles apart from the Tormek, but then again so is the price. It would be interesting to see how the compare together.
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    Default TiGer 2000S Wetstone Grinder

    OK.

    A short update on the unit after I've been using it for a while.

    In short - it does the job and does it well.

    I've had to buy a few extra attachments to facilitate the different tools I use but I would have had to do that anyway. As far as I can tell it's a re-badged Scheppach TiGer 2000S Wetstone Grinder. Identical accessories and all.

    What to watch out for. I purchased the Scheppach Wood Turners 4 pc pack from H&F Machineryhouse, as well as the leather honing wheel and a spare support bar.

    The leather honing wheel comes with an extension bar that uses a completely different sized thread to the Ozito. I'll have to make up something to suit it.

    The spare support bar doesn't fit either. The two vertical bars are spaced 90mm apart but the Ozito bar has a 100mm spacing. Chalk that up to learning.

    The #55 jig in the Scheppach pack doesn't seem to have index grooves to set the angle of the bevel. It suggests that you mark the angle with a felt marker. The #110 bevel jig also requires the universal #100 jig which apparently comes as "standard" - On the 2500, not the 2000 though. I may have been better off with the individual Record Power jigs as they seem (from the photos) a little better quality and a little cheaper to boot.

    In all - not a bad little unit for the cost.
    --- Cheers. Paul.

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