Patent ID: 6878035

Claim:
A tool sharpener comprising: a grinding wheel subassembly comprising a grinding wheel; a tool holder subassembly adapted to retain a tool to be sharpened; an infeed stage subassembly operatively coupled to said tool holder subassembly and adapted to move said tool holder subassembly in a direction toward and away from said grinding wheel subassembly; a cross-feed subassembly operatively coupled to said grinding wheel subassembly and adapted to move said grinding wheel assembly laterally relative to a tool to be sharpened; a processor operatively coupled to said grinding wheel subassembly, said tool holder subassembly, said infeed stage subassembly and said cross-feed subassembly, and adapted to control operation of each of said subassemblies and wherein said grinding wheel assembly further comprises a honing brush removably secured to said grinding wheel and positioned at an inner periphery thereof.