Jet Slow Speed Wet Grinder (Tormek knockoff) on sale Amazon $230

I wonder how many got sold since this post. Did you buy one yourself? What did you think of it…I should check the reviews…

-- ...it's rennovation time!!!

One way to find out is to buy one and let us know what you think.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

Mark,

I did not buy the Jet. Overwhelmingly the reviews and comments from users of both the Tormek and Jet systems gave high marks to the Tormek and low marks to the Jet. I ended up buying the Tormek and am very happy. Here’s a Tormek T7 review I did a while ago.

I bought the Jet a while back and have been pretty happy with it. It is not great for long kitchen knives (it does work) but for all my shop needs it seems to do a great job.

-- "so much to learn and so little time"..

I have two tormeks small and large it’s along story but I started of with the small one and was offered a large one at a reasonable price worked out great .The tormek wheels are also soft I think I would jump at the jet for the moey what could possibly go wrong it’s a pretty good copy from what I hear and let’s be honest tormek are ripping people off with their prices for too long look at the jet acessories much cheaper unfortunitely I bought all of mine when the tormek was the olnly shown in town good thing to have competitiopn and good luck to anyone whop makes a saving.Alistair

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

I own a Jet sharpener and am very happy with the results, although I must admit I have not tried the Tormek so I have nothing to compare it to. My only gripe with the Jet is the turning tool sharpening instructions leave a lot to be desired, it would be nice if the Jet instructions were more comprehensive like the Tormek.

-- Todd, Richfield MN

Surely the tormek instructions will be the same even if the fittings for sharpening jigs etc are a bit different you could ask for advice from the supplier. Anyway I still think Tormek is basically the same machine but much more expensive they have cornered the market for too long and done very well.I welcome another form of competition thet’s what we need to keep going incidently I have a large sixteen inch oil drenched wheel horizontal which gives superb sharpening results nice and cool slow runing fed by mechanical pump when the wheel turns the oil is brought up towards the large wheel.At the moment I use it for planing irons and chisels I need to make a few jigs for planer blades though I have a waterbased machine for them, actually I have a whole area plus dedicated to sharpening when I realised how importaNT this was Alistair

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

I inherited a SuperGrind 2000 and was wondering what the significant differences were between the earlier model and the T-7?

I have had a Tormek for several years and have never regretted purchasing it. Works great.

I bought a Jet about a year ago(for more money) and have been very happy with it. Sharp tools are wondeful.

Regards

Jerry

-- jerry,mlchigan