Awesome! I swear, this guy could make a video about making ice cubes and penguins would buy them. I'm sold. Ordering another expensive and well-worth-it Woodpecker Tool for my Wood Shop!
I always look forward to Friday to see what’s new going on in Jeff’s workshop. The Woodpecker sharpening jig looks awesome and that stone holding jig with the leather strop feature is an ideal sharpening setup. I have a Lie-Nielsen sharpening guide already which works great but it will was in the market the Woodpecker jig would be nice to own.
I have this system and I like it a lot except for one thing. I have an 1/8" chisel that this system will not clamp down on. I have two options, free hand it or wrap a paper towel around the chisel and try to make sure the chisel does not rotate. Is there something you could make (like an insert) that would the jig to correctly clamp very narrow chisels securely and allow us to accurately sharpen 1/8" chisels?
Robust and precise - but accessories for: narrow chisels, Japanese chisels, Japanese plane blades (and other short irons) and tapering plane blades would be nice! I was hoping for a single solution but still need 2 other guides. Only complaint is the need to really tighten the pressure screw otherwise the iron will move!
@@Kar0n I did it more as prevention. But, I could see them not rolling, occasionally. Partly my fault. I had issues with the axel screws loosening, so I put in a little weak loctite. Got some where it didn't belong.
Does the clamp keep the tool square? I find with these systems, and I have the Veritas Mark II, that I must keep a small engineer's square on hand to verify that I am not about to hone a skewed edge. I have large hands and it's difficult to tighten everything while trying to hold the jig and the blade and keep the blade against the right angle stops. Also, the Veritas Mark II has two knurled knobs to tighten the clamp down on the blade and they have to be engaged roughly at the same tightness or else the blade will be skewed to one side or the other. Nothing worse than having to re-hone a skewed bevel on your chisels and plane irons. The Woodpeckers system seems to require minimal hand-clasping.
James, having used just about every honing guide made, there are some features of the Woodpeckers that I love and will point out. First, you're right. It's only one knob, and it doesn't take that much finger strength to get it secure. Second, the way the clamps come in from both sides, the tool is clamped perpendicular to the wheels. The only way you can get a skewed cut is if the tool edges aren't parallel to each other or your stone is dished in the middle. If your chisel has straight sides and your bench stone is flat, you're going to get a square edge. Finally, the Angle Setting Fixture is as simple to use as it could possibly be. It balances on the heavy side of the guide, gravity is holding the tool in place, and the polished steel landing surface the tool goes against is easy to see in any light.
Ordered the Sharpening System...now it's time to order the sharpening stones. I see the Woodpecker site has more than the four stones shown here....can you explain? What am I missing?
The Shapton missing from the video is the extremely coarse 120 grit white stone. It's only needed if you are trying to remove a deep nick from a blade.
@@memezilla4370 How is it Woodpeckers' fault that you live on another continent and that post offices and courier companies charge more to ship further? Woodpeckers doesn't set the shipping costs, nor did they tell you where to live. Do you think it doesn't cost extra for people in North America or Asia to have stuff shipped from Europe? Does that mean European companies "don't want to market" to them?
Apples and oranges. I still love Tormek and always will. It's fast, accurate and repeatable. Bench stones, on the other hand, are a lower initial investment and slightly (and I mean SLIGHTLY) easier to keep the tool straight and square. "Dull" I'm going to call a coin toss. "Dull and Nicked" Tormek gets the nod. Getting a nick out with bench stones is a chore.
Either is capable of squaring an edge, but the Woodpeckers guide is a bit more foolproof. The Tormek takes more attention to detail. With the Woodpeckers guide, if your stone is flat, your edge is square.
Brenda, it is a OneTIME Tool, which means it's built to order in batches. It was open for orders a couple weeks ago, but has closed. However, they haven't gone into production yet. Call Customer Service M-F between 9 and 4 and I think you can still get on the production list.
Great looking tool. You just can’t buy it because it is retired. Unless of course, you want to order it and wait months for it to be available. This business model makes no sense. It’s like an infomercial. “Call now while supplies last”
It would be nice if Woodpecker would just make stuff and keep it in stock instead of this OneTime tool stuff. Id like to have one but I guess Veritas will get my business.
Why? They don't wear, the stone doesn't wear, they don't compress by any significant amount, they don't foul the stone like brass and a new tire -- should you ever need one (which isn't likely) -- costs about 10 cents at your hardware store.
