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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Touching up the blades on stones =
between grindings
.................... Tormek at first, and then sharpen on fine stones
............</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=fordpiano@earthlink.net =
href="mailto:fordpiano@earthlink.net">Phillip
Ford</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, September 13, =
2003 1:58
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Tormek the =
terminator</DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial size=-1>Phil =
Ford
writes:</FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial size=-1>Yes, I have =
one. Expensive,
but worth it. I find that I use the polishing<BR>wheel as =
often as the
grinding wheel. I still use stones for the =
final<BR>sharpening.
Put it on the Tormek to get the hollow grind, and then sharpen<BR>on =
fine
stones. Then polish with the polishing wheel. When the
edge<BR>starts to get a little dull I run it over the stones again =
(rather
than the<BR>Tormek grinding wheel) and then polish on the polishing
wheel</FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial size=-1></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 =
size=-1>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.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV>I agree.<BR><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=-1>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.</FONT></DIV>
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