Rexon wet stone grinder

[gwaithcoed]

Has anyone used one of these for sharpening planer blades??What do you think? is it up to the job?
Since the timber yard that I used closed down I have nowhere local to have them sharpened.
I would now have to take them to a local hardware shop who phone a man in a van, who calls once a fortnight to collect things for sharpening. He then takes them 30 miles to Anglesey, returns them two weeks later and by the time everyone has taken there slice of the action it's almost cheaper to buy new blades.

Alan.

 

[wrightclan]

Please don't waste your money. I bought one and it is useless for sharpening planing blades. It's a pain to set up , doesn't set up particularly accurately, and the wheels wear very rapidly. It's alright for sharpening chisels and knives, not for planer blades (despite purportedly being designed for that purpose.) :roll:

Brad

 

[gwaithcoed]

Hello Brad,

Thank you for your reply,now what can I buy with that £90? :-k :-k :-k :-k

Cheers Alan.

 

[ByronBlack]

9000 1 Penny chews!

 

[davy_owen_88]

now what can I buy with that £90? :-k :-k :-k :-k
Cheers Alan.

Put it in a jar and keep it for when you have enough for a Tormek. You won't regret that purchase - I guarantee it.

 

[wrightclan]

Hello Brad,

Thank you for your reply,now what can I buy with that £90? :-k :-k :-k :-k

Cheers Alan.

Depending on your planer, 2-4 sets of planer blades, then you can wait and send a couple pairs away at once, and still have a good set in use. Otherwise, do as davy owen says and save up for that Tormek. I don't have one, but wouldn't mind one if anyone is fed up with theirs. :mrgreen:

BTW, I bought my Rexon for £50, and still think it was a waste of money. :roll:

Brad

 

[ike]

Alan,

I found the opposite. The Rexon did a lovely job on my planer blades an my planer is working absolutelyl fine.. The Rexon is far from being ''rubbish'' - OK it's let down on one or two things. Maybe I've just got the knack I dunno.

cheers,

ike

 

[WellsWood]

Hi Alan,

I have one which I purchased for exactly that reason. It's a pretty low-tech, good idea poorly made item, but it does work after a fashion. By that I mean I have had acceptable results from it, but only with the most careful setting up and huge amounts of patience, especially if a substantial amount of material is to be removed. Since I already have it I'll continue to use it once in a while for emergency regrinds, but I'm lucky enought to have a chap round the corner who does a very good job on planer knives for peanuts, so it'll continue to spend most of it's time under the bench.

On the whole I'd agree with Davy, put the money towards a Tormek.

Incidentally, Jet have just bought out a Tormek-like grinder but so far there's (curiously) no sign of a planer knife jig for it.

Cheers
Mark

 

[Colin C]

As any one got that Jet grinder yet as I ahve been looking at it and also saw that it did not have the planer knife jig too :shock:

 

[wrightclan]

Alan,

I found the opposite. The Rexon did a lovely job on my planer blades an my planer is working absolutelyl fine.. The Rexon is far from being ''rubbish'' - OK it's let down on one or two things. Maybe I've just got the knack I dunno.

cheers,

ike

Ike,

Is it possible that you're kinder to your blades, and only need to hone, not sharpen your blades? I found that with a lot of time setting up, one could do the job, but if any real grinding needed to take place, you would wear down the soft stone so rapidly, that it would go below the level of the centre washer after a couple of sharpenings.

Mark, presumably this can be used for planer blades?

Brad

 

[wrightclan]

Upon closer inspection, maybe not.

Brad

 

[Anonymous]

I have one.


Yes it is. That is what it is made to do.

 

[WellsWood]

Mark, presumably this can be used for planer blades?

Brad

Frayed knot, it's only for (hand) plane irons and chisels that need a straight edge on, as opposed to this which puts a slight radius on.
I mentioned the apparent omission from the system to Nick (jetman) a week or so ago in a conversation about another matter. He said he'd try to find out if one would be forthcoming, but no news yet - early days.

Mark

 

[ike]

Is it possible that you're kinder to your blades, and only need to hone, not sharpen your blades?

No - had to grind full bevel to take out heavy nicks. It didn't cause a lot of stone wear (I did however wear the stone a lot flatting backs of a new chisel set).

Ike

 

[wrightclan]

Is it possible that you're kinder to your blades, and only need to hone, not sharpen your blades?

No - had to grind full bevel to take out heavy nicks. It didn't cause a lot of stone wear (I did however wear the stone a lot flatting backs of a new chisel set).

Ike

Guess maybe I just got a bad one. But still, it is a pain to set up accurately, and I don't believe it is well designed for it's stated purpose.

Brad

 

[ike]

I'd pretty much agree with you. But having bougt the damn thing, Ill persevere esp. as don't have to resharpen very often.

Ike

 

[wrightclan]

I just realised one reason why I'm wearing down the wheel more rapidly. ](*,) I have multico blades which are 3/16" thick, at least 1/16" thicker than any modern blades. Not sure how much more area that is to grind on the bevel, but surely significant.

Brad

 

[Jhalfa]

What is the difference between the Blue and Green Tormaks?

One is plastic and one is metal. One costs £100 more, and has a larger wheel. Apart from that is one much better than the other?

 

[davy_owen_88]

The green tormek has a continuously rated 200W motor whilst the blue has a 120W motor. The wheel is wider 50mm vs 40mm and has a larger diameter 250mm vs 200mm.

When you look at the cost of the grinding stones you see where the money goes... £108.62 for a new 250mm wheel and £63.58 for the 200mm. :shock:

The larger wheel means you can go longer before you need to replace it. And at £63.58 your not far off the added cost of the green tormek.

 

[Martin Brown]

The main differences are as below

Larger stone means faster grinding, longer life.
Bigger motor is permanently rated for easier sharpening, no down time.
Larger machine is suited for sharpening electric planer blades.

Therefore the larger machine will save you time and money in the long term.

Hope this helps.

Martin