The Work Sharp WS3000 is the sharpening and honing solution for the discerning woodworker and heavy hobbyist who want sharp tools quickly and easily. The WS3000 offers 3 ways to sharpen your tools: Top Side with Tool Rest, the Chisel and Plane Iron Port and the Edge-Vision Port. The WS3000 sharpens chisel and plane blades up to 2" wide to a perfect 20°, 25°, 30° or 35° bevel angle without any set up time! It also allows you to sharpen a perfect 5° micro-bevel for even faster re-honing. The WS3000 also sharpens carving tools, lathe tools, scrapers, putty knives and more! Work Sharp uses a powerful 1/5 hp motor and produces a high torque max wheel speed of 580 RPM. Work Sharp offers an active air cooled sharpening port with routed air flow and heat sink design to quickly and easily sharpen you chisels and flat blades without overheating or damaging the steel. This innovative, patent pending chisel sharpening port also uses a ceramic oxide lapping abrasive to remove the burr while you sharpen, making sharpening even faster! The WS3000 comes with 2 tempered 2 sided glass wheels (150mm) and one slotted Edge-Vision wheel and uses both solid and slotted adhesive backed abrasives so you can quickly and easily change between coarse and fine grits. Work Sharp uses 150mm premium Norton and Micro-Mesh abrasives in grits of P120, P400, P1000 and 3600 for a wide grit selection. This allows you to have 4 grits on your 2 glass wheels (one grit per wheel surface). The innovative Edge-Vision sharpening method allows you to see the cutting edge of tools while you sharpen, making sharpening of carving and lathe tools easier and more precise than ever before! Work Sharp provides slotted abrasives in P80, P400 and P1200 grits so you can coarse grind or hone all using the Edge-Vision method!
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Summary: sharpner
Comment: This is a great machine. I did not realize how "out of tolerance" my chisels and plane blades were. It took a while to get the angle right but then it was amazing how much better they cut!
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Summary: An excellent sharpner that needs a few changes.
Comment: This is perfect for chisels and narrow plane irons. The design makes it easy for someone with little skill on a grinder to get the angle just right.
So what would I change?
First,make the area where you insert the tool large enough to handle even the widest plane irons. I just saw an add for an add-on that allows you to sharpen wider tools for around $50. Kinda pricy for what should have been part of the tool in the first place.
Second, sandpaper one grit more course for those tools that were really ground badly. Lastly for what they charge for sandpaper you think it's made of diamonds. Bring the price down to reality.
Customer Rating: Summary: With a bit of practice - sharpen better than ever!
Comment: Ok, so the Work Sharp 3000 doesn't do everything but it DOES do everything I expected it to - and more. I wish I had the cash back for all the sharpening tools and accessories I've purchased. Alas, even with all the toys, I'm still a mediocre sharpener at best.
One of the best things I like about the Work Sharp is how quickly I can get a great edge. I no longer have to drag out tons of items and know I've got a long session ahead of me in order to sharpen a tool. I do not use turning tools so I cannot speak to that specialty but for chisels, plane irons and garden tools you can't beat the Work Sharp. I haven't encountered a situation where the limits of 20-25-30-35 degrees has become a problem. I suppose I'll resort to my old methods if and when that occurs. The discs change in seconds so it's easy to progress from 220 grit through honing. (I AM making my own PSA sandpapers with spray adhesive. Theirs are a bit pricey for me. - I bought 2 extra glass discs and the leather honing disc so I could have the entire progression ready and waiting.)
Now the cons: The freehand tool guide needs work. It's much too short. I'll have to make a jig eventually to accommodate the wider blades of some of my planes. The other 'con' is actually a lack-of-practice item. On the narrower chisels I have trouble getting the backs flat. No matter how I hold them, I end up with nothing resembling 'flat'. WARNING: do NOT use your good chisels when starting out. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry when I looked at the back of my best 1/4" chisel -- of course, the first one I tried to sharpen when I brought this tool home.
Overall the problems are few and fixable while the favorable aspects of using the Work Sharp 3000 are huge savings over many other similar products while getting a beautiful, sharp edge with very little time spent! Oh, and I almost forgot to mention one of the best features -- NO WATER!
Customer Rating: Summary: Work Sharp WS3000 Sharpener
Comment: This item is great for the novice at sharpening tools. The circular motion can cause some issues with larger width blades but again for the novice its a lot better than not having a sharp tool. The see through sharpening wheel is really great. You watch your blade sharpen before your very eyes.
Customer Rating: Summary: Quick but customer service is horrible
Comment: I tend to agree with all the reviews here. The big thing for me is that it is so handy that I keep my tools sharper. In the past I would wait until they were so dull I could not use them any more. I would haul out all my sharpening equipment and go to town on all my tools at once. It does not get my tools quite as sharp but now I can take a plane blade or chisel and sharpen it in less than a minute. I still use my waterstones to get everything really sharp before a projec but now I keep my tools sharper during the project. Is it worth it? It is for me. I know others who are purists or just like to sharpen by hand. For them this tool is almost an abomination. I never could sharpen well and need guides etc. If I were as good as they were sharpening (and had the shop space to have a dedicated space for sharpening) I would not get this either.
Since this review I have had need of customer service. I still like the tool a lot but the company is horrible for customer service. Emails go unanswered (for a couple of weeks now). I guess I have to call for a simple answer. I tend to pay more to work with good organizations. I would never work with this one if I found anything like it. Tool is great, company is a nightmare.
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