I cleaned the crud off of the Darex sharpener that followed me home
today. To say that it was dirty would be to say nothing. All that
stuff lived in a grinding shop, sat on a shelf, and has years of
sediment accumulating.

Anyway, after cleaning, it turned out to be a model SP2500. Looks
very much like this:

http://www.wotol.com/images/thumbs/8...6ed4da1047.jpg

Currently I have a Darex M2:

http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/Darex-M2/

My question is, which one is better for general purpose hobby use. I
want to keep the better one and dump the less good one.

thanks

i

On Mon, 25 Jul 2011 23:19:55 -0500, Ignoramus2004
wrote:

I cleaned the crud off of the Darex sharpener that followed me home
today. To say that it was dirty would be to say nothing. All that
stuff lived in a grinding shop, sat on a shelf, and has years of
sediment accumulating.

Anyway, after cleaning, it turned out to be a model SP2500. Looks
very much like this:

http://www.wotol.com/images/thumbs/8...6ed4da1047.jpg

Currently I have a Darex M2:

http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/Darex-M2/

My question is, which one is better for general purpose hobby use. I
want to keep the better one and dump the less good one.

thanks

i
The 2500 by far. But! Check the wheels on both and see which is the
best.

Gunner

--
Maxim 12: A soft answer turneth away wrath.
Once wrath is looking the other way, shoot it in the head.

On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 00:15:13 -0700, Gunner Asch
wrote:

On Mon, 25 Jul 2011 23:19:55 -0500, Ignoramus2004
wrote:

I cleaned the crud off of the Darex sharpener that followed me home
today. To say that it was dirty would be to say nothing. All that
stuff lived in a grinding shop, sat on a shelf, and has years of
sediment accumulating.

Anyway, after cleaning, it turned out to be a model SP2500. Looks
very much like this:

http://www.wotol.com/images/thumbs/8...6ed4da1047.jpg

Currently I have a Darex M2:

http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/Darex-M2/

My question is, which one is better for general purpose hobby use. I
want to keep the better one and dump the less good one.

thanks

i
The 2500 by far. But! Check the wheels on both and see which is the
best.

Gunner

I'd vote for the darex. I have the same unit and its quick 'n easy to
sharpen up to 3/4. I've not used a 2500.

Karl

On 2011-07-26, Karl Townsend wrote:
On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 00:15:13 -0700, Gunner Asch
wrote:

On Mon, 25 Jul 2011 23:19:55 -0500, Ignoramus2004
wrote:

I cleaned the crud off of the Darex sharpener that followed me home
today. To say that it was dirty would be to say nothing. All that
stuff lived in a grinding shop, sat on a shelf, and has years of
sediment accumulating.

Anyway, after cleaning, it turned out to be a model SP2500. Looks
very much like this:

http://www.wotol.com/images/thumbs/8...6ed4da1047.jpg

Currently I have a Darex M2:

http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/Darex-M2/

My question is, which one is better for general purpose hobby use. I
want to keep the better one and dump the less good one.

thanks

i
The 2500 by far. But! Check the wheels on both and see which is the
best.

Gunner

I'd vote for the darex. I have the same unit and its quick 'n easy to
sharpen up to 3/4. I've not used a 2500.

Um, they are both Darex!

On 2011-07-26, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Mon, 25 Jul 2011 23:19:55 -0500, Ignoramus2004
wrote:

I cleaned the crud off of the Darex sharpener that followed me home
today. To say that it was dirty would be to say nothing. All that
stuff lived in a grinding shop, sat on a shelf, and has years of
sediment accumulating.

Anyway, after cleaning, it turned out to be a model SP2500. Looks
very much like this:

http://www.wotol.com/images/thumbs/8...6ed4da1047.jpg

Currently I have a Darex M2:

http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/Darex-M2/

My question is, which one is better for general purpose hobby use. I
want to keep the better one and dump the less good one.

thanks

i
The 2500 by far. But! Check the wheels on both and see which is the
best.


Great point about the wheel. Thanks

On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 12:07:36 -0500, Ignoramus7018
wrote:

On 2011-07-26, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Mon, 25 Jul 2011 23:19:55 -0500, Ignoramus2004
wrote:

I cleaned the crud off of the Darex sharpener that followed me home
today. To say that it was dirty would be to say nothing. All that
stuff lived in a grinding shop, sat on a shelf, and has years of
sediment accumulating.

Anyway, after cleaning, it turned out to be a model SP2500. Looks
very much like this:

http://www.wotol.com/images/thumbs/8...6ed4da1047.jpg

Currently I have a Darex M2:

http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/Darex-M2/

My question is, which one is better for general purpose hobby use. I
want to keep the better one and dump the less good one.

thanks

i
The 2500 by far. But! Check the wheels on both and see which is the
best.


Great point about the wheel. Thanks

I think..think they use the same wheel in both.

What Id do if I were you..is set them both up and have a go at
sharpening drill bits of all sizes. Whichever one Feels and Works the
best FOR YOU...is the one you keep.

Gunner

--
Maxim 12: A soft answer turneth away wrath.
Once wrath is looking the other way, shoot it in the head.