Work Sharp
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- tomsalwasser
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Work Sharp
Greetings fellow sawdust makers,
I was walking around Fleet Farm last night and saw the Work Sharp knife and tool sharpener for the first time. The tool seems well liked on Amazon. Anybody own one? It's basically a and held strip sander. Thanks for your thoughts!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003IT5F14
Best,
Tom
I was walking around Fleet Farm last night and saw the Work Sharp knife and tool sharpener for the first time. The tool seems well liked on Amazon. Anybody own one? It's basically a and held strip sander. Thanks for your thoughts!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003IT5F14
Best,
Tom
Re: Work Sharp
The Work Sharp 3000 is more of a woodworkers sharpener in that it will do your chisels and plane blades using a circular piece of plate glass that you attach sanding disks to. There is also an attachment to hold your tool at a predetermined angle for sharpening. I have not personally used either tool, but I'm sure someone on the forum will comment that has used them.
- RobertTaylor
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Re: Work Sharp
I have the Work Sharp knife sharpener and like it. It does what they say and does it well. I only sharpen kitchen knives with it.
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Re: Work Sharp
I also have the Work Sharp knife sharpener. It works very well. I use an old 600 grit belt with compound to hone after the progressing through regular belts. Use it on all sorts of knives. Got it at Woodworking Show for special price/deal.
- friscomike
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Re: Work Sharp
I love the Worksharp 3000. I easily sharpen chisels, plane blades, etc with it. I prefer it to any of the other methods of sharpening woodworking tools. I highly recommend it if you work with hand tools.
have fun,
Mike C
have fun,
Mike C
- tomsalwasser
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Re: Work Sharp
bettyt44720 wrote:I have the Work Sharp knife sharpener and like it. It does what they say and does it well. I only sharpen kitchen knives with it.
Thanks bettyt and sswoodworker. A lot of people seem to like this tool and it's good to know you do too.sswoodworker48 wrote:I also have the Work Sharp knife sharpener. It works very well. I use an old 600 grit belt with compound to hone after the progressing through regular belts. Use it on all sorts of knives. Got it at Woodworking Show for special price/deal.
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Tom
- tomsalwasser
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Re: Work Sharp
friscomike wrote:I love the Worksharp 3000. I easily sharpen chisels, plane blades, etc with it. I prefer it to any of the other methods of sharpening woodworking tools. I highly recommend it if you work with hand tools. have fun, Mike C
Thanks Bruce and Mike. I did not know about the 3000 but I think I need to look into it.Bruce wrote:The Work Sharp 3000 is more of a woodworkers sharpener in that it will do your chisels and plane blades using a circular piece of plate glass that you attach sanding disks to. There is also an attachment to hold your tool at a predetermined angle for sharpening. I have not personally used either tool, but I'm sure someone on the forum will comment that has used them.
Best,
Tom
Re: Work Sharp
tomsalwasser wrote:Greetings fellow sawdust makers,
I was walking around Fleet Farm last night and saw the Work Sharp knife and tool sharpener for the first time. The tool seems well liked on Amazon. Anybody own one? It's basically a and held strip sander. Thanks for your thoughts!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003IT5F14
Best,
Tom
I have the knife & tool sharpener as well as a 3000. Like them both. The K&TS does give a slight convex edge which some purists criticize, but I haven't noticed any problem with that. Being able to sharpen a dozen or so kitchen knives in a half hour or less is awesome.
Roy
Mark V/510, Mark V/500 with parts for 510 upgrade, bandsaw, jointer, belt sander, DC3300 w/1 micron bag
Sawstop 3HP 36" PCS w/router table insert
Home designed and built CNC router, another CNC router desktop size
CNCed G0704 milling machine
Laser engraver
Way too much other stuff and not enough space
Mark V/510, Mark V/500 with parts for 510 upgrade, bandsaw, jointer, belt sander, DC3300 w/1 micron bag
Sawstop 3HP 36" PCS w/router table insert
Home designed and built CNC router, another CNC router desktop size
CNCed G0704 milling machine
Laser engraver
Way too much other stuff and not enough space
- tomsalwasser
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Re: Work Sharp
Thanks Roy. My wife and I spent the weekend with our and daughter and her family. We had a drawer full of dull, cheap knives. I sharpened a few of them with my new K&TS and got out of the way. Over the course of the weekend I got several "hey this knife is a lot sharper" type comments. And these gals are pretty stingy with a compliment. As you say, the tool is not perfect but it's fast and easy and I like it a lot.roy_okc wrote:I have the knife & tool sharpener as well as a 3000. Like them both. The K&TS does give a slight convex edge which some purists criticize, but I haven't noticed any problem with that. Being able to sharpen a dozen or so kitchen knives in a half hour or less is awesome.
One thing I don't like is the cost of the replacement sanding loops. Over a dollar for maybe 5 cents worth of raw material. Anybody make their own or find alternative sanding loops?
Some day when I get a round tuit (round tuits are as elusive as a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow) I would like to make a Shopsmith SPT based on the simple and clever design of the K&TS. I don't think it would be hard to do at all.
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Tom
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Goldie(Bought New SN 377425)/4" jointer/6" beltsander/12" planer/stripsander/bandsaw/powerstation /Scroll saw/Jig saw /Craftsman 10" ras/Craftsman 6" thicknessplaner/ Dayton10"tablesaw(restoredfromneighborstrashpile)/ Mark VII restoration in 'progress'/ 10E[/size](SN E3779) restoration in progress, a 510 on the back burner and a growing pile of items to be eventually returned to useful life. - aka Red Grange