The Bottom Line
Keeping your hand woodworking tools such as bevel-edged chisels, planes and gouges sharp is quite easy (and fun) using a quality slow-speed wet sharpening system, such as the Jet JSSG-10 Slow Speed Wet Sharpener. This well-designed sharpening system includes a 10" wet stone sharpening wheel, leather stropping wheel, torque adjustment, speed adjustment (from 90-150 RPM), accessory storage drawer and more. The JSSG-10 includes a plane camber jig (for basic hand plane knives and chisels), but jigs for many other sharpening applications (kitchen knives, scissors, axes, etc.) are readily available.
Pros
- Great features like a torque adjustment, speed adjustment and tool storage drawer
- Water tank has a wide lip to help keep water from spilling out onto your bench
- Support arm has a depth adjustment knob, allowing for consistent mounting
- Includes two very useful angle tools
Cons
- Does not include printed user guide - However, it does include a very well-done one-hour DVD instead
Description
- The water tank has a nice, wide lip to redirect water from the wheel back into the tray, helping to keep your bench dry.
- Support arm has a threaded post and a depth adjustment knob, allowing for consistent depth adjustments.
- Numerous accessories for various sharpening tasks available.
- The DVD instruction manual includes over an hour of instruction from veteran woodworker Ernie Conover.
Guide Review - Jet JSSG-10 Slow Speed Wet Sharpener
The Jet JSSG-10 Wet Sharpener is an example of a woodworking accessory that has obviously received a lot of input from people who have (or would) use such a tool. With features such as a speed adjustment (to speed up the grinding wheel as it gets smaller over time), tool and accessory storage drawer built into the unit and a depth adjustment on the support arm, this wet sharpener is a joy to use.
One such obvious feature is the sharpener's ability to channel water from the wet grinding wheel back into the water tank below the wheel. Not only does the water tank have large lips around the edge of the tank, there is also a channel on the top of the motor housing that forces any spillover back into the water tray. For anyone who has used a sharpener without such a feature, this will help keep the water available for the wheel and off of your benchtop.
I'll admit that, upon opening the box, I was disappointed that Jet didn't include a full printed instruction manual. There is a very detailed parts manual, including breakout parts drawings for nearly every available accessory, but no printed instruction manual or user guide. Instead, the unit includes a DVD of a little over an hour of instruction.
I begrudgingly inserted the DVD into my computer to get Jet's instructions on how to use the tool. I soon realized that I shouldn't have been so immediately judgmental. Veteran woodworker Ernie Conover does a fantastic job of explaining not only how to use the wet sharpener, but the theory behind a slow-speed grinding wheel wet sharpener, and how you should adjust grinding angles when using a wheel sharpener as opposed to a flat stone. I came away thoroughly impressed with Conover's thoroughness, and learned a few things I had never known.
If you decide to buy this quality sharpener, don't even think of sharpening anything before you watch the DVD.
One such obvious feature is the sharpener's ability to channel water from the wet grinding wheel back into the water tank below the wheel. Not only does the water tank have large lips around the edge of the tank, there is also a channel on the top of the motor housing that forces any spillover back into the water tray. For anyone who has used a sharpener without such a feature, this will help keep the water available for the wheel and off of your benchtop.
I'll admit that, upon opening the box, I was disappointed that Jet didn't include a full printed instruction manual. There is a very detailed parts manual, including breakout parts drawings for nearly every available accessory, but no printed instruction manual or user guide. Instead, the unit includes a DVD of a little over an hour of instruction.
I begrudgingly inserted the DVD into my computer to get Jet's instructions on how to use the tool. I soon realized that I shouldn't have been so immediately judgmental. Veteran woodworker Ernie Conover does a fantastic job of explaining not only how to use the wet sharpener, but the theory behind a slow-speed grinding wheel wet sharpener, and how you should adjust grinding angles when using a wheel sharpener as opposed to a flat stone. I came away thoroughly impressed with Conover's thoroughness, and learned a few things I had never known.
If you decide to buy this quality sharpener, don't even think of sharpening anything before you watch the DVD.
