[pianotech] Of Chisels

[Terry Farrell]

I bought a very coarse grit Norton grinding stone and mount it (with  
the water bath) on my Tormek once a year or so to make a hollow grind  
on my big Mazzaglia chisel. The Norton stone is smaller than the big  
Tormek stone. That way when you go to sharpen it on the regular big  
Tormek stone, you only need to grind near the tip (or the tip and  
top). Make sharpening those big thick chisels very fast!

Terry Farrell

On Oct 10, 2010, at 10:13 PM, PAULREVENKOJONES at aol.com wrote:

> Terry, I've been using the Tormek for years with very happy results.  
> I go to the leather strop every 5 or 6 notches when I'm doing  
> bridges to bring it back. And the Mazzaglia chisel was entirely  
> shaped on the Tormek system.
>
> P
>
> In a message dated 10/10/2010 7:11:10 P.M. Central Daylight Time, mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com 
>  writes:
> The flat sides of the stone wheel. One side is a coarse grit and the  
> other is a fine grit. After that the leather lap. Does a real good  
> job.
>
> I fully realize there are less expensive ways to sharpen a chisel or  
> whatever. But for those of us who for whatever reason do not have  
> the natural skills to sharpen by hand, the Tormek unit really does  
> provide a great avenue for keeping cutting tools very sharp.
>
> Terry Farrell
>
> On Oct 10, 2010, at 11:01 AM, David Love wrote:
>
>> I知 curious about those who use the Tormek system, how do you go  
>> about flattening the back of the chisel?
>>
>> David Love
>> www.davidlovepianos.com
> =

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