New worksharp for old chisels

I too have a Worksharp 3000. I think it is a phenomenal sharpening machine. No oil or waterstones to check the flatness on. No slurry to clean up, and it always gives me excellent results. I had to adjust the squareness of it when I first used it, but that was just a screwdriver, and lever adjustment! I recently honed a plane iron with it. The manufacturers suggested bevel angle was 25 degrees. The Worksharp 3000 had a preset for that angle, so no measuring! I think this is an awesome tool that every woodworker should try, at least once. One use, and you’ll be hooked!

-- Matt, Houston Texas

yep i have this too and it works great! use it for all my flat blades. they even have an attachment allowing larger blades to be sharpened on top now

Thanks for the review..I have been using guides and sandpaper with only decent results and allot of work. I have been considering getting one of these.

-- David, South Windsor, CT "I love the smell of sawdust in the morning"

I got two of them for Christmas, but, we won’t go into how that happened. I also sharpened a couple of chisels that really needed it. iron planes, and also sharpened my used lathe tools that I aquired. Being able to see what you are doing while sharpening from the underside is great. It was quite easy to get a razor sharp edge on my tools; what a delight to work with sharp tools. Thanks Daniel for your post, it’s fun to talk about our new toys.

-- Doug, Cass City, Michigan

I’ll take your second one douglbe.

-- Tony, Ohio

have it love it couldn’t be easier to use.

-- Brian, Folsom, CA http://www.brianfullerdesigns.com

I’ve been looking at getting a sharpener that I can get a true edge on other than a grinding wheel. This looks very economicle. Thanks for the info.

-- Jerry, Set in the foothills of the Smokey's

I recently picked up the WS3000, I second all the comments on the ease of getting sharp tools. The only gripe I have is the grit of the lapping paper for the back of the blade when sharpening, I may change to a different grit when it get worn out. I’ve done chisels and plane irons and it’s been a dream compared to the hand sharpening on waterstones.

I use mine to sharpen my pockets knives, first time I’ve ever been able to sharpen them so they will shave. Can also make my chisels shave. This thing is great!!!!

-- BUILT TO LAST WOODWORKS, West Blocton, Alabama

I also have it and it Rocks. Really comes in handy when your in the middle of
turning a pen and your turning lathe chisel dulls. It.s fast and good. I am going
to add the leather honing wheel to see if I can get to that scary sharpness that
it gets close to now.

Anyone find a source for generic PSA disc’s with the hole in them for the Worksharp? I can get 6” dics on a roll for a lot cheaper than the OEM Worksharp one’s, but I have to cut the hole myself.

-- Mark

great system, easy to use. worth the money if you ask me

-- Sean Buffalo, New York

just looked at the price in the uk for this system and is it really worth £189.95

so if anyone wants to buy me one feel free LOL

andy

-- cut it saw it scrap it

I have a slow speed 3 phase sixteen inch horizontal wheel run in an oil bath supplied by a pump the oil really cools the sharpening process down and works great chisels and planer knives hand only come up rezor sharp.Alistair

-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease

That sounds like a beast of a sharpener Alistair. I would think the price is dollars if your were to buy one in the US is closer to 120 pounds. I imagine there would also be a power conversion issue.

Relative to paper use, there is a corse pack they sell that has some lower grit paper in it. It works great if you have to remove a lot of material. I would also like to find a second source of paper.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

Just got this unit. Decided to finally tackle turning and had to break down and get a sharpener I’d use. I put sharpening in the same boat as sanding. Try to avoid doing much of either.

The initial impression was much like the original post. Takes a while to fix a damaged tool, but resharpening is a matter of seconds after the initial work. The paper does seem to glaze over quickly regardless of using a crepe block. The consumables could really make it expensive to upkeep.

-- Jeff, South Carolina

Hey Daniel Thanks for your review.
I have had work sharp 3000 for almost 2 years it works great and I just use standard 6” psa and cut the center out it’s not a big deal and it saves on cost. It’s cost is a little deceiving in that if you buy a fair amount of sandpaper and extra glass wheels(4) you can double the price. But even with the extra cost I still think its a good system.

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon