I see lots of posts about Wolverine and Tormek, and Work Sharp... but nothing about Jool Tool. Course i'm new so that might be why.
Anyways, I used to think the JoolTool was an overpriced gimmick and that Annie was just a top-heavy model hired to demo the gizmo.. till i had a chance to use it. Turns out its a very serious sharpening system and Annie is one of the co-inventor's of the thing. Talk about your pre-conceived notions. So i felt a little small after that.. but back to the tool....
I just sharpened 4 turning tools with it today, using the 80 grit disk. The tools were badly abused, especially the skew so i touched it up a bit on the dry grinder first.. but the whole sharpening process for all 4 tools took less time that it does to set up the Tormek. Well maybe that's a teeny bit exaggerated but trust me, its WAY faster.
Not sure how the Wolverine or Work sharp compare but after looking at the Work sharp, I didn't see if there's a way for grinding gouges and the wolverine scares me so much i haven't used it enough to compare.
But i'm really pleased with the Jool Tool.
Oh and Annie's not bribing me to say this.