Customer Reviews
By StevevCollingwood on 10th August 2024
"Good product. Not too keen on the leather polish wheel"
By CHRISTOPHERTANDERSON on 3rd March 2024
"Perfect machine, easy to set up and makes my wood turning gouges super sharp
So glad I purchased."
By DavidHarding on 17th December 2023
"I am a new woodturner I needed a sharpening system for my gouges and chisels. I bought the Record 8" Wetstone and jigs. It works for me. The price was right ordering was straight forward and it arrived really quickly. Great service and a excellent product for the price."
By DavidGreenwood on 24th November 2023
"Some of the best money I have spent on tools over the last 40 years. Amazingly easy to obtain all the correct sharpening angles. My biggest problem now is making sure to put chisels down in a safe place when not using them to avoid all the nicks on your fingers. It takes no time at all to put an edge on chisels and gouges making them so much easier to use. The jig for sharpening chisels is so simple. It’s virtually impossible to get it wrong. One of the biggest pluses is the fact that it is so reasonably priced. No problem whatsoever in giving this 5 stars"
By SimonLongstreath on 30th July 2023
"Read a few good and not so goog reviews, i decided to take the plunge
and I am so glad that I did, all my tools are so sharp and the grinder
is so easy to set up and use, a great buy, great service, would recommend
Yandles to anyone "
By MarkVickers on 15th April 2023
"I've only tried out the wetstone to sharpen up 4 old chisels and it definitely worked well on them. I've still not used the honing wheel, but I'm hoping it work just as well."
By PeterMale on 4th January 2023
"Good product at a competitive price.
DVD instructions were really useful."
By JustinChadburn on 19th November 2022
"I bought this purely to reset my primary bevels on chisels and plane blades. I spent a lot of time researching what's out there and read a lot of reviews. Im a hobbyist woodworker and couldn't justify paying much money for a wet stone.
Overall, I'm extremely happy with my choice. Yes, the quality isn't amazing, but for £169 it's actually fantastic value. I spent 30 mins setting it up and trueing the wheel. This turned out to be a job I went back to, as I didn't quite manage it the first time. Once done, I reset the primarys on all my plane blades in a fraction of the time it would have taken me by hand. I was quite surprised how sharp I could get it by just going straight to the honing wheel. Sharp enough to shave hairs off my arm. I could definitely get it sharper by finishing by hand on my 6000 grit Japanese stone and a strop though. All in all, Im chuffed I chose this tool. The hollow grind is not as dramatic as I though and it actually means I have to remove less material when sharpening by hand. Can't speak for the long term quality as I will likely use it once every couple of months"
By Mike on 11th January 2022
"Generally happy with the grinder - made a good job of sharpening chisels and plane irons. Disappointing that the woodworkers jig kit does not appear to have a jig for a parting tool - I will have to fashion something. I have not tried the other gouge sharpening jigs yet
The grinding machine appears well made and solid. Minor quibles include that the on/off switch is not easily available when using the horizontal jig support - you have to reach over the moving wheels to turn it off, which seems potentially unsafe. Also a means to reverse direction of the wheel rotation would have been helpful - eg if you are sharpening using the vertical jig support on the grinding wheel then it is necessary to turn the machine around to use the leather honing wheel on the horizontal support."
By PhilC on 9th August 2021
"There was a fault with the support bar, the required right angle providing 88.5 degrees. This was changed immediately by the Record Power support team. I also had to amend the short tool jig with a file.
For the Money, excellent value and very good results on all my turning and carving tools. My two chisel rolls are yet to be done. "
By davidsmith on 6th May 2021
"Really good sharpening system. Never managed to get my chisels that sharp before! "
By tudorhal on 4th May 2021
"I always struggled to get consistent angles during sharpening but this machine solved that issue. Arrived in good time, easy to set up, good price. Very happy so far."
By NormanBanks on 18th February 2021
"Sharpening system does exactly what it is claimed to do. Excellent product, especially with the optional wood turning tool sharpening jogs. What I used to think of a sharp really wasn’t when compared to what I have now.
Handles are a delight to deal with"
By AngelaCampbell on 11th January 2021
"Good product"
By JohnStockwell on 30th December 2020
"Superb bit of kit. Good quality and just as good as the more expensive makes. Great price from Yandles too. "
By Mick on 12th December 2020
"Full instruction DVD comes with this system with easy to follow guidance for the many attachments available. The wet stone sharpens all of my wood turning gouges perfectly without over heating the tool. Definitely recommend."
By MarkWoodley on 22nd November 2020
"Great bit of kit.
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By JohnMachin on 22nd June 2020
"Brilliant service arrived sooner than expected in perfect order. I have not tried it out yet as I am reorganizing the workshop but loos like a nice bit of kit ."
By PeterMadeley on 20th June 2020
"For many years I used an 8” dry grinder for sharpening turning tools but never found this to be satisfactory. I bought the Record Power package as a replacement and the first results are excellent."
By Rob on 8th June 2020
"Very pleased with Wet Stone Sharpening System and the service from Yandles."
By DavidDinnis on 16th February 2020
"Very pleased with this tool.Does the job perfecltly"
By RobertTate on 10th February 2020
"Excellent product got the hang of using it straight away."
By BrianLee on 12th December 2019
"Great product at a good price. My chisels have not been as sharp since they were bought. "
By AllanWalker on 26th February 2019
"Great little machine which has had a far amount of use since purchase. Our members are finding all sorts of blunt chisels. The only comment that we have which I will e mail separately on is the truing tool, it doesn look like its got any diamons attached"
Staff response...
"Thanks for your Feedback Allan, we have been in contact to resolve this issue for you."
By JamesThreadingham on 9th February 2019
"Excellent bit of kit, never been more easy to sharpen tool blades than with this. The WG200 also comes with a training CD which is very helpful."
By PeterBailey on 6th December 2018
"Does what it is intended to do and does it well. Must make sure it is grinding square before ploughing on and adjust as required. Being a retired tool maker I am a bit picky and find all woodworking machinery a bit crude even perhaps Wadkin, but I suppose it's what you get used to, still this works well as desctribed."
By Mathieu on 15th October 2018
"Incredible! Very very nice tool! Easy to use and the price! Very fast shipping!
Im french and the transaction has been very easy!
Everything perfect!"
By mike17.lane@yahoo.co.uk on 3rd September 2018
"Bought this for my son for his birthday and he is very pleased with it. He has used it to sharpen all his tools and kitchen knives and is very pleased with the results. The service from Yandles is excellent from ordering to delivery was only a couple of days. Will have no hesitation in using Yandles again."
By john kent on 19th March 2018
"the dvd did not work but a phone call to record power a new was received within 2 days. the machine is excellent it replaced an old one which I wish I had replaced years ago."
By BRYAN Herbage on 25th January 2018
"very good service, the wg200 works rely well, very sharp chisels ,about to order a long knife jig. .thanks for all your help. "
By Dave on 9th January 2018
"The sharpener itself is a good bit of kit however unless it comes free don’t bother with the diamond flattened, it doesn’t fit on the rest that comes with it. Other than this, like I said, a good bit of kit. Four stars because of the diamond flattener"
By N R Parker on 22nd December 2017
"Basic grinding unit OK . Plastic water tray and tools very disappointing - flimsy and cheap and tolls don't fit so you can't use it easily. Still struggling with it. Shame really as basic grinder is good."
By Bev Birkett-Foster on 4th December 2017
"First class service first class kit just what I expect from Record Power"
By ian on 20th October 2017
"very good sharpening system and dvd invaluable for novice great !!"
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