Buy Work Sharp WS2000 Tool SharpenerWork Sharp WS2000 Tool Sharpener Product Description:
- Air-cooled dry sharpening and grinding system uses maintenance-free slotted wheels and adhesive backed abrasives in coarse and fine grits.
- Flat surface grinder is safer and easier to use than a bench grinder and sharpens / grinds many common tools such as lawn mower blades, scrapers and much more.
- Fast, precise and repeatable 25° sharpening port for chisels and plane irons up to 1 3/8in. Also sharpens woodworking carving and lathe tools.
- Knife Sharpening System attachment available (not included) ? WSSA0002009
- 2-year warranty - warranty only valid for North American 110v power source applications. Use of power converters for 220V not recommended.
Product Description
The Work Sharp WS2000 is a precision grinder and sharpener designed to restore tools you already own, such as gasket scrapers, wood chisels, cold chisels, putty knives, mower blades, axes and much more. Air-cooled dry sharpening system uses slotted wheels for adhering PSA abrasives. Precise and repeatable 25deg sharpening port for blades up to 1 5/8in.W. Slotted wheel allows user to see through as edge is sharpened. Forced air cooling and sharpening port heat sink enable higher material removal rates without affecting steel temper. Offers coarse grinding to micro-fine honing. Includes 8-pc. abrasive kit. U.S.A.
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68 of 71 people found the following review helpful.
By Joseph Polanco
I'm as susceptible to good advertising as the next guy and while Pro-Tool Mfg. makes a nice product, they are masters of marketing.So moving past the hype, here's my take. I've been hand sharpening my chisels, gouges and planes since I started woodworking and the only reason I don't do more work with my hand tools is because I hate using my limited time maintaining the edges necessary to do precise work. Enter the "WorkSharp WS200". The tool is of a simple, straight forward design. The body is constructed of high impact plastic and what appears to be an aluminum alloy of some kind, making it light and I assume pretty rugged although I haven't yet thrown it at anything to find out.Getting to the point (a little sharpening joke there), the unit is a snap to set up and effectively turned basic sharpening into a speedy, painless process. Much of hand sharpening is in the set up and while the WS unit does NOT do away with the need to fine hone your tools, it virtually eliminates 80% of the set up time allowing you to move through the basic process of sharpening in just a few ( 2 to 3 ) minutes. For many folks this basic process is all that they may ever need in which case this unit becomes all the more attractive and sensible. Even for those individuals like me who NEED "scary" sharp tools it is a useful and valuable asset, saving me quite a bit of time and providing me with an opportunity to use exactly the right tool for every job by eliminating my biggest excuse for doing otherwise, the time involved in sharpening,So, is this going to make every woodworker into a hand tool aficionado? Probably not, but it will save everyone who buys it a lot of time and effort and give you good value in that respect. It will also provide a pretty nice edge for your tools.
42 of 43 people found the following review helpful.
By Mr. C
I was debating on getting this or the WS3000. I decided(or rather, my budget decided) to try the smaller model. I was not disappointed. I'm sure the WS3000 has some more advanced features I could use, but the WS2000 works just fine for my small shop. The edge vision wheel makes it easy to put a sharp edge on my lathe turning chisels. The chisel port works great, also. The first thing I sharpened was a cheap old chisel I use to scrape glue. After a few minutes it was razor sharp. If you have the extra money, go ahead and get the WS3000, but if you're on a budget, the WS2000 won't let you down.
28 of 30 people found the following review helpful.
By John P. Quinnelly
The tool does exactly what it claims to do and does it well. I ruined the edge on a three quarter inch Marple chisel last year and never bothered to dress it up due to the time required and my dislike for honing blades. With this tool I had a new, sharp edge on the chisel in just a few minutes. I have also sharpened knives and axes with it with good results.I do have a couple of small problems with it, though. I found that chisels narrower then one half inch did not grind straight across (it looked as if the chisel was slightly cocked in the sharpener) so from now on I will only sharpen chisles one half inches and wider. This isn't really a problem, though. Narrower chisels are easier to sharpen by hand and the WS2000 can still be used to achieve a proper angle on the chisel which can then be finished by hand. My other problem is with the finish. The 220 grit discs leave a fairly rough face on the chisel when compared with a stone. Not a big problem but having gotten used to what a wet stone can do it looks unsightly and purists will complain that a rough finish causes too much drag. The faces can, of course, be touch up by hand, but I plan on getting some very fine grit discs and see if a smoother face can be obtained.I have some very fine carving tools which, while I have not tried sharpening them on the WS2000 yet, I will problably continue to sharpen by hand. While the machine runs very smoothly it fills a little overwhelming for the small stuff. Maybe when I ruin one of my small tools I'll try it out.Overall a very good tool and I would recommend it to anyone who, like myself, both hates to hone blades and isn't very good at it. Just be aware that it won't give wet stone-like results and seems to be more suited for relatively larger tools.
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