Steelex D1123 Jointer and Planer Sharpener, Orange

I bought this to try and dress some knives on an old Shopsmith Jointer that my dad gave me. The jointer only has 4" blades so there isn't a lot of room to move this sharpener back and forth to dress the blades. I'm sure it would work much better on a 6" or 8" jointer but for my application, it doesn't work that well.

If you have good access to your planer blades without having to remove them, and you understand the mechanics of sharpening blades, you will be able to dress your blades right in place with this inexpensive tool. If your blades are sharp, then this tool can keep them sharp with a little effort between uses. Don't wait until your blades are dull and chipped, as this tool isn't suited to rehab worn out blades. From my experience, dressing your planer blades between uses is the only way to go. For example, I have a grizzly 24" planer that has very easy to access blades from the top. I dress the blades after every use in just a minutes with a diamond knife sharpener that I bought years ago. I have yet to replace these blades, and it has been several years. I'm using this Steelex sharpener on a small 12" 2030S Makita planer/jointer that I own, and it dresses the blades to my satisfaction. I think there may be a diamond version of this sharpener, which would be even better.

Works perfect for touch-ups between sharpenings.

It takes a lot of work to use with blades in place. The stone is very fine, maybe a courser stone first then finish with this one would be better. I put mine in my back pocket and sat down and broke the stone.

This tool works fine for light touch ups on my small restored vintage jointer. Take light even passes and repeat the same pressure and count on each blade. If you get too aggressive or over sharpen one blade then you will be resetting your knives. This is for fast light touch-ups only. The plastic sleeve helps to hold the angles but it wont do the work for you IMO. As expected.

I received this sharpener and opened it up to use on jointer blades. When I opened the sharpener, the stones fell out in 5 pieces on each side. I was not able to use it because it was inoperable. I was very displeased with the sharpener.

Come as part of package deal with blades and gauge. Easy to use and does a good job. Have used on my jointer knives also. Just a couple of swipes on both sides of the knife and you're ready to go with sharp knives.

Used this on my delta 12-1/2" planer and while it worked, getting the burr off the flat edge of the blade wasn't possible. The flat side of the sharpener wasn't able to reach the flat side of the blade, so it just held the burr. Running a piece of soft scrap wood through seems to have removed the burr, but just keep that in mind.

If you are looking to save some money on blade replacement buy this! It is nice and small and can fit in tight spots so you do no even have to remove the blades to sharpen them (This depends on Type, Make and Model you are planing on sharpening the blades on!) The price is great for how much money can be saved on Blades! I had a whole stack of used blades for my planers and was sick of buying new blades all the for minor dulling. This works great and doesn't take long to do and I have tried it both with the blades in the planer and out! Remember it works amazing on normal dulling and small nicks but will not fully remove big nicks leaving lines on the wood.I have removed minor ones and I am sure if you spent enough time you could do some larger ones.

Sim é bom essa ferramenta, para uma rápida afiação de última hora para uma situação de "última hora" eu gostei porém não substitui uma afiação profissional!

I think it will do the job when I need to use it J T S

Je l'ai essayé sur mon petit robot électrique et ça fonctionne très bien je suis très satisfait j espère que je n aurai pas de problème à trouver des pierres pour les remplacer

I have a Delta 6" jointer that I bought used. I noticed the blades were a little rough so I looked at my options: either buy new blades or try to sharpen the existing ones. I decided to go with both options. This sharpener is a good value product, but I wouldn't consider it the best jointer blade sharpener on the market. This sharpener has only one grit - 400 - versus some of the other hand sharpeners that support a coarse and fine grit. Nevertheless, this sharpener was fit for purpose. I was able to clean up the blades in the jointer, and have continued to use them post sharpening. The fresh set of blades are sitting on the shelf waiting to be used at some point in the future. My only complaint with the sharpner - one that has been highlighted by other reviews - is that the sharpener is quite small. I thought it would be larger. Nevertheless, size does not matter in this case, and it worked well.