erock
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The past couple month I've been keeping my eyes open on ebay for older hand planes. I've scored a No.7 , No. 6 , and No.5 Stanley plane in the past few weeks. I received them all with blades that needed to be sharpened. I'm just getting started with planes so I didn't want to spend a bunch of cash on expensive planes. Last weekend Woodcraft had a 10 and 15% sale so I used that as an excuse to buy the Work Sharp 3000 and a couple accessories. Here are some pics of my experience with the Work Sharp 3000 this morning. This is the first chance I had to play with it and I'm very happy I got it. I'm sure a lot of you guys have this system already. But for those guys looking for a very easy way to sharpen chisels and plane blades. This has go to be the best system on the market. IMO.
This is the items that I picked up.
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This is what comes in the box. Just about everything you need. I added a glass plate so I could have an abrasive on each side of the glass plate.
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I bought the wide blade attachment. The Work sharp 3000 will handle up to a 2" chisel. The No.7 plane blade that I sharpened is 2-1/4" wide, so I needed to buy the wide blade attachment.
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This is the blade that I sharpened. It's obvious this blade needs some TLC.
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with the bevel guide set, it's time to get crackin'. The wide blade attachment comes with the bevel guide which is very easy to use. Only need to tighten one thumb screw to attach the blade to the bevel guide.
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First pass was with 120 grit. It took about 5 minutes of sharpening. But you can see, I'm on my way to perfection.
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The system comes with a small crepe stick to clean the disk.
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After progressing through the grits I finished with a 6000 disk. [eek] mirror finish. Maybe I'll pick up the leather honing disk for a better polish.
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Time for some testing. Pay not attention to the socks and flip flops. [unsure]
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Proof is in the shavings!
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All and all, this is a freakin' sweet sharpening system. I would recommend it guys looking to quickly and easily sharpen chisels and planes blades.
I have a little over $300 for this set up. But well worth it. Once I go through and sharpen all my chisels and blades, it will only take a quick second to resharpen them when needed. The dry sharpening for me beats using the old school methods. I don't want to spend a lot of time sharpening a chisel. Most of my woodworking happens on the weekend. I would rather be cutting wood, instead of preparing the tools needed to cut with.
Thanks for reading. I was going to shoot some video footage of this, but I did a Youtube search on the Work Sharp 3000 system and I thought their was enough videos covering the system.
Eric
This is the items that I picked up.
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This is what comes in the box. Just about everything you need. I added a glass plate so I could have an abrasive on each side of the glass plate.
[attachimg=#]
I bought the wide blade attachment. The Work sharp 3000 will handle up to a 2" chisel. The No.7 plane blade that I sharpened is 2-1/4" wide, so I needed to buy the wide blade attachment.
[attachimg=#]
This is the blade that I sharpened. It's obvious this blade needs some TLC.
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with the bevel guide set, it's time to get crackin'. The wide blade attachment comes with the bevel guide which is very easy to use. Only need to tighten one thumb screw to attach the blade to the bevel guide.
[attachimg=#]
First pass was with 120 grit. It took about 5 minutes of sharpening. But you can see, I'm on my way to perfection.
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The system comes with a small crepe stick to clean the disk.
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After progressing through the grits I finished with a 6000 disk. [eek] mirror finish. Maybe I'll pick up the leather honing disk for a better polish.
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Time for some testing. Pay not attention to the socks and flip flops. [unsure]
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Proof is in the shavings!
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All and all, this is a freakin' sweet sharpening system. I would recommend it guys looking to quickly and easily sharpen chisels and planes blades.
I have a little over $300 for this set up. But well worth it. Once I go through and sharpen all my chisels and blades, it will only take a quick second to resharpen them when needed. The dry sharpening for me beats using the old school methods. I don't want to spend a lot of time sharpening a chisel. Most of my woodworking happens on the weekend. I would rather be cutting wood, instead of preparing the tools needed to cut with.
Thanks for reading. I was going to shoot some video footage of this, but I did a Youtube search on the Work Sharp 3000 system and I thought their was enough videos covering the system.
Eric
