sharpening system.....

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From another thread,
Wolverene was mentioned.....
I've just missed for the second time a Tormek.......
is there anything else that u guy's have and perhaps not as much money.....
mostley for turning tools....cant imagine using the knife sharpening kit.....
dont mind new or used really.....
used with the extras would be nice....
In the past used a grinder and a linishing machine to do the job but now have better qual tools.....

 

[Phil Pascoe]

If you have a grinder, buy a decent wheel and a Robert Sorby 447 Deluxe Universal Sharpening System with the long grind jig and table.

 

[GarF]

+1
The difference in cost between a tormek and a standard bench grinder plus a jig is enough to keep you in turning tools for probably years. And I've heard that a tormek is a really slow way to sharpen HSS.

I used to aspire to owning a super slow wet grinder. But I have realised that I can maintain a hollow primary bevel on all my bench tools with the relatively course wheel on my grinder and look after the secondary bevel with waterstones. This seems to work for me, and takes little time.

I use the sorby jig too. It's similar to the oneway/wolverine- which looks a bit more adjustable. Either make for easily repeatable results on turning tools.

Richard Findley recently put some excellent sharpening videos on his instagram feed. Definitely worth a look.