[pianotech] Of Chisels

[Terry Farrell]

I first tried to sharpen with stones, but  I found that it was  
difficult to touch up edges - if I wanted to do that, I found that I  
had to go back to a coarse grit because if was difficult for me to get  
the exact right angle. With the Tormek it is easy to hit the exact  
angle and either go coarse if needed, or fine is the blade isn't bad.  
I have no doubt that many kinds of stones are very good sharpening  
tools, but I only have so much time to spend learning to sharpen and I  
found that the Tormek made this learning curve VERY short and I have  
VERY sharp tools!

Terry Farrell

PS - you're welcome regarding the sides of the wheel!!!

On Oct 10, 2010, at 8:40 PM, Thomas Cole wrote:

> 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

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