Steelex D1044 Honing Guide Review

I bought this primarily to sharpen planes and it works great. I see he doesn't sharpen my little chisels, but that doesn't bother me, he sharpens most of them. There are many other more expensive guides that I looked at before settling on this one and they probably do the exact same job as this one.

This item was fine until it broke. It was easy to set up and use. The problem was that the soft, wobbly screw in mine was jamming the guide on one of the planer blades, and the head of the screw came loose before the screw itself. After some time in the vise, I freed my planer. I am ordering another guide in the same style that is sold under a different brand name and I hope to end up with a more durable product.

I like the measurements from the side it gives you the exact distance to place the tip of the blade from the cast iron and the stainless steel roller is fine but there are two BIG problems. They just don't clamp ordinary woodworking chisels to the device at a 90 degree angle. The angles are just all wrong. Another problem is the brass handle for tightening the jaws. It tends to come loose and you need to use a small allen wrench to tighten the handle and how many times can you do that before it