Wetstone Sharpener with Woodworking Jigs
This wetstone sharpener includes a curated selection of jigs specifically designed for the shaping and sharpening of plane blades, fine edge woodworking tools, turning tools and carving tools. In addition to the standard supplied accessories (universal jig holder, straight edge jig, set up jig, stone grader and honing compound) is a diamond truing tool to dress a worn stone to its original profile, a hand plane blade jig, turning tool jig, carving tool jig and leather honing wheel.
Wetstone Sharpener
This premium performance sharpener is powered by a reversible variable speed permanent-magnet motor, which will maintain the ideal speed, regardless of load applied. The low speed range means there is no risk that the edge becomes overheated and losing its hardness, giving you full control of the sharpening process, so that you do not remove more steel than necessary, making your tools last much longer.
The 220 grit aluminium oxide grinding wheel, which is cooled in a bath of water, offers the most effective combination of efficient steel removal, smooth surface finish and long stone life. When you need to refine an edge, you can use the stone grader to convert the surface of the stone to 1000 grit. Having shaped and created the edge on the stone, you finish the sharpening process on the leather honing wheel, using the honing compound to gently remove the burr, prior to honing and mirror polishing the edge. The reversible motor makes the honing and polishing processes easier and faster.
The body of the sharpener features a carry handle, is rust proof and made from impact-resistant ABS with vertical and horizontal steel bushes to provide firm support for the universal jig holder. The water trough has an extra wide mouth to prevent spillage when sharpening long edge tools and can be removed without tools for cleaning.
Hand Plane Blade Jig
This is the finest and easiest jig to use for the precise and consistent sharpening and honing of hand plane blades. Hand plane blades have a slight camber on either side of their edge. Using a straight edge jig can help create this camber but it takes time and relies on eye judgement. With this jig, your blade is automatically positioned at the centre of the jig and the blade is rocked to create the camber. The angle at which the jig can rock is adjustable by rotating two adjustment knobs on the underside of the jig. The jig can hold any blade up to 70mm in width.
Turning Tool Jig
The turning tool jig will help deliver a perfectly symmetrical grind on bowl, spindle and roughing gouges up to 36mm in width. Supplied in two parts, the design allows you to pivot your gouge horizontally and vertically to control and perfect both the side grind and nose angle. Once mounted onto the support arm, the jig can be locked in to position, meaning your grind can be repeated on multiple gouges to provide a consistent edge geometry.
Carving Tool Jig
This carving tool jig rests freely against the bar of the universal jig holder to keep the carving tool equidistant from the grindstone, to ensure a repeatable grind angle across the whole bevel edge. The V shape design automatically clamps the carving tool to the centre of the jig. Once the angle has been set simply holding the jig against the bar and applying slight pressure provides a consistent edge geometry.
Leather Honing Wheel
This profiled leather honing wheel is used for honing and polishing the inside of woodturning bowl, spindle and rouging gouges and carving gouges and V tools.
Diamond Truing Tool
This diamond truing tool will dress a worn stone to its original profile and shape. The back bar prevents the tool from removing unnecessary material. You simply glide the diamond tip back and forth reshaping, eliminating grooves or troughs on the surface of the stone. It only takes a few seconds to set up and greatly enhances the performance of the stone. ©
