I have a really good bench sander with wheel and belt.  I just want to retire this 40+ year-old bench grinder that spins waaaay too fast. pw <table width=100%> <tr valign=top> <td width=40%>Fred Sturm <fssturm@unm.edu> Sent by: caut-bounces@ptg.org 08/05/2008 08:58 AM <table border> <tr valign=top> <td bgcolor=white> <div align=center>Please respond to College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org></div></table> <td width=59%> <table width=100%> <tr valign=top> <td> <div align=right>To</div> <td>College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org> <tr valign=top> <td> <div align=right>cc</div> <td> <tr valign=top> <td> <div align=right>Subject</div> <td>Re: [CAUT] Work Sharp</table> <table> <tr valign=top> <td> <td></table> </table> A less expensive alternative is <a href=http://www.wapin.com/SurgiSharp_1.htm>http://www.wapin.com/SurgiSharp_1.htm</a> available from our good buddies at Wapin. It is a kit which uses a bench sander as its base, and provides for fine honing (600 grit belt) and stropping (leather belt with rouge). I got this recently and was amazed at how fast and how sharp I could get chisels, pocket knife, and blades for voicing harpsichord quills (I can peel the thinnest imaginable shaving of delrin with ease, that is if I have my magnifiers on so I can see well enough <G>). It's the stropping belt that really does it, puts that razor edge on fast and slick, though the sanding belt action on a chisel is far faster than a wheel and doesn't build up heat. (I still like to hollow grind a chisel as a starting point, but I stay farther from the point). And the bench sander is multi purpose. That WorkSharp looks pretty cool, too. Regards, Fred Sturm University of New Mexico <a href=mailto:fssturm@unm.edu>fssturm@unm.edu</a> On Aug 5, 2008, at 7:33 AM, Paul T Williams wrote: Hi List, I just found out about a great tool sharpening tool at <a href=http://www.worksharptools.com/>www.worksharptools.com</a>  Check it out!  It would save hours sharpening chisels, etc.  and not too spendy. Paul