Work Sharp Sharpening System - Manual (Page 13)

Now let’s look at the fence in
more detail.
There are three parts to the fence: the
outer fixed side (red arrow,) the inner
fixed side (green arrow,) and the center
movable portion (yellow arrow.) The
right side fence is the one you will nor-
mally use to position the edge of your
tool as that places the tool cutting edge
in contact with the largest area of the
glass plate.
This close-up is taken from behind the
Work Sharp with the glass plate removed
so you can see the relative position of the
cutting tool when against the right fixed
fence with the moving fence placed
against the other side of the tool to make
sure you guide the cutting tool
squarely up against the abra-
sive on the underside of the
glass plate.
You can also use the left fixed
fence if you want to even out
wear on the surface of the
abrasive. The movable fence
and the left inner fixed fence
are grooved so the the mov-
able fence can be positioned
all the way over the fixed fence
to make room for cutting tools
as wide as 2”.
One of the very important de-
sign features on the Work
Sharp is a skew adjustment allowing you
move the side-to-side angle of the tool
rest by very small amounts to produce a
square cutting edge on your tools.
Skew is adjusted by loosening the screw
on the right (blue arrow) and rotating an
eccentric (notched piece below the