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Thread: Wet Stone Sharpener
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17th March 2007, 03:33 PM #1
Wet Stone Sharpener
HI which is the best wet stone sharperers.???
Thanks Twisty
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17th March 2007, 07:06 PM #2GOLD MEMBER
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What's best, Holden or Ford? Personally, I'm a Holden man.
It depends on what you have to sharpen. Chisels, plane blades, thicknesser blades, jointer blades or just knives?
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18th March 2007, 10:19 AM #3
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18th March 2007, 11:22 AM #4
Twisty,
my order of recommendation would be:
- Makita wet wheel sharpener - horizontal wet wheel, expensive, though cheaper than a Tormek.
- Scangrind - vertical wheel, reversable, medium to expensive. Expensive accessories.
- Tormek - vertical wheel, expensive, expensive accessories.
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18th March 2007, 12:52 PM #5
G'day,
Ive got the Makita sharpener. I was lucky enough to pick one up secondhand, in good condition.
It comes with a #1000 stone. Ive since bought a #6000 for it too. (theres also a low grit stone available)
Once I got used to setting it up (quite simple) it a little ripper Im finding myself using it more and more.
With its horizontal stone position, and big blade holder, it excels with jointer & thicknesser blades.
For sharpening chisels and plane blades, its either freehand or make yourself a jig to hold them square. (the wide blade holder isnt made to hold chisels and plane blades) I tried it freehand, and ended with an out of square, sharp chisel
Ive since made a very simple, rough looking jig to help me keep blades square. It works quite well.
I happy with it. Maybe it isnt as flash as the other brands, but it does a nice job.
cheers.
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18th March 2007, 07:51 PM #6GOLD MEMBER
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You'd need to send your thicknesser blades to be sharpened by someone who can sharpen something that wide. The others can be done on the slow wet stone grinnders...
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18th March 2007, 11:22 PM #7
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18th March 2007, 11:25 PM #8
Tormek and Scangrind can also handle 12" - 15" blades. Setting them up can be a trial, but once set they work well. Jigs are spendy though!
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12th August 2008, 01:15 AM #9New Member
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Underused would you be able to ell me wher you brought the 6000 grit stone for the makita wet stone sharpener from please. thank you
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12th August 2008, 07:06 PM #10
Groggy why is the tormek hard to set-up? I can set-up the planer jig in less than 1 minute... Since I bought it I have sharpened my jointer/thicknesser knives three times. It takes longer to put them in the jointer and align them raher than sharpen them (provided I wasnt in the mood for planing nails again and have to grind steel for the next hour ).
regards
MariosYou can never have enough planes, that is why Mr Stanley invented the 1/2s
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12th August 2008, 10:43 PM #11
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13th August 2008, 12:14 AM #12You can never have enough planes, that is why Mr Stanley invented the 1/2s
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I am on my second Tormek. Sold the first one with Woodturners' Package. Missed it so much I bought another but knew exactly what jigs I needed- just a couple less than the package. Because I enjoy sharpening I use it frequently and I can trust it to get me my hollowgrind without fail. It is the only great machine for carving tools and the more refined equal of the Wolverine on lathe tools.. I do finish out my flat blades on Shaptons and a strop.jet
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After my first play with my new makita grinder and coming on here to ask about different angles for different knives, etc, I found this thread and wanted to suggest using a small carpenters square with the sliding ruler, but cut the ruler down to about 3" long so it doesn't get in the way of the chisel handles. I found a few such cut down rulers I used in the past when doing weatherboard scribers. The ruler is a nice guide to rest the side of the chisel against, and the main body of the square rides along the top edge of the tool holder base/slide. Works surprisingly well.
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