Wetstone Sharpener with Turning and Carving Kit

This kit features the wetstone sharpener with jigs that are specifically designed for the shaping and sharpening of woodturning and carving tools. The kit includes R7550 wetstone sharpener, R7557 turning tool jig, R7560 carving tool jig, R7561 profiled leather honing wheel and the R7563 tool rest jig.

Wetstone Sharpener
With this premium performance sharpener you can shape, sharpen and hone any type of edge tool to a mirror finish. It is powered by a reversible, variable speed, permanent-magnet motor, as used on the latest Tesla electric vehicles, which will maintain the ideal speed regardless of load applied. The low speed range means there is no risk that the edge becomes overheated and loses its hardness, giving you full control of the sharpening process, so that you do not remove more steel than necessary, making your tools last much longer.

The 220 grit aluminium oxide grinding wheel, which it cooled in a bath of water, offers the most effective combination of efficient steel removal, smooth surface finish and long stone life. When you need to refine an edge, you can use the stone grader to convert the surface of the stone to 1000 grit. Having shaped and created the edge on the stone, you finish the sharpening process on the leather honing wheel, using the honing compound to gently remove the burr, prior to honing and mirror polishing the edge. The reversible motor makes the honing and polishing processes easier and faster.

The body of the sharpener features a carry handle, is rust proof and made from impact-resistant ABS with vertical and horizontal steel bushes to provide firm support for the universal jig holder. The water trough has an extra wide mouth to prevent spillage when sharpening long edge tools and can be removed without tools for cleaning. The sharpener comes complete with a diamond truing tool to dress a worn stone to its original profile, universal jig holder, straight edge jig for chisels and plane irons, angle measuring & setting jig, stone grader and honing compound.

Rated for continuous use this is a premium wetstone sharpener that allows you to add consistent and exact cutting geometry to fine edge tools including chisels, turning tools, carving tools, knives, and plane irons.

Turning Tool Jig
This turning tool jig will help deliver a perfectly symmetrical grind on bowl, spindle and roughing gouges up to 36mm in width. Supplied in two parts, the design allows you to pivot your gouge horizontally and vertically to control and perfect both the side grind and nose angle. Once mounted onto the support arm, the jig can be locked in to position, meaning your grind can be repeated on multiple gouges to provide a consistent edge geometry.

Carving Tool Jig
This carving tool jig rests freely against the bar of the universal jig holder to keep the carving tool equidistant from the grind stone, to ensure a repeatable grind angle across the whole bevel edge. The V shape design automatically clamps the carving tool to the centre of the jig. Once the angle has been set simply holding the jig against the bar and applying slight pressure provides a consistent edge geometry.

Profiled Leather Honing Wheel
This profiled leather honing wheel is used for honing and polishing the inside of woodturning bowl, spindle and rouging gouges and carving gouges and V tools. The honing wheel is supplied with a steel arbour that screws onto the main drive shaft allowing you to control the rotational speed. The 100mm by 25mm wide wheel has two tips to accommodate the honing of both narrow and standard gouge. The optional honing paste helps remove any burr and creates a razor sharp mirror finish.

Tool Rest Jig
This 110mm by 90mm tool rest slides on to the arm of the universal jig holder to provide a large and firm supporting platform when sharpening your tools. The locking system which increases the locking force by over 200% allows you to leave the jig set up and make repeated grinds. This jig is used for the sharpening of woodturning scrapers, chisels, cabinet scrapers and any fine edge tool with a flat surface. ©