Pro Grind Sharpening System for 8 Inch Grinders to Sharpen Lathe Turning Tools, Chisels, Skews, Bowl Spindle Gouges • Includes Setup Blocks and Quad Jig for 8 inch Grinders

Wish I had used this system years ago! It allows me to sharpen my lathe tools consistently and in a much shorter time than it used to. Really really good!

I'm relatively new to bowl turning and have been attempting to freehand sharpen and even tried to make my own jig with minor success. I'm relatively experienced at hand sharpening most tools but bowl gouges are particularly tricky. The system is great. It's quite the investment if you're still on the fence with how deep you're going to get involved with the hobby. Spend the money. My gouges are now razor sharp and all ground to the correct angle every time. As a result my turning has vastly improved. I can be part way through a bowl, gouge is getting a bit dull and I can throw it in the jig and have it back to sharp in under a literal minute. Set up and fettling took about an hour to fit my grinder, the instructions could be a little better but just take your time. I think the system is very well thought out and covers a multitude of sins in terms of what you want sharpened. I've only used it to put an Irish grind on a couple of my bowl gouges so far but will soon put all my various turning gouges and chisels to the wheel. I would recommend getting a CBN wheel for your grinder as they require less maintenance and will mean less time adjusting the set up between sharpenings. Just be careful not to burn the steel! All in all after 2 months of fairly regularly use I have nothing negative to say about the system and strongly recommend it. Delivery from the States to the UK was only about a week so nice and fast for free postage.

Arrived from the States in a week. Pretty comprehensive for sharpening your lathe tools, found the instructions & online video helpful. Take your time setting it all up, I mounted it on a hardwood base 1 inch thick. My bench grinder is a 8 inch Record model which required a plinth to get it at the right height.

Saw this Pro Grind Sharpening system on YouTube and then read the reviews on Amazon, I have tried some other sharpening methods with little success so I order the kit albeit all the way from the US. I followed the Youtube instruction video and instructions that came with the Pro Grind and it took about 20 minutes to put together. And my first attemp resulted in a really sharp bowl gouge. I tried it on some wood turning and was amazed how well it shaved the wood. It may seem expensive but in my opinion its well worth it, also if you add all the parts up its not expensive. Ive struggled with blunt tools for too long. Some reviews said there was issues with the claming system but I cant for the life of me find any faults with that. I wish Id been told to buy a sharpening system when I purchased my lathe and tools. Ive sharpened a parting tool and roughing gouge and the rsults were spot on. I would recomend this kit as it works as it should and has all the necessary parts to sharpen various tools repetively.

A comprehensive tool that has helped me to sharpen my chisels in a consistent way and the after sales service from the manufacturer was very good. I would recommend this to anyone that is having problems getting a consistent edge on their chisels and it is competitively priced too.

This is a well constructed piece of kit. The versatility is very good for all manner of your sharpening needs in the workshop. Shipping is very good, it had arrived before the stated date. I like this product so much I have ordered another one for a friend's Christmas gift.

I've been a wood turner for over thirty years and this is the first time my tools have been consistently sharp. Easy to use but I sometimes get confused as to which combination to use.

All began with me upgrading my bench grinder, and as usual the supplied rests are at best primitive and should be replaced. Thought I'd give this a go as it looked a great set of rests for the money, and it would allow more consistency and speed grinding deep fingernail profiles. Saw David Elsworth using something similar in his book, that was the decider. Great value, well made, loads of options in the kitn requires setting up with the grinder but YouTube instructions are clear.

I purchased this to sharpen my wood lathe tools. I am a retired machinist so I am very familiar with what it takes to fabricate things. The entire unit is extremely well constructed, and the workmanship was way above average especially for custom made items these days. It was packaged perfectly, even though it was not in an exterior box it arrived in perfect condition. There is quite a bit of assembly required, and it does require measuring and drilling holes to mount the components, but I am sure that anyone who is going to purchase such an item will have no problems at all. The feature that sold me on this unit versus others on the market was the fact that this can be set up to sharpen any of the tools that I have, gouges, skew, scraper, parting tool, etc. There is no additional components needed to sharpen any of these, and additionally my wood chisels as well. If I had to find any sort of feature that could use improvement it would be the angles that the Pro Grind is set up to achieve. The documentation does not specify the angle, just a type of tool. I would like to see something for example "set to position #1 for 55 degrees, Position #2 for 40 degrees" etc. This way I could grind the tool to what I chose. Other than that, I can not find fault with anything in this system. I mounted mine on a 14"x18"x3/4" piece of plywood, and had to attach a smaller piece of plywood for the grinder to sit on to raise it to the proper height. The base is large enough for me to drill holes to store the various setup gages and places for the various fixture pieces, as well as a small dish of water in case I need to do some aggressive grinding and need to keep the tool cool. All in all, I am very pleased with this addition to my shop equipment. Based on other systems I looked at, the Pro Grind is not only very cost effective, but will sharpen a wider variety of tools. Recommend highly.

Comes with everything you need to get setup sharpening all your gouges and skews. Able to also sharpen regular chisels as well and does all these things very well. All instructions were included and well written. Overall excellent product so far with no flaws.

Good product

Delivery was prompt,well packaged with very clear setup instructions. I watched the U tube instructional prior to starting the assembly. It went very well until I went to insert the long chisel slide arm,it kept binding halfway in. After a bit of frustration I realized the slide tube had a distortion of about 60 thousands in the center. I sent an email to the vendor and got an immediate response. I provided my order number and address and recieved a response within hours that a replacement was on the way. WOW, that's great customer service!! Once I got around that little problem,the system works great. My chisels all look much better then they have in a long while!

Somewhat surprised at the size of the items. Otherwise very happy. Thank you.