WorkSharp 3000

[guitar_ed]

Hi All,

The short story is:  I want to do more hand work, so I bought some planes.  In order to sharpen them, I got a WS3000, with the wide blade attachment.

Things did not go well. I could not get any where close to a straight grind.  After several days of messing with everything, and some phone calls & emails to WorkShop, and getting no where, I took all my bit & pieces and went to the Woodcraft store in San Carlos, CA.  Even though I got my WS3000 from another source.

It took a bit of messing around, but the problem turned out to be the honing guide that came as part of the wide blade kit.  It just would get flat & square.  So I tried out the honing guide from Veritas, at an extra $70. 

It worked.  Now the WS3000 is working as it should, sharpening up my plane blades in quick order.

Is it as nice & sharp as a waterstone?  Maybe not.  Maybe it's only 99% as sharp, but it's a lot faster & quite easy.  And if I decide to go waterstone, I have the honing guide for it.

edg

 

[roblg3]

I also have the worksharp.  I wonder..it seems to wobble but also seems to be spinning flat.  As long as it's flat that's all I should really care about right?  I don't mean the paper isn't exactly perfect on the disk, the center knob that holds the glass wheels wobbles.  maybe the plastic isn't exactly centered and thats why it wobbles?  It doesn't take very long to take a beat chisel to air hair shaving sharp, so...maybe there's no problem?

 

[grbmds]

I also have the worksharp.  I wonder..it seems to wobble but also seems to be spinning flat.  As long as it's flat that's all I should really care about right?  I don't mean the paper isn't exactly perfect on the disk, the center knob that holds the glass wheels wobbles.  maybe the plastic isn't exactly centered and thats why it wobbles?  It doesn't take very long to take a beat chisel to air hair shaving sharp, so...maybe there's no problem?

The wheel is not likely to be completely flat but it does work. I've had mine for several years and tried a number of ways to sharpen chisels. The Worksharp seems to be the easiest and, if you sharpen to the angle that you normally would put the micro bevel on, you probably don't even have to hone after ward. Just use it as is. I have been told by some "experts" that one of the main reasons to hone a micro bevel is to cut down on the work involved in maintaining sharp edge as you just have to get the micro bevel sharp until it gets too wide. The Worksharp is so easy, I didn't bother with the micro bevel and feel my results were excellent.