www.worksharptools.com Thank You Table of Contents Thank you for purchasing a WORK SHARP™ Wood Tool Sharpener. As president of this company, I am very excited and proud to offer you this quality, innovative product. I am equally proud of the great people at Professional Tool Mfg. LLC who are dedicated to designing, marketing, and manufacturing great products. A Message from the President of ProTool................................
www.worksharptools.com accordingly, being careful to not cut yourself on the glass chips or fragments. The tempered glass wheels should not break or present a safety risk when used under normal conditions. For best results, use only PSA Abrasive disks recommended by Work Sharp™. • WARNING. The use of any accessory or attachment other than one recommended in the instruction manual may present a risk of personal injury. • HAVE YOUR TOOL REPAIRED BY A QUALIFIED PERSON.
www.worksharptools.com Work Sharp Wood Tool Sharpener Component Checklist Standard Kit includes: 3 User’s Guide 2 tempered Glass Wheels ENGLISH PSA (Pressure Sensitive Adhesive) Abrasive Kit www.worksharptools.com Top Knob Assembling Your Tool 1. Carefully remove the tool and the accessories kit from the box. 2. Refer to Component Checklist (page 6) to ensure that you have received all the components, including Abrasives.
www.worksharptools.com 4 Quick Start Guide This is intended as a brief introduction or refresher on the use of your tool, please read the following sections in their entirety before first use of the Work Sharp Wood Tool Sharpener. STEP 4 Flatten tool back on top of wheel using a two-handed, freehand method. IMPORTANT: Lay tool onto Abrasive heel first. Do not grind or round off the cutting edge! www.worksharptools.
www.worksharptools.com 10 6 Sharpening Straight-Edged Tools ☛ Master Tip: Sharpen even new tools It is imperative to sharpen a new tool before use. Most manufacturers only rough grind a tool and do not properly flatten the back or hone the primary bevel angle. The entire back does not need to be flat, only the third of the chisel back from the cutting edge to the handle needs to be flat.
www.worksharptools.com 12 7 Freehand Topside Sharpening etry is achieved. Then proceed to a finer grit slotted media to refine the cutting edge and surface finish. Use the Micro-Mesh™ hone to polish tool until desired finish is achieved. www.worksharptools.com ☛ Master Tip Use a permanent marker to mark the edge of the tool you wish to sharpen. As you sharpen, you will be able to see the marker ink being removed by the Abrasive. When the ink is gone, your tool is sharp.
www.worksharptools.com 14 tool edge. If the cutting edge on your tool is not perfectly square after sharpening, you can adjust the Skew Cam on the Sharpening Port to return the Port to square. (NOTE: The Skew Cam adjustment is not designed to create or restore a skew chisel bevel edge. It is designed to allow adjustment of the Sharpening Port to ensure square bevel edges.) To do so, follow these simple steps: STEP 1. Remove Glass Wheel from unit. STEP 2.
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