Work Sharp

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I had been planning on aquiring a WS3000 at some point but when visiting a local Rockler store recently, one of the guys there was steering me away from either the Tormek (which his opinion was that it ran too slowly, took too long to do the 'job') and the WorkSharp and was in favor of the OneWay Wolverine system instead which appears -- perhaps initially to be cheaper (unless you buy all the attachments up front) which uses any old bench mounted grinder.. I even asked about having a grinder that runs too fast (I've got the cheaper one speed Delta grinder -- runs at ~3450 RPM IIRC) and he indicated that wasn't a problem when you use a nice Norton white grinding disk which was 'soft' (his words)...

Anyway, anyone care to compare the two systems -- OneWay Wolverine & WorkSharp 3000? Just curious as I've not invested either way yet..

The Tormek is a little slow if you are grinding a new profile, but you will not lose temper in your tool.
Here are some reviews.
Too be blunt the Tormek is only worth the investment if you sharpen things a lot or want a product to last a lifetime or have expensive chisels. The Tormek will remove the minimum amount of metal to sharpen a chisel.

http://www.tormek.com/en/reviews/pdf/Wo ... r_2008.pdf
http://www.tormek.com/en/reviews/pdf/wo ... r_2008.pdf
http://www.tormek.com/en/reviews/pdf/Wo ... r_2008.pdf
http://www.tormek.com/en/reviews/pdf/th ... t_2008.pdf
http://www.tormek.com/en/reviews/pdf/wo ... r_2010.pdf

For sharpening it is reasonable fast and has the benefit after the first sharpening of having the chisel characteristics recorded to make subsequent sharpening faster.

Also sharpens drill bits.
http://www.tormek.com/en/jigs/dbs22/index.php
http://www.tormek.com/en/reviews/pdf/th ... r_2010.pdf

[dan1999]

I have used the hand method, bench grinders and the worksharp 3000. The best to me is still the hand method you get a much better edge but it takes a lot of work to make sure that the bevel is correct, the chisel is square and that when you put your microbevel on it that you don't take off too much. I like the worksharp for the initial grinding it takes a lot of time out of the equation and it comes up with a proper bevel and square. With the final honing I still like my japanese water stone and finish up with a leather stroping and then felt wheel. In my shop God forbid someone touches my chisels, they are very close to death if they do.

So I give a thumbs up for worksharp, the shopsmith sharpener I am iffy on it.

[ryanbp01]

In this and other threads on sharpening, it depends really on wht you are most comfortable with. As long as you find a sharpening method which works for you and are the most comfortable with, my advice would be to stick with it.

BPR