[pianotech] Of Chisels

[Thomas Cole]

  I'm not sure what you mean by having the natural skills to sharpen by 
hand. If you have a jig to hold a tool at a constant angle to the 
grinding surface, whatever method you use, you're going to get a better 
result than if the tool is hand held in my view. The reason I say so is 
that the cutting edge of a knife/chisel/plane blade, etc., is a 
microscopic part of the tool which can be easily damaged by the 
slightest clumsiness. This is the beauty of the Tormek, that it pretty 
well eliminates the klutz factor.

Thanks for pointing out using the sides of the wheel for flattening the 
back of chisels. I had forgotten that.

Tom Cole


On 10/10/10 5:11 PM, Terry Farrell wrote:
> 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’m curious about those who use the Tormek system, how do you go 
>> about flattening the back of the chisel?
>> David Love
>> www.davidlovepianos.com <http://www.davidlovepianos.com>
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