Members StolpSaddles Posted March 9, 2009 Members Report Posted March 9, 2009 Has anyone used this sharpening system http://www.sharpeningwheels.com/ I am thinking of purchasing it to keep knives / round knife sharp Quote Leather work for the fun of it http://www.stolpsaddles.com
gtwister09 Posted March 9, 2009 Report Posted March 9, 2009 I have had one for over 14 years. They work OK. You have to exercise quite a bit of caution with them but they will give you some sharp knives. Mine is turned backwards so that it rotates away from you. I know one guy who has a rather large gash in his chin from a round knife getting away from him. He now wears a full facemask as he sharpens with the wheels and also wears a welders jacket when sharpening. Regards, Ben Quote
Members Randy Cornelius Posted March 9, 2009 Members Report Posted March 9, 2009 Has anyone used this sharpening system http://www.sharpeningwheels.com/ I am thinking of purchasing it to keep knives / round knife sharp Yes I have one but would not reccomend them to anyone. The best sharpening system I have is a leather belt that I made for my 4 x 36" table top belt sander. I then put rouge into the belt and use it to strop all my knives. Works so much better that that other system. RC Quote Randy Cornelius Cornelius Saddlery LaCygne, Kansas Randy & Riley Cornelius Ride Hard, Shoot Fast and Always Tell the Truth...
gtwister09 Posted March 9, 2009 Report Posted March 9, 2009 I likewise don't use the system much. Like I said it is OK but I like using jigs/guides for repeatability....something that is drilled into you when you work in a manufacturing environment where tolerances are extremely tight. When I bought it at the Fort Worth show (not a couple of years ago but many years earlier than that) , the guy was sharpening everyone's knives including Peter Main's and many others. In fact he didn't have any hair left on his arms from showing people how sharp their knives were after he sharpened their knives. A little trivia.....My son was very young at the time and was awed by him because he looked like Santa with his beard. Regards, Ben Quote
Ian Posted March 9, 2009 Report Posted March 9, 2009 I have had one for over 14 years. They work OK. You have to exercise quite a bit of caution with them but they will give you some sharp knives. Mine is turned backwards so that it rotates away from you. I know one guy who has a rather large gash in his chin from a round knife getting away from him. He now wears a full facemask as he sharpens with the wheels and also wears a welders jacket when sharpening. Regards, Ben I had a similar experience sharpening a splitter blade. It happened so fast, I'm not sure what I did other than maybe I was holding the bade at a bad angle - it caught onto one of the slots in the disk (what are those slots for anyway?)and spun the dern thing so close to my face, I could feel the wind. I still use it for small tools, but the near miss scared me enough that I now take the splitter blade out to be sharpened. Quote http://blackcanyonleather.net/
Members Randy Cornelius Posted March 9, 2009 Members Report Posted March 9, 2009 I agree, it is very dangerous to use... Quote Randy Cornelius Cornelius Saddlery LaCygne, Kansas Randy & Riley Cornelius Ride Hard, Shoot Fast and Always Tell the Truth...
ArtS Posted March 9, 2009 Report Posted March 9, 2009 I use one and like it. No close calls yet. I also reversed it so that it rotates away from me and I can hold the blade on top. Art Quote Art Schwab "You cannot teach a man anything. You can only help him discover it within himself." – Galileo Galilei
Members StolpSaddles Posted March 10, 2009 Author Members Report Posted March 10, 2009 I was going to reverse the bench grinder if I got one. Seems safer and more user friendly Quote Leather work for the fun of it http://www.stolpsaddles.com
gtwister09 Posted March 10, 2009 Report Posted March 10, 2009 The instructions explicitly tell you to reverse the direction when you assemble the system. Regards, Ben Quote
ArtS Posted March 10, 2009 Report Posted March 10, 2009 I bought the system from Weaver and bought a grinder from Harbor Freight. I reversed the stand and took the stone wheels off and added these. Works well for me. Art Quote Art Schwab "You cannot teach a man anything. You can only help him discover it within himself." – Galileo Galilei
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