My new Wood-Mizer Sharpener Came Yesterday!!

woodbowl · January 18, 2006, 09:36:08 PM

Quote from: Jeff B on January 18, 2006, 08:49:41 PM
I may brave da snow and ice and go get a photo of how they gotta look to work right. I may have the ugliest one yet. Maybe we oughta have a contest? :D

Ugly WM sharpener contest ............. Oh Boy! 8) Where's my camera at?

Tom · January 18, 2006, 09:54:54 PM

I'm not proud of it, but not ashamed either. It's a real workhorse.

jpgreen · January 18, 2006, 10:00:53 PM

Eew... :D

Jeff · January 18, 2006, 10:04:15 PM

OK., its blurry but I aint going back out there. BRRRR. It actually looks pretty good now cause I gave it a good going over before it got cold and i put my mill away.

woodbowl · January 18, 2006, 10:18:42 PM

This is about a years worth of grindings other than some chipping every few weeks.

chet · January 18, 2006, 10:33:25 PM

Youse guys gotta learn ta take better care of yur tools.

woodbowl · January 18, 2006, 10:37:41 PM

Quote from: Chet on January 18, 2006, 10:33:25 PM
Youse guys gotta learn ta take better care of yur tools.

Whut's a matter with em?

Jeff · January 18, 2006, 10:39:35 PM

Chet sits out there with a toothbrush and rubbing compound. I saw it.

Tom · January 18, 2006, 11:32:04 PM

Mine's got the better part of 15 years on it and starting a 16th year.

We're two, beat-up, old war horses. :D

getoverit · January 18, 2006, 11:39:54 PM

Quote from: woodbowl on January 18, 2006, 10:18:42 PM

I think woodbowl wins so far... he got extra points for having the instructions written on the coolant pan in hyroglyphics :D :D :D

Jeff · January 19, 2006, 01:38:31 AM

Ya, now I wish I hadn't cleaned mine up. Just like with antiques, ya lose the patina, ya lose the value. :-\

Well, I woulda won.

Bibbyman · January 19, 2006, 03:20:11 AM

Tip,

The motor used to turn the cam on the grinder is the same one used to power the blade guide arm in and out - also the debarker in and out and the dragback arm up and down. So if one goes out on your mill, you can borrow one from the sharpener until a replacement arrives.

jpgreen · January 19, 2006, 09:50:30 AM

I noticed that Bibby. That's a Leeson right?

But of course you actually have to USE your equipment.. :D

Gilman · January 19, 2006, 12:20:26 PM

Thanks JP.

Tom, it looks like you've been grinding red clay. :D

Tom · January 19, 2006, 12:49:03 PM

That's a special protective coating that I keep on most of the metal parts. It's called nglct5000. :D :D

jpgreen · January 19, 2006, 01:07:14 PM

Hmmm... I want some of my own nglct5000? Can I get that at Home Depot?.. ??? ??? ???

:D :D :D

Tom · January 19, 2006, 01:35:20 PM

I could sell you some, but it's as much a service as a product so it'd be better if I trained you. :D :D

VA-Sawyer · January 19, 2006, 06:48:25 PM

I believe that 'nglct5000' is the byproduct of neglecting your sharpener for 5000 blades !
I need to find the pictures of my used sharpener when I bought it. About on par with Tom's, but it looks much better now.

Tom · January 19, 2006, 06:53:05 PM

Do you wax it before you go to bed too? ;D

VA-Sawyer · January 19, 2006, 07:10:49 PM

Tom,
Compared to the picture of yours, mine looks pretty good now. Compared to the picture of jpgreens' NEW one, mine looks pretty bad. I don't have time for waxing......
VA-Sawyer

Tom · January 19, 2006, 07:16:06 PM

Then........ I win!! :D

jpgreen · January 19, 2006, 07:38:36 PM

My aunt always sprayed PAM on her weedeater to make for an easy cleanup.

Will that work in my sharpener too?.. :D

Tom · January 19, 2006, 07:45:14 PM

It may, I've never tried it. I've heard that it can get rancid.

Spray White Lithium Grease sure does a good job of protecting it though.

chet · January 19, 2006, 08:46:06 PM

Somehow dat don't look like White Lithium Grease dats coverin' yur sharpener Tom. :D

getoverit · January 19, 2006, 10:50:31 PM

what ever it is on Tom's sharpener seems to attract and grow these HUGE mosquitos. I think its some kinda mosquito fertilizer, but he kept it hidden the day I visited his sharpening shed :D :D