Electric bench sharpeners

[Rough Hewn]

Could well be the operator is as useless as the machine/grinder, I've sharpened chains well with my £90 grinder [emoji6]

Guess who I was writing about?
How ya doin mate?
[emoji106]

[Wonkydonkey]

I know who you were referring to (mr c) lol...  His  name is Livin up to his reputation 

 

Anyhow I'm fine, I've been making more white lightening from my orchard, 

 

best not hijack this thread. Otherwise, I'll get flamed. ?

[Woodworks]

On 12/21/2017 at 07:06, Rough Hewn said:

Cheap grinders are sh*t.
Plastic, wobbly useless crap.
My mate bought one £30 it was useless.
He then spent £90 on a better one.
Still useless plastic wobbly sh*t.
After seeing my mates frustration I bought a stihl HOS grinder.
It works really well.
You can always buy sh*t cheap, doesn't mean it'll work though.
Try grinding depth gauges at 0.65 mm with a machine
that wobbles 3mm each way.
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I presumed the above was true but could not resist trying the Lidl one for just £20. Honestly for the money I cant fault it. Yes if your heavy handed you can balls up sharpening with it as the stops are not rock solid. If used with a light touch and a bit of care it's more than capable of quality consistent sharpening. I use it for the loose processor chains but still prefer hand sharpening a chain on a saw but for quality of cut there is not a lot in it IME

Edited December 22, 2017 by Woodworks

[slasherscot]

 

Edited December 22, 2017 by slasherscot

[billpierce]

Will have to give that a shot

[slasherscot]

in reverse and slow  best results i think

 

Edited December 22, 2017 by slasherscot

[Rough Hewn]

Might be ok for rough cross cutting, but how do you file the depth gauges?
Wouldn't work for a ripping chain as all the teeth would be different lengths.
Angles won't be really accurate either.
Good for in the woods though.

[peatff]

He's doing all the teeth from the same side, that's not how I was shown.

[Billhook]

5 hours ago, slasherscot said:

 

May as well use an Oregon Suresharp as I have for the last 20 years.  Nothing quicker or easier using the truck cigar lighter

 

[eldon]

Resurrecting an old thread I know..........................................

 

So of the current crop of bench sharpener options on ebay or similar can anyone advise on which are worth buying or at least which are best to avoid?

 

Thanks.