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Anyone tried sharpening gouges with a Worksharp 3000 and Tormek jig?
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Swept back gouges are difficult to sharpen on a Worksharp. There are jigs for the Tormek that can sharpen gouges, but it's a lot slower compared to a grinder with a Wolverine Vari-grind jig.
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(01-06-2017, 11:50 AM)AHill Wrote: Swept back gouges are difficult to sharpen on a Worksharp. There are jigs for the Tormek that can sharpen gouges, but it's a lot slower compared to a grinder with a Wolverine Vari-grind jig.
I want to remove as little material as possible when freshening an edge. Especially with the cost of tools (price gouging?) rising all the time.
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I tried them both when I know nothing about sharpening and did not care for the slowness and how hard it was to sharpen them but then again that was 7 years ago before they added implements to help.
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Got the wolverine with varigrind and skew jig from me to me Christmas gift and WOW. I had free hand grinder and apparently poorly. Easy to learn and not the shavings come off like what I see in others videos.
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01-07-2017, 10:06 PM
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a few years ago I invented an attachment for the worksharp 3000 . they now sell this attachment. it works with the tormek jigs . it is what I use, I think it works great. but then ,,well ,,I invented it
The only draw back is by the time you buy the attachment and all the Tormek jigs , it gets pricey. I already had all the jigs with my Tormek so it wasn't problem. I sold the Tormek and kept the jigs. very happy with it.
A roughing gouge can be sharpened with out buying any thing. if you make this jig for sharpening skews
![[Image: worksharp10.jpg]](http://www.middendorfcompanies.com/woodshop/worksharp10.jpg)
And add a disk for rolling it
![[Image: worksharp16.jpg]](http://www.middendorfcompanies.com/woodshop/worksharp16.jpg)
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