User Manual Work Sharp WSKTS2 Professional Electric Knife Sharpener

I wouldn’t recommend sharpening chisels or plane blades with a flexible abrasive belt, as those typically require a flat grind. A flexible belt creates a convex edge. I’d recommend you take a look at our Wood Tool Sharpener, the WS3000. It was specifically designed to sharpen woodworking tools.

The bevel on a Hinderer blade is usually 20-22 degrees, so yes you can sharpen it with the WSKTS2, using the 20-degree guide. Another option would be the Work Sharp Knife & Tool Sharpener-Ken Onion Edition. The WSKTS-KO has an adjustable guide that can be set anywhere from 15-30 degrees, in 1-degree increments.

You ask a good question. A wallow can happen if you are using full power when sharpening, instead of the Place-Power-Pull technique in the instructions. First, load your blade into the guide and then power up as you begin pulling through, powering down as you come to the tip. If you have the machine running as you bring the blade down into the guide, you are exposing that part of the blade to twice as much sharpening as the rest of the blade, because it grinds as you come down and again as you begin pulling through. Double grinding in one area can create a wallow in the blade.