TungstenMate Simplicity Tungsten Electrode Grinder Sharpener with Cut Off Slot for TIG Welding (Genuine)

I used to grind tungstens on my rotary tool with a similar diamond disc, but I free-handed the angle and clamped the rotary tool in a vice. Enter this guide. Having a way to relatively consistently grind them is helpful. For that, it works as promised. It's a pain to set up. You have to secure the shaft in the collet without the grinding wheel on it because the jig does not fit over the wheel. That means you have to guess how far to stick it out so that the wheel aligns with the guide. It took a few tries to get it right. Then you do this balancing act with the wheel sitting on top of the shaft while you try to thread the screw in place. Fortunately it uses a button head screw with a hex key, which is much easier to deal with than a slotted screwdriver would be. If you can set it up and leave it, it's not bad. If you use your rotary tool frequently and have to switch back and forth, well, that's a tough sell. Fortunately you can get a rotary tool pretty cheap on this site, and it doesn't have to be a heavy duty model (assuming you're not sharpening tungstens for a large fabrication shop that does mostly TIG, in which case this product is probably not for you--just pay the $1000 to get a real tool). The cut-off feature is completely useless--it's basically a slot on one edge that you can stick the tungsten into. It will cut off whatever you've dipped it it, but then the piece that you just cut off is now deep down in the fixture. Remember how much of a pain it is to take the thing off and put it back on? Yeah, well now you have to do that to get the damn piece of tungsten out unless you can somehow manage to shake it just right to get it to drop through a hole hardly bigger than its diameter. I still give this solution a good rating, though. It's cheap and it works. If I paid a bunch of money for it, well, it would be going back, but I can put up with quirks and useless (unimportant) features at this price point.

I’m just a hobbyist and don’t need a $300 tungsten grinder for the stuff I do. This is a great value for a non-pro who still wants to benefit from a well ground electrode.Getting the product set up correctly is a little backwards. First, you have to tighten the mandrel in the collet, attach the main guide body, then screw on the diamond wheel, but then the diamond wheel may not be at the correct depth, so you have to remove the diamond wheel, the guide and adjust the mandrel in collet and repeat until the diamond wheel is in the correct spot. This could take several tries.Once set, it works great. I actually place my tungsten into my cordless drill and slowly turn it while it’s grinding. Gives me a great uniform tip.Note: if the tungsten melts into a little blob or picks up some contamination, it may not fit into the guide hole. In that case, simply break off the dulled tip and the electrode should slide right through.

This makes cutting and sharpening tungsten a snap. It is not heavy duty enough for the professional but perfect for home shop use. I originally used it on my battery operated Milwaukee rotary tool but if you use it a lot you should buy a cheap rotary took and leave it permanently mounted. Only complaint is if you are cutting the tungsten and you diamond blade is dull you will heat up the tungsten quickly and it will melt the slot for cutting the tungsten.

Even though it isn't a Prime item, it still came in a timely fashion (4 days). It works just as advertised, and does the job well. I saw some other reviews on this, and some complained that the plastic housing would melt around the hardened steel guides, but I didn't experience anything like that. Maybe they were wanting to speed up the process by bearing down too hard? I just let things happen at their own pace (which seemed plenty fast enough to me) and it worked just fine.

it does sharpen nicely but if your a beginner and dip the tungsten electrode and glob up the tip it definitely won't fit in the the fitting. probably gona end up cutting the glob off every time you go to sharpen it. but yea it is a nice little add on to the tool box, makes quick work of sharpening them.

I was skeptical at first but said hey, I'll give it a shot and I'm glad I did. Very well engineered with tight tolerances. I love it

Fits perfectly

Was suppose to be the latest revision. Why would I want a reference book of old technology