Tormek the terminator

[Farrell]

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Re: Tormek the terminatorTouching up the blades on stones between =
grindings .................... Tormek at first, and then sharpen on fine =
stones ............

What is the experience of others? Rough grinding on my stones is fast =
and easy. My trouble has been with the skill required to touch up an =
edge by hand on the finer stones. All I end up doing is rounding over =
the edge - nice in that you don't have to worry about bleeding when you =
just look at the blade, but not terribly effective for woodwork. I also =
manually grind a hollow edge on a grinding wheel. Do other Tormek users =
find that the machine lacks in the fine-grit department? The marketing =
stuff for Tormek suggests that with lighter pressure (or whatever it =
said) the wheel somehow produces finer grit that handles the fine =
sharpening just fine (sounds fine and dandy to me). What say ye?

Terry Farrell
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Phillip Ford=20
  To: Pianotech=20
  Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2003 1:58 AM
  Subject: Re: Tormek the terminator


    Phil Ford writes:
    Yes, I have one.  Expensive, but worth it.  I find that I use the =
polishing
    wheel as often as the grinding wheel.  I still use stones for the =
final
    sharpening.  Put it on the Tormek to get the hollow grind, and then =
sharpen
    on fine stones.  Then polish with the polishing wheel.  When the =
edge
    starts to get a little dull I run it over the stones again (rather =
than the
    Tormek grinding wheel) and then polish on the polishing wheel

    I had about come to that conclusion also, for several reasons. One, =
there is something of a jump between the grit of the grinding wheel and =
that of the polishing, like 2000 to 6000. There are aftermarket Japanese =
waterstones of intermediate and fine grits for the Tormek, but they =
would involve some wheel changing. Part of the appeal is not having to =
monkey too much with the setup.
  I agree.
  Second, touching up on stones between grindings is quick, since the =
hollow grind leaves very thin contact areas to rub on the stones. Once =
those contacts widen with repeated sharpening, Tormek has a very good =
suggestion for duplicating the grinding setup - clamp the tool in the =
jig, paint the bevel with marker pen, touch the blade to the rotating =
wheel, and adjust so that the grind is right in the middle of the bevel. =
This means grinding off very little metal AND speeds the process.


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