"Tanus" wrote

Judging from your costing above, I figure you've got about $300
invested. I have about the same in my jigs, stones and paraphernalia.
But I can't get anywhere near the results you can in the time you
described. If I take a POS chisel or plane iron, and use my methods, I'm
into an hour or more to get it sharp.

I'll be looking at this toy a bit more closely from now on. Thanks.

$300 would be on the very high side IME with this system.

The 3000 is $200 at most places and, if your stuff is already sharp/in good
shape, that's really all you need. Granted, if you have some pretty rough
chisels/plane irons that need a lot of work, then you might want to spring
for another glass plate ($20) so that you can start out with a coarser grit,
but it's not really necessary.

Once your tools are sharp, you'll find that only really need the last two
grits, at most, for a quick touchup.

This is a great system for the price ... I'm sold on mine and I've tried
most of the sharpening "methods" down through the years.

--
www.e-woodshop.net
Last update: 3/27/08
KarlC@ (the obvious)