Jed,

no offense, but I have not come across anybody who would not stick with a Tormek after trying it. First of all it has low RPm and is watercooled. The chisel angle is adjusted easily and it does grind quickly even with huge knicks in the chisel. The leather wheel and honing paste makes the chisel a weapon.
Even thinking about using a grinding wheel with 3600 RPM!!!!!!!(scary) to sharpen a chisel gives me the creeps. And trying to free hand grind a good angle on a chisel is impossible. It comes out differently each time especially when you have to take it off to dip in water and then grind some more.

But if you are happy with the results......