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3 To adjust for the width of the blade, simply set the blade in place in the guide and adjust the left stop by turning the knob at the right.

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The guides will accept blades up to 2" wide. The fit should be snug, but it needs to be loose enough to allow the blade to slide up and back.

7 By gently rocking the blade forward, it takes very little time to achieve a flattened back to your blade.You'll likely only need the #120- and #400-grit sheets for this step.

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Sharpening the beveled face is a simple one-or two-second plunge forward, and a pull backward to remove the burr. Simply repeat through the four grits to achieve a perfect, sharp blade.

The slotted Edge-Vision disc and matching self-adhesive abrasive sheets attach as with the glass plates, and with the abrasive side facing down.

Looking through the Edge-Vision slotted disc while it's spinning, you can easily sharpen curved tools such as this turning gouge.

For blades outside of the range of the tool guide, a top-mounted toolrest allows for freehand sharpening on the top of the plate.

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And Work Sharp isn't only for woodworking tools. Hatchets, garden tools and more can be safely and accurately sharpened.

uid to keep the tool cool. But the Work Sharp port is designed to function as a heat sink to pull the heat away from the tool as air is channeled around the port. Both these features make it possible for you to pull the blade out and touch it without any significant heat buildup. That's cool (literally).

Experienced sharpeners know that the back of a chisel or plane iron needs to be flat for the bevel face to be sharpened correctly. With the Work Sharp, flattening the back is easily accomplished using the abrasive surface exposed on the top of the two-sided wheel.

With the back of the blade flattened, and the bevel angle adjusted, a plunge-and-pull motion touches the bevel edge against the abrasive disc, rapidly achieving a primary bevel. By changing the abrasive discs you quickly work up through the grits to a final razor edge.

If you're a woodworker who likes a secondary bevel on your tools, simply readjust the tool-guide angle and with a few more touches against the wheel, you're done.

Turners and carvers work with tools that have curved edges. The Work Sharp is still the machine for them. A slotted disc replaces the glass wheel and allows sharpening of shaped edges, also from the underside of the disc. But in this mode you can actually look through the Edge-Vision disc and see the edge of the tool as you sharpen it!

Of course, not every blade works perfectly in preset guides, so an adjustable-height toolrest at the top of the Work Sharp allows for freehand sharpening. And that ability makes the Work Sharp a good sharpening system for non-woodworking tools as well. Whether it's an axe in the tool shed or a mower blade from the garage, all can be sharpened on the Work Sharp. I'm sold!

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