New Tungsten Sharpeners, Innovative, Priced Well

[christian]

Yeah,

I noticed a seller on Amazon having a clever new style tungsten grinder that will fit on a Dremel tool, of which I have two.



https://www.amazon.com/ALUMINUM-Elec...4889437&sr=8-3

I mean, I already have a dedicated Dremel-style tungsten sharpener that has a fixed-angle to it, and it doesn’t need any collet change-outs, like the typical Sharpie designs ($250-$400) seem to do. So, I do still like my current one OK, and it was only about $150, including the rotary tool, some years ago.



But, this new style on is priced well, at about $98, if you already have a Dremel or similar thread-on style tool. It’s “4-sizes x 4 degrees”, with tungsten cut-off feature.



My sharpener didn’t have a tungsten cut-off ability, until I made a channel in the billet aluminum head.

Anyway, I’ll probably get one of these clever new tungsten grinding heads to fit on one of my variable-speed Dremel tools, just to get the different grinding angles, and because the cut-off feature looks a little better than the way I made mine do it.

Eastwood has a similar designed one that comes with the rotary tool too, at about $149, but only handles 1/16” and 3/32” tungstens, with two grind angle for each. Which is all I use, anyway. So, that’s a good value too, I think.



https://www.amazon.com/Eastwood-Tung...XV76NN1DJYZXPJ

It's such a great time for newbies.

I mean, only 5 or 10 years ago, these kind of choices, features, and values were not available.

And that's a victory for the Market (consumer)!