| Gone are the days when a bench stone was only | | | | A bench grinder is cheaper sharpening equipment |
| knife sharpening system available to sharpen the | | | | that can be used to sharpen kitchen knives, drill |
| blade of your household knife or a professional | | | | bits, hand tools, and cutters, etc. The wheel which |
| tool. Now, we have a range of choices that | | | | is used in this sharpening equipment comes of |
| includes Bench Grinder, Chain Saw Sharpeners, | | | | different sizes. You not only need to find the right |
| and Grinding Wheels, etc. As always, there are | | | | wheel size for the bench grinder tool you will use |
| two ways to use these tools of knife sharpening | | | | for your sharpening system, but you will also |
| business: a right way and a wrong way. The right | | | | need to use a tool rest to provide steadiness to |
| way will help you get most out of your knife | | | | the wheel. This has significant impact on |
| sharpening system and the use the wrong way | | | | sharpening accuracy. |
| might blunt the edge of your knives and tools, if | | | | Tip 4: Choose automatic chain sharper over |
| not break it. And we obviously will talk about the | | | | manual one |
| right way here. | | | | This is no-brainer, but still I thought to mention it |
| 5 tips to get most out of a Knife Sharpening | | | | here. Automatic chain sharpener will discount the |
| System | | | | human error from the equation. When using an |
| Tip 1: get zircon alumina oxide based grinding | | | | automatic chain sharpener, you will not require |
| wheel | | | | caring for the proper placement of the sharper |
| Although aluminum oxide is the most common | | | | tooth, or care for pulling the head promptly up. |
| material used in a grinding wheel, I will suggest | | | | Tip 5: Go with a professional knife sharpener |
| you to go for zircon alumina as it works best with | | | | Well, at the first glance this tip may look out of |
| steel and certain types of metal alloys. Grinding | | | | the league. But just one closer look will tell you |
| wheel that has zircon alumina in it will be durable. | | | | how wrong your presumption was, particularly |
| Tip 2: Look at the grit size of the grinding wheel | | | | when you need to sharpen your professional |
| Grit size is another thing you need to look at while | | | | tools. All knife sharpening systems work great, |
| deciding on a grinding wheel. A higher number in | | | | but only when handled by a qualified person. Let |
| the context of grit size means finer grain and a | | | | go of your DIY (Do it yourself) attitude, it will hurt |
| lower number means coarser grain. Keep this in | | | | your business, and hire a pro to do this job. There |
| mind and this will decide the output of your knife | | | | are quite a few available. |
| sharpening system. | | | | Don't pinch pennies if you can save dollars in price |
| Tip 3: Ensure steadiness of bench grinder wheel | | | | of your professional tools by hiring someone who |
| for better accuracy | | | | is into knife sharpening business for many years. |