<HTML>In a message dated 9/13/2003 = 2:48:05 AM Pacific Daylight Time, mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Subj: Re: Tormek the terminator Date: 9/13/2003 2:48:05 AM Pacific Daylight Time From: <A HREF="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com<= /A> Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>= To: <A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> Sent from the Internet             &nbs= p;  Terry</BLOCKQUOTE>    &nbs= p;            &n= bsp;          My experience is = limited so far but the other day I found it necessary to remove a piece of a= treble cap (a do over) that I had glued on with the Bolduc glue. The board = and bridge were already glued in the piano so I really wanted to preserve th= e flatness of the glue surface  integrity so I wouldn't need to try and= resurface it in the piano.         I cut  about 6 vertical cuts= thru the cap with a small backsaw. Then I chiseled down close to the glue s= urface. The thing is I used a Freud chisel that had just been sharpened on t= he Tormek without really any polishing or finer Jap. water stone sharpenoing= and the thing allowed me to shave the thin layer of remaining maple and glu= e right down to the glue joint sooo cleanly I retained a very flat surface. = Imagine what it will do with finer polishing.      I also renotched the bridge with the same chisel la= ter with no further sharpening. So as to the fine grit department it does pr= etty well with just a fine stone sharpening on the Tormek. I did  dress= the wheel using the  the fine side of the dressing stone before I was = completely done which also helps as well as lighter pressure. I am duly impr= essed so far!             &nbs= p;     Dale <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">             &nbs= p;            &n= bsp;         Touching up the blades = on stones between grindings .................... Tormek at first, and then s= harpen on fine stones ............   What is the experience of ot= hers? 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 e= nd 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 ot= her Tormek users find that the machine lacks in the fine-grit department? Th= e marketing stuff for Tormek suggests that with lighter pressure (or whateve= r it said) the wheel somehow produces finer grit that handles the fine sharp= ening just fine (sounds fine and dandy to me). What say ye?   Terry Farrell <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">----- Original </BLOCKQUOTE> </BLOCKQUOTE> </HTML>