BUCKTOOL 250mm Wet Bench Grinder, 180W Wet Stone Sharpener System

Life changing. Iv been a carpenter for a long while and never had a decent wet stone wheel. This is life changing. Really easy to use, very effective for chisels. The machine is bigger and heavier than I expected in a good way.

Nice machice does look like it do the job packed well and on time

First impression is good. All feels sturdy, outcome on chisels is amazing, better than I ever achieved with hand sharpening. Downside is the knife holder. The and screw closer to the end is very large and smaller kitchen knives cannot be sharpened at steeper angles. Also there is a small wobble on the stone. Still very good sharpening tool

Seems to do the job. The gearbox makes a bit of noise, notably when not loaded but I don't think this is a problem. The feature I really like is the ability to run the wheels backwards. With other machines, you have to rotate the unit on the bench to use the wheel in the fine (with rotation) or coarse (against) modes. Do install it on a waterproof surface as water goes everywhere!

Good value

I was less than impressed with this bench grinder. The tool holder was very flimsy and not square out of the box. The bearings were like bits of string they were so thin. the tool holder would not move from side to side smoothly..For a few pence more bucktool could have fitted some some stronger ones. I had to order some decent nylon bearings on Amazon. It was not very powerful either as when sharpening a 25 mm chisel the stone slowed to a stop and I was not applying much pressure. The leather throp was very thin as well. As to the guide to get the sharpening angle for chisels etc.. that was beyond useless and I had to make my own guide. This could have been a decent grinder if only they spent £5.0 on better parts Only good thing I can say about it is the stone was true.

Not tried it as yet, but looks great I'm really looking forward to trying it out

Bought the single speed version solely for use in shaping and sharpening a new set of woodturning gouges Out of the box all seemed good - a robust looking piece of kit - and value for money compared to Swedish alternative - 1/5th cost actually Easy to set up, however the grind wheel seemed rather eccentric and certainly out of true plus rather soft- which can be rectified with a diamond truing jig (additional expense) Honing wheel seemed ok so looked into adding smaller V wheels with which to hone gouges . Contacted Bucktool for advice but they do not supply and cannot help with alternative- then found that the honing wheel shaft is 8mm not 12 mm like the other end of the shaft so not possible to add third party V wheels without buying 12 - 8mm reducers and a new knob with 12 mm thread {additional expense} The arm is ok (not brilliant) but no micro adjuster so looked to fit a Tormek and was advised by company that the US-103 would fit - it doesn't - more expense and a return Motor noise became more of an intermittent growl after a while Accessories supplied rather cheap metal but have not tried them so I cannot comment IMO this machine is probably fine for knives, planes and other light work and would be good value for money if that is what it is being purchased for, but for what I want it is a pity that it did not quite rise to the occasion and was returned Bucktool customer service do respond to queries albeit the information is not always correct