Sharpening System for Lathe Turning Tools - Get Professional Results with Pro Grind

kevin: It arrived early with everything it said and seems really well made

Canada on Nov 18, 2023

Gerry M. Smith: Once you get it installed and figure out how to set it up it works like a charm. The setup is (perhaps necessarily) complicated but the illustrated instructions are comprehensive. I installed it on a Wen 10" wet/dry stone grinder with a diamond grit wheel on the 8" strop side. Required some custom drilling and cutting. Sharpens quickly though changing from bowl gouge to spindle gouge requires some reconfiguring, as does every other change.

United States on Sep 07, 2023

Joe: 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.

Canada on Jul 19, 2023

Greg C.: This is my first sharpening system. I recently started learning to turn wood bowls. I picked this up with a wen slow speed grinder. My tools are now razor sharp and cut so well. I have nothing to compare this sharpening system to, but I can't imagine why I would want to. This works great. Easy to set up and use.

United States on Jul 17, 2023

Daryl W.: I bought this to help sharpen my lathe tools and it does a great job, was easy to setup and has all the accessories you need plus great instructions for beginners for sharpening, a plus it is tons cheaper then going out and buying the Wolverine system @ $300 plus.

United States on Jun 13, 2023

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

Australia on May 04, 2023

LutonRoyLutonRoy: 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.

United Kingdom on Jul 16, 2022

Jd Burton: 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...

United Kingdom on Jun 22, 2022

jas. wilkins: I'm getting excellent repeatable grinds on my lathe chisels. This really is a comprehensive sharpening system with everything you need to grind turning chisels. I mostly sharpened my chisels by hand and eye which worked fine as long as I had good grind to follow. Fixing the grind on old chisels was difficult by hand. I looked at and used some other systems, which seemed to work, but everal required addition jigs and set up gauges. This is a comprehensive package which includes everything I've needed so far, as well as additional jigs and setup gauges I have not yet needed.

I am using this on a Rikon slow speed 8 inch grinder and it works fine. Both the description, the video, and the instructions tell you that you MAY need to raise the grinder up for sufficient clearance. The excellent video and descriptions tell you to refer to the mounting instructions for more information about raising the grinder. I could not find any specific dimensions listed. A 3/4 inch riser was not enough but 1 1/2 inch - using two 3/4 risers - works fine.

Again, I am very pleased with the system versitility and very comprehensive set of jigs and gauges. Watching the video a couple times...

United States on Feb 14, 2022

bobmannn: 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....

United States on Dec 29, 2020