sharpening: oneway vs. kelton vs. trugrind

Re: sharpening: oneway vs. kelton vs. trugrind

Lyn J. Mangiameli

>I'm working towards putting together a comparison of these rigs, along with the Tormek Universal gouge jig and the Ellsworth jig. I don't have everything sufficiently in place to make any definitive comments, but I will touch on one point.

All of the three you mention are excellent units. The Kelton and Wolverine are most similar with their long arms, while the Tru-grind is a bit different and doesn't take up as much space at your grinding station. Those longer arms allow a little bit easier (not necessarily better, just easier) control of long heavy shafts. The Tru-grind offers some very nice accessories for hollowing tool tips and overall offers a little bit better control of smaller tools.

There is more to be said, and I intend to as soon as I have everthing fully compared, but I think you might want to lean more to the Wolverine/Kelton if you mostly sharpen very big tools (i.e. 3/4 and 1 inch Glasers) and towards the Tru-Grind and Sorby (Tormek licensed) jig if you are more cramped for space and work more with small to medium sized tools.

Re: sharpening: oneway vs. kelton vs. trugrind

Greg Jensen

>The Kelton Jig comes with two bases units. One for each side of the grinder. It includes one slide arm and one tilting table. The slide arm is graduated for reference to help return the jig to the same position. The tilting table is adjustable for height and angle to the wheel. We have an accessory called a Multi Grind that will grind gouges up to 1 �� in diameter. The Multi Grind will also accept scrapers flat and parting tools held vertical. It is also adjustable for height to the grinding wheel.

Greg Jensen

North American Rep Kelton Tools

Kelton

Barry in Richmond BC

>Thanks for the response Greg..What I actually meant to ask about was the sliding arm...since the platforms attaches to the sliding arm, having just the one is a little less flexible than that from Oneway, with the platform attached to it's own slidearm.

I guess it would be fairly easy to 'rig up' a second slide arm on which to mount the platform...

Re: Kelton

Rick Bos - South Surrey B.C.

>Barry,

Two weeks ago I had this very same question regarding the Kelton vs. Oneway. I had some responses both ways and one from a vendor who dealt in both and had very good things to say about the Kelton. I came to determine that these two are virtually identical and I based my decision on price. Call All-in-One wood tools in Ontario you'll get a great price on a Oneway shipped and received in 7 days and you'll be putting sharp edges on your tools in no time. I couldn't believe what a huge difference it made to my sharpening and, by extension, turning.

Rick

all-in-one

Barry in Richmond BC

>was the price better than direct from oneway?

what did you pay (in cdn $$)

Re: Kelton

Greg Jensen

>Kelton can provide another slide arm as an accessory if needed.

Re: Kelton

Barry in Richmond BC

>Rick:

I'm in Richmond (obviously :)...) and if you ever have wood to trade, or want to share on purchases in the lower mainland, drop me a line....

Barry

bman40@shaw.ca