ATLIN Honing Guide - Fits Chisels 1/8� to 1-7/8� Fits Planer Blades 1-3/8� to 3-1/8�

Me gusto mucho la calidad de la herramienta. Buenos acabados.

Excellent. Works well, and is low priced. Happy customer!

I have been needing a honing guide to touch up my chisels. Not wanting to spend a lot of money on one right now, I found and bought this one. I like that this one is small in size but still pretty stable while using. Setting up the right angle for your chisels takes a few minutes to get right. Holding the chisel in place, then having to tighten with a screwdriver leaves room for movement of the chisel and then you're starting over setting it up. A small knob to tighten would help with that. Once set, it's easy to use but also easy to get wrong. Keeping good even pressure gives a good result. I'm just using a basic honing stone at the moment but this can be used on other honing surfaces. One reason I got this one. After using, I can definitely tell a difference in the sharpness of the chisel so at the end, it's worth it to me. I do plan on getting a better version on down the road but for now, this one gives a good result and I'm happy with it.

I ordered the ATLIN Honing Guide to sharpen my chisels. I haven't yet given it more than a brief, cursory trial on an old, very dull chisel, but it does seem to function exactly as intended. FOLLOWING THE DIRECTIONS from the start should provide a satisfactory sharpening experience, as I had none of the problems described by some reviewers regarding getting their tools to fit into the honing guide. I just bought a new set of chisels for my shop, and am looking forward to giving the ATLIN guide a full work-out. I chose the ATLIN guide, out of all of the available options, for three reasons. First, the price was right. Second, I learned through reading reviews that the company is a small, family-owned business and, as a small business owner myself, I love sourcing from other similar small businesses whenever possible. Third, the reviews repeatedly mentioned the great customer service. The reviews were right! In fact, only one other company I have recently ordered from has surpassed ATLIN's customer service, by having a sales associate personally telephone to confirm the status of the order, thank me for my order in a human voice, and offer any additional assistance I may need without any up-selling pressure of any kind. That might be an idea for ATLIN to take their customer service to the next level. Overall, though, in light of the often-impersonal online shopping experiences with a wide range of anonymous and unknown sellers, I would say that ATLIN seems to be a trustworthy source, and I won't hesitate to buy from them again if the need arises. Good job!

Okay, first off I was worried from some negative reviews, but went ahead with this anyway. After using it, I realized there is a big factor in success: reading the simple single sheet of instructions. It clearly says how a mortise chisel (the type with the straight sides - sheesh there is even a diagram example) is secured at a different place on the jig. My Marples and my Stanley chisels are all mortise chisels, and I imagine this is the most common type used (as the directions even say, it is probably a mortise chisel if you don't know). Following the simple instructions, I was able to secure 2 different types of Stanley plane irons and 4 different chisels (size 1/2 to 1"). I had previously sharpened my plane irons free hand on my diamond plates and thought I did okay. When I used the jig - wow did I notice what a horrible job I did freehand! I am surprised anyone would recommend doing this freehand. When you think about it, it is like saying you can do a better job using a table saw without a fence or sled. Here you are doing hundreds or thousands of cuts and want consistency to have a uniform angle and edge. The human body flexes - even if you have locked your wrists the best you can. Power to those superhumans that can achieve a fine edge doing this freehand, but for me and I imagine most people out there, it was much easier to put the blades in a jig. It is a very simple device. You lock in the blade in the appropriate slot, extending it to the length you want for the desired angle (suggestion: use a quality ruler with millimeters if you want to be precise. Make a quick cheap wooden jig for depth of future sharpening or other tools). For my chisels, I found the angle while I had it in the jig and then secured it rather than using the length to determine angle. After that it was just a matter of sharpening away. I didn't have to worry that it would be consistent - just held the pressure at the tip of the blade and made sure I wasn't lifting off the back wheel and went to it. From the brand new Marples chisel I was setting up to the antique Stanley #5 plane iron (circa 1941) this did a brilliant job on diamond plates and wetstones. I followed methodology from some woodworking channels and was able to achieve a mirror edge and cut paper with all blades. I did stropping freehand because I figured I could do little damage to the angle I had created with stones, so I can't say how it works for that but I imagine the same principal - maybe the wheel would sink in the leather a bit. As far as any naysayers about the build quality, I didn't notice any issues. Maybe there was some slight cast slag here and there but nothing that made me think low quality. For less than $20 it did the job and I imagine it will be solid for many sharpening sessions.