Shopsmith-Sharpener-WET-GRINDER

steve4447 · Post by **steve4447** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 8:50 pm

Have any of you seen this?....Ever used one

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Shopsmith-Sharp ... 5663a38fc3

charlese · Post by **charlese** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 9:16 pm

Nope! That's a new one to me.

idcook · Post by **idcook** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 9:30 pm

I’ve seen these offered on eBay relatively often.

Never had one, but I’ve kept it in mind as a possible future purchase.

rcplaneguy · Post by **rcplaneguy** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 9:51 pm

I have one, was my dad's. Out in the garage in a box. Made by Wen, if I recall.

fixit · Post by **fixit** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 10:36 pm

I have two of them! One was a gift for a birthday long ago, the other was my Dad's. I have used one a few times but wasn't highly impressed. I'll probably check it out again soon as I'm cleaning/re-organizing/rearranging/remodeling/etc. my workshop right now. When I find it (or them) I might get a case of nostalgia remembering my Dad and just HAVE to use his.

I'm scheduled for back surgery (sciatica problem) next month and the doc tells me after surgery I'll be restricted to lifting less than 15 pounds for at least 30 days and possibly longer. So I'm doing as much of the lifting as I can now to cut up sheet goods and rough cut lumber to make material (parts) for projects to work on after surgery.

Recovery may be a good time to update my photo inventory of tools in the shop. That wouldn't involve lifting any heavy stuff.

Sorry for the rambling post - I sometimes(?) tend to be windy.

RonKlein · Post by **RonKlein** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 10:52 pm

I have one, and I am not very impressed with it. It was made by Wen, and is very underpowered. It might be ok for light touchups, but the motor stalls very easily. Mine hasn't been out of the box for years. It was not one of my better purchases.

Ron

rcplaneguy · Post by **rcplaneguy** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 11:17 pm

It is not heavy duty, for sure. The selling point was the wet grinding feature along with the front angle guides. It is not for major re shaping, it is for keeping a fine edge.

rcplaneguy · Post by **rcplaneguy** » Mon Apr 14, 2014 12:24 am

So I went to the shop and unboxed. Pretty cool little sharpener. Has two interchangeable guides. Did not know it can sharpen jointer and planer knives (with the special straight guide). Scissors too. If you get one on eBay be sure it has all the parts, such as the felt for moistening and cleaning the wheel.

stephen_a._draper · Post by **stephen_a._draper** » Mon Apr 14, 2014 10:33 am

I bought it new when it first came out from Shopsmith. I later sold it. I sharpened my jointer knives a few times. It was a mess from the water splattering. it also has too little power and slows down while in use. A few years ago I bought a dedicated 8" sharpener from Steel City and am much happier. I send my jointer and planer knives out to a professional sharpener now.

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