This Woodworking Jig Will Change Tool Sharpening Forever!

This will change how you woodwork forever! Gone are the days of sharpening chisels by hand that takes you 20 or 30 minutes for each chisel. This chisel sharpening system is very budget friendly, and works very fast for a scary sharp edge on a chisel.

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[tpboy]

I have never heard you giggle with happiness of a kid like you did after the 5 minute mark. Love the videos you do and this one cracked me up.

[cranskin]

Got the jig from Taylor and built the wooden part in about 30 min. It is a fantastic system. I have always hated to sharpen my chisels in the past, now it is a breeze!!!

[Nboudreau]

Hey Mr. Outlaw, I started my woodworking journey about a year ago as something to do while I was finishing up school! My grandfather was a woodworker, and so was his father. One of my favorite things to do with him, is relax and watch a few of your videos for an hour. I must say, we love your work, videos, and style. I just bought the DW735 thanks to your review!! I hope all is well for you and Ms. 731, and thank you for helping me straighten my relationship with my Grandpa.
-PB&J Woodworks

[howardsmith]

BLUF I am truly impressed. I put mine in my Jet drill press (which is hardly setup accurately I threw it together like everything I do). I also threw the instructions away so I completely winged the jig dimensions based on watching this video. I had a 3/4”
Bench chisel that was badly damaged by my teenager, looked like he chiseled through a tenpenny nail. I was able to get a new edge and then sharpen it to a very acceptable standard in literally one minute.

I am having a very hard time understanding the complaints on this product. I can’t believe how good it is for the price.

[painterman]

I am from over the pond in England.
I bought this and some other bit from Taylor Tools, who are very good company.
Like the jig very much.
Take your time making the jig and you won't have a problem .
Got the tormek system, but I prefer the Taylor Tools system. 👍
Love your videos 👍👍

[moshebron]

This is why I absolutely love your channel.

[robertsmith]

I snagged this kit a couple of weeks ago, no issues, I give the Taylor’s. 10 . The jig took 15 minutes, my chisels are 10 x shaper than I could have done this by hand . I don’t have time to play whetstone game nor do I care to . I don’t build nukes so if the angle is 24 degrees instead of 25, that’s ok . Shipping was 4 days and everything was completed on line . Cheers

[jammywesty]

So me and my friends have been experimenting with one of these and it's certainly useful for establishing primaries and secondaries in place of a bench grinder. However, be very, very wary using it to lap ANY blades if you invest. Repeated hand lapping on leather can dub backs anyway but doing it on a high speed leather-backed disc dubbed blades in just a few seconds, even sans compound. This is largely down to the physical compression of the leather. We've tested it on a few beater chisels and found the same thing each time. Lapping with the abrasive films is better but not immune. The films compress too (albeit on a considerably smaller scale which will be negligible to some) and the effect is hastened by a disc spinning at such high speed. You can mitigate this by using very light pressure and lapping on the pull only.

This all paired with the intrinsic lengthways concavity of a typical Western chisel means their respective geometries do not play nice together. It can grind a chisel out of square if you're not careful also. They really are belly-making machines unless you employ an incredibly deft touch. Fine for rough work but leather lapping done in this way kills any chisels ability to achieve proper surface registration for clean parring which we want for accurate joinery. In fact, I think the light reflection on your chisel at 6:40 shows that the front has been rounded. Might be worth taking a trusted engineers square to that foremost 10mm only, hold it up to the light and see if you can see any rocking indicative of a fulcrum.

All of our testing so far has had us reach an unfortunate but unanimous verdict RE certain uses of the kit. We all agree with Charlesworth on this one, in that we're yet to encounter an abrasive sheet method that doesn't induce any dubbing at all. Funnily enough, we theorise that the mild deflection of the disc here actually reduces the dubbing effect.

That said, YMMV and I hope that it does. I'm always very keen to be proven wrong in my pursuit of learning more.

[RidgidRon]

I want to thank you for the information and have been eyeballing this item. I ordered two of them because i like flexibility and not stuck to singular line of failure.

[davidbarham]

Taylor Tools is a great small business and I have purchased many products from them. Good idea and same procedure as using the Worksharp 3000. (Got a used one for $100). All chisels do not have the same bevel angle. The Worksharp machine has facility to hold the chisel solid at any angle you desire. The system you demonstrated should be adequate for quick touch up type shop use for whatever angle you built the jig for. The big difference that stands out to me is having to build a single angle jig, setup the drill press, etc. The Worksharp is a very small footprint machine that sets at the ready on my workbench out of the way.

[nicholaskindred]

WOW !!!, i will get that system. I struggle sharpening any thing. Fantastic video. Thank you

[lv_woodturner]

Thanks for the video, now I just need to get some of the 3M Cubitron discs for my Worksharp 3000.

[JeffreyMoon]

An intriguing system, Matt, and it's clear that it fixed that damaged chisel quickly. However, something I noticed during the video: the disk deflected as you pushed the chisel into it using the jig as well as when you did the stropping. I'm wondering how much of a difference, if any, that might make if you later use the more traditional system of a stone against a flat work surface. If precision is critical, and I know it is for many woodworkers, then you might have to work a long time to correct for that error.

[warrensmith]

Hey Santa!!!

For what I do in the workshop, I really don't need expensive chisels. Been using a set the El Chipo bargain chisels for 15 years. Sharpen/clean them 2x per year. now that task may only take an hour instead of an evening.

[jimrosson]

Great video Matt love Taylor Tools and their tools thanks for sharing as always

[B.A.Bassangler]

Pretty slick! My drill press sits idle a good bit, this will be a good fit for my shop.

[jayhitek]

Thanks Matt! I've been looking for a fool proof easy to use chisel sharpener.. All my chisels are a mess because I was procrastinating on getting anything to use. I'm actually buying this right now. Christmas gift to myself!

[donbrunodelamancha]

731Matt, chisels are a beast. As always, you have your finger on the pulse of the evolution of tools and jigs to help us make our live so much easier. Thank you‼️

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[kenerickson]

I have had mine for a while and love it. I modified the jig by adding rare earth magnets. I move quill down instead of moving chisel.